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by zargon 16y ago
Do you also tremendously respect people who work for the mafia in order to change it into a charity from the inside? Do you think that is a productive endeavor? Politicians really want people to believe it is. Then they can bring all thos
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by zargon 16y ago
I find it interesting that people leap to correct/redefine the usage of a word so that they can ignore the meaning of a statement.
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by zargon 16y ago
"Corrupt politicians" is a tautology. I don't vote because I don't consent to mob rule, and I refuse to participate in forcing my preferences on other people using the violence of the state.
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by zargon 16y ago
Not that incredible really. He inherits all those powers after all.
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by zargon 16y ago
It says that Isaac Asimov writes like Arthur C. Clarke.
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by zargon 16y ago
Choose a project that you use yourself and implement something that you would like to see in it. Or go to its bug tracker and start fixing stuff. Subscribe to the mailing list, hang out in the irc channel. Let them know what you want to
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by zargon 16y ago
See also Ridley's article from the Wall Street Journal, "Humans: Why They Triumphed": http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1374718
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by zargon 16y ago
"It's possible that these changes reflect how the brain has adapted to eating patterns in obese people, and that could create a vicious circle, putting them at risk for even more disordered eating," says Dr. Small.
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by zargon 16y ago
American Democracy is about the consent of the governed. Except, the USA government does not obtain consent before governing a person.
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by zargon 16y ago
How do you make a blade last a month? Adamantium-infused skin? I use a new blade every 3 shaves. I can't imagine using a blade for over a week.
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Children who are spanked have lower IQs(nospank.net)
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by zargon 16y ago
I can do that too: If you're being put on medication because you can't cope with your job, it's not a problem with your job. It's a problem with you, or maybe a problem with your doctor, but your job generally isn't that difficult an enviro
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by zargon 16y ago
anxious, adj., 1. Uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter; worried You probably meant 'eager.'
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by zargon 16y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1000084
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by zargon 16y ago
duplicate http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1322614
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Digital Self-Publishing Shakes Up Traditional Book Industry(online.wsj.com)
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Why Kindle's Availability at Target Will Just Piss Customers Off(industry.bnet.com)
2 points by zargon 16y ago|0 comments
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Is Print Dead?(huffingtonpost.com)
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Update on Voyager 2 status(planetary.org)
56 points by zargon 16y ago|29 comments
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C++ Multi-Dimensional Analog Literals(xs4all.nl)
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Drobo Finally Announces NAS Drive(trustedreviews.com)
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by zargon 17y ago
duplicate http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=789517
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by zargon 17y ago
Non-final rejection was on 2009-10-09. Response submitted on 2010-01-20. I haven't read any of it but you can look up application number 11/741429 at http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/pair .
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by zargon 17y ago
Graphs like that might actually say something if they included a "lifestyle" axis and a "uses car insurance for oil changes" axis, as munctional puts it.
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by zargon 17y ago
I pay a few bucks extra a month to have my electric company remove however much energy I use from their conventional pool and buy it from renewable sources instead. It doesn't seem to have helped much though because they just put into serv
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by zargon 17y ago
Public schools are not private parties.
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by zargon 17y ago
Feet have good reflexes for avoiding debris. But the choice isn't just between risking stepping on glass barefoot and ruining your feet with Nikes -- cf. "barefoot shoes" like Vibram, Vivo, etc.
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by zargon 17y ago
Corn-fed cows develop acidosis, which causes ulcers in their rumen. The cows are then open to a host of infections. Antibiotics treat that side effect of too much corn.
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by zargon 17y ago
New York to Miami, on the same Coast, is a 31 hour trip by rail! But only 20 hours by car and 3 hours by plane. Which would you take? The train. Flying is too much hassle, and the highway uses up my attention which I would rather delegat
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by zargon 17y ago
I start up my browsers once or twice a month, so start time is pretty irrelevant. I must not use javascript-heavy sites because I have never noticed a performance difference in Chrome.

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