Outdoorsman

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by Outdoorsman 5y ago
His life, the studies he undertook quietly over protracted periods of time . . . there is no "one book" . . . his mind was a burrowing mind . . . If you appreciate logic, well-reasoned arguments and objective observations --the s
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by Outdoorsman 5y ago
You'll not waste your time reading everything you can get your hands on regarding E.O.Wilson -- to include anything he wrote, or anything written about him by those he influenced and mentored. The man was an absolute intellectual giant
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by Outdoorsman 6y ago
Anyone bothered that this website is rated by Chrome as insecure? Low level alert, relatively . . . still . . ?
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by Outdoorsman 6y ago
Old coder here...multiple environments ... I've kept up, still making enough to live comfortably ... hope to retire soon. Couple of thoughts: 1) Not a bad idea, been proposed before, drugs at a fair market value ... a little over cost
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by Outdoorsman 6y ago
You sound as if you're doing well, professionally. Esteem from your work comrades, who share your work environment and it's challenges, is not to be taken lightly . . . you have excelled, given what you have to work with. Personal
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by Outdoorsman 6y ago
In my opinion, live content is often on target, just as often poorly thought out. The citizenry votes with ballots . . . and dollars. One is often as effective as the other in steering a nation toward ethical behavior. Keep in mind: A repre
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First Ever Programmable Organism(phys.org)
3 points by Outdoorsman 6y ago|1 comments
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Are Spray-On Antennas the Future of Wearables?(smithsonianmag.com)
2 points by Outdoorsman 8y ago|0 comments
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There may be a third pillar of fitness beyond diet and exercise(independent.co.uk)
2 points by Outdoorsman 9y ago|0 comments
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What happens when you put evolution on replay?(phys.org)
49 points by Outdoorsman 9y ago|16 comments
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by Outdoorsman 10y ago
Lapham is a national treasure...time spent reading his essays, or content he has assembled, or edited, is time well spent... I've been a regular subscriber to Harper's, as well, for a couple of decades...Lapham was editor there fo
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by Outdoorsman 10y ago
>>You can't translation energy.<< This is a good point...a good translation depends heavily on preserving the writer's "voice", which is unique to each writer... Masterful translations are among the most unde
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by Outdoorsman 10y ago
Cornered raccoons fight with a ferocity that most other animals, especially domesticated pets, learn to respect after only one encounter...if they survive the encounter... It's not uncommon for them to blind or eviscerate house pets wh
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by Outdoorsman 10y ago
>>You're not in a movie, fracking is not going to cause some sort of earthquake catastrophe.<< I have in-laws that live north of Edmond OK and the almost daily tremors and quakes there have changed their lives to a certain
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by Outdoorsman 11y ago
>>I don't know if this is the "right" decision, but I'm willing to wager that NPR will be around long after Twitter has filed for bankruptcy. << Let us hope so...anyone attempting to produce quality thoughtfu
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by Outdoorsman 11y ago
>NPR has advertisements on their podcasts, usually at the beginning and/or end of a show.< I would love to see all advertising done this way--announce who makes the content possible, then get out of the way of the content...remin
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by Outdoorsman 11y ago
You make good points...most of them seem to hinge on your awareness that your time is limited, or that the topic is not one you're intensely interested in... I'm forced to make choices like that, myself...sadly...a chance to grow
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by Outdoorsman 11y ago
>>The only reason to write a quality book is vanity at this point.<< No, not always...the reason some strive to write a "quality" book, is not money, though for some that would be nice...a bit of fame, as well... Money
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by Outdoorsman 11y ago
The author is right...it doesn't take a high level of talent, or any at all in his example, to become a "best seller"... I pay no attention to "best seller" labels... I realized quite some time back that my reading
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by Outdoorsman 11y ago
Agreed, especially on the points touched upon in your last paragraph... So much of what I see on the Internet seems "dashed off",as if a gun were being held to the writer's head...or, more realistically, as if a paycheck mig
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by Outdoorsman 11y ago
It's simply that no one can tell whether or not you own the car, just by seeing you drive by in it, or seeing it in your driveway... The true "equity" in a great number of cars on the road--those financed, or leased, is held
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by Outdoorsman 11y ago
This is a very good point... We all have jobs to do, and we all face obstacles, limitations, and hurdles...we all face them daily in whatever work we do... We know that, and yet we occasionally think that the situation is different elsewher
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by Outdoorsman 11y ago
Regarding structure scanning, I see a few details online... Would you consider working up a write up, for Show HN, with all the detail you care to share about your structure scanning experience...? This has given me an idea for a fundraiser
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by Outdoorsman 11y ago
Agreed... This article is fascinating...this man--Jerry Mitrovica--is obviously a genius...the techniques used to arrive at the conclusions he's reached...just wow... My takeaway is that the gravitational attraction of ocean waters tha
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by Outdoorsman 11y ago
From the HN-posted article from USA TODAY: >>>The case has far-reaching implications for the privacy of millions of iPhone users, the Apple executive said. If the FBI is successful in its request, it will open a floodgate of reques
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by Outdoorsman 11y ago
Not being flippant here, at all...I think what you're referencing has been with humans forever... Older generations doubt the ability of the young to "get things right"...to keep the society they are familiar with on track...
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by Outdoorsman 11y ago
Here's one site apparently in the works: Rent a Coder http://www.rent-acoder.com/project.php?id=44657
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by Outdoorsman 11y ago
Good point... Populations were distributed more broadly...kids were expected to work at a younger age...no phone or Internet...apprenticeships at a young age were common... I guess they still had a few other opportunities...school, picnics,
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by Outdoorsman 11y ago
"selective enforcement" is an interesting concept... I have a neighbor (lives across the lake from me) who is a retired police officer...23 years on the job... I asked him once if there was any truth to the rumor that traffic cops
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by Outdoorsman 11y ago
Teens need a "hangout"...some place to be themselves, away from adults, with like-minded friends...a place where they are "understood"... There's nothing wrong with that...it's been a need for that age group fo

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