jisaacstone

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by jisaacstone 2y ago
Every group I know of that actually advocates for density does have this as their goal. It is a bit odd that the external reputation is that they do not, to the point that parallel orgs sometimes appear advocating for pretty much the same t
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by jisaacstone 3y ago
The book "Mothers and Others" discusses this at length, positing not only did mothers have much more "Alloparental" support in the past, but this was the key fact that allowed the evolution of our big brains. That is, al
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by jisaacstone 10y ago
I've had some good bus experiences, in Mexico City and KunMing I've ridden in nice clean busses with dedicated lanes and raised platforms for easy entry/exit[1]. It's near as nice as rail and from what I understand quite
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by jisaacstone 11y ago
Also seems to be the case in ffx ...
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by jisaacstone 11y ago
I went to high school with this guy, and used his company as a payment processor when I was running a small retail shop. That was about 4 years ago. really did a good job nailing down the small merchant niche by removing dumb fees like &#x2
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by jisaacstone 11y ago
It highlight the difficulty of comparison, that this tool assumes a western diet. I'm talking about milk, cheese as part of the cost of living. Nearly all chesse is imported and milk is rare. Also boneless skinless chicken breasts? Not
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by jisaacstone 11y ago
OK I feel compelled to tell you that the 99% white billionare thing is incorrect. USA does have the most billionares but they are not all white and also China is currently in the #2 spot with India in #4. Also if you are referring to the pr
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by jisaacstone 12y ago
no I mean which of the rules is being broken?
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by jisaacstone 12y ago
Having trouble finding the problem with this solution: http://i.imgur.com/ToduSGR.jpg Anyone see what the issue is? Been staring for 20 minutes . . .
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by jisaacstone 12y ago
I agree with the other commentors that the samples must be non-random in some way. Italy and China being in the same bucket ought to give it away. I'm certain this is just the proficiency of people who happened to take their test and t
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by jisaacstone 12y ago
was not rural, bit lived in the centre of a small city (60k persons) was 5 minutes walk to nearest grocery and 5 minutes bike to work. Though in the winter I would walk (half hour) because biking on ice is deadly.
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by jisaacstone 12y ago
interesting. Thanks!
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by jisaacstone 12y ago
You've never been poor. $2-3 / day for food is doable (Cali groceries are a bit more expensive so maybe $4 here). Cut out all but the cheap meats. bread and veggies are super cheap (corn can be 5/$1 when it is in season) no i
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by jisaacstone 12y ago
maybe not in a city, but I've lived in a rural area on less than $1000/month and I still know people who pay less than $300/month for rent. after rent, having no car (bicycle) and no data plan cut things down even more. only
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by jisaacstone 12y ago
I don't understand the questions. Who is asking these questions? Am I legally obligated to answer? Is that really how jury selection works? Seems a bit ridiculous that they are allowed to ask such specific (and often irrelevant to the
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by jisaacstone 12y ago
My experience (back when Hired was known as DeveloperAuction) is that most of the 'offers' I received were completely impersonal and disingenuous. What I mean is that it seems the companies 'bid' on anyone who met some m
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by jisaacstone 12y ago
"The neighbors in the community, I think, wanted to be reasonable, but they didn't feel safe having their kids go to the center" Making laws to make the neighbors feel safer! Fantastic! "Don't be poor around me, I d
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by jisaacstone 12y ago
hey, try wechat.com (for the product mentioned by parent) tencent is the corporate conglomerate and owns QQ, weibo, wechat and others. QQ has been around for a bit and would be analogous to yahoo (social network, chat, news, email). QQ.com
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by jisaacstone 12y ago
I have a 30in monitor and I put all fonts at 16+ pt so they are easily readable from a distance, then I relax instead of leaning in toward the screen. I am often mentally tired at the end of day but no eye strain. When I work remote using m
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by jisaacstone 12y ago
Yes one problem with minimum wage is that it is fixed across the country even though cost of living disparities are huge. The high cost of living in silicon valley pushes up wages even at the lower end, whereas in some rural areas it might
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by jisaacstone 13y ago
I think you are mostly correct. More precisely, if you take away race you will see that the distinction is 90% education-based. Specifically talking about immigrants, those indians and chinese (and japanese, pakistani, nepalese, korean, ira
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by jisaacstone 13y ago
Too many hippies on this thread. The biggest problem with the us economy currently is the erosion of middle class jobs for unskilled and semi-skilled labor. My grandparents lived comfortably on union jobs. Most of those jobs are gone now, a
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by jisaacstone 13y ago
> the uglyness makes sites hard to navigate and hard to use No, ease-of-use and beauty are different things, though often conflated in rants. I've never used any of those sites so I cannot speak to that aspect, but as far as beauty
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by jisaacstone 13y ago
Your comment on brand is probably close to the truth thinking this way: in the mind of the consumer tasty-ohs are not cheerios, though they are a replacement, but a seat on Southwest is the same thing as a seat on Delta. some people care, m
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by jisaacstone 13y ago
I did a write up o how I snuck into tech a while back: http://jisaacstone.blogspot.com/2012/12/how-to-get-job-in-2-... Some points of differentiation: I did not finish any projects in any sort of demoable state I
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by jisaacstone 13y ago
The important distinction between a software project an a government is the ease of transition. Democracy is good because (if well designed) it protects the rights of the minority as well as the majority. But a dictatorship can use resource
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by jisaacstone 13y ago
As an experienced Python dev who recently started programming primarily in java: You should build something big in a scripting language - probably ruby or python - the different style really will make you a better developer. I think learnin
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by jisaacstone 13y ago
That's a bit off though, stating the change was a couple can have two children if both parents are an only child. That change was actually made a while ago, the new law is if either parent is an only child the couple can have two. guar
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by jisaacstone 13y ago
I used to think I was 'bad at spelling', I realize now it is the same. I was 'good at math' but 'bad at spelling' and that was normal and natural. Except I found out it is just as much a lie as the opposite tho
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by jisaacstone 13y ago
There is this: http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/11/21/hong-kong-citizens-l... Which is not a good way to live, but much much better than riding a bus. Zoning and fire codes and whatnot means this may be ille

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