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by zulux 4mo ago
In order to stunt on the pors, English borrowed a fair amount of Latin and Greek directly - especially in law, philosophy, and the sciences.
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by zulux 4mo ago
As I understand, asylum seekers are to stop at the first safe country. They don't get to pick wherever they want.
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by zulux 4mo ago
This idea is adorable, but ultimately untenable if either country drifts in its views on how its citizens should behave. I suspect that Canada isn't fond of how Americans view guns, and I suspect that the US is not quite on board with
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by zulux 4mo ago
China has better execution. China's aviation, chip, space, and military tech are weaker than those of the West.
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by zulux 4mo ago
Agreed! The CCP still hasn't figured out that we'll take their money and still hate them. Western civilization has been sneaky and duplicitous for centuries, and we're good at it.
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by zulux 4mo ago
Sort of how Microsoft made Windows 8 look like a Zune.
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by zulux 4mo ago
I cherish the month I spent helping a printing press company. RGB is just the start. Heck, CYMK isn't enough for all the weird inks like neon pink, silver or UV.
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by zulux 4mo ago
But they did need to shore up that p/e ratio. Got to assuage our inner Ben Graham.
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by zulux 5mo ago
"four types of countries: developed, underdeveloped, Japan, and Argentina." -Simon Kuznet.
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by zulux 5mo ago
Men have significant estrogen: Men: roughly 10–40 pg/mL Women (not at ovulation): roughly 30–40 pg/mL At Ovulation, women spike. Hence, libido changes. If you know, you know.
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by zulux 5mo ago
Counterpoint: AI makes refactoring so much easier. Many of our monolithic code bases have gotten smaller and more organized because we were too lazy to refactor.
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by zulux 5mo ago
When your AI slides, make a permanent test that catches that particular slide. Then have it run all the tests every time it does something significant. We have as much test code as deployable code because the AI keeps finding ways to do wha
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by zulux 5mo ago
Convert it to drugs. With the right combination, you can talk to Mr. Bitcoin.
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by zulux 5mo ago
"relatives slept in the same room as the body, stayed beside it continuously, or had direct physical contact during overnight mourning." I’ll do my best to avoid the overnight cuddle vigil with an Ebola corpse.
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by zulux 5mo ago
Good? A bit of competition is good for everybody. Having one vendor for everything leads to many problems.
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by zulux 5mo ago
I appreciated Felix going over what he had to give up to get where he was. It let me be content with a bit less money and a bit more family.
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by zulux 5mo ago
Yes. We all hate how South Africa treats differing races. It's evil. Right? Right....?
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by zulux 5mo ago
It's wickedly complicated, isn't it? I'm distressed by anybody who doesn't change their position from time to time.
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by zulux 5mo ago
Re-reading deep books when you're older is also a joy: You've forgotten a lot, and you appreciate different things. The Minas Tirith part of the ending of LOTR hits hard as a 50-year-old man, but as a kid, it was just a lot of pom
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by zulux 5mo ago
"Swedish" Study Findings: The study found that while 36.9% of convicted individuals were Swedish-born with two Swedish-born parents, approximately 63% of convicts had an immigrant background. The highest odds of conviction were am
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by zulux 5mo ago
Yes, but those are sold in the US market officially. JP has more interesting colors if that's imortant to you. https://makitatools.com/products/details/DCM501Z
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by zulux 5mo ago
Stop noticing, eh?
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by zulux 5mo ago
If a single car manufacturer decides to capture license plate data from their customers ' cars' cameras, then we're back where we started.
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by zulux 5mo ago
Not an easy idea when about ten states have enough nuclear weapons to glass the earth.
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by zulux 5mo ago
>>If Christopher Nolan’s coming adaptation of the Odyssey happens to do well enough to get Hollywood back on its feet, A typical laconic reply works here: "If"
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by zulux 5mo ago
The solution starts very, very close to home.
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by zulux 5mo ago
For us US folks, Amazon.jp will send you the unobtanium Makita tools you know you want.... like the Makita battery-operated microwave. Shout out to TTI for keeping Ryobi cheap, cheerful, and a good value. Not my cup of tea, but their stuff
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by zulux 5mo ago
Also, when you need to vomit, GLP1 still makes your body think there's food left to vomit, and you can wind up retching for quite a while.
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by zulux 5mo ago
Vietnam.
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by zulux 5mo ago
Pro Tip: When visiting Japan, dress and comport yourself so you don't look like you should be thrown in jail, and it will happen a lot less often. As a Mexican friend puts it for Mexico: Dress as the police should believe you.

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