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by thret 15y ago
In case anyone is wondering, the meme 1. Do xyz 2. ??? 3. Profit Comes from South Park S02E17 Gnomes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBiSI6OdqvA
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by thret 15y ago
"Most physicists as well as the United States Department of Energy (DoE), academic journals, and the U.S. Patent Office consider cold fusion machines to be hoaxes, because they say physics rules out the possibility of room-temperature nucle
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by thret 15y ago
I don't see why it is expected to "put our clocks seriously out of sync with Europe’s, costing airlines $150 million a year". Changing DST shouldn't cause sync problems. More puzzling, why would such a problem only affect Europe?
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by thret 15y ago
Yes, specifically drugs. There is significantly more money in drugs than other types of illegal activities.
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Our tolerance is being hijacked by PC nuts. (intentious.com)
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by thret 15y ago
This blog would be more interesting if he would just name the customer in question.
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by thret 15y ago
Up until now I just assumed all schools had both recess and lunch. It is required in Australia.
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by thret 15y ago
And on behalf of New Zealand, I'd like to point out that you are being somewhat hypocritcal.
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by thret 15y ago
I don't think those tests work very well? I scored 49 and I am introverted. I find people easy to read and befriend, but I don't actually want their company. Isn't that the definition of an introvert? It's like these tests assume people are
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by thret 15y ago
Yes, less dense and colder is redundant.
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by thret 15y ago
I guess it is a little OT, but I was interested to read elswhere that room-temperature fusion is already possible, demonstrated and understood using negative muons to produce proton-deuteron fusion reaction. It just isn't possible to genera
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by thret 15y ago
FWIW I trust Google's "don't be evil" policy over the US government.
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by thret 15y ago
Yes, he does read up on this stuff. He posts frequent updates here: http://stallman.org/archives/2011-jul-oct.html
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by thret 15y ago
The advantage is that you can't prove it was his car. Even if every other Mercedes AMG is registered, there's no way to prove that his is the only one without a plate.
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by thret 15y ago
HN does this frequently. We are Anon, we take down obscure but interesting blogs and small companies.
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by thret 15y ago
"On a small scale, a classic yields significantly different meanings when read in different circumstances and moods; on a larger scale, a classic conveys wholly different worlds when read in different times of life, at different stages of e
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by thret 15y ago
Actually Australia has the highest median wealth in the world. http://au.ibtimes.com/news/234393/20111020/forex/australia-d... Not sure why you think Australia is more expensive than the US. I visit the US every year and do not find this
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by thret 15y ago
The Cars storyline was offensive to begin with. People who compete professionally in ANYTHING demand the best performance from their peers. Anything less is disrespectful. Having someone throw a race out of sentimentality, and making that s
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by thret 15y ago
The legal minimum wage in Australia is $15.51, about $16 USD. I realise Americans are poor, but I had no idea it was so bad.
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by thret 15y ago
I'm starting to think that the majority of errors listed here are simply phases of the learning process we all go through.
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by thret 15y ago
Actually I found this article quite amusing. I've done almost every single one of the things he mentions. Perhaps these are universal mistakes programmers make as they are learning? Anyway, I am please I'm not the only one.
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by thret 15y ago
On PokerStars, all high-volume players get an RSA SecureID tag. That feels safe. SecureID were hacked but apparently Stars weren't compromised... anyway, they seem like a good idea. I wish my bank and email account each had one also.
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by thret 15y ago
I think one magnetic half-pipe would be feasible, the question is could a board be made that could support a small human?
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by thret 15y ago
Water-drinking contests are a bad idea: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16614865/ns/us_news-life/t/woman...
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by thret 15y ago
Obligatory XKCD reference: http://xkcd.com/664/ Image text: Some engineer out there has solved P=NP and it's locked up in an electric eggbeater calibration routine. For every 0x5f375a86 we learn about, there are thousands we never see.
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by thret 15y ago
And if I had an infinite supply of funds I would take all chances, regardless of credibility. I do not. You do not get points for reductio ad absurdum arguments.
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by thret 15y ago
You think SC and SC2 stand out due to art direction? Well, sure, in the same way Chess does.
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by thret 15y ago
Evolution happens from one generation to the next and there isn't much we can do to prevent it. You are thinking of natural selection, and we've already done away with that by ensuring humans have the opportunity to procreate regardless of
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by thret 15y ago
If there's a non-zero chance that you will be returned to life at some point in the future, then however unlikely that chance is worth 25k. It is a lottery; the cost is small compared to the payoff and it rationalises hope.
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by thret 15y ago
This explanation is comprehensive, logical, and doesn't make gentiles seem like arseholes. Thank you. I am going to keep this handy.

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