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by xacaxulu 11y ago
This is the most "New York" way to do something: i.e. enforce it with LAW!! What do Stop-and-Frisk, junk food tax and CS all have in common in NY? Government enforcement hahaha. How about just getting kids to pass basic Math and E
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
I think comparing cities against cities might be a more apt comparison, especially normalized for available investment amounts, population, etc. Remember that a number of US states rival single European nations in GDP, population, physical
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
^ This is the most american thing I've seen all day, and earlier I saw a Chevy with an eagle and the US Flag painted all over it with a rifle on the inside. (not uncommon in North Carolina)
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
That's why I always get pumped when I think about @antirez killing it building Redis from Sicilia!
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
thelastpsychiatrist has a great exposé on the Harvard cheating scandal that speaks to the 'everyone passes xyz classes' claims. http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2012/09/the_harvard_cheating_...
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
In the words of Vice President Joe Biden, "This is a big fucking deal."
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
I would start from the other side and start learning about how surveillance works, and the numerous forms of SigInt/HumInt that can grab you anywhere. If you want to disappear but you still want to use credit cards, a smart phone, driv
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
For a lot of people on Hacker News, traveling to work is stupid. Of course electricians and plumbers must go on-site, but let's consider the general audience here.
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
The best thing about being a consultant and running your own business is that every expense or spent time around work is considered WORK. As a basic employee in the US, you never get these sort of benefits and write-offs. When I hear people
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
Maybe just a CS program staffed entirely by people who've had real CS jobs outside of the academia bubble.
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
Lifting has the added benefit of increasing bone strength which is very important for men and women who develop osteoporosis more frequently.
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
Yeah but we have 'freedom' here in the US </sarcasm>. I love French restrictions on adverts for medications as well, they're very stringent. As a dual US/EU citizen, I never run out of interesting divergences
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White guy named Michael couldn’t get a poem published so he became Yi-Fen Chou(washingtonpost.com)
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
I doubt scientific altruism is just as exploitable as religious dogma. I think the abysmal record of religion in such fields as education, race relations, gender equality, human rights, slavery, genocide, rape, the outright fighting of scie
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
Finally. Although edibles are safer.
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
Never never. The market is competitive. Just tell them "I'd be interested to hear how your company/client values my experience" or "I'm open to competitive offers". I've received crazy good job offers
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
Possibly. But any clickbait surrounding hoverboards still gets me. :-(
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
I was sort of hoping the brand would stay in the elite space and not make an everyman's car. A 35k electric car is cool, but I like the wow factor that Tesla currently has. Like saying "I bought a Porsche" and it turns out to
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
I remember trying to describe burnout to my step-mom who is French. I kept trying to figure out how to say it in French and she joked that they don't have much of a phrase for it; the just say "le burnout" which I find rather
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
A proposition that is logically derived from one already proved, usually immediately before.
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
I'd call them lucky.
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
This is quintessential americana.
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
I'd assume parents X anxiety, or fear, or anger would be contagious to children in general. But this does bring back memories of my dad (general contractor) getting mad at my homework and calling for my mom (engineer) to come help haha
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
Christopher Hitchens has an amazing book called "Why Orwell Matters" and I strongly advise reading it. He also does a takedown of Kissinger in "The Trial of Henry Kissinger".
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
It the United Allied Association of Officially Approved and Sanctioned Theremin Practitioners (UAAOASTP), Inc., LLC., SA, GMBH. They're owned by a registered foreign corporation in Belize that's in turn owned by Halliburton.
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
Incubus has some live shows with the theremin and it seemed pretty cool.
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
This 'feels' accurate, but I don't know how worthwhile it is to say 'well it was shittier back then so...'. People commit suicide, relationships are ruined and diseases appear due to the kind of stressors described
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
It's just 'Ukraine', not 'the Ukraine'. Other than that, totally on board. I'm a dual US/EU citizen (Italia) and I support this post.
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
But no one wants to give up Amazon Prime & other forms of free or discounted shipping.
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
They are getting less in-demand due to the post crisis glut. I know grads from top schools who still can't find anything other than contract work from time to time.

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