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by tjic 13y ago
I never had a single drink for my first 40 years on the planet, and, yes, people absolutely look at you like you've got two heads. I started drinking (about once a week) two years ago. It's moderately nice from time to time, but I
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by tjic 13y ago
A bit like BAD sausage - leaves a gross taste in your mouth whether you know how the factory operates or not.
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by tjic 13y ago
> I was so happy for the US and world in general when Obama was elected. Clearly you didn't do much research on him before. No one who researched candidates is happy when ANYONE gets elected.
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by tjic 13y ago
You missed his (pretty funny) joke.
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by tjic 13y ago
> I'm planning to write a browser add-on Do it for chrome. ...and let me send you money.
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In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Anatole_France
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> Public nudity is mere morals. So are laws against killing people, theft, and beating animals. I'm always dismayed at people who think that the "good" ethical norms that they like are somehow scientific, universally agree
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> I found it kind of amusing that the mere description of people having to do actual work already seems to be so shocking to middle class people. Indeed. "They don't have air conditioning!" Oh...so the Amazon warehouse w
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by tjic 14y ago
> Also, maybe you could make your feedback constructive by providing ideas, alternatives and suggestions instead of just ripping it apart but adding no value or solid suggestions beyond that. Pointing out flaws IS constructive criticism
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by tjic 14y ago
> The most likely reason is to stay "in charge" of your interviewing process. If Johnny sends in a resume and he is unqualified, what do you say? When I'm hiring, I respond to each and every resume. 99% of them get a canned "Thanks for
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by tjic 14y ago
Agreed. Barnes can go dark - REALLY dark. The Directive 51 universe is really dark, but has a ton of great ideas and great writing.
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> I just want to highlight two things, firstly his support for the NHS Which is meaningless; an anecdotal impression is not data. > Secondly, can we leave off the cryogenic stuff ? The guy is dying, and pretending it will just be a
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by tjic 14y ago
Indeed; I've re-read it several times. A great book.
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Excellent call-out on Barnes; he's one of the most under-rated authors out there. If you haven't read his stuff, pick it up.
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Coincidentally, I made a plastic d6 in my home workshop yesterday using silicone molds. This is just a prototype for more molding work in the future. http://365bowls.com/?p=175
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For that matter, a friend at http://www.kivasystems.com/ says that Amazon is really pushing them (in a good way - scaling, improvements, etc.)
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> By definition, insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results That's a pithy cliched phrase, but it's not the definition. One really needs to read through the DSM (it's a flawed political document fi
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Garfield creation story: 13 hrs/wk drawing, 60 hrs/wk marketing(slate.com)
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> That's what FOX news tells you Downvoted for egregious politicking. Let's skip the drive-by attacks on FOX and MSNBC, dailykos and drudgereport ... unless they're relevant.
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Read. The. Whole. Thing. http://www.popehat.com/2011/05/27/how-to-cold-call-a-lawyer-... How To Cold-Call A Lawyer: A Potential Client's Guide May 27, 2011 By Ken. Law Practice Let me start by saying this: you shouldn't be cold-calling a
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> Amazon is pretty reasonable (knives are fine, firearms accessories are fine, but firearms and ammunition are out As a target shooter, I don't find this any more reasonable than a gay person might find "personal ads are fine, but not g
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XKCD 1190 - broken?
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What's your definition of startup? She started a company and it grew. Works for me.
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This is the point made by blogger The Last Psychiatrist.
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> all genuinely unable to perform moderate physical labor I know of several people who spend all day sitting at home blogging or chatting on email because they're physically disabled. Yet I've employed multiple people as customer supp
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by tjic 14y ago
1) 100% agreed 2) What I find amusing about jwz's blog is that every time he has to interact with government he gets screwed - massively massively screwed - yet he still thinks that anyone proposing less government is self-obviously a nut c
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by tjic 14y ago
Libraries work ok. Re police: just reading an article over at popehat.com about how a cop framed someone for a murder and sent her to death row. Re roads: here in Massachusetts we've got toll roads that spend 80 cents of every dollar collec
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by tjic 14y ago
No one will answer this. If they say "no", they're speaking for Amazon, and saying "we give you a right to infringe our patent". If they say "yes", they're speaking for Amazon, and making the firm look douchey. Mu - unask the question.
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I picked up his autobiography http://www.amazon.com/My-Grandfathers-Son-A-Memoir/dp/B003H4... on a whim. ...and was quite impressed by it, and by him. I don't agree with all of his political or legal stances, but I had no doubt after rea
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by tjic 14y ago
This comment is foolish; it reflects a lack of understanding that reading, let alone engaging in HN, is not evenly distributed across all demographics with internet access.

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