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by zdean 10y ago
"You've pretty much rejected the possibility of true objective meaning..." This depends on what you're trying to give meaning to. The 'god' perspective gives meaning to life (i.e., why are we here??). But why i
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Rescue flight leaves South Pole with 2 sick US workers(washingtonpost.com)
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by zdean 10y ago
I've used this for years...no equipment required, the easiest way to fold t-shirts and polos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhbopCuN6TA
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When every place in the U.S. hit its peak population(washingtonpost.com)
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Peter Thiel Is Said to Bankroll Hulk Hogan’s Suit Against Gawker(nytimes.com)
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The Amateur Cloud Society That (Sort Of) Rattled the Scientific Community(nytimes.com)
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by zdean 11y ago
Yes...up until around 2005 I would routinely see them on photo shoots (that's when digital started to replace film for a lot of pros). Now, I think they're used but only on really large shoots...smaller ones do ok with light meter
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by zdean 11y ago
This is a really great perspective. My background is in the print publishing world...going back to the late 90s. What I realize is that we keep going back to that world for guidance on what the future of the web will hold (in terms of conte
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by zdean 11y ago
Because he/she made a pretty broad statement about video as a medium and then used their own experience to validate/support that statement. I think it's probably relevant to ask about their age to be able to discuss whether t
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by zdean 11y ago
"Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria are failed states with terminal corruption, which inevitably leads to war." I think you might have the cause/effect backwards. War is by far the mightiest and most profitable expression of corruption
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by zdean 11y ago
Yeah, I thought it was a horrible name in light of the fact that the last supersonic jet program was permanently grounded because of a crash. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_4590
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by zdean 11y ago
This was a problem in Texas, so they passed a law to curb the abuse. The small towns affected got smart and worked around the law anyways: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-613081
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by zdean 11y ago
I agree with this whole heartedly: "We have a shitty pipeline and we are working on fixing it." But that doesn't mean that something isn't also broken at the hiring end of the pipeline. If you're a woman, lgbt, or n
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by zdean 11y ago
Put that into perspective for us...if a 2nd Dan player competed against a 9th Dan 100 times, what would be the expected outcome?
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by zdean 11y ago
This is speculation on my part, but I would think that the threat to the oil producers is not that they may run out of the stuff in 100 years...rather, it's that oil may become obsolete before then (because alternative energy). At $30&
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by zdean 11y ago
I have a feeling this will be an unpopular position, but ultimately, I don't think the solution will be to prosecute more of the bad actors (although I do think that should happen). The author seems to think that the "system"
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by zdean 11y ago
This article from a few years back tries to quantify that answer... https://reason.com/archives/2012/01/26/how-much-is-an-astron...
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by zdean 11y ago
I'm a big fan of Noah Kagan...I think he offers products/help often on this front through AppSumo. Example: http://www.appsumo.com/monthly1k/?rf=brws
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by zdean 11y ago
This has been standard practice for projects in Afghanistan since the start of the war. It unfolds something like this: U.S. gov'nt wants a new well built in some remote village and ask for bids. Western companies bid and win the contr
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by zdean 11y ago
Maybe, but probably cost prohibitive for anyone that would be using one of these.
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by zdean 11y ago
Glad they're thinking of new ways of tackling this...though a much cheaper ($1/unit) and easier to make solution exists (invented in 1990s): http://practicalaction.org/zeer-pot-fridge
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by zdean 11y ago
The article makes a passing mention of media being a hub of these networks. One effect of this is that people will believe that there are epidemics of sorts (violence, economic, etc.) when in fact there aren't. This will often happen w
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by zdean 11y ago
Actually he points out a number of questions the interviewee could/probably will ask in the section "Questions rock star sales reps ask". I think his overall point is that the best scenario is one where company/employee
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by zdean 11y ago
It's actually not impossible. Stop fueling the corruption in those countries and educate the women. Most of what perpetuates the poverty is eliminated by those 2 shifts. It's not easy...but not impossible either.
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by zdean 11y ago
I'm not sure this is a discrete, static problem that can ever be 100% solved. We're talking about the speech patterns of billions of people...different accents, vocabularies, dialects, health issues (ex, stroke victims), etc. I&#x
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by zdean 11y ago
The world has a microplastic pollution problem. http://phys.org/news/2013-12-microplastic-pollution-threat-m...
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by zdean 11y ago
Because his argument is that even adjusting for the pipeline issue, women and minorities are under-represented. In other words, even if you fixed the pipeline issue, they would still be discriminated against and under-represented because of
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by zdean 11y ago
This is a good collection of slitscan videos: https://vimeo.com/tag:slit-scan
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by zdean 11y ago
"...we might be able to challenge the calories in calories out crowd." Not really. If they have unrestricted access and the recipe has changed, the simple balance of sugars, fats, and proteins per serving could be having an impact
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by zdean 11y ago
"You realize you're posting this on a site largely dedicated to computer programmers." Yes I do. And for any programmer (or any other person) who thinks there's even a remote similarity of experience, I invite you to fin

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