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by slm_HN 13y ago
Sounds like you're so desperate to out the guy that you have to make a weird, nonsensical post. If you really want to out him that badly just man up an post his name rather than trying to weasel around with "Easier to put a presid
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by slm_HN 13y ago
I know this isn't exactly the best metric, but the demand for programmers in St. Louis seems very low. When I look at Craigslist I see a couple Java jobs, a couple PHP jobs and even one godforsaken VB.net job. Even Jeff Atwood doesn&#x
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by slm_HN 13y ago
Well, I don't know where you live but in America houses are definitely not designed to last centuries. A few may last for centuries, just due to the sheer numbers of houses built, but they're not designed that way. They're de
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by slm_HN 13y ago
If the sound of a bag rustling sends you into such a tailspin what does an overheard conversation do? At some point you simply have to develop the power of concentration. Try focusing intently on your work rather than focusing intently on y
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by slm_HN 13y ago
Microsoft's Scroogled campaign is hilarious. Crying about Microsoft's Scroogled campaign is childish.
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by slm_HN 13y ago
I feel strongly that 99% of the people who are responsible for making this decision have no idea who "Microsoft's Jim McCarthy" is, other than maybe Jenny McCarthy's husband.
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by slm_HN 13y ago
It's easy to know what the octopus thought. He was up in arms about the situation.
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by slm_HN 13y ago
This is why Hacker News should stick to Hacker News. It's ridiculous to think Ender's Game has anything to do with "Nazi superiority", whatever that is. I read the book as a kid and liked it immensely. As an adult I disc
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by slm_HN 13y ago
The technical term for opposite world is Bizarro World.
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by slm_HN 13y ago
Hey, No Starch Press guy... what is up with your book covers? I have a print copy of Land of Lisp and the texture of the cover material is repugnant. It feels like the phlegm of Cthulhu hardened and pressed into book form. I have actually c
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by slm_HN 13y ago
Well, mankind didn't eat wheat for around a million years. Then after eating wheat for around 10,000 years we've only been eating Frankenwheat during the last century. So the "hipster fad" is actually the eating of wheat
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by slm_HN 13y ago
My favorite bus conversion is at http://digitalmastery.com/creativecruiser/?page_id=107 or https://www.facebook.com/CreativeCruiser for more recent updates. Lots of design and construction pictures.
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Didn't Larry Page say "we're putting more wood behind fewer darts" when he took over?
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Yes, "Wheat Belly" does an excellent job of explaining exactly what modern wheat is and how it's different from the wheat of 10,000, 100 or even 50 years ago. As for "Superwheat", well, note that 'super' refers to productivity, not to nutri
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I guess you're asking for a total, which would be tens of thousands. However that's comprised of one success and a lot of companies returning $0.
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Back in my high school chemistry class this effect was noted and explained in the following way: Ice needs to form a particular crystalline structure when it freezes. This is what makes ice float in water. The molecules in warm water are mo