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by turar 12y ago
>> Desktop computers. Laptops. Cell phones. CT scanners. The internet. The Large Hadron Collider. The Hubble Space Telescope. Progress has slowed since the 1970s? Really? A lot of these were actually invented/designed in the 70s
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by turar 12y ago
Co-CEOs? I only know one company that had co-CEOs, and that didn't work out well for them.
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by turar 12y ago
Sorry, these seem like exaggerations, based on my own experience. There are certainly a percentage of motorists who ignore traffic rules, but it's nowhere near the percentage of cyclists who do so. Again, this is based on my experienc
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by turar 12y ago
By that do you mean they don't stop, or that they stop for too long to let you through, thinking that you're not going stop at all? (Assuming it's a 4-way stop). If latter, then I could be that motorist as well -- I will natu
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by turar 12y ago
Edmonton, Alberta. I live in a central/downtown location, where most streets are quiet 2-lanes. And like I said, I have never seen a cyclist actually stop at a stop sign. Most don't even slow down -- just a quick check to make sur
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by turar 12y ago
As a motorist who sees cyclists daily, I have yet to see a cyclist obey a stop sign. I see blatant disregard for stop signs every single day. Same thing for red lights -- I see cyclists routinely disregard red lights, unless crossing a busy
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by turar 12y ago
Beyond what jonnathanson already mentioned, there's also a case of "scholarship" kids, who have to maintain a high GPA to be able to afford going to school. This results in safe class selection and extreme failure avoidance.
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by turar 12y ago
One thing I still don't quite understand. So a battery in a laptop will significantly deteriorate in the amount of charge it can hold over several years, to the point of being useless. How does this work for Tesla? Do their batteries d
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by turar 12y ago
This is a repeat of the same story that happened the last time H-1B limit didn't meet the demand for visas. US tech companies, most notably Microsoft, opened "offices" in Vancouver. What happens next is that those employees w
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by turar 12y ago
Sounds too good to be true, what's the catch? Why aren't there thousands/millions of third-world nationals incorporating a business there already via "consultants" and such?
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by turar 12y ago
Like others mentioned, this largely depends on the building type -- e.g. concrete vs wood and gypsum. Most American apartment complexes below 5-6 stories high are usually all wooden with low sound proofing.
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by turar 12y ago
I will have to choose school soon for my son, and seems like my choice is private or homeschooling.
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by turar 12y ago
Now someone just needs to setup autonomous charging stations next to security checkpoints and rake in the dough.
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by turar 12y ago
Wow. There was actually a nice, sweet comedy about this exact scenario, called The Guru: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEIEb5jPhhA
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by turar 12y ago
This is very tough. I've seen my dad struggle through the same. He's been without a stable job since 2010. He'd sent out dozens of resumes daily for the last 4 years. He recently got a contract, and hopes this will turn into
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by turar 12y ago
So the user-facing portion of healthcare.gov is written with JSF then?
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by turar 12y ago
Also Apache Bloodhound.
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by turar 12y ago
Dropwizard seems to have a view layer of its own that you can bolt on as well.
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by turar 12y ago
I actually started learning Scala: completed Odersky's Coursera class and developed a Play 2 project in Scala. Overall I like it, but reading others' code is often frustrating, shorthand shortcuts in language are still kinda alien
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by turar 12y ago
I was just recently trying to decide between "new" Spring MVC, Dropwizard, and Play. Spring now has a bunch of slick-looking guides and tutorials. But then I looked at the actual contents of their tutorial project, and it just tur
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by turar 12y ago
I really hope this design pattern of huge fonts across the screen is a fad and will go away sometime soon. That and parallax scrolling. It's bugging me to no end for some reason. Am I alone in this?
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by turar 12y ago
The company's lore is that it was originally called Cadabra.com (as in abracadabra). But then people were confusing it with cadaver, so it was changed to Amazon.
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by turar 12y ago
It's interesting how many would still remember the incident in question, if it wasn't brought up like this again. My personal attention span must be pretty short, it took a couple of days for me to stop associating Github with tha
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by turar 13y ago
Nope. Unless anyone is someone who has 1 year experience (not just a degree) in one of just 24 allowed occupations, AND can get an application before a small cap is reached. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/s
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by turar 13y ago
Also see Dulles brothers story. Fascinating interview here: http://www.npr.org/2013/10/16/234752747/meet-the-brothers-wh...
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by turar 13y ago
> When I said he didn't know when it was (I had a 3 hour layover), he said it didn't matter, he'd make sure. Why did (s)he do that? Did you miss your flight?
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by turar 13y ago
It's not planning to fire really, but a change in trust level.
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by turar 13y ago
I was specifically referring to http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=American%20Dr...
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by turar 13y ago
Re #3: Were Clinton and Obama in top 1% when they were born?
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by turar 13y ago
Yes, but I don't think they need to wait for it to get approved. It's a formality.

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