sunstone

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by sunstone 6y ago
So she was born at the age of 27. You don't see that everyday.
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by sunstone 6y ago
Exceptionally talented kids whether it be sports, music, math, chess etc. should go to normal schools and receive training relevant to their gift in a separate setting. Their schooling doesn't have to be an either or choice.
273.
by sunstone 6y ago
In this case the user is in Norway which is not a member of the EU.
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by sunstone 6y ago
Everyone should have a hobby.
275.
by sunstone 6y ago
A solitary, rehydrating beer or two after an intense game of pick up basketball is one of the finer things in life. Otherwise I'm ok with your list :)
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by sunstone 6y ago
The implications of e-bikes go deeper than one might think. Consider that urban areas are entirely designed around the fact that fossil fuel transportation creates a lot of poisonous emissions. Once fossil fuel transportation is removed f
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by sunstone 6y ago
All mathematics is abstractions of addition.
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by sunstone 6y ago
The diverse examples of octopus, dolphins, elephants, parrots and great apes strongly suggests that intelligent life is not particularly rare. However the combination of a species' intelligence and an anatomy that can take advantage of
279.
by sunstone 6y ago
A couple of H-bombs in the Himalayas might do the trick quite quickly.
280.
by sunstone 6y ago
With Chinese and Russian operatives creeping into every wifi router on the globe IoT security becomes an actual issue of national security with only political downside for not addressing it. Clap, clap, clap.
281.
by sunstone 6y ago
Since you mention it, their teeth are all to consistently perfect. So no.
282.
by sunstone 6y ago
Starlink, HVDC
283.
by sunstone 6y ago
You mean like when you click on the search box and instantly you're in the address box? lol
284.
by sunstone 6y ago
Not to muddy the virtual waters here but are the "virtual ephemeral particles" of the vacuum qualitatively different from the "virtual particles" of "electrons and holes" of say semi-conductor physics which are
285.
by sunstone 6y ago
Remember when Google was first developing Chrome and they made such a big deal about its security, sandboxing and contests to find any security flaws. And here we are over ten years later with five vulns in a month.
286.
by sunstone 6y ago
Sure but with solar, wind and HVDC prices now below the cost of coal and continuing to drop, with transportation starting down the slippery cost slope of electrification, with China's mass build out with concrete and steel starting to
287.
by sunstone 6y ago
Yes I would have gone for the 4a 5G as well but I also need the waterproofing.... which it doesn't have but the Pixel 5 does.
288.
by sunstone 6y ago
Wait til you get banned from your Android phone. That will suck.
289.
by sunstone 6y ago
"Consilience" is not on the list but nobody's perfect.
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by sunstone 6y ago
Small, safe, portable nuclear would be a "nice to have" but not a "need to have". And just like modern passenger airplanes they would need to have extensive safety tests before deployment.
291.
by sunstone 6y ago
It's similar to how sea level tides can be predicted even if there are big waves all the time.
292.
by sunstone 6y ago
This should be no problem.
293.
by sunstone 6y ago
Underwater hockey, played in most largish cities, is a decent way to practice breath holding without the boredom.
294.
by sunstone 6y ago
In return Zuck will likely get some throttling from the pending Dem administration.
295.
by sunstone 6y ago
The good citizens of the US deserve, first and foremost, high quality media, similar to the BBC in the UK. Right now US citizens do not fund a news organization that looks after their interests so they are stuck with various news outlets w
296.
by sunstone 6y ago
Money is convenient debt.
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by sunstone 6y ago
I'm not so sure dev -> tester is a demotion. Devs are builders and (good) testers are chaotic breakers. It's rare for one person to be strong in both areas but both are needed to get a solid product out the door.
298.
by sunstone 6y ago
So the guy who never talks goes soliciting the public for a piece of litigation that suits him. Theoretically I thought Supreme Court Justices were expected to be non-partisan in their judicial duties.
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by sunstone 6y ago
Profit is not a very useful parameter for assessing a young company in growth mode with a good product.
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by sunstone 6y ago
I never found typing rate to be the limiting factor in software development. Organizing code as a whole and making sure the code itself will be easy to follow six months from now takes more time and effort. Not to mention tricky bugs that

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