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by jackhack 9y ago
>> trendy new languages (like C and Basic) C and Basic... trendy? One doesn't often see those words in the same sentence. Or is this like bellbottom trousers, where I've waited long enough and they've come back around t
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by jackhack 9y ago
>>One can wonder whether some [very sensitive to EM] people What sort of people are those? Are we talking about "psychics?"
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by jackhack 9y ago
>Coca Cola. A liter a day... I am stunned. 1L of Coca Cola = 840 calories @ 234grams of sugar. That's 18 Tablespoons. Or a bit more than one measuring cup of sugar per day in addition to whatever else you ate! 1/3 of an adult&#
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by jackhack 9y ago
You're quite right. I have a friend who moved to the US from a small european village. He commented that the food here is very intense -- all of the flavors are exaggerated and nothing tastes real. Too much salt, too much sugar, too mu
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by jackhack 9y ago
Communism/Socialism/central planning is making a comeback. It is though every generation must personally re-learn all the painful lessons of history. Quite distressing.
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by jackhack 9y ago
absurd. this automated chop saw will no more challenge IKEA than a kid making balsa airplanes will challenge Airbus. It's interesting, but the ridiculous hyperbole has to stop. IKEA owes its success to clean design and the flat pack. n
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by jackhack 9y ago
Good observation. It's clearly not a stock out-of-the box Rubix's Cube. My recollection from childhood was that it took considerable tuning (with sandpaper) and greasing afterwards to loosen one up to move smoothly. From the comme
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by jackhack 9y ago
No, you were demonstrating a classic strawman argument. A bigoted strawman argument, at that. When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.
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by jackhack 9y ago
Me too. I just want to hear the "funny" part of losing that much money. I think the story would be a bit more somber, something along the lines of "...and that's how I ended up blacklisted from the Financial industry, an
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by jackhack 9y ago
It's not just phones. The Toyota Prius is also vulnerable at extremely low temps. From the owner's manual: "When the hybrid battery (traction battery) is extremely cold (below approximately minus 22 degrees Farenheit [minus 3
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by jackhack 9y ago
It's even worse than that. They've invented a remote car key where, if 51% of the other key holders agree, stops working. This stupidity and fetishistic lust after overcomplication and fad chasing must end. I can only hope the mec
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by jackhack 9y ago
Yes, agreed. There's the shift to functional thinking, which should not be underestimated. Next up is learning the target language syntax. Then there is the issue of gaining familiarity with the tools & libraries available.
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by jackhack 9y ago
Not the smartest thing, to go posting a photo of one's credit card, considering there are only 999 combinations of the security # on the back. Hopefully Visa is smarter than facebook in this regard.
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by jackhack 9y ago
Yes, 100% agree! I've seen such a thing, taken to an extreme where lazy, underskilled developers were running the show; overcomplicating, underdelivering, yet showered with praise -- and it's horrible to witness. A word of warning
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by jackhack 9y ago
Multivitamin if you think you may be malnourished. Don't skip breakfast. For breakfast, look for protein & fat. (Bacon & eggs). With butter. A small amount of carbs is okay, but watch the toast (grains) & jam (refined sugar
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by jackhack 9y ago
>nyone who's spent the time to cultivate a preference can tell some bit of difference between "crappy" beer/wine/coffee/chocolate/etc. and "the good stuff". Maybe not. But people will pay for
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by jackhack 9y ago
Illegal? You wish to use the power of the legal system to prohibit a closed protocol for telescope control? I think there are more serious problems in the world that deserve the attention of courts/police and prosecutors, but whatever.
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by jackhack 9y ago
>It's kind of astonishing how far people will go Indeed it is. This is a widespread practice: What comes to my mind is the Chinese milk & baby formula "sweetener" (melamine) incident from 2008 with 300,000 victims. 54,
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by jackhack 9y ago
only nanowatts? With an antenna, could this low level of power be drawn from radio/TV signals? It is enough to power a crystal set radio receiver.
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by jackhack 9y ago
>Permethrin is actually a more appropriate pesticide for bedbugs but unfortunately they are mostly resistant in the US at least. So you're saying it's ideal, except that it doesn't work? That would seem to be the opposite
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by jackhack 9y ago
The panopticon is complete, and the entire world, the prison. When the prisoners feel they are always being observed, they will stay on their best behavior.
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by jackhack 9y ago
As a student of the Austrian economics model, I say thank God Keynes' heavy intervention model was never fully adopted. Meddling in markets makes for more volatile reactions when the markets finally correct -- and they always do. marke
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by jackhack 9y ago
You're missing the point. "illiterate for years" is of no consequence when we are talking about 5-8 year old children. The point was there was no discernible difference in children who learned to read a a variety of ages. In
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by jackhack 9y ago
Unless you are sitting on a mountain of money, forget it. You must buy laws of any substance. Laws represent power structures. Power structures are buttressed with money flows. If you threaten either, it will not end well. Politicans know t
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by jackhack 9y ago
Let me introduce you to the Rails ORM...
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by jackhack 9y ago
When an explanation for global cooling/warming/change puts one at odds with Archimedes, I think it's time to reconsider.
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by jackhack 9y ago
>>the meat you buy nowadays at grocery store is filled with hormones and antibiotics the administration of hormones in chicken and pigs is prohibited in the USA since the 1950s.
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by jackhack 9y ago
I'm not sure I understand your comment, but a ketogenic diet is sustainable indefinitely although it becomes challenging. The majority of calories are taken as fats, rather than carbohydrates/starches/simple sugars as is the
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by jackhack 9y ago
What is the goal for avoiding absolutist words? I ask because I would much rather work with someone who is decisive than with someone who avoids judgements and "absolutist words." I see the latter as "wishy-washy." I&#x2
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Unfortunately, he was this way with even his trusted inner circle of developers and engineers on the Macintosh project, NeXT, etc. He was well known for this binary trait; he could shower with praise, or explode in intense criticism without

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