spdionis

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   by spdionis 11y ago

   Sniper rifles are not easy to get and use.
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   by spdionis 11y ago

   I'd say PHP is definitely one of those. Modern PHP web development is pretty productive and definitely high quality. EDIT after reading the article: I do have to agree that concurrency in PHP is a bit of a pain, but those 3d party tool
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   by spdionis 11y ago

   I also use Mint mostly because of its interface and i hate Ubuntu desktop too. Given this, what are the best alternatives to Mint GUI that offer the same level of comfort?
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   by spdionis 11y ago

   If in those 5 years you decide to buy a house can't you just pay the rest of the car debt with the liquidity you have saved up meanwhile?
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   by spdionis 11y ago

   It's interesting to think that somehow I am better off than most americans living in a third qorld country even if most have at least 5x my income just because I don't have any debt. We don't have credit cards with higher tha
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   by spdionis 11y ago

   Wasn't that obvious?! Sorry for the tone of the comment but really...
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   by spdionis 11y ago

   What's a wolf-call?
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   by spdionis 11y ago

   Did you try to play fallout 4? :(
9. 489.▲
   by spdionis 11y ago

   Except that, as sibling comment has pointed out, nicotine patches and vaping do not really help with quitting.
10. 490.▲
    by spdionis 11y ago

    The risk of lung/mouth cancer and general other physical effects far outweight the nervous system side effects (which are arguable, i never thought of smoking as a possible factor in depression).
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    by spdionis 11y ago

    Because it's 90% not about the nicotine.
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    by spdionis 11y ago

    Or you could even get used to drinking strong whiskies! It's called acquired taste and not all of them are bad.
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    by spdionis 11y ago

    In my opinion he addiction doesn't come from nicotine but from the act itself which is very relaxing and pleasant. Btw even if you don't inhale I understand that nicotine gets in your system anyway. Probably in smaller quantities,
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    by spdionis 11y ago

    I argued that the problem is in the health toll, not in smoking itself.
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    by spdionis 11y ago

    I don't think this is constructive. Smoking is awesome. If only we could find a way to do it without the health problems.
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    by spdionis 11y ago

    We're talking about Windows 10 Enterprise here, not regular consumers.
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    LIGO project:scientists going for direct evidence of gravitational waves(arstechnica.com)

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    by spdionis 11y ago

    > and get kicked out if you aren't Or pay...
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    by spdionis 11y ago

    It's a different level of abstraction. They provide me with computers not data hosting . Theoretically they can have access to the software and the data on those computers but in practice they don't touch that and everything is
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    by spdionis 11y ago

    The problem with a lot of such material is that it's very U.S. centric. Being from Eastern Europe a lot of the advice in the book is not relevant. The only good take away was the assets vs liability distinction.
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    by spdionis 11y ago

    Sounds important enough. It changed my view of things too.
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    by spdionis 11y ago

    Everything breaks at "host your data".
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    by spdionis 11y ago

    I always ask myself in these cases, what do you mean by "progress"?
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    by spdionis 11y ago

    Don't evaluate a technology after having used it only during a couple-days hackaton.
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    by spdionis 11y ago

    It's always weird when people ask this kind of question. Isn't the answer obvious?
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    by spdionis 11y ago

    This are the simplest insights for optimizing primality test. A nice exercise to implement if you like algorithms. More info: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieve_of_Eratosthenes
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    by spdionis 11y ago

    Semi-acoustic guitars always do.
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    by spdionis 11y ago

    But... but... another person on the team increases your valuation! /s
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    by spdionis 11y ago

    OR you don't get updates and your car is the only one that doesn't blow up.
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    by spdionis 11y ago

    > a literate voting public that can reason and discuss the impact of policy and make informed votes for those that represent them? I think we already lost that long ago. For a lot of important topics having a literate general public is N