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by rationalbeaver 16y ago
"Does anyone seriously think we will grow old and die 500 years from now?" Absolutely. Here's a few reasons why I think that way: A)Even if we somehow solve the problem of aging, some people (quite possibly many or even most) will still cho
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by rationalbeaver 16y ago
Fairly mind blowing to me at the time I heard it: Reno, NV is farther West than Los Angeles, CA.
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by rationalbeaver 16y ago
That is also, quite possibly, the nerdiest coincidence in the history of mankind. My hat is off to you, sir.
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by rationalbeaver 16y ago
Last I checked the value was on par with the Zimbabwe dollar.
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by rationalbeaver 16y ago
No downvote from me, but I doubt drug dealers will like this much. This thing creates email receipts, tracks date, time, and location of transactions, and holds your money in an online account that is connected to your bank account. I'm pre
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by rationalbeaver 16y ago
I think "very black hat" is pushing it a bit. That would be something like the worms and trojans people have used to take over accounts and spam everyone. But paying people to push your page is definitely sketchy, especially since I'm sure
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by rationalbeaver 16y ago
I lost. Thanks a lot. Jerk.
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by rationalbeaver 16y ago
I wonder how people would answer if the implications of the graphs were made more clear to them. An unequal distribution of wealth, at least in America today, implies that great success is possible (in a system with less income mobility it
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by rationalbeaver 16y ago
I like where these cottage food laws are going. I'm just thinking out loud, but I'd be interested in seeing a system where smaller outfits would simply be required to post some kind of notification that they are unlicensed/uninspected. This
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by rationalbeaver 16y ago
Whenever I see that line I can't help feeling like it's super-pretentious. I have to remind myself that it's: A)Set by default, and B)Actually kind of useful as an explanation for bad spelling and short responses.
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by rationalbeaver 16y ago
Anecdotal, but I have experienced an SMS message delivery delay of about 7 hours within the past week (on Verizon). I would agree that delays are less common, but they're by no means over with.
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by rationalbeaver 16y ago
Enormous but mostly empty?
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by rationalbeaver 16y ago
Observation: There is exactly 1 woman on that entire list. #52.
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by rationalbeaver 16y ago
Judging submissions without clicking through and being astounded by this guy's incredible artistic hacking skills? What's happening to HN indeed.
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by rationalbeaver 16y ago
There is a difference between stealing money to fuel your greed and stealing a loaf of bread because you're starving. Or speeding for the thrill vs. speeding to get your pregnant wife to the hospital. His assertion is that illegal immigrati
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by rationalbeaver 16y ago
Man, don't eat that stuff. Soylent green is people.
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by rationalbeaver 16y ago
Good, article, but let's be honest here. We all know this is the real list: 1. Reddit/HN/Digg/etc. 2. Facebook (move to #1 if you play Farmville or are female) 3. Steam/xbox/playstation/WOW/Dwarf Fortress 4. Checking Email 5. Watching video
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by rationalbeaver 16y ago
All of the apps are for that.
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by rationalbeaver 16y ago
Also, the food at the local lunch spot may be higher quality, but it is very likely to have tons of added salt, fat, oil, sugar and other deliciousness that is just as likely to land you in the hospital later in life. His best advice is pro
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by rationalbeaver 16y ago
My old Canon does the same thing. I select 'gray scale' in the print settings to force the printer to stick to the black ink only.
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by rationalbeaver 16y ago
Don't forget your towel.
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by rationalbeaver 16y ago
You'd be surprised at how often they do that. It happens with virtually every announcement.
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by rationalbeaver 16y ago
Yeah, but you can't eat solar panels.
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by rationalbeaver 16y ago
That's true, but making a sales tax progressive creates the same complication that exists in the current system, only with even more incentive for corporations to lobby for special exemptions, reclassifications, credits, etc., for the produ
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by rationalbeaver 16y ago
I'm beginning to have some doubts: http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=pinksoda
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by rationalbeaver 16y ago
Which is more likely: Someone created a truly impressive and convincingly realistic fake iphone which they subsequently "lost" in the hopes that someone would find it and leak/sell it to the media. OR Mr. Sewell has a lot of oldish letter
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by rationalbeaver 16y ago
What, your email isn't set to 'auto-print-then-delete-upon-open'?
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by rationalbeaver 16y ago
I'm sure toolbar spam accounts for a lot of Ask's traffic, but we shouldn't see that here. The graph shows the relative amounts of people who use Google to search for (i.e. navigate to) Ask, NYT, and CNN. So, if toolbar spam is involved, it
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by rationalbeaver 17y ago
It's hard to address throughput that way when the Throughputers are in a union.
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by rationalbeaver 17y ago
Google replies: http://blog.google.org/2010/03/gooey-googley-energy.html

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