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by sunstone 8y ago
The "Straight Dope" took a stab at characterizing the Myers-Briggs test [1]. They found the test lacked validity except it has a slight correlation (by accident) with one of the big five dimensions. [1] https://www.stra
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by sunstone 8y ago
I, for one, thought that conservation of energy was iron clad. It turns out that "except for the expansion of the universe" proviso, it is. As a religious adherent of the conservation laws this makes me unhappy. And brings up ne
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by sunstone 8y ago
"Noether's" theorem. Is that a joke or what?
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by sunstone 8y ago
Software creation (is it really 'engineering'?) lives in the penumbra between arts and science. This leaves it open to interpretations and conjectures from various points of view. The definitive assessment has yet to be made.
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by sunstone 8y ago
In which case it's obviously broken from the get go.
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by sunstone 8y ago
The idle rich need something that seems meaningful to occupy their time.
937.
by sunstone 8y ago
So in the Sahara that would probably mean all solar and a few batteries. Wind turbines would have maintenance issues from the sand storms.
938.
by sunstone 8y ago
I wrote this (above) comment expecting to get a load of down votes, but there are none. If anyone really wants to use this technique then please store all your passwords in TRIPLICATE in the spreadsheet. This is because if you fat finger o
939.
by sunstone 8y ago
It's a hardware key that provides 2 factor authentication for GMail.
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by sunstone 8y ago
In an imperfect world this is the optimal combination of security and convenience. A google drive spreadsheet full of passwords. The gmail account is U2F. Memorize the (long) account password and then copy and paste from the spreadsheet.
941.
by sunstone 8y ago
I'm not sure how this article managed to overlook the Asus C302 Chromebook flip which has been out for well over a year now and sells at the $500 price point. Very happy with mine.
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by sunstone 8y ago
And, at an equivalent of about $1 a gallon, lots of people will get on that.
943.
by sunstone 8y ago
Back in the early 90's the Chinese railway system had some cars set up exactly like this. They were called "hard sleepers" and they had a vinyl cover over a bit of padding with a narrowish (i'm guessing) plywood base. T
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by sunstone 8y ago
Yes and I'm pretty sure the horse riding public was not fond of the new fangled horseless carriages when they started showing up on the streets either.
945.
by sunstone 8y ago
If you're a railway, rails are definitely still relevant.
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by sunstone 8y ago
Hmmm, so on standardised tests I typically score in the top two percentile. (yes I'm fabulous). But the best developer I ever worked with was a Russian guy who interviewed terribly. He was great at code, he was even great as a team le
947.
by sunstone 8y ago
Because according to American accounting standards workers are an expense and not an asset.
948.
by sunstone 8y ago
As a rule of thumb, most people who get rich after starting from not being rich do it in real estate. How does this list explain or relate to this empirical fact?
949.
by sunstone 8y ago
Anecdotally, vitamin D has worked to eliminate or strongly moderate gout amongst a group of aquaintances. Definitely worth a try if you suffer from this.
950.
by sunstone 8y ago
So first it's the US military projects and now it's bending the knee to the eye of Sauron. Is Larry losing his touch here?
951.
by sunstone 8y ago
I hope not.
952.
by sunstone 8y ago
While this is mostly true for ICE cars it's much less true for electric cars because of their much lower total cost of ownership.
953.
by sunstone 8y ago
The thing about these new factories is that they will be using already developed technology and product so the risk is much lower for them than for the original model3 factory.
954.
by sunstone 8y ago
I am also much more impressed than I expected to be with the Model3's I see on the street lately. It looks a lot better in real life than in the photos.
955.
by sunstone 8y ago
The book, "The Intelligent Investor". Highly recommended by Warren Buffet and me.
956.
by sunstone 8y ago
If you're here you're definitely a deviant.
957.
by sunstone 8y ago
A forty year old body takes twice as long to heal as a 20 year old body :( I learned this quite some time ago but it still seems surprising.
958.
by sunstone 8y ago
For some reason this comment collected a few down votes so here is a reference to the Chinese GPS system [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeiDou_Navigation_Satellite_Sy...
959.
by sunstone 8y ago
If I'm not mistaken China has one in the works as well.
960.
by sunstone 8y ago
If you're looking for sophisticated but understated dinner music you could do a lot worse than Lenny Breau's "Guitar Sounds". You probably have to torrent to get it but it's worth the effort.

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