samfoo

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by samfoo 15y ago
How does scala make this more confusing? Either the types that are returned are scala collections, or they're java collections. If you want to treat java collections like scala collections you can always `import JavaConversions._` and huzza
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by samfoo 15y ago
Only if you presuppose that the "poo-pooing" of human social interaction has no value, or perhaps misunderstand the value of social conventions. Even if you're brilliant and correct, a tactful approach to persuasion/discussion is virtually
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by samfoo 15y ago
If I'm honest: I mostly want high speed rail because it's badass :-) I've been on HSR in France, Japan and China and always feel like I'm in the future.
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by samfoo 15y ago
Yes: Seattle/Portland/Vancouver BC via plane take only about 45 minutes of actual flight time, but 2 hours or so of hassle going through airport nonsense (more if you cross the border). The drive is two hours, but a waste of gas and time if
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by samfoo 15y ago
Do you have any evidence that this is the case? Most of the people I know who work as barristas (Starbucks or otherwise) are college students or people obsessed with coffee. And in the suburbs the demographics change even more. (Seattle)
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by samfoo 15y ago
Forgive my ignorance, I'm actually curious. How did AI failures contribute to FP, garbage collection, and OO?
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by samfoo 15y ago
> Whoever, except as authorized by law, makes or utters or passes, or attempts to utter or pass, any coins of gold or silver or other metal, or alloys of metals, intended for use as current money, whether in the resemblance of coins of
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by samfoo 15y ago
Because the world is a complicated place where a single (short) document is unlikely to fairly represent anything other than guiding principles. Having guiding principles is hugely important and valuable, just as giving people the leeway to
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by samfoo 15y ago
There's a benefit to having nuclear power plants around that is worth the risk (in my opinion) even if we accept that there will be some nuclear safety issues over time. The positive benefits of nuclear power are so astronomically greater t
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by samfoo 15y ago
Click and hold on the back button brings up the list. This works in chrome too.
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by samfoo 15y ago
Some 14 thousand people have died due to the earthquake and tsunami directly. Zero confirmed deaths due to radiation. There very well may be deaths in the future, but I think it's astronomically unlikely they'll even approach two orders of
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by samfoo 15y ago
To clarify, I don't think its a left or right issue. I probably worded it wrong. The stranger is Seattle's alt-Weekly and while it typically has very good reporting, the format lends itself to sensationalism on some issues.
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by samfoo 15y ago
I'm assuming you're Jacob? I'm curious how accurately you believe the article portrays the harassment. It's hard to read between the lines, and the Stranger is biased to the left (not that this invalidates it). Have you consulted a lawyer a
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by samfoo 16y ago
How does it weaken the argument that the internet should be actively censored? Just because .xxx exists doesn't mean there won't be "pornography" or "offensive materials" on .com/.{foo} addresses. This just provides an excuse for policy and
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by samfoo 16y ago
Ah, re-reading your article, I think I misunderstood your use of "pretty". Where I was reading it to mean "well designed and aesthetically pleasing", retrospectively it seems like you're using it as a catch-all term for "a-look-of-some-kind
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by samfoo 16y ago
Leaving aside the sexist subtext that women appreciate beauty more than men... While Wikifashion is pretty and, that beauty certainly (I'm sure) helps contribute to it's success: Don't you think your high female contributor ratio has more t
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by samfoo 16y ago
Fair enough. I obviously only ever experience it from the perspective of an American, and theoretical knowledge doesn't hold a candle to experience. As a deal: You tell your guys stop being dicks to me when I fly to London, and I'll tell my
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by samfoo 16y ago
I didn't mean it as a pejorative. I've been living out of a backpack and travelling (adventuring?) for the last two plus years (well, until very recently), and I've grown something of a thin skin for when people vilify the US without much t
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by samfoo 16y ago
As a US citizen I've been hassled in much the same way by the UK (the Schengen zone is generally much easier). I've had to produce both bank statements and proof of onward tickets. I've been to a ton of other countries (30+) and your method
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by samfoo 16y ago
It's frustrating to read things like this. If you think the US is easily the most unwelcoming country even to citizens -- to be frank -- you just haven't been through that many countries. Does flying through the US as the citizen of a non-w
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by samfoo 16y ago
Why can't we have both? There's no regulation on rating doctors at the present and it seems to me like the fact that there aren't a dearth of patient/consumer ratings of doctors already precludes your assertion that if we stop requiring cer
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by samfoo 16y ago
You're not taking into account things like carrying a pack and equipment, and difficult varying terrain. I would assume that these would lower the optimal speed.
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by samfoo 16y ago
The population distribution in Finland is nearly all in the lower 1/3 of the country though. Population distribution in the US is (I'm guessing) more normalized. So really you're talking about the population density of the Helsinki metro ar
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by samfoo 16y ago
> - Most people don't see a difference between an Op-Ed and actual news. Most cable news networks don't easily distinguish between news and opinion reporting since both are regularly done by the same people. So your argument is: "Most p
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by samfoo 16y ago
> The media has been all over Assange (especially his personal life), but they've been minimally interested in the leaks themselves. I disagree strongly with you. The NYT (as an example) has entire pages dedicated on their website for b
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by samfoo 16y ago
Earlier this year, I lived in Guatemala studying Spanish, climbing volcanos and motorcycling around. At one point a friend of mine visited me from Mexico for a couple weeks and we decided we'd rent a car and drive around the country. It's m
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by samfoo 16y ago
Luckily, the State Department doesn't have the power to declare something illegal. Please stop adding to the hyperbole of the already heated reactions.
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by samfoo 16y ago
Not to be too much of a pedant, but: Turkish-Germans make up only 2.1% of the German population and while France doesn't have hard numbers because it's illegal to survey on the basis of race/ethnicity, estimates are around 7% of the populat
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by samfoo 16y ago
Some aspects of grammar are important, but it's important to reflect on the purpose of its study: The ability to construct a sentence that's cogent, clear and understandable both in writing and while speaking. Some things are simply not imp
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by samfoo 16y ago
Several points: First, children aren't the best judges of the topics they should be learning. Second, children aren't the best judges of how to most effectively spend their time and judge their own pace, nor should they be: They're children

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