swolchok

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   by swolchok 16y ago

   Yes, this is old news. It's designed to increase the effectiveness of a ban by increasing the time until the banned poster finds out he is banned and attempts to circumvent it.
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   by swolchok 16y ago

   There are companies that audit bartenders by very carefully inventorying the liquor. I found out from this article in my college's newspaper: http://www.michigandaily.com/content/2008-09-24/bar-audits-m... . The company is Bevinco (www.be
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   by swolchok 16y ago

   I was under the impression that it could help in getting people to take you seriously, although this might apply more to consulting than startups.
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   by swolchok 16y ago

   I just got back from two weeks off of my PhD studies due to burnout, and did some serious thinking about quitting in favor of entering the small business and/or startup world because I still felt burned out. I realized that we've got some p
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   by swolchok 16y ago

   Just buy seeds on the Internet? Also, I've heard conflicting reports about growing mint indoors over the winter; some sources say that mint needs to die down in the winter and won't survive year-round growing, but others don't mention it. S
6. 246.▲
   by swolchok 16y ago

   Facebook did, or at least turned its side, when it opened the site to everyone instead of just college students.
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   by swolchok 16y ago

   Is it too late in the year to start mint? I have a very similar situation to the OP; live in an apartment in SE Michigan with a window/balcony, but near trees. I'm assuming it'll have to come inside around mid-October.
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   by swolchok 16y ago

   It seems to make the gap between lines enormous in Emacs. Is it just a configuration issue? (compared to Deja Vu Sans Mono) I can't accept a font change that means I can fit less code on my screen and have to read smaller text to boot.
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   by swolchok 16y ago

   The noise category assumption is a fair one. "Work harder" is a vague recommendation. Are there more specific recommendations you could make? Don't post just because you can. Don't echo comments others have made. Don't post "oblig
10. 250.▲
    by swolchok 16y ago

    "Iterate" means "repeat".
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    by swolchok 16y ago

    So assume it's that your comment fell into the "noise" category and work harder on producing "signal" next time. We don't need to have a discussion every time someone felt that some post did not contribute sufficiently to the discussion.
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    by swolchok 16y ago

    There's no such thing as an "incomplete path name", those have to be directories.
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    by swolchok 16y ago

    It seems to me that you can't be sure unless someone is auditing the weights or measures actually in use. Consumers can do a rough audit using their gas gauges, but it's not particularly precise.
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    by swolchok 16y ago

    I used to be under the impression that one was obliged to take a low salary while employed by or founding an early-stage startup. Your seemingly sincere comment and an anecdote from a friend who was offered a quite competitive salary are
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    by swolchok 16y ago

    Doesn't it make it difficult to sell homes in high cost-of-living areas? Seems like you'd be taking a hit in the sale price to reflect the increased property tax burden on the new owner. I don't know whether you come out ahead, but it's pro
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    by swolchok 16y ago

    Fantastic, now I don't have to pay for Skype Out any more.
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    by swolchok 16y ago

    See the FAQ. It is unable to tell if a form submitted by JavaScript is in fact submitted securely, so it warns.
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    by swolchok 16y ago

    What RFCs are relevant for query parameter and URL encoding? I'm assuming that the article is talking about semantics and not syntax.
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    by swolchok 16y ago

    1) Foursquare was one of the most popular targets for DEFCON'S Wall of Sheep this year, next to Twitter. I believe the mayor of the con was also made the mayor of Sheeptown. 2) Their desktop site doesn't use SSL either, as my Unencrypted Pa
20. 260.▲
    by swolchok 16y ago

    Too narrow. I was referring to stories that crop up on social news sites over and over, not UNIX arcana.
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    by swolchok 16y ago

    Is there a "social news sites classics" directory yet? I would love to see reposts of oldies no longer justified due to a good directory of these things, prominently linked. Pretty please do not create such a directory in this comments thre
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    by swolchok 16y ago

    Are you saying that they tend to be sexually aroused, or that they tend to be carrying some sort of arsonist paraphernalia?
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    by swolchok 16y ago

    It's a cliched rhetorical device, not a meme.
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    by swolchok 16y ago

    When do you accept? When do you reject? This is bogus, and can't even solve problems in P in polynomial time.
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    by swolchok 16y ago

    > If there's one program that is a performance and memory hog, it's Flash video. FTFY, based on my experience with my Eee 1005HA. Web's fine, but the world hurts when I try to view Flash video. Doubling the RAM to 2 GB helped with every
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    by swolchok 16y ago

    There are infinitely many Turing machines.
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    by swolchok 16y ago

    I have to suspect that Google's attitude toward customer service is "Machines scale. Hiring people doesn't."
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    by swolchok 16y ago

    I believe you meant if isinstance(lst, str):
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    by swolchok 16y ago

    I don't think pg would take that tack if "all the Hacker News old-timers" had really gone elsewhere. I like to think he would recognize a systemic problem and write about it.
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    by swolchok 16y ago

    This is blogspam; we saw the original article here a while ago.