bluejay2

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The computer poetry of J. M. Coetzee's early programming career (2017)(sites.utexas.edu)
74 points by bluejay2 10mo ago|10 comments
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by bluejay2 2y ago
You see this in Spanish a lot too. Diaz is son of Diego, which is still a common enough name. But there seem to be many more examples where the corresponding name is now rather uncommon from what I can tell. I am thinking of examples suc
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by bluejay2 3y ago
OP stated he was hoping for more supply, or at least leas demand relative to supply. I stated why that may not work out. I said nothing about supply declining more than demand.
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by bluejay2 3y ago
Yes, high mortgage rates should temper demand somewhat, all else equal. But the effect may not be as large as you might expect given the increasing prevalence of all-cash buyers. Unfortunately, high mortgage rates also work to reduce suppl
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by bluejay2 4y ago
A new, modern Twinsen's Odyssey/Little Big Adventure. Looks like someone is working on it here[0], wish them all the best. https://twinsenslittlebigadventure.com/lba-new-name-twinsen/
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by bluejay2 4y ago
The Spanish language uses the same word to signify "wife" and "handcuffs" (la esposa/las esposas).
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by bluejay2 4y ago
Many of the examples make this article hard to take seriously. For example: > Your landlord is telling you what colors can be used for paint inside your apartment (if you live in a rent-controlled apartment): You should be able to do wh
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Explaining the LGBT Explosion(betonit.substack.com)
19 points by bluejay2 4y ago|15 comments
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by bluejay2 5y ago
"Desde la puerta de La Crónica Santiago mira la avenida Tacna, sin amor: automóviles, edificios desiguales y descoloridos, esqueletos de avisos luminosos flotando en la neblina, el mediodía gris. ¿En qué momento se habia jodido el Pe
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UVB-76: “The Buzzer”(en.wikipedia.org)
8 points by bluejay2 5y ago|0 comments
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Positivity and promotions: Agreeableness may be the key to success in life(studyfinds.org)
15 points by bluejay2 5y ago|2 comments
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by bluejay2 5y ago
> Ray Dalio's radical transparency idea is one example May be worth to note that, as far as I know, radical transparency at Bridgewater does not extend to salaries. (Source: Was offered a job there about a decade ago). Maybe I a
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by bluejay2 5y ago
I'm only aware of ELSA [1], which claims to give feedback on pronunciation, intonation, vocab and grammar (and possibly more). My wife has several friends who are non-native speakers and use it primarily for pronunciation, and they ha
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by bluejay2 5y ago
I can't reply directly to the poster who asked: > why wouldn't that apply to credit card debt? So I'll just leave an answer here. Credit cards, when they are issued to college-aged kids with little to no income or assets,
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by bluejay2 5y ago
Many credits card have points/airline miles/other stuff you can earn with your purchases. So as long as (1) the bill doesn't add fees for using a credit card, and (2) you are paying your credit card balance in full each mont
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by bluejay2 5y ago
I think you are right.
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by bluejay2 5y ago
Women are, in general, hypergamous, meaning they are looking for men who are "above" them along some dimension: wealth, status, looks, education, etc. I can not find the link, but I read somewhere once that something like the &q
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by bluejay2 5y ago
Yes, currently, but they are in the process of being sold (along with rest of Time Warner Media) to Discovery Inc.
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by bluejay2 5y ago
I don't find it that odd. As I'm sure you know, there are fairly large differences in pronunciation. Larger than the differences between European and Latin American Spanish, for example. I read once somewhere that in Brazil, if
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JPMorgan Staff Irked over Order to Save Texts on Personal Phones(news.bloomberglaw.com)
13 points by bluejay2 5y ago|1 comments
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by bluejay2 5y ago
The Deliberate English channel has a couple videos on pronunciation: https://www.youtube.com/c/DeliberateEnglish/videos I am not affiliated, but know of it because of past participation in the "Deliberate Sp
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by bluejay2 5y ago
I bombed more interviews than I can remember, mostly when I was a senior chemical engineering major in college looking for a my first job (more than a decade ago). We had numerous companies come to campus to interview. Despite having grades
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Fact Sheet: Phexxi Contraceptive Gel(nwhn.org)
2 points by bluejay2 6y ago|0 comments
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by bluejay2 6y ago
I understand that US banks are not in an enviable position here. As the article mentions, they don't want to run afoul of US sanctions towards Venezuela by facilitating transfers between people connected to Maduro. Still, I hope that
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by bluejay2 6y ago
You are correct that it means they expect margins to increase. One possibility is that ARM has higher margins as you mentioned. Another is that they are making some assumptions about how much they can reduce certain expenses by, and once y
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by bluejay2 6y ago
My understanding (based in part on personal experience) is that melatonin helps mostly with falling asleep, but not necessarily with staying asleep.
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by bluejay2 6y ago
Maybe this is not bad advice. Kinda like "don't post any pictures on the internet that you wouldn't want your grandma to see" or "assume your employer is reading all your e-mails". But still, it is a massive
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by bluejay2 6y ago
Agreed. The focus on error-free communication at the early stages is what I think turns off a lot of would-be language learners. I like the idea of only correcting learners when really needed (i.e. when their message can not be understood
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by bluejay2 6y ago
I have a different take. I would say don't worry about speaking at all, at least not in the first several months. It will come when you are ready. Focus on understanding messages from comprehensible input (be it from books, movies,
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by bluejay2 6y ago
I've actually had the opposite experience: I am waking up earlier, without an alarm clock. I'm not sure I have a good explanation for why, but overall I guess I just feel more rested and have been able to maintain more consistenc

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