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by skookumchuck 7y ago
People who achieve success were often initially derided as delusional, overconfident, etc. Overconfidence, in other words, gave them the impetus to try, and it's amazing how trying gets results in achieving the impossible. On the other
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
Try "Detroit Muscle", "Truck Tech" and "Extreme Off Road". They show how to customize/restore cars without any drama. Just straightforward exposition.
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
Both answer the parent's "name one" challenge question. I named two :-)
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
"Rowling has lived a "rags to riches" life story, in which she progressed from living on state benefits to being the world's first billionaire author." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowlin
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
By definition, it's not a risk if there's a safety net.
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
Nobody hires another in order to "organize society".
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
> It's hard to believe that any action by Boeing has furthered the investigation in this case. If that's indeed the case, it is likely motivated by fear. Any admission of error leaves Boeing open to massive lawsuits and the reg
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
This is why I use a separate system to play music, not my computer.
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
The trouble with making this a crime is then you strongly incentivize people to deny, delay, obfuscate, etc., when what you really want is full cooperation. The full cooperation "no fault" approach has led to aviation being incred
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
I am sorry for what happened to you. But can you know in advance what having further information would do to your feelings? And there'll always be gaps in that information, even in the case the article was about. For example, when my f
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
> When you take a life you forfeit any more rights you have When you're convicted of it. Not before. > bring closure This seems to be a very recent thing. First off, I don't think the justice system is meant to "bring c
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
Or maybe the problem is the re-certification requirement needs to be adjusted if it is causing safety issues.
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
Very, very few authors make enough off of their books to live on. They write a book, make a few hundred or a few thousand off of it, the book goes out of print, they're forgotten. At least re-release it for free after the first two or
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
If they have no choice but be slaves to Uber today, what did they do before Uber? Uber is a very recent development.
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
I miss living in the dorms in college. Sure my standard of living is much higher now, but I think I was happier in the dorms surrounded by interesting people.
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
Yet employment levels are at historic highs. Clearly, something is working well after the tax cut.
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
The old bankruptcy procedure simply halted operations and sold off the assets. The new procedure allows the company to continue operating under the direction of a judge. A judge, of course, knows nothing about running a business. Worse, it
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
Automation and mechanization have always been about replacing dehumanizing, backbreaking, mindless toil. Maybe not intentionally, but that was the result.
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
Then there are the bunkers at the University of Washington. The rest of the campus has all these beautiful buildings, one wonders how the bunkers ever got approved.
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
> Uber Technologies Inc. shares extended the free-fall on Monday Everything was in free fall on Monday. Nothing noteworthy about Uber going down too.
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
Around here, plastic bags are banned and paper bags have a per-bag tax. The store doesn't charge for the bags, they just pass on the tax. They didn't charge before the tax/ban, either.
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
I reuse the paper grocery bags. They can usually be used 10 times or more before they disintegrate, then I use them again as trash bags. I wonder why I've never heard anyone mention this. The grocery store has no problem at all with me
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
King Arthur is illustrative of the yawning gap in our knowledge of British history after the Romans left, because nobody there at the time seems to have written anything down.
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
> than most history-writing accounts for Historical accounts are necessarily a subset of actual history. Just like the fossil record is necessarily a subset of the actual flora and fauna. I'm sure there's an awful lot of import
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
Why do "we" need to draw a line? I couldn't care less who they hire.
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
Yet we still worship top school athletes. Edit: I am amused that math instruction is "irrelevant" and puts unfair stress on students, but spending many hours perfecting throwing a ball through an iron ring is somehow worthwhile be
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
How about just black text on a white background, with headings, paragraphs, etc. Like an ordinary book? It works. The site is more obsessed with clever design and useless gadgets than simply presenting text.
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
Yes, I'd rather just use a longer password that is easier to type.
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
Adults fall farther to the ground than children do. I bet that has a great deal to do with it.
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
I've had a lot of trouble entering the Windows serial numbers when installing Windows. The B and 8 look alike, ditto for O and 0. I've had to use a magnifying glass on it. Apple's online documentation pages have also tended t

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