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by rubidium 6y ago
Then make your own! And get off the lawn. Sheesh.
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by rubidium 6y ago
Many many great novels were written with a pay-per-page on a weekly basis.
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by rubidium 6y ago
I’m unaware of this. Background?
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by rubidium 6y ago
My large employer has that policy still (business class if any leg of trip is >8 hrs). Everyone at the VP level doesn’t get to book better than the rest, but they fly so much that they’re regularly upgraded.
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by rubidium 6y ago
17/22 at 35 years old. Hope to not have to fight in a war or set a bone, and I’d rather die peacefully. But game to grow :)
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by rubidium 6y ago
Allergies often come on with age... so it may just be that.
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by rubidium 6y ago
Here here! I just met one other person on the internet who sees that the emperor has no clothes. The adherence and attractiveness of MWI to so many CS programmers (and a few physicists) is mind boggling to me.
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by rubidium 6y ago
“One thing he (her father) told me was ‘action comes before motivation’ - that’s always been an incredibly powerful thing in my life.“ Good advice!
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by rubidium 6y ago
If you were curious after reading this comment like I was, here’s the legality of homeschooling by country: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeschooling_international_...
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by rubidium 6y ago
This is classic hn dismissalism. The news article isn’t great, but it did a better job than you give it credit for in stating the significance. It linked the paper and talked about birch reactions. I don’t read Science (the journal) regula
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by rubidium 6y ago
@dang A suggestion that occurs to me based on this would be deleting accounts but not comments. Essentially all comments remain but are attributed to “anon_1” or something like that.
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by rubidium 6y ago
This is CERN. They approved a study into building one. They exist to study these things. Take away the toys and the institution has a hard time justifying itself. This is mostly self preservation. In my opinion we should give the Lhc a 25 y
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by rubidium 6y ago
Where you remain for 15 minutes or more with 20 or more people.
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by rubidium 6y ago
Also cuts down on their job... so it’s take the risk (Est 95% of waitstaff is in the Very low risk category) or they don’t work.
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by rubidium 6y ago
“ Ackerman grew up in Burnsville, a drab suburb of Minneapolis” Spent my middle and high school years living there. Can confirm with the exception of the Minnesota Valley Natural Wildlife refuge. It was in my backyard and the saving grace o
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by rubidium 6y ago
It’s true that there are some very bad parents. It’s also true that no state run system has been as good as biological or adoptive parents for the vast majority of children... even those with negligent parents. Only in extreme cases does on
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by rubidium 6y ago
“ the relationship I've had with Slack since the beginning of my career.“ As someone a bit older, I’m just thinking that maybe it would be helpful to have an on-ramp of business communications course in college or when starting a first
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by rubidium 6y ago
Yep. That’s what Steve Jobs said. Have kids? Ever had to rely on someone else for your livelihood or had someone rely on you? What matters most in the world is how we treat each other. Technology doesn’t do much there... its effect is mostl
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by rubidium 6y ago
To quote the inventor of that himself: The problem is I’m older now, I’m 40 years old, and this stuff doesn’t change the world. It really doesn’t. That’s going to break people’s hearts. I’m sorry, it’s true. Having children
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by rubidium 6y ago
Hilarious that the capital of ad-tech and useless app proliferation is considered “Building things”. You want builders, go blue collar. Machinists, masons, mechanics and teachers. They know how to get * done. Not Stanford CS grads ensconced
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by rubidium 6y ago
“ None of us in this seminar were able to mount any plausible arguments against Nozick, not because he’s correct, but because we had so little experience arguing against anything that far right.“ Author discovered a PhD thesis topic worth w
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by rubidium 6y ago
Just a datapoint: I (And lots of other people) could readily build and maintain a team of software engineers for $109-$134k salary in the Midwest that would be fully competent in achieving anything the irs needed.
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by rubidium 6y ago
Dave Ramsey is Really good if you are starting from a bad place financially (eg credit card debt, no financial plan). He looses steam when you’re in the actual wealth building phase. Boogle head and other resources are better there. Tax la
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by rubidium 6y ago
https://coldatomlab.jpl.nasa.gov/news/ has some history of the project. Started collecting data in 2018 it appears from the website. Haven't read the research article yet... I created and studied BEC's for my
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Ask HN: China shill vs. legit user thought
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by rubidium 6y ago
Unless you need the carrying capacity to survive, $28,000 for a car is expensive. Buy a low mileage, older sedan for $5000-$7000. It’ll last 10 years and rarely have problems.
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by rubidium 6y ago
She had a normal “live in Minnesota from 1895-1997” diet. She ate little during the depression. She ate Supermarket sheet cake when that became a thing. No special diets. Oh and Jello Salad. Lutheran potlucks and all.
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by rubidium 6y ago
It’s already been shown to not result in what was expected in the trial that was done in Brazil. A total Jurassic park moment. Nature “found a way”. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-49660-6 I feel like everyo
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by rubidium 6y ago
Nope. My great grandmother went to her grave at 102 with all her teeth and no cavities. I’m 35 and in the same boat. Brush once a day or two. Get great reviews from my dentist every time. Just need to start flossing more for gum health. Gen
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by rubidium 6y ago
Yea, so turns out being a human in a peaceful stable society is pretty rare. Most of humanity has had much more severe crisis than what you experienced. We’re a remarkably resilient species.

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