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by jackhack 9y ago
Curious. Wasn't Steve Jobs somewhat infamous for classifying everything as either "the greatest thing ever!" or "shit"? Jobs as Bayesian classifier! Depending on the corpus, that could be very amusing.
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by jackhack 9y ago
That was a thoughtful, interesting article. From the link: "Like most arthropods, they date from the Jurassic period, biologically so much older than mammalia that they might as well be from another planet." (then later...) “The n
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by jackhack 9y ago
So long as we accept the idea of being the product that is sold, yes, that is the case. I expect the market to stratify though, as some not-insignificant percentage realizes their life/time is too valuable to be wasted on someone else&
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by jackhack 9y ago
I have long wondered how much Mozart could have composed with a modern synthesizer and garageband. And similarly, Shakespeare with an electric typewriter, or (more incredible yet) a word processing rather than a quill and ink! But then my c
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by jackhack 9y ago
$300? I can believe that. It is a fool's wager to ever underestimate what could be charged for the most mundane things at a hospital. OK, two examples of how this could happen: A few years ago I was charged $500 for a 1 meter length of
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by jackhack 9y ago
>I think fostering that creativity without the distraction of television and devices is the key with ample praise for effort. A thousand times, yes! It would be impossible for me to agree with you more. We are "Entertained to Death&
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by jackhack 9y ago
I would say quite a lot. A private small-aircraft flight over any populated area (other than the biggest cities) reveals just how sparse most towns are. Travel almost any direction away from a main highway and in a minute or two you'll
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by jackhack 9y ago
Well, that's for sure. Most of the world are takers. They consume what others build. We are makers. Many of us are craftsmen who enjoy the process as much, or even more, than the product, the destination. Completely different mindset.
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by jackhack 9y ago
True. There was no surer a guarantee that you were about to have a Bad Time, than to be sat down in front of "educational software" of the 1980s. Dreadful, for the most part. Kids are just young, not stupid. They know when they&#x
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by jackhack 9y ago
erlang. Functional. Cross-platform (it has it's own vm, of course), instant deployment and hot rollback (via a/b images), etc. Your puzzle-as-description was very cleverly written and an enjoyable exercise! Bravo!
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by jackhack 9y ago
You've just summarized the difference between hacking and engineering -- data! Without data we're just somebody with an opinion. It should be the root of our decisions.
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by jackhack 9y ago
One reason is court jurisdiction. A domestic company is subject to, and therefore vulnerable to, court action/rulings/judgements. Suing a foreign company (especially one in China) is hopeless.
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by jackhack 9y ago
I wonder how much blackmail material he was shown just before he dramatically reversed his opinion. I am very cynical. But then a long chain of recorded history rewards my point of view.
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by jackhack 9y ago
I think you're onto it. If an organism is not successful in whatever circumstance, then it is for the benefit of the herd (and species) that the individual drop out and not propagate its genes further. It is a braking mechanism. A psyc
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by jackhack 9y ago
Yep. That's the stuff. We use it all the time on grilled chicken. Best made fresh (and it's quite easy) but there's a commercial brand called "Spidie's State Fair Sauce" or similar that gets very close for thos
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by jackhack 9y ago
Ha! Great story. And to think I was disappointed the other night because I couldn't find the exact type of hot pepper I was after and had to settle for habaneros. We are living in a golden age of food. Yet wars were fought over access
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by jackhack 9y ago
That's fascinating that it could be profitable, considering that many clothes may make two ocean crossings as they are transformed from raw materials (cotton), weaving into cloth, sewing into garments, and finally, retail sales at the
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by jackhack 9y ago
Correct. We (users) don't need that bandwidth. Advertisers and social media companies who consume us and market us as a product to be sold needs that bandwidth.
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by jackhack 9y ago
Greatly appreciate the clarification.
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by jackhack 9y ago
If a security or privacy model depends on the cooperation of those on the other end of the wire, it will fail.
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by jackhack 9y ago
antibiotics (natamycin, in particular) are now routinely used in packaged shredded cheese, to inhibit mold growth. A sustained low-level dose of antibiotic is proven to foster antibiotic resistance.
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by jackhack 9y ago
quite a number of gasses will deliver some form of the refrigeration cycle (it's just an exercise in Boyles' Law, after all). Finding ones that will evap and condense at the same pressures (temperatures) as R12 are few, and those
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by jackhack 9y ago
Well written - it shares a glimpse of the grief of an accidental death and the impact on two families. This is but a small glimpse of what many soldiers suffer ('shellshock') after being required to deliberately kill. A good remin
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by jackhack 9y ago
Makes sense. Cholesterol is a necessary component of testosterone, and cannot be synthesized without it.
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by jackhack 9y ago
The thinking on this has completely inverted in the past 5 years. The correlation between dietary consumption of cholesterol and serum (blood level) cholesterol is limited at best. Studies which showed a linear relationship were flawed. Put
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by jackhack 9y ago
"free"
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by jackhack 9y ago
anti-anxiety meds, to be precise. reducing anxiety reduces the drive to smoke. it was discovered ass a side-effect during clinical trials, that many subjects spontaneously quit smoking.
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by jackhack 9y ago
>>able to occlude real-world objects Here's an application for drivers and pilots: smart sun-shade to block out bright lights (headlights), sunlight, or glints off surfaces (water).
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by jackhack 9y ago
>>no real reason There is a very real and obvious reason. Thanks to the ("Affordable" Care Act, aka Obamacare), insurance companies have a captive audience of citizens (but interestingly, not illegal aliens) who MUST purchas
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by jackhack 9y ago
Then just turn if off when not talking and as an added bonus the battery will last for weeks.

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