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by zdean 11y ago
Truck driving is a devastating profession. My dad drove trucks for the better part of 2 decades. It hurt his physical health (immobility for hours on end punctuated by the occasional food/rest break)and did ridiculous damage to his psy
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by zdean 11y ago
Except that your gender reassignment request would probably not be thought of as resulting from a mental disorder. Not agreeing or disagreeing with the amputation...just pointing out a difference from this example.
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by zdean 11y ago
Agreed...I remember using VRBO before Airbnb was a thing. For historical reference, VRBO was purchased as an 11 year old company by Homeaway in 2006, 2 years before Airbnb was started.
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by zdean 11y ago
This seems like a UX/UI failure on the part of the coffee shop if he has to intervene in the customers' experience. The coffee shops I go to do a good job of making it clear what kind of customers they want by virtue of the experi
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by zdean 11y ago
I know the insurance question keeps coming up, but I'm not sure I understand it. The way I see it, these cars won't be released into the wild until and if they can perform on par or better than human drivers...which will require t
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by zdean 11y ago
This article lost me with the above statement. Perhaps it's not relevant to the central thesis of the piece, but to say that truckers are "well paid" is misguided. My father drove a truck for almost 2 decades. I would be very
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by zdean 12y ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8748467
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by zdean 12y ago
Boiling then steaming is the standard method of cooking rice from (at least) Iran to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. Not an insignificant number of people.
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by zdean 12y ago
This is especially true in Asian cultures where (as cited) rice is such a central part of the cuisine. The way that foods are prepared are tied often to tradition, family history, etc. Shifting even small habits is a huge undertaking: http
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by zdean 12y ago
Such as food subsidies that make high calorie/low value foods cheaper than they otherwise would be? Or the over-availability to the most at-risk populations of these high calorie/low value foods? I'm not sure how lowering the
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by zdean 12y ago
There are people around the world starving because they don't have access to enough calories and we're trying to figure out how to reduce the caloric values of foods. At the same time we're coming up with stuff like Soylent b
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by zdean 12y ago
I wonder if the author would have picked 47 as his number had he lived in 1900. It seems he's content with the advances that have increased life expectancy since then but feels it somehow inappropriate to shoot past 75. As a counter-ex
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by zdean 12y ago
Houston is approximately half the size of the state of Rhode Island (in sq. miles). It's big. So saying you're from Houston or that you went to Houston doesn't really communicate much. I grew up there and live a couple of hou
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Origins of the Mayday call(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by zdean 12y ago|0 comments
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by zdean 12y ago
And furthermore, if the concern is that unvaccinated children are putting others at risk and should be excluded from school, then wouldn't it stand to reason that this child (who is also unvaccinated) is also putting others at risk (al
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by zdean 12y ago
I think there are a lot of people that this would be a good idea for. I use my car to get to/from work, but I also like having it to use during the workday (lunch, errands, etc.). I'd be up for giving rides in the morning/aft
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by zdean 12y ago
I don't think the article is suggesting that. What I read was that the "misdirection" about individual impact on these environmental issues is taking focus away from much larger scale issues that are not being addressed (as a
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Where Mud Is Archaeological Gold, Russian History Grew on Trees(nytimes.com)
21 points by zdean 12y ago|0 comments
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by zdean 12y ago
"We need to cease over-correcting for past discriminating..." Maybe so, but do we do the same with discrimination that's very much currently in the effect?
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by zdean 12y ago
Why is this astonishing? "It's astonishing how often people imply or explicitly assert that white men don't understand what it's like to live in a society hostile to their race and sex."
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Video game critic cancels talk after shooting threat(usatoday.com)
2 points by zdean 12y ago|0 comments
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by zdean 12y ago
Ignoring the fact that you're calling me dishonest for a moment, here's how I see it: 1. OKC is a listing of profiles where the lister is expected to manage the transaction 2. The management of the transaction is a huge friction a
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by zdean 12y ago
There's an entire ecosystem (though possibly not very robust) around providing services to people on dating services like helping with writing their profile. I've heard from a few people that it would be awesome to have someone ju
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by zdean 12y ago
There's actually something of a negative feedback loop that's taking place. Women get a ton of junk messages (spam, inappropriate, etc.) while men get responses to their initial messages very rarely (most often just dead silence).
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by zdean 12y ago
I bought a Moto G (on Amazon!) last week for under $80...$40/month on Boost for an unlimited plan. For me, phones/plans have just about hit the sweet spot of value with this combo.
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The Itch (2008)(newyorker.com)
5 points by zdean 12y ago|0 comments
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by zdean 12y ago
As an aside, the story of the author's (David Carr) life and challenges is an amazing one: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/magazine/20Carr-t.html?pag...
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Julian Assange plans to leave Ecuadorian embassy a free man(independent.ie)
1 points by zdean 12y ago|0 comments
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by zdean 12y ago
No, the "inappropriate" is a qualifier...so there is an implication that certain behaviors are appropriate. There are many ways the statement could have been worded to state a zero-tolerance attitude...this was not one of them.
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by zdean 12y ago
Whether the number is significant or not is irrelevant. The fact is that being a truck driver does not in any way disqualify one from being intelligent. A less loaded but more helpful title might have been something along the lines of &quot

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