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by princeb 8y ago
facebook might actually move away from Web 3.0 and then become here to stay like ... TV 2.0 the content already feels like a mindless one-way feed from a centralized provider. barely at all like the original incarnation that connected me wi
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by princeb 8y ago
MATLAB
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by princeb 8y ago
can only guess it's one of those modern buildings with glass curtain walls and in these buildings those sitting under the vents are going to be hit by a massive blast of dry, freezing air, and those next to the windows are going to be
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by princeb 8y ago
building more luxury condos means that the rich foreign investors who are looking for speculative investments can stay out of mid-market housing meant for mid-income homeowners, and mid-income homeowners can stay out of low-income housing m
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by princeb 8y ago
maybe this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_riot where a large, fairly wealthy neighbourhood of black people was firebombed by the local militia.
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by princeb 8y ago
the missing context is that the previous PM greenlighted projects from China that were v likely greenlighted because of kickbacks to him and his retinue rather than because of the merit and profitability to the country. china, among other t
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by princeb 8y ago
winamp and napster go hand in hand. yes i'm implying winamp is piracy.
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by princeb 8y ago
like to put it out to you to not think of 'fast thinkers' as people who can think on the spot, but actually people who have spent a lot of time and effort thinking ahead of time, so that when a question or situation arises, the re
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by princeb 8y ago
if only these millennials drank 150 less lattes a day they'd be able to afford a downpayment on a place of their own in three years.
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by princeb 8y ago
actually now curious what this is. was thinking about undervolting my home system this sweltering summer.
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by princeb 8y ago
what would be really cool is a bloomberg mech keyboard with the green and blue keys. but i think the pcb is proprietary.
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by princeb 8y ago
> And yet I know words such as anyone who had to do their SAT or GRE would have probably crammed these 500 or 1000 word lists. it's much less common to have to learn words for bread or bread rolls. if you complicate things by puttin
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by princeb 8y ago
I don't read a lot of books with invented languages, but a number that I've seen seem somewhat European. I don't remember very many Sinitic constructed languages. I think that would be nice, but the nature of the language con
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by princeb 8y ago
9 is also a homonynm for "enduring" which may be good. unless it's enduring death you're worried about.
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by princeb 8y ago
Cloud 9 trader is the exact name of a voip dealerboard that’s used in the industry right now. https://www.c9tec.com/trader-communications/
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by princeb 8y ago
i sure wouldn't mind some vc-subsidized underground trains. maybe if they became competitive rapid transit operators as well, the world could become a better place
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by princeb 8y ago
FB has always had a MSN.com or Yahoo.com vibe, but with the latest "see other posts across facebook" update, it's gone completely Taboola. that's not even half as entertaining as instagram or snapchat right now. i feel l
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by princeb 8y ago
a lot of people really do nothing but watch tv at home all night. it's truly incredible. I am guessing there is a subset of these people that do not think about expensive hobbies at all, let alone reading about one or attempting to ima
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by princeb 8y ago
or less for increased safety: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_space
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by princeb 8y ago
> In the early 2000s, when researchers started to look at specific behaviours, such as books read per week or hours spent reading or using a computer, none seemed to be a major contributor to myopia risk. is no one reading the article?
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by princeb 9y ago
> while the hand dryers only removed 23%
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by princeb 9y ago
actually this is pretty comforting to know for a few reasons: 1. soap really, really works. it works so well it doesn't seem to matter whether you dry your hands with paper towels or hot air later. 2. hand dryers don't put more sh
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by princeb 9y ago
Hmm that’s interesting. I’m on 1g of B a day (neurobion) for herniated disc. That’s quite a lot; most supplements do about 50mg of B. This warrants more investigation.
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by princeb 9y ago
you will never feel like you will run out of things to improve on. you will never feel like it's a complete work. what is worse is knowing that there are competitors and they are also trying to find their edge over you. you have probab
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by princeb 9y ago
bizarre statement is there any point in saying that a hypothetical brain-dead, comatose bodybuilder is stronger than a starving man?
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by princeb 9y ago
well maybe tesla really thinks the existing automation research is outdated and maybe they think it will massively pay off. but they surely must recognize that there are learning pains involved in this especially when it sounds like no othe
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by princeb 9y ago
if he's wrong, he's going to lose a lot of money. i think that's about as accountable as it can get. at least this guy puts his money where his mouth is.
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by princeb 9y ago
that's an even older people problem. as a side note, the swiss banks did a massive job during WW2 hiding the identities of jewish customers who moved their wealth across the border. FATCA completely destroyed these secrecy laws.
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by princeb 9y ago
cars are not trains, for one. road usage is shared among cars, motorcycles and scooters, trucks, pedestrians, bicycles, mobility scooters, and other things.
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by princeb 9y ago
now the question is why is a car (autonomous or not) driving at 40mph on a road where people can be expected to walk right out in front of a car? would you drive 40 mph down a city street with trucks and buses parked head to tail on both si

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