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by sgnelson 10y ago
It'd be great if someone collated the data for the reviews and pointed out which companies tend to have the most "fake" reviews. It'd be a bit difficult to do so, but I can think of at least a few ways to try (date and
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Will this make the OS suck less? Seriously, at least for my use case, and in my opinion, OS X has been on a downward trend for a while (since 10.6). They need to fix the bugs, and get back to a nice stable OS that "just works."
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I was told when I first started graduate school that it's not about how smart one is, but rather it's about perseverance, the ability to jump through bureaucratic hoops, bite your tongue and do what you're told. I have come t
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by sgnelson 10y ago
extending the x and y axis is not a solution. Complexity and costs will go up non-linearly with such a solution. A better solution would probably involve wheels... Then they could call it a "tractor." (but seriously, that'
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by sgnelson 10y ago
Don't worry, we'll find some way to fuck it up.
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by sgnelson 10y ago
Suppose that the thieves escaped, and then later that night they killed your Uncle Ben. At that point you realize that with great power comes great responsibility. You go home, design a suit with a spider emblem on it, and then use your n
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by sgnelson 10y ago
While it was later on, World War I had a very large impact in terms of getting rid of the German language (and other cultural aspects) in the US.
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by sgnelson 10y ago
That's what the internet is for.
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by sgnelson 10y ago
I agree that the tax code needs to be fixed (or a total overhaul more like it.) But cheaters are going to cheat, thieves are going to thieve. If it was truly a "postcard" taxation system (your entire tax forms could fit on a post
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by sgnelson 10y ago
You obviously didn't drive if you were reading, napping, catching up on email, playing games (at least I certainly hope not). At least within the US, a typical commute (with the exception of very large cities such as NYC, Washington D
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by sgnelson 10y ago
"...summary of everything going on in my friends' lives by sorting through all the drivel algorithmically." Sounds like you really care a lot [0]. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1g9PFtSCKw
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by sgnelson 10y ago
Okay. I'm sorry to have gotten on you. There so many comments in this thread I found to be so completely wrong, and/or unsympathetic, it had really bothered me, and I took it out on you. Thank you for admitting that you may not
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by sgnelson 10y ago
I'm pretty sure he was talking about food insecurity and not actual starving to death, though his use of the word in this case is actually quite correct. Starve does not solely imply starvation unto death, Mr. Pedant. And his point st
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by sgnelson 10y ago
And what if they could afford health care (or rather the state stepped in) to help with that addiction/mental illness? A study just done about a year ago in the City I live in, housed a fairly large number of the non-temporary homeless
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by sgnelson 10y ago
That's just for the Federal system, it ignores all state taxes.
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by sgnelson 10y ago
Income taxes... You realize there are more taxes than just income, yes? Seriously, the whole "but rich people pay all the taxes, and poor people pay no taxes..." myth needs to die a horrible death. But I live in a state which just
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by sgnelson 10y ago
Not to disagree with your point, but shouldn't we examine the reasons behind and for necessitating that all people work? Not to get too existential, but does anyone really believe that's why we're here, or what we should be
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by sgnelson 10y ago
See: Spatial Mismatch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatial_mismatch
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by sgnelson 10y ago
You mean Betrayus, who gave away secrets for sex (and in part so that he would look better in his "biography," and most likely turn that into a permanent political career) and received a slap on the wrist.
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by sgnelson 10y ago
I agree with the unit-independent part, and you hit the nail on the head, I would prefer a text field, or anything that's part of the file, to give an indication of what unit of measurement the part was designed.
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by sgnelson 10y ago
I tried. I worked on it for about 30 minutes and then just gave up. Printed ABS is actually surprisingly difficult to file/sand, it's rather tough stuff. I find it's easier for me to file 6061 Aluminum than it is to file AB
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by sgnelson 10y ago
My father needed to change the oil in his Toyota truck about 6 months ago, but unfortunately he couldn't find his oil filter wrench. I too thought I could be a hero, and show him that the money I spent on this 3d printer wasn't ju
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by sgnelson 10y ago
my next question is: When will we have these small planes with true autopilots, which would allow a true novice to fly them? And surely people are working on them, but you don't hear about that as much as you do automobiles. Anyone k
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by sgnelson 10y ago
Serious question from someone who knows very little about planes. Do they seriously still have new carbuereuted planes? I can understand if it's a Cessna from the 50's, 60's, 70's, but I'm surprised they haven&#x2
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by sgnelson 10y ago
I can't say anything to the power efficiency of solar cells, but I can see how they could be useful for when you're not flying. "Free" energy for when you're ready to fly if you don't fly the plan daily, but i
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by sgnelson 10y ago
Very interesting. But sadly the article mentions the same old line: not enough airline pilots. The truth is that the airlines are not willing to pay for airline pilots. That's how capitalism works. You want workers? You pay workers
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by sgnelson 10y ago
Well, first of all, retail square footage is not a great way to measure retail, (imo, and all of this is US centric) I may be in the minority here, but the US has such a ridiculous amount of retail space per capita, head and shoulders above
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by sgnelson 10y ago
Well, the truth is that very few companies can manufacture like Apple does. Between the obsession with design, details, and having the resources to have the manufacturers create entire new production processes just for them. And often, th
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http://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2016/2/1/10887868/worl...
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by sgnelson 10y ago
This is ludicrous. But you are accusing a bunch of scientist,s just because they're from the US and a Canada, is doing the same thing you're accusing them of (except you have no proof, and in fact it probably has more to do with s

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