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by peterb 18y ago
The MPAA & RIAA are all about distribution. They want to maintain a lock on content so they (the distributors) make money, not the artists.
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by peterb 18y ago
Not necessarily a bad assumption. However I think the word "materialistic" is being thrown around without considering its deeper meaning. Women must provide for their offspring, the survival of our genes depend upon it. This concept of "
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by peterb 18y ago
One more data point. I switched and found it very painful to internalize keyboard commands while still having to do Windows work (i.e. switching back & forth). Once I went "mac-only", it got much easier, but now I suck at using Window
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by peterb 18y ago
i think you missed the subtlety of travisjeffery's post. the montessori method of teaching is all about "Let your kids do what they want to do.". most young children have a natural "i'm full" signal that prevents obesity (any parent knows
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by peterb 18y ago
A bike shed (any colour will do) on greener grass...
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by peterb 18y ago
That was the point. You have to build up the small muscles that support your spine. Until that has happened, your lower back will hurt ... but that is a good sign. Once the muscles have developed, you can sit for hours and your posture i
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by peterb 18y ago
What has changed? In Woz's day, there were very few great programming jobs. HP & Bell Labs were two well known companies that had them. Giving one up was a big risk, if you loved programming. Today there are thousands of companies t
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by peterb 19y ago
You are in mourning. Emotionally it is similar to experiencing a death or divorce. Give yourself a little time to mourn in whatever way is good for you: have a good cry, get really drunk, beat the shit out of a wall, whatever. Failure su
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by peterb 19y ago
you format at the office through the api. this lowers the barrier to acquiring translators in faraway places. smart.