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by restalis 11y ago
Yeah, he probably should have said "complicated" instead. The journalist either for some reason lacks knowledge about complex numbers or studied math in other language and missed the other meanings that he inadvertently touched.
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by restalis 11y ago
First, the term "common culture" is relative. In here they are talking about intellectual ideas. There always existed seductive ideas spreading among the (somewhat free) class of intellectuals but these shared flows of ideas were
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by restalis 11y ago
Technically, k, M, G, and the rest are SI prefixes created to be used within SI system of units. Those may be useful as finance prefixes too but it just happens that there already is another set in use.
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by restalis 11y ago
"But by that logic I suppose we should stop considering British history to be part of the European tradition." Put your statement next to "much further into the continent than previously thought" when we're really
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Farallon Tectonic Plate(en.wikipedia.org)
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by restalis 11y ago
"continent may be extended beyond the confines of continuous dry land to include the shallow, submerged adjacent area (the continental shelf)" Well then, Vikings definitely discovered America because they continuously inhabited
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by restalis 11y ago
Also, it's worth remembering that Columbus wasn't trying to discover America, he was just trying to find another route to India. Whatever might one have learned about Vikings' achievements in Columbus time it definitely sound
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by restalis 11y ago
"The unearthing of a stone used in iron working on Newfoundland, hundreds of miles south from the only known Viking site in North America, suggests the Vikings may have traveled much further into the continent than previously thought.
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by restalis 11y ago
They may happen to be reliable because you just take better care of pricey things (but that's not to say that it isn't their merit to turn you into a careful person).
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by restalis 11y ago
From my prospective pretty much all their promoted "strengths" were gimmicks. Of all things, only MacBook Air's weight can be undoubtedly counted as something valuable considering that it's a portable device.
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by restalis 11y ago
I remember a while ago, being a kid, visiting some relatives, when I've asked my guest elders why our host relatives have so many ignored problems scattered around. They discretely told me that our hosts got used to and that don't
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by restalis 11y ago
But what I'm interested in is to measure the general health of the living. Counting in the dead (from the entire history) makes no sense.
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by restalis 11y ago
"If you're serious about your biz, you should take any decision to maximize its success, not to save a few bucks at the beginning." Being serious and looking for ways to maximize (i.e. capitalize on) the existing success ap
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by restalis 11y ago
Here is some complementary material from an article from The Daily Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/03/24/microsofts-...
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Natural (systems of) units(en.wikipedia.org)
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by restalis 11y ago
That's what the researchers are after. It's hard to accept things as singular in themselves so they continuously challenge this "constant" status. The speed of light is given by the nature of the light, which is (presuma
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by restalis 11y ago
"Your definition makes almost every single thing every person does (apart from watching TV) arrogance." I think that watching TV has no inherent prevention from being arrogant, so TV watchers must be arrogant too! (Armchair quar
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by restalis 11y ago
"The problem I see w/ UBI is that contrary to popular belief, people aren't lazy, they're industrious. People like to feel useful. And people long for meaning in their lives and their work." You should be aware th
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by restalis 11y ago
"what has US done right to remain talent magnet" It sells itself better. Given the same conditions, an US offer will sound better because the benefits (the pay) will be highlighted while the drawbacks will be presented in a lesser
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by restalis 11y ago
So the consolation is what? That although people will flee to spend their best years elsewhere and sell their potential there at least they'll come back to Canada so their younglings will benefit as they did from the better formative c
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by restalis 11y ago
If we're addressing the said healthcare only nominally then yes, it may be discarded from the list of considerations.
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by restalis 11y ago
Hmm... I remember a while ago when China was bashed for such an attitude. Isn't that just fascinating?
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by restalis 11y ago
Exactly. They found it living in plastic eating bugs and it will do good for say - sea turtles, which mistakenly eat plastic and choke. Just force the turtles to ingest a pill with Ideonella Sakaiensis and if they'll be lucky - they&#x
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by restalis 11y ago
What are you talking about? So far this was just a discovery of an already existing bacterium. They identified it and studied it a little bit. I find no plans for "helping this new bacteria thrive" anywhere in the article.
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by restalis 11y ago
I may get down-voted for this, but here it goes... Parenting rights can be revoked if there is enough evidence of potential damage to be inflicted upon the subjected children. I think the same should go for a lot of other things. People sho
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by restalis 11y ago
"Public schools aren't the greatest when it comes to accelerating social mobility - a lot of my graduating class is still in my hometown." <sarcasm>"Social mobility" doesn't necessarily mean moving upwa
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by restalis 11y ago
There are a lot of things one should learn for a content life. As parents, we are tempted to ignore in our teachings many things that we've already mastered and not struggling with, but which are very important nevertheless. I'd b
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by restalis 11y ago
If you're able to teach your children your skills for spotting opportunity like you do here, then you're my roll model parent!
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by restalis 11y ago
You assume the problems you had were for being a minority, which may be true. You could however have had a similar hell schooling without having a handy social issue to blame. Many of us (nerds) had that hard time as kids with or without ra
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by restalis 11y ago
"instead of letting them learn a range and choose" You should acknowledge the weakness of your children's characters and that without parent's strong influence they will most likely be hype-driven, drown to many intere

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