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by topmonk 7y ago
As a programmer, if someone asked me to do this, I would walk out.
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by topmonk 7y ago
Not anymore, currently top comment on article on IF: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21888639
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by topmonk 7y ago
My philosophy is that if there is a great debate between two choices that never seems to be resolved, it probably doesn't matter much and do what ever is easier/makes you more happy.
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by topmonk 7y ago
Stop fantasizing about getting something I will never have.
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by topmonk 7y ago
You get “bat” ethereum tokens for every ad displayed, which you can sell for a profit or “tip” websites as a sort of microtransaction.
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by topmonk 7y ago
I get a 404, found the article here https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/grandma-charges-christmas...
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by topmonk 7y ago
Merry Christmas everybody!
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by topmonk 7y ago
It also scrolls on the Brave browser.
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by topmonk 7y ago
Well, sounds good, then. I'll give it a shot, thanks.
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by topmonk 7y ago
Ok, but what is your exact technique? Do you periodically pause the tape so you can follow along with it using the book in written form? Or just plain listen? Also, are you studying Chinese this way or a language more similar to English? Wi
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by topmonk 7y ago
The article says that criminal gangs have been using drones that drop contaminated items to spread the disease. Is this true and if so, why would they do this? It seems too crude to use as a way to enforce a protection rackett. eg. If a gan
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by topmonk 7y ago
I just use google translate on my android phone and speak out full sentences. It's pretty good as long as the sentences are long enough, have correct grammar and are common things to say.
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by topmonk 7y ago
Sounds interesting. I've been trying to use movies (something called "substudy"* which converts subtitled movies to a csv file which I then import them as cards into anki), but I find it very difficult. Could you point me in
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by topmonk 7y ago
> Native speakers don’t start studying grammar until they have had 10+ years of full-time experience with the language. That's by necessity because you can't explain perfect tense to a newborn.
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by topmonk 7y ago
> Yes, usually the solution is clamping down on immigration... That's not a solution more than a choice not to face a problem. > It does not create such pressure. As said, it only creates pressure to implement tougher rules on im
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by topmonk 7y ago
> You're like an engineer who throws a few bugs into a functioning system because "it will force the system to improve". You realize societies develop on their own, right? And they deal with stressors all the time, right?
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by topmonk 7y ago
Can't that “not enough schools” change though?
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They had miserable work and miserable lives. Your point being?
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by topmonk 7y ago
> The best way to help Africans is for Africans to help themselves in Africa first That's akin to telling a homeless person, “Get a job!” > ... creates social issues in the countries of destination. Social pressures, which may le
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by topmonk 7y ago
A man who lifts weights to build muscle doesn't consider the weights problems
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by topmonk 7y ago
I didn't say economy , I said society . Society has a responsibility to take care of the people who live there. The capitalist economy would as soon leave them to rot, as take care of them.
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by topmonk 7y ago
If the unskilled young men were left in their home country, they would still be unskilled for the rest of their lives. But, by bringing them in we are not only teaching them how to be more skilled, but also teaching our society how to more
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by topmonk 7y ago
> my hands are certainly not "goopy", It's all relative. What you consider normal, is quite slimy for someone who is not engaged in your activity. > but if you associate soap with that, then you obviously haven't f
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by topmonk 7y ago
> why would you favour naturally oily hands over clean hands? At the end of the day, with your accelerated oil producing hands, that became that way because you are constantly stripping them of it, your hands are much more goopy than min
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by topmonk 7y ago
I wasn't talking about soap. I never use it or shampoo either. My theory is that by washing away all the oils from your skin, you just encourage your body to produce oil faster. That's why you soap users get all goopy at the end o
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by topmonk 7y ago
It makes your hands dry, though.
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by topmonk 7y ago
> A human can learn something through a fairly small amount of specific knowledge via written, verbal, etc instruction. This demands the mastery of language which is a very high bar. Most animals haven't achieved this, so I think if
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by topmonk 7y ago
FYI, they didn't use AI to do this, just a team of unpaid college interns to annotate the images.
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Germany Heading to Economic Collapse and Stock Market Crash(youtube.com)
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by topmonk 7y ago
If he likes board games, you might want to try Tabletop Simulator and writing some simple scripting for games that he invents. (It uses lua) It's the fastest environment to go from zero to ”something cool” that I know about. And using

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