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by zasz 17y ago
Holy shit, I know this kid. Lucas is also the #11 speed cuber in the world. Very cool guy over all. So the point of this logo, if anyone is curious, is that Stanford regularly holds an annual social dance (meaning waltz, swing, cha-cha, etc
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by zasz 17y ago
Your book sounds like BS to me. Yes, cooking does denature proteins. Think of an egg before and after you boil it. On the other hand, it seems unlikely to me that the hydrochloric acid in your stomach doesn't also denature the hell out of p
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Calculating the area of any convex polygon(mathopenref.com)
1 points by zasz 17y ago|0 comments
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by zasz 17y ago
1), 2)--probably per month. 3) Well, of course the actual amount of energy would be better, but the poll did say "average American." 4) Because raising cattle is an incredibly expensive way of producing meat. For example, producing one poun
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by zasz 17y ago
The light switch and moon examples are really bad. There's no good practical reason for either of those. Running your own startup can be a lot more fun than working at a big company, and running five miles every day is just good for you. Th
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by zasz 17y ago
Presumably she meant dressing fashionably when not at work.
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by zasz 17y ago
That is true. My parents were reduced to selling all their crockery for food during the Cultural Revolution, and we were certainly poor after we came to the US. However, we are not poor anymore, are unlikely to be poor again, and there is n
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by zasz 17y ago
Damn. I was hoping you were making an app to let landlords bid on desirable tenants.
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by zasz 17y ago
I translated some of the jargon: NLHE: no limit hold'em x/y--size of the blinds, the ante you pay before seeing the cards in hold'em. grinders--someone who plays a lot of poker and makes a little bit of money. to make a lot of money you hav
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by zasz 17y ago
It's a well-written piece, but seriously: "If you're reading this, you've probably already dismissed the plan. You, the individualist, is determined to make your own way in this world." No need to pander to tha audience so blatantly to make
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by zasz 17y ago
I think you're taking that part about being yourself a bit too literally. It is completely possible to be socially adept (refraining from making dead baby jokes around new mothers, not picking your nose in public, saying "please" and "thank
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by zasz 17y ago
I like reading the most top-rated reviews first, kind of like going for the top-rated comments on HN first. Amazon review voters are pretty good at voting mostly for the well-written, balanced reviews. The top-rated review got 458 of 486 vo
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by zasz 17y ago
Actually, you're right. One of my favorite webcomic writers has been toiling away in advertising for many years, and now he's finally abandoning all his writing side projects to focus on his novel. It would have been pretty irresponsible of
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by zasz 17y ago
Here is a link to an excerpt from the book in question: http://www.fastcompany.com/node/45909/print And a direct quote from the author on the subject of the blog post: It turns out that having the financial independence to walk away rare
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Ask HN: How much of your personal life did you have to give up for your startup?
1 points by zasz 17y ago|1 comments
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by zasz 17y ago
It is not strictly a meat product danger. http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/salad.asp
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Pyrogon Postmortem (death of an indie game developer)(trac.bookofhook.com)
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by zasz 17y ago
Interesting. I feel like I'm the only person who hasn't noticed much of a difference, emotionally speaking, even after dramatically increasing the amount I exercise. (I biked about 8 hours a day this summer, and now that I've started work,
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by zasz 17y ago
FTA: Especially these days, they contend, when children spend more time in front of screens and less time in unsupervised play, kids need careful adult guidance and instruction before they are able to play in a productive way. Kids need adu
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by zasz 17y ago
This was incredibly painful to use. It seems to display both short words like "and" and "to" as long as it does longer words like "availability." I don't need to dwell as long as I do on short words as I do on longer words, and I expect mos
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by zasz 17y ago
Here's a group of quizzes with the same idea, but a nicer interface: http://www.philosophersnet.com/games/ .
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by zasz 17y ago
I am still somewhat new to the sport, but I consider myself a serious cyclist. The kind of people who wear spandex versus the kind of people who just want to commute are very different people, even if they're riding similar machines. I do l
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by zasz 17y ago
Chess is an enjoyable game regardless of what other entities are better than you at it. It is a recreational activity first and intellectual object of interest second. Really, should I give up drawing just because I'll never be as good as d
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by zasz 17y ago
This article makes everything pg says about the reasons behind Viaweb's success sound rather suspect, doesn't it?
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by zasz 17y ago
Definitely the people. I thought that it would be all about the sightseeing and the cycling, but since the company sets the route and they care more about keeping you en route and safe from cars, sightseeing opportunities are limited, and o
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by zasz 17y ago
I actually gained weight, surprisingly. I'm 5'3" and weighed in somewhere around 106 or 107 pounds before the trip, and now I weigh 109.5. (Just enough to finally donate blood, I hope.) The other women on the trip kept a pretty constant wei
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by zasz 17y ago
Oh dear, I didn't mean to brag.
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by zasz 17y ago
I just finished cycling across America yesterday. I didn't go on my own, since researching the route would have been very time consuming, and I'm too weak to push both myself and my luggage up a hill. I went with a touring company, America
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by zasz 18y ago
This is one of the biggest reasons I'm afraid of growing old, but I'm sure there are plenty of old people for whom this doesn't happen. My dad (he's 65) seems to do a pretty good job. He's an electrical engineer who's still very attentive t
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by zasz 18y ago
What's wrong with the noprocrast setting? Just set it to keep you away for at least 5 hours at a time. It can't be overridden anymore, which is sweet.

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