nijk

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by nijk 13y ago
Whoa, so the Porsche 911 (very appropriate name in the USA!) is Windows .
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by nijk 13y ago
"Mere exposure" effect. "Social proof". Anything long-loved and popular becomes attractive.
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by nijk 13y ago
I hope this demo doesn't send any data back to a server, or else, Hello FBI.
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by nijk 13y ago
Superstring is a past fad that was more about circular reasoning that ever got to modelling the universe in a predictive way. So that is a bad example.
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by nijk 13y ago
Objectivist theory clearly states that government's one legitimate function is to protect an individual's wealth from usurpers. I am not making this up.
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by nijk 13y ago
Why doesn't your concern apply to public police forces? Oh, it does .
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by nijk 13y ago
Fuel is part of TCO. The problem in the ad was in claiming the business deduction and the hourly wage for not gas pumping
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by nijk 13y ago
And their solution is to extend the loan term so you pay the monthly payment longer than you possess the car! I don't see what they hope to gain by lying about price to wealthy customers who presumably got their wealth through the applicati
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by nijk 13y ago
http://www.suntree.brevard.k12.fl.us/Students/MathSuperStars... That is a SuperStars worksheet! It is an enrichment problem aet for gifted kids. We had those decades ago. And we also had teachers who had a weaker understanding of arithmet
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by nijk 13y ago
There are a few options when your life is negative sum: Take on debt to amortize against future positive sums. End yourself. Change the weights in your utility formula.
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by nijk 13y ago
You get 6 apples per big Mac. It is actually a better meal.
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by nijk 13y ago
Or even a monthly installment.
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by nijk 13y ago
My employer spends far more on computers than staff.
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by nijk 13y ago
What about the psychological health of a child growing up in first-class accommodations?
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by nijk 13y ago
5) design and build and deliver a car.
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by nijk 13y ago
Sounds like both sides of that convo forget to check of they are speaking the same language and understand the problem.
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by nijk 13y ago
A big company invented "skunk works". Lockheed, I believe. It is totally doable. Bit of a tangent, but CarMax was created by Circuit City
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by nijk 13y ago
Sure, but you don't need a classroom for that. Forums, sibreddits, etc, can host a class.
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by nijk 13y ago
I did. I skipped all the math and just said that is a game where people guess secret numbers that fit a pattern, and when they find one that fits, they get points. Everyone uses computers to help guess, and some people agree to sell real st
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by nijk 13y ago
Because they average person would assume "blankets" is a typo, because it is such a stupid gift.
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by nijk 13y ago
Not cool. I heard about this program of awarding bonuses to devs. Turns out is was actually just marketing schwag store credit? Evil.
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by nijk 13y ago
Not necessarily, because some ciphers retain statistical information about the plaintext . any prior knowledge about the shape of the plaintext can give you better than flat random chance of recognizing he decrypt.
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by nijk 13y ago
That is called upvoting.
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by nijk 13y ago
The FBI is interested in legal peaceful advocates for government change. Why did they leave that part out of their pitch? Propaganda, even if they didn't "mean" it, because they have alert convinced themselves of the lie.
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by nijk 13y ago
As far as slacktivism goes, people shouldn't feel good about themselves unless they are actually making an impact. Trying, be it likes, shares, or giving money to an incompetent or corrupt organization, just doesn't count unless they have e
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by nijk 13y ago
Likes are used to place ads. Likes is like subscribing for mail.
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by nijk 13y ago
Do you have an A/B test to back up your claims of fundraising effectiveness? Fundraising finances vaccinations.