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by soyiuz 10y ago
I appreciate the defecating duck automaton on the cover. See "The Defecating Duck, or, the Ambiguous Origins of Artificial Life" by Jessica Riskin Critical Inquiry for the importance of that robot. Like others have said, an audie
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by soyiuz 10y ago
West Elm is mass-produced garbage. Quality couches are expensive and you need to do your research. I highly recommend the Danish "Innovation" brand of furniture, which sits in a similar price category, but made of much much better
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by soyiuz 10y ago
Are you worried about air quality? Seems to be a deal breaker (due to adverse health consequences).
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by soyiuz 10y ago
Was in Aarhus over the summer. Thousands of bikes. People leave them unlocked outside. Seaside. Forests. An amazing food scene. Canals. A world class university. Happy people everywhere.
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by soyiuz 10y ago
Theoretically (if the thesis of the article is correct and widely accepted), a company willing to invest in closed offices should have a major competitive advantage in hiring engineers (who would be attracted to the quality of work life in
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by soyiuz 10y ago
I don't think it's the gui. I'm a relatively savvy user running Debian on a Thinkpad for more than five years now. Printing is still touch and go. I spent countless hours to get sleep working correctly. It is broken now and I
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by soyiuz 10y ago
Have a contract that you draft that they counter sign. Set your own terms there. Any potential conflict would have to go through court in any case. Obviously not legal advice.
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by soyiuz 10y ago
How to make sure I don't read your post: > Our site has been optimized for use with newer browsers. We also require that your browser has JavaScript enabled. > It looks as if your browser has JavaScript disabled. > This site h
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by soyiuz 10y ago
I recommend the Asus Flip Chromebook (running Debian under Crouton for development) or a refurbished Lenovo X2xx series. The ASUS is tiny for travel. The X2xx is larger, still pretty mobile, and built like a tank (military spec moisture and
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by soyiuz 10y ago
It would be interesting to see the discussed effects in comparison with the effects of let's say increased sugar consumption for example.
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by soyiuz 10y ago
A map would be extremely useful to illustrate the process (instead of a picture of dirt). I am also not clear as to why the new waterway would be considered a "new ocean." Would it not just form a strait or at most a sea as a part
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by soyiuz 10y ago
I've used the 10" Asus Flip to write (and publish) a book with a great deal of scripting on the side. Incidentally, the keyboard is amazing--I prefer it to my Thinkpads. The smaller screen does force you think in a more modular wa
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by soyiuz 10y ago
A healthy comment section needs active moderation. Consider getting your readership involved. You could, for example, follow the Stack Exchange model by giving frequent contributors more editorial powers in the comments section.
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by soyiuz 10y ago
I would love for a linux distro to target exactly this use case.
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by soyiuz 10y ago
By my count, he bought five adapters and a docking station. This gives a decent "in the wild" report of what is required to get the machine connected to one's peripherals. Thank you for the writeup.
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by soyiuz 10y ago
Mr. Shaw's book used to be a decent starter reference. I liked his step by step short chapters, but there were some red flags. For example, he spent several early chapters on string formatters, which are neither terribly common nor use
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by soyiuz 10y ago
So, Reddit?
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by soyiuz 10y ago
I love the first part of your comment: something like Reddit communities (subreddits) with their own cultures of moderation, but on Twitter.
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by soyiuz 10y ago
> The problem is that journalists are getting caught in a vicious circle. Either they present true news and have little viewers, or present gossip or echo what people want to hear and have lots of viewers. I think the problem lies in tha
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by soyiuz 10y ago
The suggestion that Facebook and other channels of distribution should filter "fake" or "bad" news is not well thought out. Why would we want a private entity have any say in what is being shared? We should be fighting f
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by soyiuz 10y ago
Spec-wise the screens are not as nice. In practice, for coding, I would much rather have the anti-glare matte screen of the kind that comes standard on Thinkpads.
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by soyiuz 10y ago
Running Linux. I don't have a 4k monitor, but multiple monitors are trivial to set up and automate with XRANDR. In addition, window managers like I3 allow for fully customizable, keyboard-driven navigation between screens and windows.
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by soyiuz 10y ago
Did anybody else find the font distracting? The little connecting thing between "st" is too ostentatious, particularly when the site does not respect other typographical conventions, like the difference between n- and m- dashes. (
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by soyiuz 10y ago
Some numbers to consider: according to Apple's Q4 2016 financial report, Macs represent less than 10% of the company's revenues. Notebook revenues are also declining significantly (14% down from last year). I did not see the numbe
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by soyiuz 10y ago
Not all Lenovos. Stick to the mature strains like Thinkpad X2xx and T4xx. They are built like tanks.
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by soyiuz 10y ago
I would also recommend Lenovo Thinkpads, which are quite popular with Linux folks. The X and T in particular give a lot of bang for your buck. I am also eying Thinkpad 13 as a great beater machine replacement for my aging x230.
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by soyiuz 10y ago
Fair enough, but they must have known about the film. A huge chunk of my family perished in the Holocaust. I therefore don't find "dark humor" about forceful mass euthanasia terribly funny. At the very least, using that name
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by soyiuz 10y ago
I'm aware of the novel. You are missing the point a bit, aren’t you? It wasn't about the origin of the word. What does one make of a company which chooses to name its product after a darkly dystopian piece of fiction?
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by soyiuz 10y ago
How about Twitter buys the NYT or the other way around? I know it is not feasible, but a nice thought.
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The name "soylent" comes from Soylent Green, a 1973 sci fi film about overpopulation, where people survive by eating mass-produced plankton, which later turns out to be made out of old people. Naming a product "soylent"

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