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751.
by rue 17y ago
"all public transportation in the U.S. save a few exceptions"
752.
by rue 17y ago
Proper health care and social services would probably go a long way. But I suppose that is not compatible with a world of "profit-driven businesses"?
753.
by rue 17y ago
While I appreciate that sentiment, there are places other than San Francisco! Still, actual good public transportation is probably a better first step than trying to get everyone to ride.
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by rue 17y ago
> The price of convenience is increased cost, which leads to fewer customers. Yes and no; all public transportation in the U.S. save a few exceptions is vastly underused in my experience. An influx of people to meet even expanded ca
755.
by rue 17y ago
Less than a fifth of companies have inserted a square peg in a round hole. Actually, that is probably not quite accurate. Anyway, if you read past 140 characters, neither is the headline. At the end companies are singled out who have "a Twi
756.
by rue 17y ago
Expenses will always grow to meet income, if you are not careful. Hold on to your healthy principle - but remember to enjoy yourself occasionally too!
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by rue 17y ago
It is only insanity if you expect different results . I dunno about you, but I pretty much know what happens if I just sit on my ass all night.
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by rue 17y ago
> Anybody can choose to save some of that money every month with the intention of taking a good long vacation in the future. Hopefully this was some lapsus related to the assumed readership of this particular site, in which case it c
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by rue 17y ago
Without downplaying the possible effect of the presented technology, you really should not need to poke through to find stuff or use the mouse to move around... Vim (or Emacs) along with ctags == awesome. Go to any definition, open file if
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by rue 17y ago
It should be necessary to be able to have a place to call home and some way of getting to places, but overall "house and car" and of course ownership thereof are mere details based on current socioeconomic conditions. Formulated another way
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by rue 17y ago
I only had time to read pages 1-4, please correct if I missed something crucial: Being presumed weaker does not mean that you actually are. Expectations are orthogonal to actual power/skill/knowledge/etc. There is a point to be made about
762.
by rue 17y ago
The short version: with one thing and the other. I was working toward that at one point but it fell by the wayside. Good reminder, though, should get those up there. In the interim, of course, rdoc + doxygen should work for you locally.
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by rue 17y ago
Heh, I think they meant it in the sense of breaking suspension of disbelief required to find the story engaging. Which sort of illustrates the ingrained effort level calculations we make. Perhaps.
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by rue 17y ago
And the point was that, in real life, will and determination usually do not overcome lack of skill . Sure, we could argue about whether that assertion is correct but these comments demonstrate that at least half of the equation seems to ho
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by rue 17y ago
> I think this review managed to accurately sum up what 37signals puts out. ...Which you can assess by virtue of not having read it. Well done!
766.
by rue 17y ago
> Two months of hard work, from sunrise to sunset, ... Kind of illustrates the writer's point, in my opinion :) I do not really agree with the entire thesis[1], the idea is not novel and the article itself is rather awkward, but there
767.
by rue 17y ago
> Unlikely. But the fact that the phenomenon does exist demonstrates that people ARE interested in advertising under certain circumstances. I think it demonstrates that people are desperate for a common experience (usually to make sma
768.
by rue 17y ago
> I'm sorry the response sounded like "too bad" to you, because that really wasn't our intent. We do care about how ads affect users. We heavily Q&A our ads and they're vetted at multiple levels before they show up on the site. Not
769.
by rue 17y ago
The thing that struck me about the Ars approach was the reaction to legitimate concerns about security, tracking and so on: "too bad." As in, ads are what they are: the site does not really care whether they are useful to the advertiser nor
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by rue 17y ago
Mind, also, that if we are talking about ethics : is downloading and displaying the ads enough? Am I ethically obligated to actually view or read the ads? If not, is the website acting ethically accepting money for something it cannot guar
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by rue 17y ago
> 1. Pay them the way they ask. Perhaps you are overlooking the actual problem: they are asking to be paid $0. There is no price for using the service. They hope to make their buck from a commission on third-party auxiliary content.
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by rue 17y ago
> Their business isn't free to operate and that's their point ... a business is run by people that have families and need a regular income. I understand. I do not begrudge trying to make a living. I am merely disagreeing that the busi
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by rue 17y ago
Not really. They do seem convinced that the model is workable and dismiss criticism out of hand. Then, funnily, they offer this analogy: "Imagine running a restaurant where 40% of the people who came and ate didn't pay. In a way, that's wha
774.
by rue 17y ago
Alternate title: "Business Model Based on Ad Views Is Devastating to the Sites You Like."
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by rue 17y ago
> Nothing mentioned about privacy of my email...otherwise ubercool You are already using GMail. How bad could it be?
776.
by rue 17y ago
Baseline consumption does not raise linearly with body mass (otherwise no-one would gain weight.) While there is some truth to a larger gain, we are still talking about percentages in relation to existing mass and weight maintenance intake.
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by rue 17y ago
The problem is that people consume 3300, 4400 or 5500 kcal, not 2200 :)
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by rue 17y ago
A super-rough number to use is 500kcal/hour.
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by rue 17y ago
AOL. 1.9's encoding support feels thoroughly wrong to me.
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by rue 17y ago
Perhaps the following formulation would be appropriate: if you are not in shape to run, you are not in shape to run barefoot. But I do not think anyone has argued otherwise. I had an inkling hygienic concerns might be partly underlying your

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