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by rquantz 12y ago
And yet, the US will never convert to a system of measurement invented by the French . Remember freedom fries?
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by rquantz 12y ago
People forget this now that hipster is a high fashion super cool trend, but the things we associate with hipsters originated from poor artsy types who lived in industrial neighborhoods and bought clothes at the thrift store because they cou
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by rquantz 12y ago
Well, first you have to consider the source. Polonius is a boor and a blowhard. Then consider what he says. Both borrowing and lending can be solid financial decisions. Finance was in its infancy in Elizabethan England, but the British were
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by rquantz 12y ago
This. I wish I were not someone who had pet peeves, but this is one of them. People quoting maxims from great literature that are meant ironically. Robert Frost seems particularly prone to it. See also "good fences make good neighbors.
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by rquantz 12y ago
I like the maxim "this too shall pass." It's easy to think of on a generational level - our fathers' generation will disappear, and so will ours. But on the level of a civilization, it becomes both stranger and sadder. O
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by rquantz 12y ago
Yes. People who respond to shortages of non renewable resources by saying, "I'm not concerned. Actual peak oil is 40 years further down the road than these people think it is" don't seem to grasp that that is not actua
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by rquantz 12y ago
How is that the radius of the observable universe? I thought the observable universe was bounded by the age of the universe, which why the furthest distant observations show the universe close to the time of the Big Bang. Shouldn't the
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by rquantz 12y ago
Life's too short to read this comment thread.
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by rquantz 12y ago
The tragedy of the commons... You know, a hundred people saw that and said "oh that's too good. I'm not going to comment." Then one person said "Ugh bluuhhh!! Brake with hammerrrr!!!11" and ruined it for everyo
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by rquantz 12y ago
Yay Hacker News. Top thread: what is the legality of who owns this film? Second thread: debating the longevity of flash memory. Third thread (no responses): direct link to content. Last thread (no replies): the only person who directly eng
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by rquantz 12y ago
Please be more careful before posting in the future. Interestingly, to me at least, I read the quote, and remembered the text with a split infinitive. To check that I was right, I googled the text of the amendment, which google helpfully
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by rquantz 12y ago
You've misquoted the amendment. It is "the right to peaceably assemble." The Constitution was written before the invention of grammar nazis, and before Victorian snobs decided you couldn't split an infinitive verb.
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the very frequency with which the Farmers' Market is now held in Union Square... might be construed as little more than cover for crowd control, have as it does the effect of making this space all but inaccessible to protesters. Not
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by rquantz 12y ago
The relevant question in the linked video starts at around 11:12
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Speak for yourself. This is exciting. We have a plan. What we need is enthusiasm and funding.
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by rquantz 12y ago
Thank goodness the top comment is no longer about quibbling with units. This is an awesome achievement, and it points to so much more.
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While some people may think they have a right not to be offended, it is not necessary for it to be a right in order for us to avoid using words like this, which have been historically used to denigrate a class of people while simultaneously
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by rquantz 12y ago
Well, I can tell you the implication I intended: saying that a group of people who was hunted to the brink of extinction by the ancestors of the people who now live here are being oversensitive is a dangerous line of thought, which, yes, ha
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by rquantz 12y ago
It has been used as a slur by white people at least since the late 19th Century. Many native peoples say it is offensive. Are you calling them hypersensitive? Speak carefully now.
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by rquantz 12y ago
All right, be honest, that whole post was really just an excuse to show off your cute kids to all of hacker news, right?
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by rquantz 12y ago
You know what I've never thought? "The problem with CSS is that it is not imperative enough."
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by rquantz 12y ago
I think you're wrong about them being mostly about amazon. She's talking about capitalism. Amazon is only a symptom.
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This is a typical view around here. Obviously to Le Guin they are more than that. But what would one of the great writers of our time, approaching the end of her life, know about that?
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by rquantz 12y ago
I don't understand your hostility. In this article and many others recently, there is an implication that you can't do anything big in NYC anymore, especially in the arts. This is patently untrue. That, and only that, is what I&#x
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please stop talking out of your ass about something you're so clearly uninformed on. Nice. I did say I haven't seen it. I certainly won't claim that exactly the same thing opened up across the street from me. They don'
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The Social Club is now lodged in an old firehouse built in 1937, and has a theater, classrooms, bars, art gallery, and adjoining restaurant [...] Mannheimer created something that would have taken the rest his life and $300 million to comp
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by rquantz 12y ago
I followed the instructions in this post several years ago, and I can confirm that it produces an excellent finish. One of our pans has taken a bit of abuse recently, however, and has started to rust. I can't say I'm excited about
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by rquantz 12y ago
What sort of attack is this assuming? Would a dictionary attack be more effective than the "centuries" estimate?
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by rquantz 12y ago
Don't know why this was downvoted. The GP appears to believe no one ever has bad luck and everyone is as fortunate as he.
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by rquantz 12y ago
Another difference between actors and the engineers the OP is talking about is that engineers are salaried employees who do a job search every few years at the most, and actors are self employed freelancers whose jobs last at most a few mon

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