sasmith

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by sasmith 16y ago
There's also the "graph on average paid vacation time in industrialized countries:" which is actually mandated vacation. I'd be very interested in seeing the 'average' graph to compare. Original source of the graph (afaik): http://www.cep
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by sasmith 16y ago
He said he stopped reading.
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by sasmith 16y ago
I like that the top purchasers are advertisements.
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by sasmith 16y ago
Excellent point, but it shouldn't impact an A/B test. Specifically, the experimental and control users should be equally drawn to look at the deactivation page. However, this could give a false impression of improvement if you just look at
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by sasmith 16y ago
How does fewer clothes that you don't wear mean less laundry?
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by sasmith 16y ago
I wish I had been. I heard a car crash last night, and when I got downstairs, it became clear that someone had hit a parked car (hard) and was fleeing the scene. I actively tried to catch the license plate, but could only pick up the firs
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by sasmith 16y ago
I know you're being sarcastic, but I actually saw this coming and invested a fair amount in kneezles. Now I wish I'd just bought kneezle options, since I could have gotten much better leverage.
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by sasmith 16y ago
I really would like to write a more articulate reply, but it's late and I'm tired, so I'll leave you with: I don't believe you. Portable electric heaters can be incredibly efficient, since they only heat the room in question. I don't know
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by sasmith 16y ago
Fine, but under this law men have the right to marry women, but women do not (and vice-versa). Thus, the law is sexist.
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by sasmith 16y ago
Should I be considering this differently from solar? They're both harvesting ambient EM radiation; and the energy density of solar is much higher. I guess that radio goes through walls and never sleeps, so that's a plus. Anyway, I though
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by sasmith 16y ago
None of the listed offenses are universally crimes (in the US): Speeding is frequently an infraction (eg, http://www.co.thurston.wa.us/distcrt/traffic.htm ). Underage drinking is often legal ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_drinking_ag
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by sasmith 16y ago
What if Alexa is no longer around?
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by sasmith 16y ago
Presumably the next step is to write Dwarf Fortress for this.
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by sasmith 17y ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_4a4O7kXQo
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by sasmith 17y ago
A Poisson distribution with a mean of 1.84 results in about 45% of children being first born. In fact, the best you can do with any distribution is 54%. For example, if there are 10k couples, then there will be 18.4k children born, at mos
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by sasmith 17y ago
I built a mediocre prototype around November, and am currently working on a hopefully better prototype. Useful info about the following: I am a cheapskate, and am interested in producing this very cheaply. If you're willing to drop $80 on