pmcginn

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by pmcginn 9mo ago
The big bang theory isn't just "accepted by them today," it has been since the beginning. The father of the big bang theory was a catholic priest.
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by pmcginn 9mo ago
Thank you for sharing this one! It's from a beautiful parable found only in Luke's gospel, from which only "no slave can serve two masters" seems to have entered the popular lexicon. Your quote, or the closing line &quot
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by pmcginn 1y ago
Your attitude is exactly what the parent comment is describing. You have the benefit of decades of scientific research and government mandates that didn't exist for previous generations. Modern cigarettes date to the late 1800's b
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by pmcginn 2y ago
The two brands that could have a claim to producing "the model that everyone says are the best" are Bose and Sony. For Bose, the QuietComfort Ultra are the top of the line, but the cheaper/older QuietComfort 45 and 35 are bot
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by pmcginn 3y ago
I haven't used ledger-cli much; I ruled it out pretty quickly when I was testing PTA software. For me, I loved the reporting and hledger-add for entering transactions manually. As I learned to automate my input, I started to appreciate
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by pmcginn 3y ago
Reading the LWN post about why they chose GnuCash was a great reminder to me of why I chose beancount--all the other financial solutions out there did about 80-90% of what I wanted, but never 100%, and no way to get them to 100% either. I&#
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by pmcginn 4y ago
If you're a paid iCloud user or an MS365 user, both have ways to use a custom domain and tap into the storage you're already paying for at no extra cost. MS365 locks you in to GoDaddy as a registrar and I'm on Cloudflare, so
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by pmcginn 4y ago
I really tried to like Signal and convince my family to use it, but the lack of iOS backups, CarPlay support, and web client were dealbreakers for me. I'm no Meta fan but I've found WhatsApp to be the best mix of secure default se
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by pmcginn 7y ago
I'm in finished vehicle logistics, and I've worked directly with a wide variety of truckers, including three years in California. You are very right that the amount of cargo that needs to be moved will not change because of this l
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by pmcginn 7y ago
I use nano because I don't have to remember anything to use it. If you put me in front of nano I can open a config file, go to the line I need, edit in something, save it, and exit without knowing a single thing about nano. If you put
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by pmcginn 8y ago
No it's not. If you talk about the world's oldest woman, no one expects you to include Cleopatra in the running.
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by pmcginn 8y ago
This isn't true in the vast majority of states. Private sales, regardless of if they're at a gun show or a parking lot, only require a background check in six states (and three of those don't require a background check for lo
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by pmcginn 8y ago
That's not true--this article is about airline fees, not government fees, and AA counts airline fees when they calculate EQD's. From AA.com: "EQDs are awarded based on ticket price (includes base fare plus carrier-imposed fee
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by pmcginn 10y ago
That is 100% not the message.
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by pmcginn 10y ago
If you care about light why not work outside in the sun and not use electricity and lightbulbs unless there's an eclipse? I can't even tell if you're serious. Trying to improve on nature is the foundation of science.
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by pmcginn 10y ago
None of this is about the rules, it's about the people who run Reddit minimizing the impact of speech they disagree with.
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by pmcginn 11y ago
My own experience is just the opposite--I've never had a problem with Uber but have had plenty of problems with taxis. Just yesterday coming home from the airport the taxi driver got off the highway in the wrong neighborhood, ignored m
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by pmcginn 11y ago
It's explained in the interview, but since you missed it: "And I am applying the Dirri (Do I Reread It?) Test"
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by pmcginn 14y ago
Sabayon is based on Gentoo, should be in the Other Distro's section.
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by pmcginn 14y ago
I commute to work by bike in Philadelphia, and not just in the good weather. In the last year I've missed three days--once the day after I cracked a rib going down in snow and twice when I woke up to a flat tire and didn't have time to swap
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by pmcginn 15y ago
As someone else who worked in customer service, this is very true. There is a lot of stuff we're not allowed to offer, but if you specifically ask for it we can give it to you. So please, ask questions, and be polite. No one calls customer
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by pmcginn 15y ago
Doug was on Louie this season and did an amazing job. He seems to be a comedian's comedian--his name comes up in interviews all the time when comedians are asked who's their favorite among their peers.
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by pmcginn 15y ago
Why do people think a spreadsheet is less likely to rip them off than a person? I mean, sure, if you want to, feel free to walk into a car dealership and pay sticker price. Go to the mall and buy that hardcover book at MSRP.
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by pmcginn 15y ago
Worked fine for me. Tested with that same PDF, and with a random JPG, both with gdocs as the target. This extension will be absolutely awesome on my CR-48.
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by pmcginn 15y ago
Why do you think a brilliant European should be allowed to work in America but not a brilliant African? Or did you simply mean that rich, educated people should be given international mobility while poor, uneducated people should be content
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by pmcginn 15y ago
Odd, it says he was eaten by wolves. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkhwiuRbOEE
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by pmcginn 15y ago
Friedman has not made a career out of being consistently correct. I don't generally agree with Matt Taibbi, but he does a great job dismantling T.L.F. here: http://www.nypress.com/article-19271-flat-n-all-that.html
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by pmcginn 16y ago
I used to be bad at names, but eventually I figured out if I repeat a name a few times within seconds of learning it, I generally remember it. "Hi Kevin, nice to meet you, I'm Pat. I was going over there to refresh my drink, you need anythi
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by pmcginn 16y ago
Works perfectly here, in Chrome, on Linux. You're clicking up top to set focus first, right?
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by pmcginn 16y ago
Oh, wow. OMM, talk about memories (the linked article is from 2000.) Among other things Chet and Erik were famous for the Time To Crate system of reviewing games by how long it took from starting the game until you saw a crate. Since this w

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