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by patorjk 10y ago
Wow, you're not kidding: [Article] > He believed in ghosts; he had a morbid dread of being poisoned by refrigerator gases; he refused to go out when certain distinguished mathematicians were in town, apparently out of concern that t
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by patorjk 10y ago
He's not saying the greed is laudable, he's saying the effort to expose it is laudable.
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by patorjk 10y ago
Probably not what you're looking for, and only in a kind of similar vein, but the first thing that came to mind was the 1962 Mars Attacks trading cards. They provided a twisted version of what Mars might be like if it were inhabited by
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by patorjk 10y ago
I don't think the US weight loss market would be so large if society honored and accepted obesity ($64 billion in 2014 was one number I saw). There's certainly people who push for acceptance, but I've never gotten the feeling
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by patorjk 10y ago
It should be noted that Scout Law varies depending on what country you're in. For example, some countries have laws saying a scout should smile and whistle under all circumstances. I'm not sure how one would work that into a posit
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by patorjk 10y ago
Whew, I thought this was going to be about the results of Auris Medical's new tinnitus drug, AM-101. The results are due to come out within the next month or so. The drug is injected into the ear, so it wouldn't effect tinnitus th
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by patorjk 10y ago
It'd be nice if HackerNews put a star or something by headlines that have changed. I was really confused about what you were saying until I read your edit.
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by patorjk 11y ago
I think a lot of people fall into both categories. Most people have empathy and most people like beautiful things. What differs is the weight of one feeling vs the other in these types of situations.
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by patorjk 11y ago
Have you tried Adobe Lightroom? It's not free (you can get it and Photoshop for $10 a month), but it's the best photo organizer I've used.
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by patorjk 11y ago
__cato is just pointing out that there are disadvantages, since the comment he's responding to isn't aware of any. In fact, before their comment, I wasn't aware there were disadvantages, all I'd heard is that there were
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by patorjk 11y ago
What are you basing that on though? The article looked at "7,300 college graduates 10 years after graduation" and found that: > For STEM-related majors, average earnings don’t vary much among the college categories. For example
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by patorjk 11y ago
Sometimes the big name schools have an accredited ungraduate program, but an unaccredited masters/phd program.
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by patorjk 11y ago
> Veterans are given preference for hiring, yes, because they have a skillset that too few private sector employers realize unfortunately. There are studies to prove that point. This seems a little like hand waving. Can you go into what
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by patorjk 11y ago
Given this guy's character, it's not too surprising. Not only is he greedy, but he seems to take a lot of joy in trolling people. If you look at his twitter feed, he gushes about buying the only copy of Wu Tang's previous alb
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by patorjk 11y ago
This game was a lot of fun back in the early 90s. I'm probably looking at it through rose colored glasses, but I was still able to play it to completion a few years ago when I decided to revisit it. However, I would agree that Mario 3
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by patorjk 11y ago
Actually, the article says his net worth was more than "$10 million (in today’s Canadian dollars)". That's about 7.2 million in today's US dollars. The most any winner got was 2 million CAD (or 1.46 million USD) and the
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by patorjk 11y ago
Leave. You will not be able to change the personalities of those you work with and going above their heads to complain will not put you in a better position (unless doing so could move you to another team). One job stint at 6 months will no
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by patorjk 11y ago
Here's the part of the article that explains it: > The Anti-Saloon League knew that if you controlled the margins, you could win legislative majorities and even supermajorities. In any given district, they'd say, Look, 45 perce
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by patorjk 11y ago
The fried chicken stereotype exists for blacks, not non-whites. It's a popular southern food, and the origin of the stereotype goes back to the time of slavery. Chickens were one of the few animals slaves were allowed to raise on their
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by patorjk 11y ago
My wife had a Caesarean section and was unable to produce milk. She went out and filled our freezer with some milk a friend donated her. I went along with it since I knew it was healthier than formula and didn't want my son missing out
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by patorjk 11y ago
This is a tough one, because you don't want to waste your time on jobs that wont pay you what you're worth, so stating that you make X and need X + .2X is a good way of weeding out the crap. The author does sort of advise this wit
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by patorjk 11y ago
aaaah, now I see, thanks!
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by patorjk 11y ago
For the barackobama.com 404 page I got a message that said "Sorry, we couldn't fetch that page for you." and a gif of some dogs chasing after a ball.
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by patorjk 11y ago
Same with for the spacebar key and the arrow keys :/.
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by patorjk 11y ago
A humorous and well written article, but I kind of wish she'd gone into a little more detail about the work-life balance issues rather than just shoehorning it in at the end. Still, it's interesting that the dog policy might have
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Should the OK button be on left of the Cancel button or vice versa?(ux.stackexchange.com)
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by patorjk 11y ago
You're misunderstanding what people are upset about. The whole situation feels unfair and heartless. The employees had been doing a good job and they weren't given the option to take a pay cut to keep there jobs, instead they were
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by patorjk 11y ago
I know this is a small gripe, but the name of the company (even though it makes sense) makes my skin crawl a little. The name does stick in my memory though, so I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing.
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by patorjk 11y ago
There are some good gaming history channels on youtube (ex: "The Gaming Historian"). They typically cover stuff from the Atari and NES era, and tend to use the original hardware to show off the games. I hadn't even thought ab
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by patorjk 11y ago
By case system, do you mean upper case and lower case? If so, it looks like we do have a record of it evolving: http://blog.dictionary.com/capitals/

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