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by siosonel 3y ago
Individual Retirement Account
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by siosonel 5y ago
I average about 10mph or 16kph on my e-bike, and gets passed by routinely by 'normal' cyclists going faster than my pace. E-bike users do not necessarily ride faster; I use one to help with the many hills in my area, not to go fas
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by siosonel 6y ago
My wife and I got electric bikes about 8 weeks ago and they have been great for running errands in lieu of single-occupancy car trips. We live near the Interurban Trail/Aurora and the e-bikes enable much easier access to a variety of s
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by siosonel 7y ago
"If you look at it too hard all "truths" become false eventually" My opinion is that many apathetic people become that way because of being treated unfairly (in their view) or feeling helpless, and way less people become
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by siosonel 7y ago
Did the Christians try to convince the agnostic about something? If not, nothing changes before or after they leave. Anyway, the OP was about political ads that can affect how people vote, a decision to vote or not affects the community. Be
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by siosonel 7y ago
"binary judgement of truth" I think people should be more comfortable with non-binary truth, based on the likelihood that something is a lie or not based on historical record. I would put more trust in a statement from someone wit
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by siosonel 7y ago
What an unusual way to present the "progressive" ratio of taxes being paid, basing it on the total taxes paid by percentile groups. Of course a disproportionately wealthy percentile would be expected to pay most of the taxes in ab
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by siosonel 7y ago
I haven't used this online spreadsheet, but saw it mentioned in a HN discussion earlier this year: https://sites.google.com/site/excel1040/
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by siosonel 7y ago
I agree both or all sides engage in self-serving agenda and bad policies. Nobody is perfect. But it is hard not to see that extreme ideology drives the agenda of one or a few sides, while most sides are willing to compromise with reasonable
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New Studies Rescue Gravitational-Wave Signal from the Noise(news.google.com)
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by siosonel 8y ago
Thanks for working on the technical side of this social-equity project. Was the possibility of parent offering car pools or "walking groups" for kids included in the algorithm? I'm assuming that if volunteer parents are compe
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by siosonel 8y ago
To me, it's definitely not the "most credit-giving way" or the "most childish thing". The Russia angle is a really big deal, it goes to the core of the legitimacy of Trump's presidency. Not only that, it demons
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by siosonel 8y ago
I am one of your fellow human being. What you describe is not a prioritization of my interests, so you are not necessarily speaking for your fellow humans. My interests, and those of countless others, are best served by an ecologically dive
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by siosonel 8y ago
"Farms are a long way from a natural environment, the modern farming process is awash with chemicals and such." It seems you are viewing industrial, monoculture farming techniques as a justification for what humans should be able
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by siosonel 8y ago
This book [1] by Robert Cailliau and James Gillies is very approachable, entertaining, and somewhat comprehensive. Edit: The book has lots of historical details about competing early technologies such as the OSI vs TCP/IP, C vs well-st
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by siosonel 8y ago
"... I bet you cry during political speeches ... half-assed ... can't even believe ... " You make a very unemotional, well reasoned and logical argument, I see. I honestly think if we met in person we could laugh about this,
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by siosonel 8y ago
This reply demonstrates the problem that an admission process is trying to address. The reply makes it seem like Ivy league admission is like a game to master for some students. Whereas graduates of top schools like Harvard are generally ex
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by siosonel 8y ago
And someone who insists on absolute racial blindness is not making a value judgement? Isn't the issue mostly about which group to feel sorry for, why, and how? And you want a literary or published source for that empathy? Or are you sa
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by siosonel 8y ago
I agree Jeremy Lin's experience in the NBA was not smooth with regards to acceptance, maybe even now. I'm an Asian, and I've experienced social questioning/shocks that you mention. Having said that, I still hope that the
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by siosonel 8y ago
I am an Asian. I am against systematic denial of anyone. I say let anyone attend the school of their choice, using online access to overcome space constraints. As an Asian who've experienced discrimination first hand, I am saddened tha
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by siosonel 8y ago
We must. Asians have not been systematically denied entry to the NBA for hundreds of years. I do not deny that there are ethnic differences or cultural priorities. But if a group of people has been systematically told for a very long time
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by siosonel 8y ago
Telecommuting as a long-term solution to the housing problem is similar to the vision of autonomous cars solving transportation issues. Those approaches could work in some cases, but overly relies on technology and ignores working examples
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by siosonel 9y ago
@wolco: "... don't have a burning desire" @feeping: "... computers were just there ... because I could code" @wst_: "... who deeply care about their choices" I disagree with the above sentiments, despite t
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by siosonel 9y ago
I am not surprised by the mathematical development described in the article. Rather, I appreciate that there is yet new evidence for what I believe about human capacity and potential across cultures. I felt a small level vindication and ins
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by siosonel 9y ago
How do you know I don't understand math? And if a high schooler could figure this out, then Leibnitz own discussion or contribution to this topic is then meaningless? The main point is that the finding in the article has cultural signi
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by siosonel 9y ago
The Polynesian people used binary numbers, but not only binary numbers. The article's title is correct. What's sensationalist about that? Is it an important finding? I think so. It helps shed light on the scientific and technical
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by siosonel 9y ago
I observed a similar pattern in my kids, who gave the impression that using laptops make someone look smarter or more capable (less limited) than someone who uses tablets or iPads. In other words, someone "graduates" from using ta
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by siosonel 9y ago
From the post you responded to: "...along with computer science concepts your first two years." Reducesuffering simply stated that some programming tools were taught in the first years of college and he or she did not say his
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by siosonel 10y ago
You want 100℅ solved, when most people just want the government to help nudge society in the right direction. Civil rights and anti discrimination laws are doing that.
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by siosonel 10y ago
Government cannot solve something like slavery or Jim Crow?

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