verisimilitude

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by verisimilitude 16y ago
I haven't yet watched the video, so I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic... but I vividly remember a time in undergrad when I read Cringely regularly. I'd get all excited about these huge claims (e.g. "Mac Mini is built just for taking o
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by verisimilitude 16y ago
I agree with you in condemning running red lights/stop signs and reckless behavior. However, I recently found out that statutes in my area state that bicycles may treat red lights as stop signs. On my bike, I occasionally take refuge in cr
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Graphing Your Emotional Life(tumbledry.org)
1 points by verisimilitude 16y ago|0 comments
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by verisimilitude 16y ago
The picture on this post likely depicts a seeing eye horse: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guide_horse Here's the advantage: both dogs and horses require years to train in this capacity. However, horses then live much longer than dogs, maxi
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by verisimilitude 16y ago
"The newer MBPs have gotten the brightness just right, however." That's because the sleep LED adjusts to the ambient brightness. Try this: watch that LED in a dark room, then turn on the lights, keeping your eye on it. You'll notice it gets
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Increasing Your Conversation Skills(tumbledry.org)
12 points by verisimilitude 16y ago|2 comments
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by verisimilitude 16y ago
Now, hold on a sec -- people refer to me without an article, and I consider myself quite firmly grounded in physical reality. The point being, they're looking to talk about these devices on a personal level... the way you talk about some_o
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by verisimilitude 16y ago
Questioning the purpose of things never seems to go well when the topic is sports -- the purpose of the whole thing is fun.
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by verisimilitude 16y ago
Let's give Cabel Sasser of Panic Software credit for that joke: http://twitter.com/cabel/status/15436511209
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by verisimilitude 16y ago
What has struck me as most odd about this story is that I haven't heard any national news organizations really pick this up and run with it. Why? Is this story too hard to wedge into sound bytes? The dearth of coverage bothers me.
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by verisimilitude 16y ago
Your comment reminds me of my past winter up here in Minnesota. I bike to school, each and every day -- snow, rain... it got down to -20°F in January. And my experience is exactly the same as yours: I did it without a big down coat, withou
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by verisimilitude 16y ago
I do agree with the general sentiment here, that people should try to historically put their lives in context: our instant access to information is unrivaled in any history of which we are aware. However, I've written before on the importan
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by verisimilitude 17y ago
While I can't disagree with your idea of aesthetics, I would argue that Apple's entire product line is not about an aesthetic sense as much as a design imperative. In promotional interviews for products (iPad, recent iMacs) you'll find Ive
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by verisimilitude 17y ago
Every day I bike with a 4.5 pound MacBook... which (incidentally) weighs the same as my bike lock. That's 9 pounds right there -- with the right bag, you don't even notice it. But airports... oh my god. What's perfect on a bike is a night
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by verisimilitude 17y ago
In my continuing review of the dental primary literature and frequent consultation with dentists (my professors), I have found that genetics actually play a minor role in the frequency that an individual develops dental caries lesions. More
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by verisimilitude 17y ago
I'm currently in the middle of dental school, and unfortunately this technology can't completely replace 500,000 rpm air turbine drills (a technology that is, to correct the article, NOT from the 1880s). Here's the problem: bacteria (specif
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by verisimilitude 17y ago
You make very good points, which were further elaborated (by Gruber re:iSuppli and the iPhone) here: http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/isuppli These estimations on profit margins are really useless, and tend to take the discourse off trac
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by verisimilitude 17y ago
This thread is worthless without pics.
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by verisimilitude 17y ago
I whole-heartedly agree! But sir, you forgot Radiolab! http://wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/
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by verisimilitude 17y ago
You might be interested in opting out of this Comcast DNS redirection nonsense: https://dns-opt-out.comcast.net/ Best set of hoops I ever jumped through (well, with regards to Comcast, at least).
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by verisimilitude 17y ago
I disagree -- and I'm troubled that people seem to assert that just because you can say something quickly, means you should be compelled to pare down your ideas into CliffsNotes. The readers lose out on the richness of the ideas being conve
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by verisimilitude 17y ago
The loans aren't low interest rate, and the costs of education keep rising. Unfortunately, rising tuition rates aren't going to the professors. Straight (no banks -- direct lending) department of education loans are 6.8% and 7.9% for the m
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by verisimilitude 17y ago
I agree completely -- 5 days ago my bike commute took me through 6 inches of snow. The day after, -25°F (-31.6°C) windchills. Your body gets used to the cold if you bike every day as winter sets in. There really is nothing like putting o
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When Information Overwhelms Facts(tumbledry.org)
3 points by verisimilitude 17y ago|0 comments