piersadrian

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by piersadrian 9mo ago
this is my new favorite comment on this cursed website
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by piersadrian 1y ago
> when taxpayers over in America forgo all of that... Are you really claiming that if the US stopped subsidizing security overseas, American voters and politicians would suddenly begin to support "free healthcare and college" i
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Gmail Service Disruption(google.com)
17 points by piersadrian 6y ago|9 comments
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by piersadrian 7y ago
Fascinating paper, and approachable for a layman like me. And in an rarity for academia, reading NEJM’s site is absolutely wonderful on mobile devices.
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by piersadrian 7y ago
This opinion is heavily biased toward a white-nationalist narrative. For instance, the second linked “study” is actually a propaganda piece published by the New Century Foundation, an organization described by its founder, Jared Taylor, as
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by piersadrian 7y ago
Agreed - open body-hacking projects are amazing feats of community and perseverance, but the systemic cost and access issues that plague high-end medicine will persist until they’re addressed systemically.
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by piersadrian 7y ago
You’re right, that was nasty and unnecessary. I’m sorry.
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by piersadrian 7y ago
Oh - thanks! I’m glad someone from the 19th century is here to explain the worldview in question.
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by piersadrian 10y ago
I would point you to Swift's implementation of its "Character" type. Swift string handling is a model for how programming languages should approach Unicode characters and their complex combinations. The standard interface int
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Echo Papa: Erik Prince’s Treacherous Drive to Build a Private Air Force(theintercept.com)
4 points by piersadrian 10y ago|0 comments
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by piersadrian 12y ago
for the love of christ, it's OS X, not OS/X
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Harvard Medical's content on iOS for a healthy heart(allthingsd.com)
1 points by piersadrian 14y ago|0 comments
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by piersadrian 14y ago
The Israeli policy of Palestinian suppression is to blame. Suppression and violence breeds terrorism and insurgency, and the civilian population of Israel (just like the civilian population of Gaza) suffers for it. Change your policies. Vio
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Galago: a hardware prototyping platform(kck.st)
4 points by piersadrian 14y ago|3 comments
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Galago: Make things better. A hardware prototyping platform.(kickstarter.com)
25 points by piersadrian 14y ago|12 comments
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We demand a vapid, condescending, meaningless response to this petition.(wwws.whitehouse.gov)
9 points by piersadrian 15y ago|0 comments