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by madeuptempacct 8y ago
Thanks for the heads up. I have no idea why either, but I appreciate knowing.
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by madeuptempacct 8y ago
Anyone who thinks you can go through BUDS/RASP/RIP/Q-Course/whatever injured and "fight through it" is a delusional fanboy. The reality is that it has very little to do with willpower and everything to do with
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by madeuptempacct 8y ago
Why would they divest now all of a sudden? As far as I know most of the Chinese money went into Toronto houses anyway, though I am not sure why. As far as SF - everyone there seems to think they will never lose money on real estate and it w
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by madeuptempacct 8y ago
I am decent at chess, as in, I will generally beat any casual player and lose to any professional player. I have no feeling of "strategy" in chess. The only "strategical" difference is that I brute-force pressure newer p
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by madeuptempacct 8y ago
I just read all the solutions here, and this seems fair. That way they have no reason to be upset - they can take some profit now, or risk holding.
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by madeuptempacct 8y ago
Same - as said already, not a single one of the characters was memorable, except the comically stereotypical ones (rich daddy tree-hugger fanatic). As far as scientific ideas - they were all a stretch. He is neither Stephenson in accuracy,
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by madeuptempacct 8y ago
In defense of American cars - the Corvette can't be beat for the price, period.
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by madeuptempacct 8y ago
Don't forget that these cars are a huge pain to maintain.
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by madeuptempacct 8y ago
I took this course with someone I was teaching webdev. It wasn't the best course for me by any means because I already knew the material. But it WAS the best introduction to software development I have ever seen, and I have seen quite
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by madeuptempacct 8y ago
Let's not forget that the US was buying up USSR tech as much as it could during those times. The US bought the designs for the YAK-141, which helped the development of the F-35. Oh, and the Russians invented stealth. I was wondering wh
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by madeuptempacct 8y ago
If you google enough, you might also find that there were experimental elicopter models of targeting helmets as well. In the meantime, you might want to concede that the Russians had a better system in this regard. Straight from Wikipedia
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by madeuptempacct 8y ago
The AIM-9 had way less off-bore capability and could not be helmet aimed like the missile of the MIG-29. The US did not catch up on helmet-queued missiles. US pilots were stunned by the MIG-29s ability to win dog fights when they tested the
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by madeuptempacct 8y ago
It's good to hear about wheat production - that wasn't exactly going well for them after losing Ukraine. "Their oil industry, which used to be towering, is 'only' worth about the annual sales of Apple, or Google + M
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by madeuptempacct 8y ago
Average expenditure at 30: $45,000 That's strange to me - is everyone living on debt? Factor in median household income for a fam with Bachelors degrees: $68,728 , which is $52,000ish net of tax. How are people spending that much? ht
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by madeuptempacct 8y ago
It is generally accepted that the USSR/Russia is more iterative in weapons development, while trying crazy one offs now and again (high speed, high depth, double-hull titanium submarines, supercavitating torpedoes, plasma stealth, 3D-t
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by madeuptempacct 8y ago
I would love to see accurate cancer, arthritis, and ligament injury rates for shaolin monk. If they are lower than the general, fit population, they are on to something.
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by madeuptempacct 8y ago
Interesting, thanks. I will look into this more.
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by madeuptempacct 8y ago
I will start with the obvious: 1. "Microbreaks" from work - grabbing a snack, browsing random things, checking the news/stocks/how far below $4000 BTC fell, etc. This is mainly harmful because it keeps you from doing wor
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Ask HN: What Habits Are Unequivocally Bad?
18 points by madeuptempacct 8y ago|10 comments
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by madeuptempacct 8y ago
Hmm, saw this just before heading out. It's not a troll. It has nothing to do with having a boss, it has to do with knowing you are getting a guaranteed paycheck and knowing you need that to survive or maintain a certain lifestyle.
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by madeuptempacct 8y ago
I am amused by how easy I find it to work on corporate drone work 8-12 hours a day + during my vacation, but have a hard time forcing myself to work even a couple of hours on my own stuff. I think it's because in the end, it's har
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by madeuptempacct 8y ago
Sure I have. I am sitting on top of an article right now that I should have had done a week ago. Why haven't I finished it? A ton of reasons: 1. I can't narrow down the scope enough and I am not so familiar with the subject matter
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by madeuptempacct 8y ago
"Not everyone can motivate themselves in the long term, and having someone to remind them and keep them on track is worth a bit of money." As someone here said here - that's an expensive to-do list. "They can help you ch
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by madeuptempacct 8y ago
Absolutely this - it's in the same bucket as The Prince and 48 Laws of Power. Lot of hype, zero useful advice. Some books are worth the hype, e.g. The Art of War. To the OP - in my experience, it's absolutely enough for a dev
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by madeuptempacct 8y ago
There is a lot of "don't read the news" comments in typical self-help books/speeches. I am divided. I have "not read the news" before, and I was totally out of the loop in a lot of conversations. On the other h
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by madeuptempacct 8y ago
I didn't read the article, but I feel like we might rapidly get to the point where technology is magic. As arrogant as using "even" in this context sounds - EVEN people on here generally don't understand more than a few
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by madeuptempacct 8y ago
"Point being, the life of a professional athlete in the making is (mostly) not glamorous or exciting, but rather a very narrow existence comprised of pure persistence and dedication to a small set of very specific movements and activit
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by madeuptempacct 8y ago
A consulting company I worked for fired a sales guy who basically built it with the two co-owners. He basically found all the clients to place developers with and found / interviewed a bunch of devs. Then the company grew and they hire
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by madeuptempacct 8y ago
> Military sighting > Multiple points of observation from reliable sources. Visual AND radar observation > "Natural" sources ruled out > Military equipment going out on three occasions > American military investigat
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by madeuptempacct 8y ago
I am guessing most people browsing this are suddenly intrigued by the topic. This is the most interesting incident ever, by far: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Tehran_UFO_incident

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