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by pkennedy 10y ago
The way I think of it is by going back to how PG once described HN as YC's university campus. Like a college campus, people come through, some stay, some leave. Each new class has to learn some of the same lessons... hence some history
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by pkennedy 13y ago
I guess I need to dig deeper with that case, but 20 symptomatic cases is probably linked to many others exposed and needing monitoring and prophylactic care[1]. So maybe not big, but not tiny either. [1] for example, this case that happened
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by pkennedy 13y ago
That makes sense. All of the above run strong in the rather new-agey community I grew up in.
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by pkennedy 13y ago
One of the current big US measles outbreaks is church-related: http://www.npr.org/2013/09/01/217746942/texas-megachurch-at-... My anecdotal experience among anti-vaccination people I've known is tha
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by pkennedy 14y ago
Florida, actually. I guess I should update my profile. It's kind of neglected.
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by pkennedy 14y ago
Yeah, small world, eh? There's at least two others around, but they seem to be heads down building stuff right now.
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by pkennedy 14y ago
Hey, another MSAE graduate! (I graduated in 1997, and went to MUM after that.) I've found TM pretty useful in my life, too. I still do it regularly. Nice way to step away from everything and re-center.
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by pkennedy 14y ago
Not for orbital flight, but NASA did use one as a testbed for rocket engines, such as those for the NASP.
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by pkennedy 14y ago
Indeed. The control of shock waves inside the inlet (also via that moving cone) is a very interesting part of the engine, too.
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by pkennedy 14y ago
It's entirely time and money. They only have so many devs, most of whom have day jobs, and pretty limited funding to support them, so the UI (and many other polish-and-details things) had to take a back seat to more important core functiona
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by pkennedy 15y ago
re: number 4: the difference in reaction to coders vs. entrepreneurs looking for coders at local Ruby events has been amazing. I got much better reactions as a beginning but committed Ruby coder than the guys that were there looking for a t
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by pkennedy 15y ago
Reason 3 is why I am constantly advising friends not to take "promote your business on Facebook!" classes, especially when there are other, more direct avenues available to them. I've come to the conclusion that social and marketing are an
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by pkennedy 15y ago
A recent edition I read a couple months ago mentioned it in a sidebar, as a personal anecdote. But it was mainly about her realization that the scientific methods of her colleagues were rather less sound than they at first appeared. edit: i