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by snth 16y ago
There was a story on Hacker News about this a while back, but here's something I found through a quick search. Best age for childbearing remains 20-35 - Delaying risks heartbreak, say experts http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/30737.
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by snth 16y ago
Unfortunately the basic constraints on childbearing years still (basically) stand.
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by snth 16y ago
I upvoted this just because of its weirdness.
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by snth 16y ago
> If such a union existed it would immediately stop the use of software patents. Or companies would just hire overseas programmers...
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by snth 16y ago
I wish this guy had proofread his article. The typos were distracting.
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by snth 16y ago
Yes, a negative correlation :)
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by snth 16y ago
I honestly hope that most "thinking people" look poorly upon fanatics of either party, but I hope you can concede that there are "thinking people" among both. The Democratic party just panders to different special-interest groups.
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by snth 16y ago
And you've come along to illustrate his point!
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by snth 16y ago
But things you learn also fade, unless you use them.
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by snth 16y ago
Well, as a competing anecdote, I don't know anyone who has Parkinson's. And I haven't heard anyone I talk to in person say they know someone with Parkinson's.
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by snth 16y ago
I see your point, but I personally use a regular wooden dining chair with the back removed, and I find it very easy to slouch into a "C" shape anyway. I have to continually remind myself to sit up.
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by snth 16y ago
It's too bad they don't have locking wheels like on some pieces of wheeled furniture. Also, many times the wheels are removable, though I don't know if such chairs are meant to be used without the wheels.
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by snth 16y ago
I wonder if high sugar intake could be the common cause for both problems.
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by snth 16y ago
He didn't say Apple was assembling this patent pool.
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by snth 16y ago
In my experience most professors think that college is for funding their research.
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by snth 16y ago
I think they probably have a couple people that know Lisp... Peter Norvig probably knows some :)
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by snth 17y ago
For a while I used Qwerty for insert mode and Dvorak for command mode, but eventually I ended up using Dvorak for everything. My particular hand pain didn't show up until years after I took up Dvorak. My problem is mainly with my pinky fi
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by snth 17y ago
They basically address this by saying, "It's not a problem. Trust us."
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by snth 17y ago
You make that sound like a bad thing. Sounds like capitalism working excellently.
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by snth 17y ago
Because time is linear?
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by snth 17y ago
I've been using a Dvorak layout for about 7 years now. I converted for efficiency; at that time I had no wrist or hand problems. Within the last couple years, intense typing sessions have give me lasting pain in my hands (mostly emanating
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by snth 17y ago
Can you provide references that would allow a researcher to educate himself? I'm genuinely interested, and there seem to be lots of fields that use software in experimentation and simulation but where there isn't much emphasis or education
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by snth 17y ago
I wouldn't say that the medical profession uses as a "dead" language that is "no longer under active development". In fact, they invent new words in it all the time.
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by snth 17y ago
Is it just me, or do most of these cubicles not seem that bad? From what I've seen, they're pretty standard. Maybe grad school has just ensured that my workspace standards are low.
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by snth 17y ago
He's getting so much coverage because his posts are interesting to read.
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by snth 18y ago
scons has been my LaTeX build tool for a while now. Simple for simple builds, and nice that it's in Python.
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by snth 18y ago
Well it IS in beta :)
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by snth 18y ago
I really enjoyed this article. Yes it's long, but too many of the articles posted here are too short (really, too lacking in content). This isn't another flashy title with three paragraphs behind it.