rquantz

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by rquantz 13y ago
Yes, the teacher was trying to teach fractions, the student was doing discrete math.
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by rquantz 13y ago
She's using a nail file.
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by rquantz 13y ago
Agreed, it seems like some kind of punishment should be in order. Like detention. The fact that the school principal has come to her defense suggests that people who were actually there didn't feel threatened.
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by rquantz 13y ago
Honestly, the best way to make a difference with local government is either to make a credible threat of suit or just make their lives miserable for a few weeks (by publishing their email addresses and phone numbers and sicking the internet
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by rquantz 13y ago
Can anyone speak to the significance of this achievement, considering that reaching low earth orbit requires something like Mach 24?
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by rquantz 13y ago
I also disagree with adventured here, but your response is not useful.
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by rquantz 13y ago
Including those additional segments helped maintain perspective for me -- seeing each one shrink incrementally gave a better sense than one animation from Holocene to all of Earth's history.
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by rquantz 13y ago
So what you're telling me is I can't have complete knowledge or control over my life? How am I going to live forever, then?? Edit: but seriously, thanks for the response. I think a lot of people are torn by trying to make basic decisions li
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by rquantz 13y ago
On the other hand, this study found that a high protein, low carb diet can reduce cancer growth in mice[1]. This is not to say that what you said is inaccurate. I just see your comment and the first thing I think is "uh oh, can I still eat
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by rquantz 13y ago
For most pizza, the pie arrives at the table already sliced, thus the problem is generally just one of negotiating fair distribution. P.S., I just read the first chapter of Concrete Mathematics, and I thought this was going to be about line
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by rquantz 13y ago
Ah, that explains it. I couldn't believe Star Wars wasn't on the list. But nobody needs to link to Star Wars. It seems this only works for the middle tier of movie mentions. Anything that's really common currency will be missed.
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by rquantz 13y ago
Did you read the GP? It says either some people are uniquely hyper-self aware, or everybody is the same. All you've done is state one side of that argument in the form of a maxim.
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by rquantz 13y ago
Decent health insurance for a healthy person in New York is at least $600. My aunt, a cancer survivor in Middland Texas, pays several thousand per month for an individual plan.
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by rquantz 14y ago
Is this what you're referring to? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5246071
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by rquantz 14y ago
It sounds like you're talking about eliminating things like the FDIC, which is crazy. People (and banks) suffered tremendously before bank regulation evened out the business cycle. Then they decided to ease things up and let banks play arou
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by rquantz 14y ago
Here's a link to the original paper (PDF): http://www.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/Articles/I/NewYo...
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by rquantz 14y ago
What we're seeing now is the conflict between Consumer vs. Cosmopolitan America Cosmopolitan America, if it exists as a mass paradigm, is at this point mostly aspirational. Our entire culture and economy revolve around consumption. Most j
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by rquantz 14y ago
Like, "I bought all these records in the 60s, why should I have to go out and buy them all again as CDs?"
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by rquantz 14y ago
His show also benefits when he is portrayed unflatteringly.
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by rquantz 14y ago
What are your reasons to question Obama's veto threat?
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by rquantz 14y ago
I've been wondering why Netflix doesn't come up with some kind of personas. Each member of the household can rate movies, and then it can make recommendations for an individual or combination of them.
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by rquantz 14y ago
Except that American bond yields are low because the US is in a depression (a liquidity trap), not because "the situation is not as bad as it seems." You're right though that debt, personal or sovereign, is not always bad.
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by rquantz 14y ago
Yes, and they're having supply chain problems that are pushing back product launches. http://www.valuewalk.com/2013/04/apple-inc-aapl-to-disappoin...
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by rquantz 14y ago
Me too. It is both exciting and disturbing. For me it also calls to mind Carl Sagan in Pale Blue Dot warning against developing the ability to move asteroids around.
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NASA plans to capture asteroid and bring it to Earth orbit(nasa.gov)
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by rquantz 14y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't you describing a dictionary attack, not brute force?
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by rquantz 14y ago
No, no one else did.
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by rquantz 14y ago
There have been a few articles recently complaining about people who complain about being busy. They offer the keys to unlocking what people really mean when they say they're busy, usually that they're super-important. There is another thin
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by rquantz 14y ago
I don't think the indignation is feigned.
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by rquantz 14y ago
This wouldn't really work for anything not in a key. How would you notate Boulez?

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