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by rauljara 15y ago
Interesting idea, and indeed there are a lot of parallels between writing arguments and writing programs. But the title gives me pause, because the acts feel so very different. A gigantic difference is that, in an essay, your idea can sti
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You are introducing an additional variable that doesn't make any sense to include. Even if mobility is greater now than it was (something of which I am skeptical), the fact remains that the top quintile is still only ever 20% of the popula
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by rauljara 15y ago
The article itself has almost no information on the actual technology. The embedded video is much more helpful, and explains how the "lens" around the turbines helps to disperse air and create a low pressure zone on one side of the turbine
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by rauljara 15y ago
It's a neat project, technically. But... "If one turned on one's anger light in a fit of frustration, it was useful as a reminder later in the day to remain angry." I'm all for finding healthy ways to express anger, but actively holding on
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The Methodological Confusion of Twin Studies(slate.com)
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by rauljara 15y ago
Ruby has such wonderful evangelists that somewhere along the line I had gotten the idea that all Rails projects had 100% test coverage, and refactoring was a matter of course. It's kind of a relief to hear that not only do not all projects
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by rauljara 15y ago
You seem to be accusing the man of ignoring "obvious" issues to push an agenda to calm people, but I don't think that's fair. 1) The CPI is controversial, but so is every proposed system to replace it. For the moment, the CPI is the gold
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by rauljara 15y ago
Just to clarify: These aren't the same thing as the ai-class ( http://www.ai-class.com ) that has gotten all the buzz. This program has been around for a while and only(1) offers downloadable materials (videos of lectures + pdfs of assignm
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You can also use multiple spaces. Fullscreen editor in one. Full screen terminal in another. Fullscreen browser in a third, to defeat the supposedly distractionless environment a fullscreen app does its best to offer you.
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It's pretty obvious why apple didn't go this route. This design takes the macbook pro away from the realm of Ive's relentless minimalism and instead conjures up images of early 90's blocky cell phones.
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There is already too little competition in carriers (and telecoms in general). Even completely ignoring the document, I can't imagine who thought public good would have been served by allowing such a merger.
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by rauljara 15y ago
One thing to note about ADHD research: The bar for getting diagnosed with ADHD in a clinical trial is much higher than getting diagnosed with it by your family doctor. All of the symptoms involve a great deal of leeway and personal interpr
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Artificial DNA animal created(bbc.co.uk)
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by rauljara 15y ago
A counter example: When the USSR was invaded in world war II, Stalin implemented the "not one step back" policy. Officers and NKVD agents were under orders to shoot anyone who so much as took "one step back" in the face of the german onsla
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by rauljara 15y ago
To use a terrible analogy that doesn't hold up under close scrutiny but is sufficiently accurate to answer your question: Just because you spend more than you earn using your credit card doesn't mean you don't have money in the bank. You ca
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The enhanced version is completely different from the regular version. Not only are the reasons different, but a lot of the languages don't even inherit from the same sources (the regular version had javascript coming from java. wtf?). J
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by rauljara 15y ago
Did you read your own chart? It clearly shows that tax revenues as a percentage of GDP vary a lot. Between 1942 and today, it ranges from ~14% to ~21%. I don't know if you're aware of this, but 7% of GDP represents over a trillion dollars.
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by rauljara 15y ago
Did you read your own chart? Between 1942 and today, it ranges from ~14% to ~21%. I don't know if you're aware of this, but 7% of GDP is a big deal. Incidentally, the same chart you point to shows how tax income is about as low of a shar
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by rauljara 15y ago
I know according to the rules you aren't supposed to ask other people to flag stories, but this is a case where I think it's worth violating that rule. I don't doubt that the author is a lurker, and really meant the "thanks HN". but if this
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by rauljara 15y ago
Not sure exactly how long these have been around, but my boss has had one for four years, at least. http://www.bookendzdocks.com/
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by rauljara 15y ago
>Also this was a great piece of journalism. I started listening to the This American Life podcast after I heard a piece on the financial crisis. Their reporting of business matters is truly extraordinary. Their stories often have a na
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by rauljara 15y ago
Wikipedia is full of general purpose knowledge and paid for by donations. Even if you never make use of 99.99% of the knowledge it has, there is something for you, and a reason for you to donate. Academic journals are full of incredibly sp
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by rauljara 15y ago
I think there is room for illegal activities in the name of a free and open society. If this is truly the author's goal, however, they need to stop associating with LulzSec. There was nothing noble about 9/10's of the crap lulzsec did, and
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>lost me again at "ancient brain" and not putting out unnecessary energy. A lot of evolutionary science talks about energy expenditure. For an animal to survive it needs to take in at least as many calories as it expends, so evolutiona
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by rauljara 15y ago
I think there is a middle ground. I absolutely agree with the author that test driven development sucks when learning. But that's not to say never write tests while learning. There's a huge different between writing some tests and test d
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by rauljara 15y ago
Gripe about 95%+ of the articles that mention Apple, Android and rim: They all talk about winning, like if apple/android/rim don't do x, apple/android/rim will "win". This article makes the case that Android has already won. When I play a
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by rauljara 15y ago
To be fair to the environmentalists who back this legislation: they almost certainly want to pass higher progressive taxes on electricity use. As the current budget debate is showing, it is all but impossible to raise taxes in this politic
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I was less complaining about there being only two testimonials (yesod is very young) than about the fact that two testimonials had shown up on the front page of HN. The testimonials are don't provide much information and are unlikely to co
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by rauljara 15y ago
I'm interested in web frameworks, and considering learning haskell, so I'm happy to hear about yesod. But I really have to question the value of linking to a testimonials page with two testimonials, both from the same company. Here is usef
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What makes heroku work with rails is rails' use of gemfiles/bundler, so that you don't have to upload every gem that your rails app uses. I don't know how it works with node, but from heroku's getting started articles, it looks like leinin

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