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by ngvrnd 8y ago
well... one way, you have goons, the other way, you have livers. The problem with mincome is the hedonic treadmill. the folk receiving mincome will grow dissatisfied with their lot and militate for raises. negative feedback is unpleasant b
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by ngvrnd 8y ago
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/193749.When_the_Air_Hits...
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by ngvrnd 8y ago
Someone mentioned The Art of Electronics, can't recommend this highly enough, it's accessible and teaches you what you need to know to glue modules together and even build some of your own. A classic.
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by ngvrnd 8y ago
The amount of skill involved in this is mind boggling.
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by ngvrnd 9y ago
Go to the search box and type in "westford needles". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_West_Ford
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by ngvrnd 9y ago
doesnt render properly in firefox.
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by ngvrnd 9y ago
There are no silver bullets. There is no substitute for clear thinking.
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by ngvrnd 9y ago
How about "there are no silver bullets, there is no substitute for clear thinking."
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by ngvrnd 9y ago
There will be fires.
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by ngvrnd 9y ago
Really slick. Kudos.
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by ngvrnd 9y ago
Our local B&N lost me when they eliminated the "New Releases" section of science fiction & fantasy novels.
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by ngvrnd 9y ago
it seems plausible or maybe even likely that everyone develops cancer many times, or at least the beginnings of it, but the immune system kills it over and over. Until it doesn't.
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by ngvrnd 9y ago
Also as in "simulation codes". I associate it with physicists and Fortran programs, rightly or wrongly.
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by ngvrnd 9y ago
I've thought about this often enough you could almost call it an obsession.
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by ngvrnd 9y ago
Dammit! You beat me.
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by ngvrnd 9y ago
I believe there is reason for concern w.r.t. modifications of flu viruses, for one thing. That is, they know what makes flu easily transmissible among humans, and they know a bit about how to alter nontransmissible viruses to be more so.
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by ngvrnd 9y ago
Counter argument to antinatalism. Benatar allows that once alive, death is horrible and to be avoided. Failing to reproduce results in the death of all in the limit. Therefore I propose that anti-natalism's ship has sailed once there i
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by ngvrnd 9y ago
“Mirrors and copulation are abominable, since they both multiply the numbers of men...” Borges
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by ngvrnd 9y ago
I believe I still have a copy of that issue. Does anyone remember "M-Lisp" at all?
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by ngvrnd 9y ago
well... put it this way: no one has bothered to make it illegal
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by ngvrnd 10y ago
Ah, this appears to be a chrome problem -- it works fine in firefox.
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by ngvrnd 10y ago
I like it a lot, was looking for something like this to teach 13 with, so, thanks! Had trouble editing values in the tiles tho - backspace made the browser go back to HN and delete had no effect. This was in the most recent chrome on my u
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by ngvrnd 13y ago
They're not shutting down, they're merging with a sister startup. AFAICT, this means: they won't be making any more PR2's. ROS is open source, seems like lots of grad students are using it. Probably it will continue t
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by ngvrnd 14y ago
Well, that could have gone better.
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Staples, #2 online retailer after amazon, opens e-commerce innovation center(boston.com)
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by ngvrnd 14y ago
First, lets ignore the single most salient aspect (in a historical, biological and social sense) of sex, namely that it produces babies, and all that that implies. Then, pretend to be surprised that systems which have evolved to shape peopl
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by ngvrnd 14y ago
" " "fun" " "indeed" "
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by ngvrnd 14y ago
Answer the question as stated: it depends. Can he get back to the space station by tether or suit rockets? (sorry)
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by ngvrnd 14y ago
Monopoly. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
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by ngvrnd 14y ago
Also, there is a Kindle app for the iPad and I presume there is one for Android devices as well. Nook app too, FWIW.

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