tryonqc

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by tryonqc 11mo ago
The way the US media handles news the same way throughout their network is very scary and it's hard to believe anything they say when they repeat word for word what everyone else says. LWT has great montage on this.
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by tryonqc 11mo ago
After the live streaming of a mass genocide by israel and the words used by mass media during their coverage it's 100% understandable.
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by tryonqc 8y ago
good to know! Now I understand better why they had all the transit info for beijing loaded into google map ;)
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by tryonqc 8y ago
I showed a google map to a police officer (border control on the highway) to show where I was going, no problem. Had setup a few VPN on my iphone before going to have options in case one or two got flagged. My uni VPN worked during my entir
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by tryonqc 8y ago
Everytime I read something about termites I can't stop thinking about Arthur C. Clarke's short story "Retreat from Earth". Awesome short story, go read it. (or listen to it on youtube, but the mouth sound the narrator ma
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by tryonqc 8y ago
From The Secrets of Consulting by Gerald M. Weinberg > The First Great Secret of the Medical Profession: 90% of all illness cures itself with absolutely no intervention from the doctor. Each of us, after all, is the direct descendant of
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by tryonqc 8y ago
Looks like it's based off https://www.ar15.com/forums/general/-/5-749519/?page=1
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by tryonqc 8y ago
You don't need to speak french to work in Tech in Montreal, but you won't be able to work everywhere. I know many people who don't speak french and work in mtl. Montreal is probably the only city in the province where you don
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by tryonqc 8y ago
oh yeha you're right I didn't use the correct term sorry, you get permanent residency. Normally once you have the PR, you only need to spend the required time here and pay the fees to get the full citizenship. It's pretty str
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by tryonqc 8y ago
Canada also have the "investor program (not passport, thanks robteix)". (grants permanent residency visa) It requires you to be accepted through an application (no criminal / health problems) and to 800k loan interest-free to
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by tryonqc 8y ago
It appears there is indeed a link between short/long sleep and mortality. As you said, the possible causes are usually not reviewed. This concerns me as I do sleep 9h+ on average. (But then again I do have an eye-illness that require a
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by tryonqc 8y ago
I thought I did a good thing :( The use of their / they refering a single person doesn't come naturally to me as english is my 2nd language and we're taught its plural. (it can indeed be used as "third person plural sing
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by tryonqc 8y ago
He/she means this one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17517155 Today's post is way more in-depth. Good follow-up indeed.
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by tryonqc 8y ago
You are correct. China only tax when you sell / buy property. The porperty tax "reform" should be in place by the end of 2019 though. I think house prices in china can't really be compared with other country for lots of
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by tryonqc 8y ago
and those ressources are usually shared between systems!
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China’s schools are quietly using AI to mark students’ essays(scmp.com)
3 points by tryonqc 8y ago|0 comments
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by tryonqc 8y ago
> "I tell people that if it's in the news, don't worry about it. The very definition of "news" is "something that hardly ever happens." It's when something isn't in the news, when it's so
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by tryonqc 8y ago
as someone with a visual impairment I am always amazed at how little we talk/learn about accessibility and its lack of inclusion in the tests of new products. I like this "inclusive desing" term better though. (even though it
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by tryonqc 8y ago
Book: Vagabonding: an uncommon guide to the art of long-term world travel. Why ? Opened a world of possibilities to me. Changed my mindset on a lot of topics. His books don't offer many answers, but helped me put my goals / life i
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by tryonqc 8y ago
Not really. This is old thinking. The theory of sexual selection has been evolving in the past few years. BBC has a good intro on the subject: http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160624-we-have-the-wrong-id...
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by tryonqc 8y ago
Reminds me of a talk by Hamming that went like: "What are the important problems of your field?" And after a week or so, "What important problems are you working on?" And after some more time I came in one day and s
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by tryonqc 9y ago
I finished reading Pilecki's reports (turned into a book) a year after visiting auschwitz. The reports are quite hard to read. I just had to know how somebody could get out of that camp. (Being in the military, he knew many people in t
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by tryonqc 9y ago
the "Evidence from india" part is important.
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by tryonqc 9y ago
That would be perfect. In Quebec city it is illegal to follow cars in the direction of the green light. If there is a pedestrian signal, you must call for it and wait which makes it awfully long and inconvenient. Takes about 30sec to a min