xiaoma

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2521.
by xiaoma 18y ago
I disagree. On average, the Japanese get over 80% of their calories from carbohydrates, and over half from rice alone. They're also the thinnest of all economically developed people in the world, and have the greatest longevity. Furthermo
2522.
by xiaoma 18y ago
That's a good example of what can be found where feminism and "science" intersect. Here's a good rebuttal. http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/duke/050106
2523.
by xiaoma 18y ago
I have two healthy half-uncles and a healthy half-aunt, all of whom are younger than me.
2524.
by xiaoma 18y ago
For me personally, the sticky point is having to go back and re-enter all my portfolio transactions. Neither site's import/export features are as nice as I'd like.
2525.
by xiaoma 18y ago
Bill Joy-- BSD, VI, later work at Sun.
2526.
by xiaoma 18y ago
Richard Stallman-- GCC, Emacs, and the GPL.
2527.
by xiaoma 18y ago
Yahoo! Finance was already well established when Google Finance was launched. It's not surprising that it still leads, just as the bloated Yahoo! email service leads Gmail.
2528.
by xiaoma 18y ago
Very thought-provoking. Spending so much time reading what's new, I had almost forgotten the pleasure of reading what's good.
2529.
by xiaoma 18y ago
Families with nine or ten children weren't all that uncommon in my grandparents' generation here in Taiwan. Even today, there are ten different countries in which the fertility rate is currently above 6 and a couple above 7. I don't think
2530.
by xiaoma 18y ago
I have to say I agree with Tim. The hypocrisy of this is staggering. How can one justify allowing billions of dollars of ineffective homeopathic remedies and potentially dangerous "natural" medicines to remain on the market with no regula
2531.
by xiaoma 18y ago
Maybe if you're a humanities major.
2532.
by xiaoma 18y ago
Is he still following the regimen, anyway? I must say Aubrey de Grey is the thinnest TED speaker I've ever seen, and not by a small margin, either. The very first thing I thought once I heard him start talking was "caloric restriction".
2533.
by xiaoma 18y ago
Naturally enough, the "New citizenships (per capita) (most recent) by country" is lead by Canada, a country with very a very open immigration policy. Likewise, Japan, which makes it very difficult for foreigners to nationalize, is near the
2534.
by xiaoma 18y ago
It seemed kind of interesting, but I lost my patience after about 100 mouse clicks. What a terrible mode of presentation!
2535.
by xiaoma 18y ago
It's the other way around. yts goes up as the posts are made a greater and greater distance in the future from 12/08/2005. That means that the ratings of new posts are pushed UP, rather than older posts being pulled down.
2536.
by xiaoma 18y ago
A better comparison might be no longer getting water after not agreeing with the utility company's revised contract that insists you pay them anytime you drink anything, even if it is milk. soda or some other beverage.
2537.
by xiaoma 18y ago
The richest guy I've met never had any post-secondary schooling except Hamburger U. He owns 12 McDonald's franchises and each clears about 1.5 million a year.
2538.
by xiaoma 18y ago
The definition of beta male is that they act as second-in-command, subservient to the alpha. Usually, they're either dethroned, former alpha males or future alphas on the way up.
2539.
by xiaoma 18y ago
How do you do italics on Hacker News?
2540.
by xiaoma 18y ago
When was Steve Balmer an alpha male? Steve Jobs, sure, but Balmer? He's a big, fat, bald guy who has spent his whole career in Gates's shadow. He's a very, very, very rich beta-male.
2541.
by xiaoma 18y ago
They complain, "We’ve received applications from people spelling 37signals as '37 Signals'" I find this pedantic in the extreme. It’s not the applicant’s fault that the company struggles with standard English. They can choose their employ
2542.
by xiaoma 19y ago
>However, following the axiom that tertiary training is what principally enables individuals to quickly grasp new complex subjects and therefore... I'm not at all convinced that it is axiomatic that "tertiary training is what principall