RAdrien

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by RAdrien 9mo ago
CDs are annoyingly delicate to handle. Vinyl does not care about your finger tips. Vinyl sleeves are also more attractive than CD cases and easier to store on a shelf or bucket.
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by RAdrien 9mo ago
At least some vinyl buyers who don’t own record players may be buying them as gifts for people who have them. Last Christmas, I bought 3 vinyl records as gifts. I don’t own a record player.
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by RAdrien 1y ago
This is an excellent reply
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by RAdrien 1y ago
There was some report in the New York Times while back that indicated that these companies staff a remote operator for every three of these cars, or something close to that, so the idea that they’re fully automated is a pretense, and the pr
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by RAdrien 1y ago
Barefoot got me into running. It simply seemed easier and freer to run almost barefoot than in boxy shoes that everyone (falsely) assumed you needed. I did 2 marathons and many, many half marathons and 10 milers this way. Ironically I just
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by RAdrien 2y ago
I agree. Academic math is taught as a set of rote rules or steps. The focus is not on intuitive understanding. I was taught the usual method of long division and carrying all by rote. Only later on in my academic life did I work out on my o
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by RAdrien 2y ago
Productivity in building construction has not improved much, according to data, even if tools have improved. Even if tripling house size doesn’t literally triple costs, that is a straw man. It certainly must account for some of the cost inc
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by RAdrien 2y ago
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
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by RAdrien 3y ago
Some of these are very country or group specific. “Lit” is a term used in American hip hop. “Pissed” is mainly used in Britain. “Wasted” is used by American high school and college students.
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Why doesn’t anyone start an open-source tax preparation software project?
5 points by RAdrien 4y ago|10 comments
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by RAdrien 4y ago
Most acclaimed or popular books are mixed. The trick is to vary the speed and depth of your reading. Read slow and enjoy the most informative parts. Skim the boring sections or chapters. A good book gives you a sense of awe and wonder that
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by RAdrien 4y ago
I made far fewer mistakes and could type faster using the BlackBerry physical thumb keyboard. Apple should sell attachable thumb keyboards for their phones.
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by RAdrien 4y ago
Popular accounts from earlier decades, when fewer people went off to college, suggest that high school used to play this role, as well as being a place where many people met their spouse. My guess is college itself is less important to life
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by RAdrien 4y ago
I was extremely shy and awkward when I was young. I even bought a cognitive therapy book called Overcoming Social Anxiety in my early 20’s. As you get older, a few things happen: - Your social confidence grows. You focus on just being polit