bryarcanium

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by bryarcanium 9y ago
Well, divorced roommates ;)
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by bryarcanium 9y ago
My partner and I pretend we're divorced. We noticed before we had our first that our friends who were divorced with kids actually got out once in a while, because they shared custody. So we have what amounts to an oncall schedule - cer
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by bryarcanium 16y ago
I've been reading HN for a while now- I discovered Graham's essays in high school, a year or two before he started the y combinator. I was a soon-to-be-aerospace-engineering major, then. I haven't really programmed since my freshmen year, w
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by bryarcanium 17y ago
Well, yes, they could have asked for any number of things, but the end decision still rested with him. Which means, yes, actually, they did have to accept his "no." If he refused to answer any further questions except with "no," they would
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by bryarcanium 17y ago
The subtler point of this article is that a simple no is a good test of your authority- service personnel, students, people he had power over; they had to except his "no." Girlfriend? Not so much. The power in question isn't the added power
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by bryarcanium 17y ago
"Unless you actually convey femininity as a woman or masculinity as a man, you're not going to attract a suitable companion of the opposite sex." How... heteronormative... of him. I'll pick my own brand of suitable, thankyouverymuch.
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by bryarcanium 18y ago
This article makes me smile because I am a Hacker News groupie. People can passionately follow art or music or movies and no one thinks them odd for not producing some of the same- that's how I feel about programming. I just like following
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by bryarcanium 18y ago
Objectively... funny? As in, if the entire human race disappeared and no other beings capable of abstract thought existed, certain things would have the qualities of funny? Expound. Also, "there are certain words that are used differently
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by bryarcanium 18y ago
I'm amused that the author seems to think that precious metals are in some way more real than paper money. They are limited in physical presence, perhaps, yes. But their worth is no less determined by human whim than a series of binary jo
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by bryarcanium 18y ago
Understand it.
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by bryarcanium 18y ago
One word: Emo
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by bryarcanium 18y ago
I'm a little worried that he thinks it's a good idea for the computer to sign the "legalese" contract for you... I realize very few people actually read them, but do you really want the lawyers to know that not only will you probably sign s
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by bryarcanium 18y ago
If you are interested in time and multitasking, look at some of anthropologist Edward Hall's stuff. Monochronism and Polychronism have been co-opted to apply to individuals but they were coined by Hall to describe patterns of culture. A hi
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by bryarcanium 18y ago
Cincinnati, OH: Learn an instrument. San Antonio, TX: To the newly minted soldiers/airmen/sailors/marines- welcome back to the real world! Las Vegas, NV: Be at least 21 and on vacation.