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by snikeris 10y ago
I believe it was staged by Teller, and he gives you enough context in his article to figure it out: > "I wonder," he said, "how many Enoch Soameses will show up." At the time, I thought he was merely musing. Later I u
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by snikeris 10y ago
My Google news feed also spoiled my TV watching. There was a news story about the final episode of Game of Thrones, and the title of the story was enough to spoil something that happened in the episode.
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I just donated, but only because the thread got this deep.
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Looks interesting. I like the name, but FYI there's another Failsafe project in the Java ecosystem: http://maven.apache.org/surefire/maven-failsafe-plugin/
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Random feedback: I spent a few seconds clicking around the arrow before scrolling down.
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The macrofarm will be able to afford innovations before each microfarm will. Suppose a tool is developed that harvests vegetables better than existing methods. Let's say it's less likely to crush the vegetable it's picking. I
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> Why should lots of microfarms produce less food, than one "macrofarm" of the same size? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economies_of_scale
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More random, I'd say.
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Indeed.
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Haha, I did the same thing! From memory: 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197969399375105 Now, the interesting question, how accurate is my recollection after all these years? Ack, one digit off!
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> But John fixed it by adding an extra parameter to all "facts" that represented the "time frame" when a fact was true...From the individual point of view "values" are replaced by "histories" of va
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> A little goes a long way, for many reasons. Hmm.
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> Does Google need this revenue? Yes, of course. > What is the problem with the existing maps that they are solving? It's not generating enough revenue.
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> By the way, it’s amusing that this century hasn’t yet offered a plausible new markup alternative to the last one’s mouldy leftovers. See: https://github.com/edn-format/edn
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by snikeris 11y ago
I'm a big fan of Harry Browne's thoughts on the subject: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fail-Safe_Investing
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by snikeris 11y ago
This guy had a similar episode and wrote a book about it: http://www.amazon.com/And-Then-Thought-Was-Fish-ebook/dp/B00...
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> Why do people still smoke? They're addicted.
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Where should I begin reading if I wanted to know more?
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There's nothing wrong with laying down and closing your eyes for 15 minutes even if you don't fall asleep.
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Check out Harry Browne's Permanent Portfolio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fail-Safe_Investing It's a relatively low risk way to invest.
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I took my time to answer everything, but didn't type in 'cat'.
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TextSecure handles SMSes well. It doesn't support encrypted SMS anymore, but that's not a big deal. I've been using TextSecure for awhile now even though I only communicate w/ one other person that uses it.
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I pay less than what I'd get on the federal exchange (employer subsidizes), but the service sucks. I wish employers would allow you more freedom in choosing an insurance company, but still subsidize your healthcare costs, whoever you c
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Unfortunately, my healthcare options are still tightly coupled to my employment.
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I'm sure they'll get to it eventually.
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> ...you should be lifting heavy weights with a barbell. Your clothes will fit better, people will be more attracted to you, you'll have more confidence, and you'll be amazed at how strong you become. And an ox will still be st
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In the spirit of: https://www.dartmouth.edu/~matc/MathDrama/reading/Wigner.htm... http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Derek_Abbott/publication...
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And then what would I need to type to write a log message?
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My favorite example for this is the lame idiom you see in Java code: if (log.isDebugEnabled()) { log.debug("expensive" + debug + message); } This is "better" than just log.debug(...) because with the

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