rsmith05

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by rsmith05 10y ago
"fails to address the root causes of class division." What are the root causes? I'd imagine that companies would make MORE profit in a world with UBI because more individuals have more disposable income to use on their produc
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When money isn’t real: the $10,000 experiment(youtube.com)
1 points by rsmith05 11y ago|0 comments
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by rsmith05 11y ago
As someone that suffers from RSI, I'd be interested in an Opti-mouse. Does this exist yet?
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Now Shipping Soylent 2.0(discourse.soylent.me)
67 points by rsmith05 11y ago|125 comments
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by rsmith05 11y ago
There's nothing wrong with your setup. I personally just got a Macbook Pro 13 inch because I wanted to become familiar with the Apple ecosystem, coming from mainly Windows and Linux worlds. I can honestly say given a couple of weeks, I
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by rsmith05 13y ago
Something interesting that I never thought about before: Arguably, the BSD license in this case allows for more freedom in the short term (I can do whatever I want with this software...awesome!). But the GPL license, especially the older on
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by rsmith05 13y ago
Crazy: "And the problem is growing. In 1985 most people said they had 3 close friends. In 2004 the most common number was zero... This is sad, and for more reasons than you might expect. We need friends to keep us healthy. Lack of soci
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How To Make Friends Easily And Strengthen The Friendships You Have(time.com)
2 points by rsmith05 13y ago|1 comments
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by rsmith05 13y ago
This is the talk in audio form: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssDY74nLuLg I love listening to Alan Watts speak and have heard hours upon hours of his talks. In general, they're pretty good and make you think.
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by rsmith05 13y ago
I think that we waste a lot of time in news feeds (HN/Youtube/Facebook/Twitter/etc). We are afraid of missing something important, and seeing that "something new" feels good. But once you've seen it, you m
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Recommendations for Canada: Mandatory+Proportional Voting and Basic Income(thestar.com)
3 points by rsmith05 13y ago|0 comments
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'Techie' term draws derision from tech workers(sfgate.com)
5 points by rsmith05 13y ago|0 comments
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by rsmith05 13y ago
No support for the North? Sad to see Canada not included.
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by rsmith05 13y ago
Would you be able to elaborate on "algebraical vs geometrical" thinking? I've noticed myself that there are two types of "math" that people tend to be good at: 1) Algorithmic - Following a set of steps to achieve a
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by rsmith05 15y ago
What about if you have a lot of student debt? Does that change things? I have a bunch of student debt and I start paying interest in 6 months. I elected to work at a big company to get out of debt. The benefits and perks are amazing...an