dopkew

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by dopkew 3mo ago
Yes. One would want to avoid false positives for the accurate evaluation of one's vocabulary.
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by dopkew 3y ago
There are some who propound a more nuanced approach: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35704698
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by dopkew 5y ago
And for us power-users, please implement the hiding of all the bars (tab bar, location bar etc), so we can save some screen real estate on our tiny laptop screens, when using the browser with other windows side-by-side. https://b
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by dopkew 5y ago
Off-topic but very important: The widespread misuse of the word 'dependency' is very very icky, linguistically speaking. This word originally meant: 'in a state of being dependent'. Usage: "Ronny hated his dependenc
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by dopkew 5y ago
A friend, tried to apply for a heavy goods vehicles driver visa; but he couldn't find a simple how-to, unfortunately. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58670792
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by dopkew 5y ago
Apart from the humanitarian catastrophe, does anyone else feel vexed, at the enormous resources and man-hours lost because of the bombing campaigns in conflicts? One could argue, that efforts towards achieving inter-national harmony is also
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by dopkew 5y ago
It is a reminder that a civilization not only needs to flourish from within, but be able to protect itself from without.
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Why the News Is Not the Truth(hbr.org)
3 points by dopkew 6y ago|0 comments
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by dopkew 7y ago
I have a family member with just one name, officially. We usually don't use surnames in our community. He has had problems registering his bike in India, with his name.
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by dopkew 8y ago
And in chapter 2: >Now if, for such a purpose, we regard 1/1,000,000 (or one millionth) as a small quantity, then 1/1,000,000 of 1/1,000,000, that is 1/1,000,000,000,000 (or one billionth) .. 1/1,000,000,000,000
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by dopkew 8y ago
In chapter 2: > Let us think of x as a quantity that can grow by a small amount so as to become x+dx, where dx is the small increment added by growth. The square of this is x2+2x⋅dx+(dx)^2. The second term is not negligible because it is
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by dopkew 8y ago
This is what I do in Firefox: In the current page press Ctrl+k, type the search phrase, press Alt+Enter, to open the search page in a new tab.
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by dopkew 9y ago
It will put strong pressure to align the law with implementation. If the implementation treads into injustice, it (the law) is explicitly designed to be against those who can shrug it off, rather than drown.
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by dopkew 9y ago
For me it is Lojban. But I haven't gotten around to learning it.
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by dopkew 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Prodigal_Son for those wondering.
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On anthropomorphism in science (1985)(cs.utexas.edu)
70 points by dopkew 9y ago|62 comments
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by dopkew 9y ago
Could you please explain what is "isotopic composition" and "isotopic profile"? Or give some links to read up on?
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by dopkew 10y ago
Are there other programs that offer this same function?
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Parsing grammar: Diagramming sentences as a way to teach syntax to children(slate.com)
1 points by dopkew 10y ago|0 comments
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by dopkew 10y ago
Why do registrars charge more per year if I try to register a domain for more than one year?
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by dopkew 10y ago
I'm glad someone's using 'libre'; glad that i can easily refer to liberated open-source software without ambiguity.
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by dopkew 10y ago
I've been searching for this game on and off for years and could never find it! I've always been searching it as DOT or D.O.T. !!
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by dopkew 11y ago
There is a movie dialogue where a man from the future tells his friend in the past:"I want you to remember this word, okay? It's kind of like a code word: Yahoo. Can you remember that?" It ends up making his friend rich in th
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by dopkew 11y ago
UBI will likely encourage unsustainable population growth. So, population growth dis-incentives need to be part of the package.
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by dopkew 11y ago
Less desirable jobs would offer higher pay, and the offered pay would keep increasing until the demand for clean airport toilets are met.
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Android: I don't need your permission(blog.danlew.net)
540 points by dopkew 12y ago|183 comments
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A common habit that costs us friends(raptitude.com)
1 points by dopkew 12y ago|0 comments
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by dopkew 12y ago
And lets a lot of others in on the joke...
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Is there a need for Android/iOS style app permissions model for Desktop OSes?(superuser.com)
2 points by dopkew 12y ago|0 comments
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by dopkew 12y ago
We may eventually need to have a compulsory hospital stay (or something else) for antibiotic treatment so that a patient treated with an antibiotic does not have any leftover resistant pathogens to transfer to the public.

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