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by stakkur 5y ago
There is yet a third theory which suggests that both of the first two theories were concocted by a wily web developer in order to increase the level of universal uncertainty and paranoia and so boost the use of the Web.
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by stakkur 5y ago
The author makes a few good points (mostly about performance), but the 'myths' about open source friendly, enterprise development, and cost are disingenuous at best, and just plain wrong at worst. I work in a large corporate envir
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by stakkur 5y ago
Learning to interpret the grunts of pigs, animals that only exist to be killed and eaten (we domesticated them for food), is peak human.
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by stakkur 5y ago
Now that’s an interesting black hat technique waiting to be exploited.
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There's no such thing as a 'natural-born leader'.
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No, but the ‘why’ is fairly simple: early RPGs (like D&D) drew heavily on existing fantasy stories, and ‘wizard in a tower’ was a popular theme. Is this not common knowledge?
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I’m sure during months of planning that Russia gave no thought to financial implications of the attack. Nope, made no preparations at all.
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by stakkur 5y ago
Highly recommend Duolingo app, especially for first exposure to a language. I used the app as a refresher this past year (for Latin) and it was excellent for that, too.
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by stakkur 5y ago
Over a year and a half ago, a small number of students, in one country. I'm beginning to wonder when we hit the tipping point when science reporting devolved into clickbait.
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by stakkur 5y ago
Maybe 'IQ', a somewhat suspect measure, isn't very useful.
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Music and Life (Alan Watts)(youtube.com)
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Russia and Ukraine: The Tangled History That Connects – and Divides– Them(nationalgeographic.com)
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by stakkur 5y ago
This article reminds me of a Carl Sagan quote: "Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future. Perhaps a better way to say it is that in science there ar
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by stakkur 5y ago
I've used new aftermarket batteries in several ThinkPads (X230, T440s, T400, T480) without any issues. I've heard similar from several other users I know. I'm wondering about this battery DRM, as I've never seen or heard
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by stakkur 5y ago
Pacifiers not good, not necessary, many downsides. We never used them for these reasons. https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/infant-and-todd...
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by stakkur 5y ago
There are other options besides 'positive' and 'negative' mindset. For everyone.
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by stakkur 5y ago
I walk every day, and I get these results. I nearly always feel more energized, focused, and relaxed afterward. When I don't walk, I really notice the difference.
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by stakkur 5y ago
I'm not talking about a dependency for the file to be readable. I'm talking about a dependency for the diagram to be useful. I'm not opposed to extending markdown, but most functionality like this seems to involve bolting on
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by stakkur 5y ago
Thereby creating a hard dependency for your markdown files, obviating their portability.
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by stakkur 5y ago
Ruby on Rails, unless you’re more familiar with PHP/Laravel or Python/Django—then use one of them.
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by stakkur 5y ago
The prosecutor’s statement is just normal posturing. It’s common language; a prosecutor will never state ‘the charges were baseless and are a waste of our time’. But that’s essentially what their statement means.
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by stakkur 5y ago
There’s nothing new or novel here—except of course that’s it’s told in blog posts. Much of what I read there is paraphrases of well-known knowledge about Rome.
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by stakkur 5y ago
“Ardehali cautions that the study’s observational nature comes with some limitations. For example, people in the contemporary control group weren’t tested for COVID-19, so it’s possible that some of them actually had mild infections. And be
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by stakkur 5y ago
Dumb question from a non-nuclear expert: I more or less understand the science and the goal, but: is this safe? What are the dangers/risks?
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by stakkur 5y ago
Folks, stop making Chrome a soft dependency for your software . I'm only one data point, but when I visit a site and see that, I immediately close it and move on.
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by stakkur 5y ago
> Most of the ThinkPads' unique features, as I’ve realized upon writing this article, are long gone. It’s painful to admit, but I came to the same conclusion for similar reasons. I’ve owned ThinkPads off and on since 2000, most rec
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by stakkur 5y ago
* Not free (mostly crippleware) * Requires a server to run (you don't just 'open from browser' as instructed * CDN-dependent This...is not terribly good or useful.
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‘Take back life’: More nations ease coronavirus restrictions(apnews.com)
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I have to say--none of this advice would be actionable in all my previous experiences with recruiters. The truest statement is the one the author makes up front: >Recruiters are just cold calling More accurately, they're contacting
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by stakkur 5y ago
Isn’t that the idea?

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