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by nikatwork 11y ago
> How much does state competitiveness play into China's firewall policies? State competitiveness is baked into many of China's regulatory activities as a form of "soft power". Some China-watchers feel this makes the
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by nikatwork 11y ago
Vegetarianism in India is partly driven by religious and cultural values. That article does not link vegetarianism with malnutrition. My city has a flourishing expat Sikh community who are largely (though not exclusively) vegetarian, they a
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by nikatwork 11y ago
The data is not that readily available. Most Banking reporting is very far from realtime, it's "eventually consistent". Not because the Banks are (necessarily) hiding anything but due to the complexity of the systems. Regulat
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by nikatwork 11y ago
War Is Boring have been running a series of articles over the past year or so about the effectiveness of the A-10 for CAS, and about how the F-35 is a "jack of all trades master of none" compromise that is also terrible at CAS. Th
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by nikatwork 11y ago
Someone please tell India's ~40% of their population of 1.25 billion that they have serious health issues and need to change their diet or they might die. And no, this is not a poverty issue. I work with some very successful expat Indi
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by nikatwork 11y ago
Bike lanes often run adjacent to parking spaces. The bike has right of way and is not being a moron. That said, agree with others that a warning is the best option.
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Breaking Smart: seasonal binge-reading for technology trend meta-analysis(ribbonfarm.com)
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by nikatwork 11y ago
It means his partner has different values and needs and they are compromising as part of the relationship. That is highly rational.
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The Gervais Principle [2013](ribbonfarm.com)
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by nikatwork 11y ago
I've found that's often a BS management excuse to shift blame. If they really want to keep you, they'll find the money.
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Your users are drunk (2013)(thecleverest.com)
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by nikatwork 12y ago
I have done A/B design testing on ~10 mid-tier "consumer products" eCommerce sites, and giant firetruck-red 3D bevelled "Buy Now" buttons converted insanely better than minimal ones. Personally, I want clearly-label
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by nikatwork 12y ago
A fascinating thought concept - what if command-driven economies have failed only because the technology was not yet there to support accurate visualization, allocation and communication? What a loss that the Chilean experiment was never fu
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by nikatwork 12y ago
According to the military community, NK/China relations are strained at the moment. In that case I would be surprised if they worked together on such a high-profile hack. "North Korea is even angrier, and very shaken that a retire
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by nikatwork 12y ago
Assuming the conclusion is correct, what would be the most likely explanation? Pilot murder/suicide?
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by nikatwork 12y ago
The delectable AskHistorians subreddit has a fascinating in-depth thread on this topic, with posts from bona fide Historians: http://np.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/23o92d/on_cosm... > "S
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by nikatwork 12y ago
This is the problem with trying to shoehorn reality into a purist ideology: people. Wherever you go, there you are. Until we learn how to stop being shitty and selfish, democratic government looks like the least bad option.
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by nikatwork 12y ago
> You've made a HUD that fits in a motorcycle helmet. ...which allows you to see 180° behind your head, fundamentally enhancing your human capability. Unless you have worked out a way to do that organically? This is Iron Mannish,
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by nikatwork 12y ago
This is reminiscent of the teacher and philosopher Diogenes [1], who lived in a large tub in the Athens marketplace. Alexander the Great is said to have been so impressed by Diogenes' minimalism that he remarked "if I were not Ale
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by nikatwork 12y ago
The section on using metaphor to visualize and control anxiety was of particular interest: > If a patient describes his anxious thoughts as a monkey on his back, McGuinty will ask, "What does it look like, is it your friend, does i
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The Power of Mental Pictures(m.chronicle.com)
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by nikatwork 12y ago
> economic policy successes of the current government Russia is likely to face crippling international economic sanctions for some time. Propping up annexed Crimea will be a massive financial drain. Foreign investment has all but fled.
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by nikatwork 12y ago
The risk being that a slow development pace will allow Atom to eat ST's lunch. Then any future revenue falls off a cliff. Use Kickstarter to open source it and you both cash in and do the community a favour.
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by nikatwork 12y ago
Unless the majority of ssh brute force attacks iterate over every port value, using a non-standard port would still have value in reducing the volume of attacks.
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Noting a physiological difference is not the same as passing a value judgement. Vive la différence.
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Three letter extensions can also be important for compatibility with poorly-written software. I work with an "enterprise" (hah) document management system which refuses to believe that .docx files are a thing.
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by nikatwork 12y ago
Ooh, you're in for a treat. Elite: Dangerous will most likely be released this year. You can already pay to beta test if you can't wait. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE8B4KptyVI
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by nikatwork 12y ago
Re: tattoos - maybe that's only a US thing. Visit any finance tower in Melbourne Docklands on casual Fridays and you will see plenty of the early 20s male staff with full sleeve tattoos on display. And I'd guess around 10% of the
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by nikatwork 12y ago
Rinse has an FM license now, so they've gone from pirate to legit. It was funny listening to the DJs trying to curb their swearing (50 pound fine per naughty word) in the weeks after they were licensed.
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by nikatwork 12y ago
Forsooth knave, thou dost not graspeth that ye Englyshe language doth ever evolve over yon ages. Let it not vex you. English is a living language, that's why we don't still speak in Chaucer's Middle English [1]. If you want a

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