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by thetrumanshow 8y ago
Can't tell if no-tech education is actually better, or just the result of the pendulum swinging back the other way.
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by thetrumanshow 8y ago
“Don’t sell the steak, sell the sizzle” https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eUmxGqsuKmY
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by thetrumanshow 8y ago
With the appropriately-tuned hate-filter you wouldn't get to defend your idea and have a discussion, you would just be de-platformed.
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by thetrumanshow 8y ago
Why doth [the suppression of uncomfortable opinions] never prosper, what's the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it Treason.
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by thetrumanshow 8y ago
From the other responses here, I like the 'its the guns' answer the best, as it has likely led to police treating every interaction as a possible life and death scenario. This is likely to be it. But, there's a possible other
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by thetrumanshow 8y ago
The difference, of course, is that it may be under oath, and you can purjure yourself before congress. That means what you think you know from things you read in the media might actually not be as truthy as what is said when someone has t
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by thetrumanshow 8y ago
On the far end of the scale, if you always answer, "Would you like to help us carry this heavy stuff down these stairs?" with "No, in fact I would loathe that, but I will comply in order to maintain the social bonds that are
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by thetrumanshow 8y ago
I worked for a small web-consulting agency for 3 years that allowed me to be a part of everything from the sit-down consultation with the client, to the estimation of engineering effort, to the design/build, and to the demo and support
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by thetrumanshow 8y ago
I guess if you insult one commenter you get downvotes, but if you insult half of the population no one bats an eye?
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by thetrumanshow 8y ago
Cornfielding good discussion looks terrible on you HN. Please stop.
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by thetrumanshow 8y ago
Ha, right, no upgrade needed in that version... but eventually I did upgrade and recommend it to others, due to the generosity of the honor system they put in place in that version. Loved the software. Wait, maybe that was Winzip. Both were
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by thetrumanshow 8y ago
They closed our small, remote office of 20 people. Work going overseas to the (now) main development office in eastern Europe, where salaries are 1/3 of ours (not even SV wages). Ended up getting paid more at a new company, so it worke
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by thetrumanshow 8y ago
Or more abstractly: influencers and followers. What makes them trolls, exactly? Also, no surprise things die down after an election, since it’s not the hot topic anymore.
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by thetrumanshow 8y ago
I want to know more...
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by thetrumanshow 8y ago
I’m not comparing it to the cost of renting, I’m simply saying that when I sell my home for $200,000 having bought it in the 1970s, at best it will be nearly break even.
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by thetrumanshow 8y ago
I think once you factor in property taxes for all of those years, it’s pretty close to a wash.
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by thetrumanshow 9y ago
Can you elaborate on your reasoning?
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by thetrumanshow 9y ago
See, now this lends some credence to the idea that the oils can have any (medicinal or other) effect at all... which up to this point I found highly suspect.
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by thetrumanshow 9y ago
It’s a great new meme opportunity, and you’re on the ground floor. Get in while you can.
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by thetrumanshow 9y ago
"Resource Limit Is Reached"... Wow, this guy really practices what he preaches. But, seriously, why not use Blogger. Operates at Google scale, absolutely free.
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by thetrumanshow 10y ago
I'll probably setup a Slack channel for those interested in talking more about this. I'm not part of the program yet, but very interested in it, and I'd be happy to meet you if you have similar interests. btwelchy_gmail
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by thetrumanshow 10y ago
I saw your work on Reddit earlier today[1], nice. I was thinking of building a mobile app to track movement and show this same data. Can't decide if its a passing fancy or not, so, maybe just a free idea for you. :) [1] https:/&#
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by thetrumanshow 10y ago
The biggest lump sum I received was for selling a house we had purchased as a hud repo. After fixing it up, we got a nice profit, plus we didn't have to pay capital gains taxes on the profit since we had used it as our primary residenc
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by thetrumanshow 11y ago
Another way to say this is that the normally-presumed cause/effect relationship is actually backwards here. I.e. If you aggregate the outputs of industry over a long enough period, higher wages cause higher productivity and not visa ve
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by thetrumanshow 11y ago
In this question I saw one of the classic agnostic lines of thought which is "If there is a God, why would he care about us at all? Why would he care what we think, say and do? We can't be the center of the Universe. We can't
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by thetrumanshow 11y ago
Great question honestly. Apparently this is an outcome that is greatly valued by Jehova. That's the best I can do. Eternity future is almost as vaguely addressed as eternity past.
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by thetrumanshow 11y ago
In the specific case of Jehova, Eph 2:7 addresses this question: "So God can point to us in all future ages as examples of the incredible wealth of his grace and kindness toward us, as shown in all he has done for us who are united wit
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by thetrumanshow 12y ago
I'm not so sure. Business and recreational travel, which I'm guessing is most of Lyft/Uber's business, accounts for a very small portion of all travel. This however, attempts to unlock business in all point-to-point trav
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by thetrumanshow 12y ago
Yes. If you Google "slack ycombinator", you'll see the original title in the results (as of 12:26 PST). Edit: also, as another commenter said, it was merged.
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by thetrumanshow 12y ago
"We're not monkeys." True, but we are often driven by biological influences that cannot altogether be considered "reason". >> it's not "dishonorable" to fight for segregation or for limiting opp

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