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   by pvnick 13y ago

   I consider everybody here very smart. In many cases smarter than myself. Therefore, could somebody please explain why we would give the government, which has shown itself to be terribly incompetent with technology issues, the ability to e
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   Accurate bodyfat calculator combines several girth models(23.239.16.235)

   1 points by pvnick 13y ago|0 comments
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   by pvnick 13y ago

   While Steve Jobs is an entrepreneurial outlier, and I recommend against smoking weed often simply because it can be a crutch for psychological issues, Jobs had an interesting history of LSD and cannabis use: "The best way I could descr
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   by pvnick 13y ago

   Combine with content aware fill and you get http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i3NWKbBaaU
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   by pvnick 13y ago

   What does a broken record sound like? Read the first line of the ruling: http://i.imgur.com/y8LZQUM.png
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   by pvnick 13y ago

   Nice, I'm glad to hear it. A few months ago a guy named 31minutes who claimed to be an old client of Martin berkhan did an AMA on the leangains subreddit and filled in a bunch of blanks on what we know of the leangains method. As of no
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   by pvnick 13y ago

   I'm building a diet and exercise website that gets people started with leangains (look for a launch in the near term future!). I've got a business plan, and I want to make just enough money to fund my travels around the world for
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   A Christmas message from Edward Snowden [video](youtube.com)

   3 points by pvnick 13y ago|0 comments
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   by pvnick 13y ago

   You would have them be "penalized up the wazoo" because they didn't apologize in the way you would have preferred? Talk about being unreasonably punitive. I would hope that making an example out of somebody is not a formal st
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    Clever expanded through Florida pretty rapidly as I was working with them earlier this year. I already wrote about my great experience with them at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6856714 , but again I wish them the bes
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    I don't care where the money comes from. I care about the science. And nobody seems to be able to explain it to me (at least not since my simplistic - and wrong - environmental science class in high school). Catalytic ozone depletion i
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    For every chart you could ever want with a very easy-to-use API, highcharts ( http://www.highcharts.com/ ) is your best friend. Free for personal use, inexpensive for commercial license. Highcharts will let you show as much o
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    I also recommend watching this video where he demos the operating system: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpujlg-XhEs Losethos's real name is Terry Davis. His video had me awestruck, laughing (he can be pretty funny an
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    Great question. What are you passionate about? What is one thing that would improve the world that is within your reach? How could you make people's lives a little better? Answer that question, then figure out some way to use your co
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    Crap now we're going to go through the whole word parsing game again. This is not a fun place to be
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    This is great! I used Sense (chrome extension that does something similar) to define my Elasticsearch behavior a few weeks ago, but this looks like it has more going on so I'll definitely bookmark it and pull it up next time.
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    Researchers injected a chemical called nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, or NAD, which reduces in the body as we age. The addition of this compound led to the radical reversal in the ageing of the mice. While this is pretty c
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    I second this, if not this specific solution then at least the goal of being proactive about the problem. There are so many talented people that want to make cool stuff and improve the world around them in their own way, but the overall neg
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    Why would you post such an inane one-liner like that? Jimmytucson made a very good point, which is that the very intelligent Telegram authors tried really hard to make a solid product, made a huge gamble that didn't quite pay off like
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    So, [Clapper] said, he was continuing to assert the state secrets privilege, which allows the government to seek to block information from being used in court even if that means the case must be dismissed. It's almost f
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    It's been interesting watching the reactions to these revelations from the more skeptical folks. Tptacek, have there been any stories (besides this one I suppose) that have really surprised you and struck you as unreasonable overreach?
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    That's actually at the very core in why I went into biochemistry (aside from a naive belief in the triviality of curing cancer and the abundance of nobel prizes). In studying biochemistry I'm able to see how the math and the physi
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    I was intentionally vague on that point to avoid controversy distracting from my point, but if you're curious, I found faith in Jesus Christ (I became Catholic) and I fully believe that it was by the grace of God that I was brought out
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    I am so happy to have read your comment. The Snowden stuff hit me pretty hard as well, and I actually organized my town's rally for the Restore the Fourth demonstrations. If you ever want to talk and get to know each other, my email is
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    Someone wrote the index controller in php and deployed a syntax error
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    I was deeply touched while reading this piece - I felt that Powell was speaking almost directly to me. I was one of those children who suffered from a learning challenge. I had a very strong case of ADHD, and I'll tell you what I stuck
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    >one of my wife's students had just given us a gift certificate for Sam's Club, and we discovered that the much-maligned Sam's Club is better about returns and about customer service in general than Target I just want to m
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    Wow. I'm shocked at the disgusting responses I'm reading here. No wonder people get terrible anxiety about releasing their hard work for feedback. Hacker News seems to be a den of vipers, waiting to strike at the tiniest opportuni
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    I sometimes try to imagine what would have happened had Flight 93 reached it's presumed target, the Capitol Building [1]. I was young at the time, around 12 or 13, but I do remember quite vividly the atmosphere of fear that engulfed my
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    I've always loved reading what michaelochurch has to say. I generally make a conscious effort to stay optimistic, but I see a lot of truth in what he writes.