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by everdev 7y ago
> The big thing that worked for me was data. I weighed myself every day no matter what and even if I knew I was going over the calorie count for the day I logged it anyway. This is the only method that works for me. A scale with weight,
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There is a philosophy that success lasts 3 generations, which is somewhat prophecized in this quote. Each generation has it better than the last but at some point the knowledge of the fundamentals of life and success is lost and the process
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by everdev 7y ago
Exactly. Zoom out far enough and any activity can have parallels to programming. Almost every activity requires concentration, planning, fear of failure, etc. Zoom in close enough and programming in Go is nothing like programming in JavaScr
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> I expect a lot of people would say no to that and report the attempt to company security. Turning someone is rarely an upfront request. You make friends with them and make small talk about politics to see if there are any sympathies to
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by everdev 7y ago
I would assume any foreign website (Twitter, PayPal, Facebook, etc.) would need to be co-located within Russia to continue to operate. Even then, it would be cutoff from updating or querying any foreign databases. I can imagine online banki
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> in Egypt in 2011 the government famously shut down the internet The news is that they can now isolate their Internet domestically and run a Russia-only WWW. They presumably could have shut it off completely from Day 1.
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No security is full proof, but they call it "hardening the target" when you reduce your attack surface.
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by everdev 7y ago
> If man interrupts, the native species can die out decreasing biodiversity and leading to bigger problems. Yes, but planets can experience a runaway greenhouse effect and become unhabitable through natural occurrences. Just because it&#
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> the journalists present this story as Russia's voluntary step towards isolating itself from the global internet. I am not sure why. Some potential benefits to Russia: 1. Thwart cyber attacks 2. Control information 3. Halt foreign
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Exactly. I don't care how many ads you show me, I'm not voting for a candidate that I don't agree with on some level. Lying is a problem, not ads.
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Many spiritual gurus don't get married, have kids, run companies or live in violent areas. These are some of the most challenging (and potentially rewarding) social structures we have. They test you in deeper, more unexpected ways. Whi
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I remember those CYOA/RPG books well. Anyone know some of the titles or how to find them in print these days?
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There's a lot more to factor in too like the GPA / SATs of the applicants. You don't want to just mirror the entire population regardless of qualifications. You want to increase outreach to underrepresented groups and adjust
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> Expect worse taxiing, take-off and climb fuel economy, due to dense air and also suboptimal (high) angle of attack. This reminds me, in the book "Skunk Works", SR-71 Blackbird pilots mentioned their schedule of mid-air refuel
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by everdev 7y ago
With a crime as widespread as you suggest there will likely be other witnesses like the woman currently accusing Prince Andrew.
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Exactly. And to further the analogy it's challenging to tell the difference between investing and gambling.
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Present evidence in a court of law. I'm sure there are enough detectives, prosecutors and FBI agents eager to make a career out of bringing a case if there's solid evidence.
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Anyone who consistently outperforms the market is a good candidate. My guess is if you're beating the market you're keeping it to yourself or a few high net worth clients.
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I'm not using it as a model of perfection, but rather saying at least we did something. Sure, it wasn't perfect and we could have done way better, but imagine if we had done nothing but told people how rare terrorist attacks are e
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> "we taught people to fear risk X, the way to alleviate the fear is to reduce the likelihood of X" is the most asinine bullshit in the world. The US was a scary place after 9/11. I'm sure a lot of money was wasted in
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> The majority of "mass shootings" are gang violence, but gun control advocates will bring it up when there is a school/mall/etc. shooting to play on people's fears and make them believe that almost every day the
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> Frankly if the grandma next door needs to use a weapon, I would hope that she is not limited by regulations such as that - I would like her to have as good of a grip and sighting options as absolutely possible. I'd rather her have
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> The data is gone Correct > Considering we aren't capable of autonomously driving a car down the road without killing someone, we've got a while to go before that happens. These two problems are completely unrelated. Also,
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by everdev 7y ago
Not to mention spam connection requests. I get a few of these each week: "I came across your profile and thought we might mutually benefit from connecting. I help business generate 1,000 high quality leads a month..."
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Here's a video of something similar where they constructed a scale model of the universe in the desert: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kj4524AAZdE
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http://www.maps.org is a leading organisation in the use of MDMA to treat PTSD and other forms of trauma.
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You can click the lightbulb to get a hint. The way I solved it was with a Mutex.
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by everdev 7y ago
Thanks for the feedback! It uses the Ace Editor: https://ace.c9.io/ I couldn't find a more mobile friendly code editor, but I'm happy to test out other recommendations as I'd love for it to be enjoyable on mo
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Not officially, but there are some here: https://www.reddit.com/r/golang/comments/c2hsaj/operation_go...
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You're on the right track :) In the top right, there's a lightbulb you can click to reveal a hint for each mission. For this level the tip says "RecordingDevice is an interface, so it should be possible to create your own typ

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