baak

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by baak 9y ago
>If I'm spending multiple hours a day every day using something Yikes.
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by baak 12y ago
It's rational to demand an apology or explanation for a vote held six years ago that actually passed? Are you going to collect apologies from the other seven million voters as well? Sorry, and I hate to be the one to say it, but his vi
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by baak 13y ago
That's a bit too broad. Someone holds a screwdriver incorrectly when screwing in a screw. The screw is slightly crooked because of the improper technique. Is the screwdriver fundamentally flawed because it allows the wielder to mess u
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by baak 13y ago
After a support session I usually end with "Let me know if you run into any issues." I do frequently wonder if that's the best way to end the email... as what I want to suggest is "Email me back directly if something hap
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by baak 13y ago
Badia adds it as well. I'm not just referring to here in the US though. I have a copy of Nitza Villapol's La Cocina Criolla, and almost every recipe calls for MSG.
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by baak 13y ago
Cubans consume a ton of MSG (sazón) and live notoriously long lives despite very poor living conditions. Your last sentence is very troubling: You feel the negative effects when eating certain foods that you 'suspect' contain MSG.
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by baak 13y ago
I realize you're probably playing devil's advocate, but there are more issues with the original statement anyway. He implied this was new. Rabies has always been a 100% mortality rate past a certain point in the infection. In addi
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by baak 13y ago
Crystal clear is a bit of an overstatement for the water in South Florida. Did you know Miami Beach closes for a day or two every year because the level of fecal matter in the water is too high? It's still kind of murky in South Florid
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by baak 13y ago
Big difference between Miami and the Keys is you probably have to evacuate every time there's a hurricane warning. Besides I always thought of the Overseas Highway through all of the Keys as a death trap. If the oncoming traffic swerve
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by baak 13y ago
The drivers are an interesting point. People in Miami drive way too aggressively. In Texas, I found the opposite in Austin. People here are passive to the point where it's dangerous. Someone will come to a full stop slamming on their b
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by baak 13y ago
It's funny that you mention the food being a vegetarian... the food is way more awesome with meat in Miami :) Cubans are known for their pork, beef, and seafood. The 3$ meals you can get at a Cuban dive in Miami put almost everything I
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by baak 13y ago
This is less a "women in tech" issue than it is a standard bullying issue. You think the "go back to the kitchen" comment is limited to just programming class? So this mom never brings this up with the teacher, presumes
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by baak 13y ago
It's a pun... cooler heads prevailing doesn't mean peoples' heads are actually cooling down. The title was a play on words about the upset about global warming dying down.
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by baak 13y ago
I don't spend $261 in fuel every month. Actually, closer to $70. A friend of mine makes a road trip every week for business. Do they also add the cost of the time you spend waiting for a charge at charging stations vs a quicker gas pump for
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by baak 13y ago
I'm no expert on image manipulation. The only project I've ever done involving it was an ASCII Art converter. So it's possible I have no idea what I'm talking about... That being said, I would be absolutely shocked if they weren't scanning
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by baak 13y ago
I used to hear this argument from WoW players a lot. "It's skills you use in every business management, so it's just like work!" Go ahead and list it on your resume if you believe it.
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by baak 13y ago
I don't know... Shooting hackers may actually be easier than getting people to pick and remember more complex passwords. In all seriousness though, security is not that simple. Yeah, what you're suggesting would mitigate risk, but it wouldn
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by baak 13y ago
If someone sneaks a bomb into your luggage and it goes off at the airport, didn't they just hijack your body to commit a crime?
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by baak 13y ago
Inconclusive either way is different from 'shown drinking isn't a problem'. So technically, he's right, even if a little too aggressive about it.
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by baak 14y ago
I haven't been doing this for very long, but so far I've found every client who wants software built either: a) Doesn't know exactly what they want. b) Doesn't know what data is available exactly, or what it means/corresponds to. With those
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by baak 14y ago
>> "I feel like the six million dollar man. My physique has noticeably improved, my skin is clearer, my teeth whiter, my hair thicker and my dandruff gone. My resting heart rate is lower, I haven't felt the least bit sickly, rare fo
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by baak 14y ago
...didn't he have a Bachelor's in Physics? Either way, he didn't build/design the rocket himself. There was an enormous team.
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by baak 14y ago
Elon Musk designed the rocket? All by himself? Wow! What a renaissance man. I figured he had physicists, engineers, mathematicians, biologists, chemists, and you name it. But I guess he just read a few books on his weekends and that was eno
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by baak 14y ago
Did you read his blog? He's claiming it cured his skin disease, gave him mental superpowers, has him in the best shape of his life, it gives him more energy, it tastes great, and costs $150 a month. Reads like a sleazy wonderpill ad.
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by baak 14y ago
Read the claims he's making on his blog and tell me they're not sensationalist. We're expected to believe he's become some sort of a super human because of a 900 calorie liquid synthetic diet that he invented with no formal training what-so
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by baak 14y ago
Nobody is claiming steady McD's is healthy. There are actually people on the OP link and this thread who are posting that they want to try his system. That's what is scary. This paragraph from his blog: "I feel like the six million dollar m
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by baak 14y ago
>> " I read a textbook on physiological chemistry" >> "I'd been reading a lot of books on biology" Well award this man a degree already. Am I the only one who doesn't trust these kinds of qualifications? A software engineer
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by baak 14y ago
Are you suggesting it has to do with the technical implications of always-on DRM or the ethical considerations?
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by baak 14y ago
Pretty much this. Except you should also add that while he dedicated time to learning poisonous flowers that are encountered almost never, I spent that time getting in shape to move through the maze quicker, a skill/attribute used way more
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by baak 14y ago
There's something to be said about time investment. You're suggesting that tinkering takes time. If I want to keep current on all the math I learned in school, I'd have to invest a significant amount of time in addition to the time I alread

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