randomguy23

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by randomguy23 8y ago
And Hacker News comments are any better? The core issue becomes: who do you trust? If you read the comment and blithely accept what it says without thinking about it, you'll fall for any scam that comes along. You need to examine the i
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by randomguy23 8y ago
and lisp code, don't forget that decades old lisp code (sometimes) runs with no changes on current lisp implementations.
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by randomguy23 8y ago
Why is it that morals rule on message boards?
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by randomguy23 9y ago
Sounds interesting. I'm very curious, though, to see an ignition profile of the compression ignition concept: it seems to me that compression would be even throughout the ignition chamber, leading to a somewhat (within the bounds of st
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by randomguy23 9y ago
"Necessity is the Mother of Invention" - how many of us here only program when we have an itch to scratch? Human ingenuity will prevail.
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by randomguy23 9y ago
The thing is, a lot of sexists may be doing it for the reaction from the target - with no reaction, the sexist doesn't get that 'thrill' that they would otherwise get. If the reward is consistently denied, the behaviour may (
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by randomguy23 9y ago
If a sexist makes a comment in the woods and no one hears him (or her), does it matter? I would say no.
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by randomguy23 9y ago
if only there were something that you could legally take with you that would help... When seconds count, police are minutes away.
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by randomguy23 9y ago
If you wear sexism-colored glasses, don't be surprised if everything looks like sexism. That, I think, is what she's getting at. If you're always looking for a slight, always looking for a snide remark, you'll find it. P
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by randomguy23 9y ago
that's the biggest thing - you have to try and fail. Wisdom comes from learning from your past mistakes.
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by randomguy23 9y ago
Already a solved problem: anyone remember the video of the battery-changing station? Imagine racks of batteries charging via solar during the day time, and using off-peak electric grid power at night. Then it's just an abritraged amoun
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by randomguy23 10y ago
They PUBLICLY resist government espionage attempts. we don't know for sure what they do in private.
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by randomguy23 10y ago
The timeline where Hillary became President has already been ended. so yeah, maybe second.
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by randomguy23 10y ago
Man that brings back the memories: I had a Vic-20 and had learned how (through magazines) to program in BASIC. I had the Vic-20 manual, and for some reason could not conceptualize the link between assembly language and the op-codes. I remem
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by randomguy23 10y ago
uhhh, yeah - we attended public school.
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by randomguy23 10y ago
"even with Trump in the white house(sic)" - can we put this to bed yet? Trump isn't an oilman, he's a business man.
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by randomguy23 10y ago
Interesting, I had to go searching, but here's the info on the firing of Verizon employees: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/10/verizo...
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by randomguy23 10y ago
yeah, but everything she and WJC say has to be filtered through the lawyer lens... depending on what the definition of is is. She's good at that - almost anything she says can be spun multiple ways.
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by randomguy23 10y ago
And hey, let's not forget: Trump hasn't been arrested, tried, or convicted, nor have the supposed victims filed police reports.