towaway1138

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by towaway1138 8y ago
Apparently it's a hoax. The mystery is why this is on HN.
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by towaway1138 8y ago
TLDR: Our candidate didn't win, so America is doomed, doomed, doomed.
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by towaway1138 8y ago
Flagged: This isn't anything like the original headline, nor does the article mention any war, and that factoid is probably only true if you don't count Vietnamese civilians as people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
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by towaway1138 8y ago
I suspect that almost all of these "believers" are simply trolling the normies, or enjoying their little pub clubs. On the other hand, I don't completely rule out Dark City...
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by towaway1138 8y ago
Not sure my experiences were typical, but stuck with it as long as I cared, then moved on. At a minimum, keep your resume hot, keep networking, and assume that all equity will be worthless. If your cash salary is sufficient, and you'
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by towaway1138 8y ago
She seems to mean (or at least favor) equality of opportunity, as opposed to equality of outcome. The translation seems a little shaky, so not sure.
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by towaway1138 8y ago
They seem to be knocking down a strawman. Almost no one talks about cutting out all carbohydrates. Rather, it's the refined, processed stuff that is being eliminated.
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by towaway1138 8y ago
Go is not a substitute for Python, nor is Rust a substitute for either.
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by towaway1138 8y ago
Speaking as someone who passed the phone-screen, the all-day interview, and the hiring committee, only to be nixed by some exec, I call bullshit. Their hiring process is pretty much like everyone else's--filled with randomness. (I rea
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by towaway1138 8y ago
As a single individual, it's probably more effective to work on local ethical issues than to try to do something about global villainy. There are a few people in very special places and times who have the ability to make a global effe
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by towaway1138 8y ago
Meh. It's sad, but the structure of the universe is probably such that one cannot become a leader of millions without being a villain.
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by towaway1138 8y ago
Joking about suicide is iffy. Joking about suicide without being even slightly funny is awful.
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by towaway1138 8y ago
Is this even beneficial? I was exposed to the "conspiracy theory" known as phrenology as a teenager. Yeah, it was kind of embarrassing to have a teacher point out that the whole thing was bullshit. But it also pretty much inocu
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by towaway1138 8y ago
If this is a problem for you, as it is for me, you might find the depression and suicide groups on reddit to be some solace. Beyond that, I think of suicide as more of something to put off than something to "cure". What can you d
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by towaway1138 8y ago
Arguably Algol was better, in the sense of being higher-level and with fewer sharp edges. But it looks like C probably exposes a lot more of what's actually going on with memory, pointers, the stack, the heap, etc. That's not al
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by towaway1138 8y ago
Always thought streetsblog was a bit daft, but they've outdone themselves here.
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by towaway1138 8y ago
Noting that that link was closed as "not constructive". Not sure what about (say) ANSI C is particularly ugly. The business about pointers to arrays versus pointers to array elements is a bit annoying (and a mistake in retrospect
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by towaway1138 8y ago
Not five years ago I uttered that very thought. But more recent events, in Europe for example, utterly demolish the sentiment. The rate of immigration must be carefully controlled if disaster is to be avoided. You can bake a cake at 350,
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by towaway1138 8y ago
"The Trump administration did not rise, prima facie, like Venus on a half shell from the sea. Donald Trump is the result of a long process of political, cultural and social decay." groan At least learn what "prima facie&quo
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by towaway1138 8y ago
Given the numbers involved, the _cost_ of the wall seems like a very minor issue. I'm far more open to arguments about who is harmed by the alternatives and to what degree.
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by towaway1138 8y ago
It's a valid position I guess. But having illegal status opens you up to all kinds of exploitation, violence, etc. It'd be hard to argue that this is a good alternative.
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by towaway1138 8y ago
Seriously? How much does being a "phone boy" pay?
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by towaway1138 8y ago
Aren't these competitions _literally_ open to everyone?
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by towaway1138 8y ago
Not sure I get the part about filming "public spaces". Wasn't this always legal? Isn't that part of what "public" means?
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by towaway1138 8y ago
What's the best alternative way to minimize the number of people in the country illegally? It's fine enough to say this option sucks, but you have to bring a better one.
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by towaway1138 8y ago
Essay seems to imply that the author is famous and give no further details, but I've never heard of her.
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by towaway1138 8y ago
Were Neandertals actually considered to be less intelligent? Hadn't heard that before.
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by towaway1138 8y ago
Deut here: For stop lights, thankfully the red is a lot different than the green. Often not that different than yellow, but it turns out that that doesn't matter so much. The greens are all over the place, and often hard to distinguis
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by towaway1138 8y ago
Ha. Well, I'd be annoyed.
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by towaway1138 8y ago
> You long for 2012. That was when you moved here. That was when shit was real. Actually, I don't think the serious public defecation started until last year or so.

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