rquantz

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by rquantz 8y ago
I don’t think OP wants to be an instagram star. They want a change in career and have only a nebulous sense of what exactly they want. “Suck it up” is not only a mean spirited response, it is beside the point.
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by rquantz 9y ago
You don't think it would be good for people googling an issue to be able to find out that there's a relevant petition?
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Whitehouse.gov petitions are blocked from search results(petitions.whitehouse.gov)
33 points by rquantz 9y ago|7 comments
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by rquantz 9y ago
I posted this both because it is a fascinating subject, and because this is a remarkable model for pedagogical video. It's hard to believe the resources and ingenuity that went into every aspect of the American war effort, including so
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How Small Arms Work (WWII Training Film)(youtube.com)
2 points by rquantz 9y ago|1 comments
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by rquantz 10y ago
Oh you read that article too? There are ways of thinking about happiness that still allow for striving. Also, unhappiness is not only caused by entitlement.
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by rquantz 10y ago
Yes, specific suggestion about qualitative changes to college curricula, based on qualitative results of a study. That seems reasonable to me. Once these changes are enacted, of course, they can be subject to quantitative study.
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by rquantz 10y ago
You're maybe non familiar with qualitative research methods? A study like this can be used to discover the kinds of challenges that women face in engineering work environments. It would be a mistake to try to make quantitative claims a
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by rquantz 10y ago
You present "I chose not to eat" as if you made the moral choice. But there is no shame in asking for help if you need it. I don't have illusions about what most people asking for money are going to spend it on. Honestly, the
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by rquantz 10y ago
I always give a dollar to the first person who asks for it in any given day, regardless of whether I think they deserve. If they're asking for money, they probably need it. I don't think telling people they need it for bus fare is
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by rquantz 10y ago
If nothing else, in many NYC neighborhoods it would be simply impossible to greet every person you see. Still, there are plenty of residential neighborhoods where no one acknowledges each other on the street, and there is no sense of neighb
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by rquantz 10y ago
We just don't need that many people to do all the stuff. Yes we do. There is so much work to be done. The problem is the poverty of the public sphere, brought on by specific, ideologically motivated decisions.
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by rquantz 10y ago
Sure we do. Cap and trade. Boom.
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by rquantz 10y ago
Is it good faith? It comes off as either pedantic or trolling to my eyes.
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by rquantz 10y ago
Because being a startup hub has been so good for SF? Not everywhere needs to be a startup hub, for goodness sake.
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by rquantz 10y ago
In case it wasn't clear, I was referring to the price difference as ludicrous. I have an Iizuka viola and it's worth every penny.
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by rquantz 10y ago
The classical world is more diverse than people seem to think. Most string players I know play on modern instruments, made within the last hundred years. Likewise actual musicians don't idolize young prodigies – both of these things ar
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Apple Is Said to Be Working on an iPhone Even It Can’t Hack(nytimes.com)
620 points by rquantz 11y ago|401 comments
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by rquantz 11y ago
Honestly, it does look like fun. But also like a lawsuit waiting to happen? Like a future source of broken noses and arms and what-have-you when people trip or run into walls. Which, that's fine, if that's a risk you choose to t
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by rquantz 11y ago
Hey, it's like laser tag, but you have to look through a tiny screen while you run and jump and try to evade and attack! What could go wrong?
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by rquantz 11y ago
It is deeply conservative, possibly even royalist. Do you think propaganda has to be unsubtle? This is just appealing to a different audience than Rosie the Riveter.
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by rquantz 11y ago
All right you made your complaint. Now flag the article if you must and let it go, please.
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by rquantz 11y ago
Yes, that's true, one definition of literature can be anything that is written. I'm not trying to have a semantic argument with you though. Use whatever words you want, but if you think of this long form journalism as a form of...
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by rquantz 11y ago
In the Strand, the section you're talking about is called "Literary Fiction." Since we're talking about sets: literature ⊃ literary fiction There's plenty of literature that is not fiction.
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by rquantz 11y ago
Would it help if you think of it as a form of literature, rather than a means of devouring information by the most efficient means possible? It may still not be for you, and this may not be a good example of it, but it is a genre with purpo
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by rquantz 11y ago
Your comments about US states may have been true prior to the civil war, but certainly have been true since then.
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by rquantz 11y ago
It doesn't say it's unlikely to aid in speech, just that it's unlikely to be reinforcement for the stresses caused by the tongue while speaking.
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by rquantz 11y ago
What an excellent idea. My first thought was that it must have something to do with speech or expression – maybe having a protruding bone bobbing up and down somehow makes speech more comprehensible? The idea of it contributing to facial ex
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by rquantz 11y ago
Sorry, "socialist utopia" in this case is reclaimed from the Republican insanity of the last 8 years, where any government program is "socialism" and ergo synonymous with evil. I'm not suggesting the majority of New
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by rquantz 11y ago
I'll admit to ignorance here. A poster above suggested NYC does not own the Rondout reservoir, another one said they do own two other reservoirs. If the city owns all of them, great. If there are some needed for the water supply, then

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