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by xlm1717 11y ago
Well, I would bet you never hear someone saying their iPhone is too thick precisely because they make them thinner all the time.
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-“Do you know why the decision was made? I don’t mind doing it for free so if money is a concern, that’s no problem.” -Money was not a concern, however. Culture was. Although later in the article they do mention that they are short on staff
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I always felt that programming in perl was fun. Fun don't pay the bills though so over time I programmed less in perl. I suspect that with the perl 6 release a lot of people are starting to go back to it and having fun with it again. A
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by xlm1717 11y ago
I doubt that scenario you mentioned will cause your death. The firemen will get you out.
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No one ever has "rights" to declare no fly zones, but countries sure love to declare them. Besides, it's never about "rights", it's about having and willing to use the force necessary to enforce no fly zones.
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by xlm1717 11y ago
The Stockholm metropolitan area is home to 20% of the Swedish population. About 15% of Sweden lies north of the Arctic circle, with the majority of land in Sweden covered in forest. The US, in comparison, has a MUCH greater capacity to take
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by xlm1717 11y ago
Orwell seems more prescient every day. Blackwhite seems especially relevant here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Newspeak_words#Blackwh...
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by xlm1717 11y ago
The last line of the article seems to imply that it is shame keeping people from voting. "If fewer people need the safety net to get by, the stigma will fade, and low-income citizens will be more likely to re-engage in their communitie
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by xlm1717 11y ago
The main difference is that the government in power currently in Iran deposed the government that the US set up and wanted to have as an ally. If the Shah had remained in power in Iran, the US would likely be as close with Iran as they are
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by xlm1717 11y ago
I don't get it. Why go to a University then? It used to be they went to get access to those tools, rational arguments and pointing out logical fallacies. Now it's... have a party for four years and then go back home to your parent
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by xlm1717 11y ago
He's a freakin prince, does he need to numb himself that much??
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I don't think it's so much try brute force as it is "use it or lose it". This thinking is pervasive throughout all levels of government in the US. Let's say the police do decide to send three cop cars instead of six
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by xlm1717 11y ago
I'm sure they can do it if they wanted to. This will just take users completely out of WP and into Android, though. At that point, they're better off developing their launcher, apps, and other services on Android and simply releas
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by xlm1717 11y ago
>Astronauts lobbied against any and every automation for fear of being made redundant. Is that true? I would be extremely surprised if it was.
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by xlm1717 11y ago
Music snobbery is really annoying. However, his complaint about the bass going into your bones... I would complain about that if it happened. However, I haven't gone anywhere that has that kind of music playing that is not explicitly f
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by xlm1717 11y ago
Agreed. If apprenticeships were that good of an idea, tech companies wouldn't need a government subsidy to implement them. What we are seeing is the rise of more coding "bootcamps", roughly semester-long courses to get someon
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I would say that's a risk that someone who goes through specialist training should factor into their life plans.
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I imagine they feel similarly powerless. Sending brave people in there would necessarily force a military confrontation with Russia, which I think everyone would agree is a very bad idea.
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by xlm1717 11y ago
We could use vague language like harbors terrorists or funds terrorists. More realistically, though, I perceive ISIS as a greater threat to US national security. As an example, the TSA is already getting more ornery with airport security in
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by xlm1717 11y ago
For this dev, it's a big deal. I love writing a query in MongoDB way more than I love writing a query in MySQL. Granted, I think a big part of it has to do with joins being the annoying part of SQL...
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by xlm1717 11y ago
Is this still a problem for 5Ghz wifi?
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by xlm1717 11y ago
Seeing how the same author has been trying to sound the alarm on political correctness at least since the beginning of this year, it seems unlikely that we'll start taking political correctness seriously any time soon. Questioning poli
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The author does make many compelling points. I almost want to buy the book he was pushing now.
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"I think it has something to do with the fact that one item can be sold by multiple vendors at multiple prices." It might be confusing but this will help you get lower prices often. Amazon also often lists used among the multiple
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by xlm1717 11y ago
>That means that you are the one insisting on using words in ways that are not the standard meaning. Which is, incidentally, a very liberal (using the American connotation of the word) thing to do.
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What's funny is that a lot of the times the people in power would seek to ban certain books because they were (supposed to be) harmful mentally. Now the students are turning around and almost saying, 'you were right, take these bo
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by xlm1717 11y ago
It is so wrong. The author alludes to the way the system is set up as the main reason why it is so dysfunctional: >The Nash equilibrium is to let the students cheat and “perform well”; in exchange, I get back great evaluations. This is s
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by xlm1717 11y ago
Is it a paradox? It makes sense if you think about it. If you are in a city that is very good for moving up, then you will make more money. Then homeowners can sell their houses for more money and property owners can charge higher rent. If
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That is actually a very good idea!
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"Spooning is the worst." No, Slate, you are the worst.

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