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by alexrson 8mo ago
I think they meant to put a period after raided.
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by alexrson 3y ago
This one was fun: https://www.thebroad.org/visit/mirror-rooms
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by alexrson 3y ago
I prefer an e-bike over an escooter because I have a lot of prior experience biking in traffic that it feels more natural to be biking. I also find I can't really take one hand off of the handle bars on my scooter (to signal for exampl
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by alexrson 4y ago
I think there was a software update allowing multiple vehicles per switch. The Karts were on sale pretty significantly a couple months ago: https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/...
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by alexrson 4y ago
Longitude - nonfic by dana sobel About a scientist/engineer who developed a sufficiently accurate clock to calculate longitude on an oceangoing ship in the age of sail. Which was of vast importance to sailing. The establishment was str
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by alexrson 6y ago
The author of this article, Sara Kliff basically did a smaller version of that for ER visits when she was a reporter at Vox. The reporting did end up affecting policy.
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by alexrson 6y ago
In my experience there were two manufacturing issues with my car and they came to my location and fixed them for free. Obviously, it would better to not have them in the first place and I can't speak to the full set of issues people h
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by alexrson 6y ago
I had a lot of fun using this to catch up with some colleagues I haven't seen in a while. Very cool! I have some feedback: It would be cool to have some really interesting sculpture art to sort of seed groups of people talking in the m
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by alexrson 6y ago
In the cited article, the only statistic I see on weight specifically is that 74% of critically ill UK patients were overweight or obese, which makes it a risk factor but not the be all and end all, given what fraction of the whole pop fits
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by alexrson 6y ago
You may be thinking of Tagrisso: https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/10/astrazeneca-tagrisso-stu...
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by alexrson 13y ago
My favorite pithy insight on this subject is from McConnel's code complete (mangled, most likely): "Code is usually read more times than it is written."
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by alexrson 13y ago
Interesting question. I guess it all depends on how much he jumps around between files and different parts of files. There's a scene in Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson which is similar to this problem. The protagonist is in jail with
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by alexrson 13y ago
It's actually cheaper to have two desks, two monitors, two keyboards and mice. Especially if you already extra gear lying around. I have this setup at work and find it faster/easier than an adjustable desk.
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by alexrson 13y ago
Fertilizer actually has pretty decent margins, especially lately what with cheap natural gas. In any case, I suspect it would behoove whichever company had the necessary access to capital to invest in such tech.
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by alexrson 13y ago
Forget about the VCs. How much would Potash Corp pay to be 20 years ahead of their competition?
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by alexrson 13y ago
Good luck with your plan. My advice on the subject of side programming gigs, is to start now. I've found, when doing any kind of freelance work, that things generally ramp up slowly and steadily over time through referrals, new leads a
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by alexrson 13y ago
If the MIT technology described in this story actually existed, its effects on the world population would be incalculable. A third of the worlds population is sustained by fertilizer produced by the Haber process. Half the nitrogen in your
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by alexrson 13y ago
How strongly does a RNA binding protein bind to each possible sequence of RNA?
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by alexrson 13y ago
The example English surname they chose, "Micklethwait" is the name of The Economist's editor. Just a little inside joke.
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by alexrson 13y ago
"...textbook example of a frivolous lawsuit" - Yelp I have to agree.
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by alexrson 13y ago
Does anyone with experience with this IDE have an opinion about whether it is superior to pycharm?
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by alexrson 13y ago
Code Complete second edition
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by alexrson 13y ago
It has saved me ~two dollars so far, namely on this: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:45262
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by alexrson 13y ago
If the software dev was really good and the story was interesting and constructive.
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by alexrson 13y ago
Testing is just one layer or defense against poor quality.
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by alexrson 13y ago
Is architects drawing trees on skyscrapers an analogy for something non-function-related we do with software (other than put a bird on it).
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by alexrson 14y ago
Nutrition facts labels often give misleading information about trans fats, which are quite unhealthy. The RDA for trans fats is 2 grams. Trans fats are listed on the nutrition facts in grams and amounts less than 0.5 grams are listed as 0 (
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by alexrson 14y ago
vi
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by alexrson 14y ago
A useful reminder
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by alexrson 14y ago
Use the leftover salary from your previous high paying job to take a well deserved break. I think your question will answer itself over the course of a month or two of relaxation.

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