Femur

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by Femur 5y ago
Hey Alex, Just wanted to drop in this thread and let you know I think you have an awesome product and I have been happily using speedify for almost a year now. I hope you keep up the great work and are able to keep growing!
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by Femur 6y ago
What amount of vitamin D is toxic?
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by Femur 7y ago
Have you tried increasing your wages?
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by Femur 8y ago
This is the fact that I always come back to when I assert that I think Adnan is actually guilty.
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by Femur 10y ago
I wonder is there a compelling reason that Postgres does not use 64-bit XIDs?
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by Femur 13y ago
Same for iPad.
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by Femur 14y ago
>Can you imagine living on $20K, $30K, $40K, a year? Yes, because I have done it every year for the past decade. Having lived in several large metropolitan areas, I don't consider myself poor or even struggling.
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by Femur 15y ago
>>"The long term storage of significant amounts of antihydrogen should soon settle the question of whether antimatter falls up or down." Would this mean that if I am "holding onto" a chunk of antimatter heaver than myself I will fal
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by Femur 16y ago
It wasn't until the end of 'Blue Mars' that Sax Russell and his team at Da Vinci were able to create a memory enhancing drug.
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by Femur 16y ago
>In the current economic climate, it is pretty much a waste "investing" in anything until you have, say, an 8-figure sum in cash laying around doing nothing. Why do you say that? It is clear that money can be made investing with less t
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by Femur 16y ago
>I'd head over to the Bogleheads forum and spend a week or two reading. The bogleheads forum is a fantastic resource with many published authors and other smart folks. I have been an avid reader (and occasional participant) for over 2
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by Femur 16y ago
Given the abundance of academic research on the subject of the efficient-market hypothesis, I think it is futile and foolish to try to "beat the market" by trying to pick individual stocks that are mispriced. Therefore, I own low-cost inde
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by Femur 16y ago
It is a proper sail propelled by light pressure instead of wind. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Solar_sail
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by Femur 16y ago
The new version was not properly linked from the blog post. I had to grab it from the forum.
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by Femur 16y ago
3.6.10
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by Femur 16y ago
The scrolling feedback button on your About page is very annoying. Here is a screenshot to show you what I mean: http://i.imgur.com/zUHud.jpg
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by Femur 16y ago
Fascinating. I imagine you are ludicrously rich via these obvious and well-publicized methods? How long did it take you to learn and implement these tactics? I would also love to see pictures of your yacht and/or Mansion.
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by Femur 16y ago
I also am a follower of Dr. Davis' very interesting blog.
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by Femur 16y ago
I would note that the NPR interview referenced and linked within this article is very interesting and informative; I recommend giving it a listen.
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by Femur 16y ago
Boy, did that surprise the heck out of me. I never worry about keeping my speakers turned up when going to google.com
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by Femur 16y ago
That is not necessarily true. The 'last ditch' operation oracle will perform before a full-table scan is an index range-scan (very IO intensive compared with common index use). There are MANY factors in play. Stats, parameters, histograms
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by Femur 16y ago
Excellent demonstration of Oracle's inner workings! The modern Oracle uses a Cost-Based approach wherein the query optimizer will attempt to perform the lowest-cost opration to satisfy the query. If that means performing a full-table scan
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by Femur 17y ago
I create adventure. I leave slain dragons in my wake. I build monuments, plant flags, discover wonders, and lead armies. I sing duets, dance tangos, and play concertos. I cook banquets. I wheel, make deals, and strike bargains. I purchase f
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by Femur 17y ago
In addition to ETFs, I would also like to be able to add mutual funds. Specifically, those offered by Vanguard.
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by Femur 17y ago
I consider myself a power-user of this app and make heavy use of nearly all the features. My girlfriend (non-technical) also is able to use Google Voice with ease. Custom voice mails for specific callers make my day when she sets up a spec
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by Femur 17y ago
I think it is interesting that the IRS treats certain workers differently: "This section shall not apply in the case of an individual who pursuant to an arrangement between the taxpayer and another person, provides services for such other p
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by Femur 17y ago
I'd say for the most part nearly all of the technology Kurzweil predicts ends up being available, it is just the implementation of this technology that muddles the prediction. In Kurzweil's talks he often expounds on the high predictability
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by Femur 17y ago
Andreyf, is this original content you have written or was it borrowed in another social experiment? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1049430
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by Femur 17y ago
I didn't mean to imply that anything was wrong with it, I was just going to see if you often cross-posted.
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by Femur 17y ago
Thanks, but I don't worry about karma. The discussion that followed because of my post was reward enough. :)

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