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by thetopher 5y ago
As an old Slashdot reader, I came looking for a comment like this. Thanks for not disappointing.
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by thetopher 5y ago
I’ve read State of Fear, and I agree that Crichton isn’t a great source for scientific facts. But this quote isn’t really a criticism of science. It’s a criticism of journalism. I think most people here on HN agree with his premise regardin
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A Step-saving Kitchen (1949)(youtube.com)
1 points by thetopher 5y ago|0 comments
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by thetopher 6y ago
Just to add another tale from the past: Sometime in the late 90s I ordered a Red Hat CD from cheapbytes.com (CD burners weren't common yet). I didn't have a credit card yet, but I did have a checking account, so I paid for the ord
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by thetopher 6y ago
I was thinking of the debugger too. I was also surprised to see it described as “overrated” since it’s ratings have never been that good.
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Man Arrested for Doctoring and Posting “Harassing Photograph”(tbinewsroom.com)
1 points by thetopher 6y ago|0 comments
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by thetopher 6y ago
As a non-remote employee, I had to find housing near my office. Now, as a remote employee, my only real requirements are a power source and internet connection. Sure, I have to live somewhere, but that need isn’t a result of my employment.
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by thetopher 7y ago
There still needs to be a solution that exists somewhere between "fantastic" and homelessness. Creating more options allows people to choose the best solution for their own situation.
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by thetopher 7y ago
All kinds of bad things are happening in the world. This thread is discussing a bad thing being done by the Chinese government. That doesn't suggest that other bad things are any better or worse. https://en.wikipedia.org&#x2
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by thetopher 7y ago
This is where I stopped reading. How can somebody claim to be on the cusp of disrupting a market when they evidently don't understand the consumer? Nutritional equivalence will not bankrupt the cattle industry.
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by thetopher 7y ago
>What if schools teach other misconceptions that get corrected in college. Like brontosauruses are a thing, or T-Rex's hunt prey. I had no idea there was a debate on the topic of T-Rex hunting. Here's an interesting Nature arti
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by thetopher 7y ago
Where was the QR code?
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by thetopher 8y ago
Probably not facetious. Just pedantic. The Amazon River is a specific example, not a generic one. ge·ner·ic characteristic of or relating to a class or group of things; not specific.
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The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences(oeis.org)
3 points by thetopher 9y ago|1 comments
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by thetopher 9y ago
My experience with Hetzner was mixed. Great pricing, pretty quick to recover from problems, but the problems were frequent. They're not great about maintaining good availability. I would definitely consider using them again for any pro
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by thetopher 10y ago
It's interesting to see how the party-faithful feel about issues that don't mesh well with major party tenets. In this case, most people seem to be more concerned with being tough on crime rather than limiting the power of governm
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A Matter of Life – The death penalty as a conservative conundrum(harpers.org)
1 points by thetopher 10y ago|1 comments
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by thetopher 10y ago
If you want to know what the department does, just look at its budget: https://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/budget17/17action.... Eliminating the department doesn't necessarily mean eliminating
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by thetopher 10y ago
Today I learned: 1. Some people being polled don't take polls very seriously. 2. Some people reading poll results take polls too seriously.
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Can you hurt yourself eating chilli peppers?(bbc.com)
124 points by thetopher 10y ago|170 comments
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How I Brought My Nintendo DS Back to Life(medium.com)
2 points by thetopher 10y ago|0 comments
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by thetopher 11y ago
Little choice? There is a wide spectrum of choices for higher-education in the US. While I think the idea that everybody should go to college is fundamentally harmful, I do think that everybody who wants to should be able to go to college.
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by thetopher 11y ago
Excuse my ignorance, but I have an honest question. I assume that income inequality can be approximated by measuring the difference between the income of a certain group of high-earners and a certain group of low-earners. If the income of t