sleightofmind

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by sleightofmind 4y ago
The one and only jury I was seated on (civil trial) had both a Ph.D in statistics and a Masters in mathematics. The remainder (12-man jury) was probably evenly split between High School only folks like me, and BA/BS crowd. So from jani
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by sleightofmind 4y ago
I think you're right. In my very limited-need case, it worked fine in the opposite direction. Generating .docx files for customers who would not accept older word format files, pdf's, and certainly not odf's. But admittedly,
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by sleightofmind 4y ago
Or maybe you haven't. You can burn the sh_t out of your fingers on the glass surface of an induction cooktop. The heat does not magically stay in the cooking vessel. It radiates, as heat is wont to do. Voice of experience. I love induc
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by sleightofmind 4y ago
>What makes you think that the dress code is what made them behave... Well, for me, it's a lifetime (nearly) of observing how people who dress up for an occasion behave as opposed to those who don't. Churches would make for an
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by sleightofmind 4y ago
"this one trick will help you..." Precisely. People can and will disagree with others. They just will. So many who are young, are certain they have attained great wisdom and must somehow, by hook or by crook, sway others to their
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by sleightofmind 4y ago
Years ago, a neighbor of mine had a young pit bull dog -- well, two actually. But the dog in question had been raised by a cat. So one day I'm leaning on the chainlink fence talking to my neighbor. A grey tomcat I had at the time besid
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by sleightofmind 4y ago
I've heard it as "breaking bread." I like the phrase. But yeah, it's essentially the same as eating bread, and it clearly refers to having a meal and is not limited to bread.
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by sleightofmind 4y ago
I don't know why. That said, I've enjoyed using Carlo Strozzi's NoSQL program in the past. It's not NoSQL in the current sense of the word. It's a plain text database that stores data in delimited text fields -- e.g
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by sleightofmind 4y ago
There you go again. Asking a straightforward question in clear, comprehensible language, without any hand waving. How can you possibly expect the economic sophists to engage with you if you persist in this behavior?
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by sleightofmind 4y ago
I watched the LinnStrumentalist video per your first link. Amazing stuff. And it does seem to reduce the amount of finger contortion required compared to most keyed or stringed instruments. It does, though, seem to demand that the player
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by sleightofmind 4y ago
As to frameworks, I know nothing. As to Javascript libraries and their order of appearance it was: YUI in Feb-2006; then JQuery in Aug-2006; and finally Mootools in Mar-2007. Not a developer but my recollection is the same as yours with reg
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by sleightofmind 4y ago
Does anyone know how a modern-day tribal member would have acquired the [edit]techique to go along with the knowledge?[end edit] It seems that so much time has passed since the practice was allowed that no modern-day Native American would h
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by sleightofmind 4y ago
"He should..." As my great aunt (born circa 1899) said, "Sometimes the 'You shoulds are the shits.'" I'd like to see more on topics of enduring interest from Paul than on the ever-evanescent fluff of tech.
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by sleightofmind 4y ago
This. Exactly.
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by sleightofmind 5y ago
Wow! That's some serious mental horsepower and creativity. I have an old physics book for layman by him. Seems like a guy who just liked to share the wonder of the world and the imagination. I like people like that.
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by sleightofmind 5y ago
"but Levine's stuff is good because I don't think it pretends to have a purpose..." Yep. Agreed. He's there to drive visits to Bloomberg, but I know what you mean, and that is indeed part of what makes him good. As
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by sleightofmind 5y ago
Yep. Grew up in an era when mechanical typewriters were the standard "tech" of the day for writing. And yep, it's far more difficult. Finger strength, key jamming, and the regular use of white out fluid, or pen ink markup to
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by sleightofmind 5y ago
"It's an incredibly rare skill..." Well said.
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by sleightofmind 5y ago
Matt Levine amazes me. I cannot imagine writing so much content on a daily basis. Let alone if that content is required to be entertaining, informative, deep on industry knowledge, and useful to neophyte and seasoned investor alike. To me,
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by sleightofmind 5y ago
I concur. Notice the hem of the garment in both cases. The successful warrior's garment is not similar. I can't help but thinking I see two bodies on the ground, or a representation of the spirit leaving the body of the fallen. Pe
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by sleightofmind 5y ago
UHT milk is just not common in the US. It's not rare, but you won't see it in very many homes. The milk in paper cartons that we in the US speak of is almost always pasteurized whole or skim (2% or 1%) refrigerated milk that is go
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by sleightofmind 5y ago
I grew up drinking mostly milk from our cow, which was usually a Guernsey or a Jersey -- fed on a combination of pasture and commercial grains. Pasteurized in the early years, but raw later on. Never really liked drinking milk. But man, my
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by sleightofmind 5y ago
I get one every now and then. I just ask if they still have those Double Decker tacos. Every time, without fail, they've said, "No, but we can make you some." Maybe it's just a Southern California thing, I really don&#x2
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by sleightofmind 5y ago
>>People get upset if you try to charge them a monthly fee for a desktop app. Yet they are happy to rent a SaaS solution. So don't. Set a fair price and sell me a license. I don't want you in my checking account. I don'
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by sleightofmind 5y ago
I'm with you.
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by sleightofmind 5y ago
I'll get to Taleb, really. I can't say that any book changed my life. The Christian Bible shaped it, as I was forced live with it as a child and young adult (although the thought that I was "forced" did not occur to me t
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by sleightofmind 5y ago
Former California governor Pete Wilson practically refused to say, "uh." So much so that I used to listen to him just to see if I could catch him at it. My successes were few. He would simply pause, mid-sentence if necessary, to p
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by sleightofmind 5y ago
Ramanujan. Edit: Apologies to user gilleain below who mentioned this first. Should have read a bit more before commenting.
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by sleightofmind 5y ago
Good observation. I would not be surprised if the answer to your question is, Yes. An MRI does have some effect on currently active memories and thought. It seems to a non-scientist like me that it would be difficult to use the usual tools
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by sleightofmind 5y ago
Thank you for this. The author may have simply made a mistake. That's quite possible. It's also possible that he was referring to wheat beyond the producer's own need -- exports -- and if this is the case, it appears that Rus

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