stinkytaco

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by stinkytaco 17y ago
I think there's one more, people are like Griefers except way worse. I think usenet can speak to the problem of trolls ruinging the community. Which is why web forms came to dominate, despite usenet's superiority in technical features and a
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by stinkytaco 17y ago
No they don't. They have limited attention, but their space is, for all intents and purposes, infinite. Networks have 24 hours of programming, Google has millions of page views, application users, etc. But, even if something gets very small
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by stinkytaco 17y ago
I guess I didn't think of the "per search" charges. That said, Using West's Digest and their case histories is a neccessary step in legal research for me. I can see this for general searches on a topic, but for the real nitty gritty you nee
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by stinkytaco 17y ago
Honest question: I don't know what exactly you do, but do you think you could do it without keycite?
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by stinkytaco 17y ago
West has keycite. Keycite, Westlaw's case history features and the West Digests/summaries are enough of a value added service that it will enable them to continue to thrive, even if they can no longer hold the legal industry by the nuts.
1206.
by stinkytaco 17y ago
It might be a better vacuum cleaner, but it still sucks. It's one thing to build the best vacuum cleaner or fan, but they are still vacuum cleaners and fans and to say they are something else is disingenuous.
1207.
by stinkytaco 17y ago
How about "Linux Lite"? I know, it's probably a silly idea, but is it possible that the kernel team could provide a "core" kernel, that runs on most modern hardware, most popular filesystems, etc. Shoot for some arbitrary support level (80%
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by stinkytaco 17y ago
The flip side of this is that it takes control out of the kernel teams grasp and, as a result, causes a lot of finger pointing. At least now you can say "Kernel team, this is broke, fix it" and someone is responsible. The architecture you a
1209.
by stinkytaco 17y ago
Are you trying to prove your better than me with that joke? Am I supposed to sit here and take that sort of abuse?
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by stinkytaco 17y ago
Virtual Box? It's great that people can try it out and see what it's capable of, but doesn't that sort of defeat the point? I mean, if its real claim to fame is that it's written in assembler than it seems that running it inside a C (is VB
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by stinkytaco 17y ago
http://www.amazon.com/D-Connie-Willis/dp/1596061200/ref=sr_1... It is a pretty awesome job. Most people who come to the library really want to be there. But there's lots of drunks, homeless and otherwise unpleasent people as well. Gotta t
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by stinkytaco 17y ago
I'm a librarian, so I can speak somewhat to this. Ender's game is a good book, if violent. I've got some below. Talk to your local librarian, they might have some good suggestions too. Will he do fantasy? If so try: The Hobbit Narnia Artimi
1213.
by stinkytaco 17y ago
Meat- I guess that's your choice, but can be healthy and cheap. White Flour- He said bread flour, which is technically white, but sort of a necessary evil if you're making your own bread regularly. I make a good multi grain and rye which ha
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by stinkytaco 17y ago
I know that HNers will scoff at the citing of popular literature, but I find the arguments in "Diet for a Small Planet" and "In Defense of Food" quite compelling when it comes to "traditional" foods. Traditional diets are developed to make
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by stinkytaco 17y ago
Losing weight is not the only measure of health. If it were, crack heads and anorexics would be ship shape. There are plenty of other things to worry about beyond our weight when it comes to health.
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by stinkytaco 17y ago
Bread machine. Pick one up at a thrift store for a couple of dollars. Thrift stores always have bread machines because people love to buy them but never use them. Put the ingredients in the bread maker, let the maker raise the bread and the
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by stinkytaco 17y ago
Certainly there are carpenters out there who like to read (I'm a librarian and connect people with materials on their hobbies often), but perhaps gardening is a better example. Much more suited to study about planting, pest control, etc. I
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by stinkytaco 17y ago
If social media is making you gullible, then why would you believe this? If you think a couple of tricks and some neat Web 2.0 tools are going to save you from becoming a social media outcast, then you are probably already a social media ou
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by stinkytaco 17y ago
Both the OPs list and your list, and everyone else’s list for that matter seem, for lack of a better term, white collar. What about books not for the academic but for the eminently practical? Books on gardening, needlecraft, cooking or auto