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by zzalpha 11y ago
Uhh... it frequently is (and it's only getting worse): http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/12/21/the-siege-of-mi... You are aware these things don't just suddenly happen all at once. Right?
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by zzalpha 11y ago
Hint: There isn't enough time to do anything about it. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421516... Not that this should surprise anyone. And even if we did have time, we wouldn&#x2
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by zzalpha 11y ago
So I'm going to ask you a basic question: do you believe there is no correlation, a positive correlation, or a negative correlation, between a candidate having a degree from a good quality institution (I'm deliberately ruling out
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by zzalpha 11y ago
Your mistake is in assuming we're simply optimizing for volume and nothing else. Factor in each of size, cost, and deployment complexity, and it's clear many feel that inflatable structures represent huge potential wins. Besides,
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by zzalpha 11y ago
Ha ha! No, no, my point is that the selection on Canadian Netflix is but a pale shadow of it's American counterpart. :)
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by zzalpha 11y ago
I don't know that that's true. For every piece of B-rated schlock that arrives, they're also bringing on AAA content. Is it every major new release? No. But it's not trivial. And I should point out I'm speaking
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by zzalpha 11y ago
Looks like issues at Verizon... maybe the transition to Frontier (which is supposed to close April 1st) isn't going well... Edit: Looks like Miami is a focal point, too, and Florida is, of course, one of the regions being acquired by
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by zzalpha 11y ago
Eh, without knowing the quality of the titles that have been removed, it's impossible to say if this is good, bad, or neutral, nor is it possible to make any conclusions regarding the cause. For all I know, they've just been culli
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by zzalpha 11y ago
I appreciate your deeply insightful comment. Thank you for your service.
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by zzalpha 11y ago
> Since it's unaccountable, I tend to spend it more frivolously. Which is fine! Here's what you do: allot a certain amount of cash to discretionary expenses each month. You take that money out at the beginning of each month (
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by zzalpha 11y ago
True. If you don't believe the government has any role to play in, say, paving roads, maintaining bridges, etc, then there's no "cost for society". Well, until the bridges start falling down, anyway...
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by zzalpha 11y ago
You talk of "removing adversity and creating dependence" which is a pretty classic Calvinist trope. What else am I to conclude from you comment?
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by zzalpha 11y ago
What leads you to the conclusion that basic income == not working? Or that working for subsistence is somehow noble while basic income and working to achieve other goals (creative outlet, education, etc) isn't?
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by zzalpha 11y ago
Pro-tip: body odor is a result of bacteria on the skin that breaks sweat down into various compounds. Sweat itself doesn't actually stink. So what's a great way to remove that bacteria? Showering (with plenty of soap). So showe
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by zzalpha 11y ago
> One of the reason I don't bike to work is that we don't have showers at work. Most of days in this part of US are hot and humid and I don't feel like sitting at work drenched in sweat. Microfiber towel and a change of cl
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by zzalpha 11y ago
The fact that lack of sleep correlates with obesity has been known for a long time, but this study is about an underlying mechanism that might explain that correlation.
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by zzalpha 11y ago
Forced? Yeah, that title isn't editorialized. Verizon divested themselves of some of their wireline footprint, selling it off to Frontier. This is no different than, say, a cell company merger or similar. Don't like it? Switch pr
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by zzalpha 11y ago
I hear a voice in my head both when I read and when I write. AFAIK it's such a common experience that everyone (myself included) just assumed everyone else did... Until they discovered someone who didn't share that experience.
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by zzalpha 11y ago
I suspect that's a big part of group identity. Want to solve that problem? Stop referring to those who disagree (or agree) with you as "Democrat" or "Republican". And stop thinking of yourself that way.
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by zzalpha 11y ago
Those are all examples of semantic analysis (which is also a problem with C++, but has little to do with the grammar). A tricky grammar is simply a parsing problem.
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by zzalpha 11y ago
Of all the complaints I can think of regarding C++, the one I care least about is the difficulty in disambiguating the grammar... Languages exist to help humans, not compilers. Of course, C++ often fails in that regard as well. Aside, a po
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by zzalpha 11y ago
Headline is editorialized. Nothing in that thread indicates Fitbit is "refusing" anything. They have certainly been unresponsive and slow, but that's not at all the same thing. Corrected headline might read: Months later F
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by zzalpha 11y ago
Funny, we've had chip-and-pin cards in Canada for ages (which are a bit slower than swipe-and-sign but significantly more secure) and now can also pay with the card using NFC proximity readers (which are very fast). We've never h
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by zzalpha 11y ago
Which is all why you should never ever drink the option kool-aid. I have stock options. If you listen to our CEO they'll make me filthy rich, but it doesn't take a math genius to see that if I clear, say, $200,000, I'd be doi
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by zzalpha 11y ago
I think that people who are using emotional energy, as you put it, disagree on this point. And, to be blunt, they're wrong. There is literally no reason whatsoever that humans will all agree to curb greenhouse gas emissions. That wo
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by zzalpha 11y ago
That's precisely what he's saying. This is the thesis of those who have been watching the explosion in solid state disks. The claim is that bulk I/O is becoming so damn fast that the pendulum is swinging toward computing pow
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by zzalpha 11y ago
We fail to care because I expect most people are resigned to the fact that we aren't going to do a damn thing about it. Climate change is real. Humans are causing it. And we're not going to stop. It's as simple as that. So
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by zzalpha 11y ago
Well that HN headline isn't editorialized...
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by zzalpha 11y ago
Or it's just good ol' Dunning-Kruger...
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by zzalpha 11y ago
Ah, I stand corrected! That's definitely more interesting... begs the question if there's bias in handing out the award, of course, but...

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