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by squozzer 8y ago
I live in a regular house in the burbs. Not a spring chicken age-wise. Here's what it would take to get me into denser housing - 1) Privacy - sharing a wall or floor should NOT give my neighbors privy to my arguments, love-making, or g
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by squozzer 8y ago
I've taken economic stats with a grain of salt for some time - one because I think after the Carter presidency, the executive branch had a huge incentive to fudge the stats. The other because macro numbers such as CPI and unemployment
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by squozzer 8y ago
There's another side to this that isn't discussed and that is - at least for me - the easier and more lucrative path was to take my bachelor's degree in physics and get a corporate job. My GRE / GPA wasn't going to
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by squozzer 8y ago
Probably not, but it has a history.
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by squozzer 8y ago
I dig the sentiment. But why not use "leader" and "follower" instead? Multi-tiered hierarchies might use military ranks (private, sergeant, etc.) or titles of nobility (king, earl, duke, etc. which would probably confuse
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by squozzer 8y ago
So thinking past the sale for a minute, which day (assuming US Monday - Friday) would you make an off day? Friday? Give the phrase TGIF some bite? Friday, Are You In Love? Monday? Like Bob Geldof, do you dislike Mondays? Do Rainy Days and M
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by squozzer 8y ago
I would kill for a chance to study physics at Göttingen.
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by squozzer 8y ago
Essentially, the loans act as subsidies for colleges. For the student, it's a different story. And as with medical care, the response to price increases has been to shovel more money. >Ultimately, college is expensive in the U.S. fo
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by squozzer 8y ago
Wouldn't an invalid patent still be considered prior art?
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by squozzer 8y ago
For some reason, probably coincidence mangled with early-stage dementia, I found this article remarkably similar to https://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/the-desperate-q...
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by squozzer 8y ago
We should keep in mind that under the current system, goods are made before they are sold. Meaning that not buying so much now might have future benefits later , but at the price of throwing away unbought stuff. And just-in-time manufa
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by squozzer 8y ago
Good points, I'll just add a pinch of comment. 1) Art criticism probably plays a role because it helps define art fashion - e.g. when realistic painting gave way to abstract art, it opened the door to people making millions painting tr
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by squozzer 8y ago
I found the article funny. My problem has to do with the concept of "mediocre" - which is an insulting way of saying "average". Though the writer also uses the term "boring", which has a lot to do with individu
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by squozzer 8y ago
I think Ms. De Wilde's colander is simply smashing, it's hard to distinguish from a proper bowler. Frankly, religion has Western courts and other institutions in a tizzy. It seems everything established after The Protestant Revolu
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by squozzer 8y ago
As someone whose cohort is either X or Boomer depending on the meaning of 1965, the "millenials are dumb" argument will pass once your successor generation is old enough to make adult mistakes. Having said all that, I dropped $5 a
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by squozzer 8y ago
Most software people I know aren't particularly persuasive. One trait noticeably missing among them is the ability to simplify a complex topic without losing too much relevant information. But even if some are, ways exist to undermine
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by squozzer 8y ago
I will argue in favor of preserving "libraries" but let's first point out some flaws in author's reasoning. >But libraries are not just a place to find books — they’re one of the few places that provide a number of fr
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by squozzer 8y ago
I would argue for a more holistic approach. Sure, optimize current resource consumption and even bring technically inferior but more practical batteries to market, but also do not assume the electric vehicle end-state = swap electric for in
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by squozzer 8y ago
For your discussion - can we use this hypothesis to evaluate the behavior of ourselves and others we know? This article has appeared in several guises - such as exposure to T. gondii causes impulsive risk-taking behavior more generally. I h
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by squozzer 8y ago
America is in too much danger to take any chances. The 28 positives should be held indefinitely until they can prove they're innocent. Presumption of Guilt is the new normal, isn't it?
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by squozzer 8y ago
>Russia actually got inside the voting systems of seven states, including 4 of the 5 largest states in terms of electoral votes—California (55) Texas (38) Florida (29) and Illinois (20). And yet two of those states listed went for Hillar
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by squozzer 8y ago
Despite my misgivings - we should probably attempt to colonize Antarctica and the continental shelves before other planets - I think it's a good idea to colonize at least one other planet before a truly global government bans space tra
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by squozzer 8y ago
I offer the following hypothesis - competition for entry into "the best" colleges, competition for "free money" through scholarships, and competition for "good jobs" after college has driven parents to microm
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by squozzer 8y ago
Fridays off is the best argument for giving Islam greater influence in the US. And the US can water down just about any religion, though the public might enjoy a beheading.
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by squozzer 8y ago
I rarely put stickers on my laptop, but when I do it's not for the latest tech fad.
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by squozzer 8y ago
I'm not sure we can do much to understand the role of authority without understanding the role of conditioning in what makes people act. For instance, why are most schools so regimented and rule-rich? For efficiency, certainly, but not
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by squozzer 8y ago
I have a co-worker who is Chinese. He has his own set of stainless steel chopsticks. Could we not apply a similar logic to straws, i.e. buy and bring your own? The straws they sell at head shops are a bit too short IMHO. Designer straws, th
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by squozzer 8y ago
Whatever you do, in the beginning, has to provide enough interest for you to want to improve. Beyond that, all I can tell you no matter how passionate you feel about something now, you will feel more passion about it some days, and on som
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by squozzer 8y ago
I could no longer suppress the urge to troll on twitter. Before doing so, I read maybe 100 tweets on a thread. It was a political tweet, so the standard of truth was not that high. Guess what I found? 100% of the tweets were not falsifiable
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by squozzer 8y ago
I am not sure what historians / sociologists call it, but there seems to be a window of time where artifacts / philosophies become not just obsolete, but are considered deserving of obliteration.

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