speik

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by speik 11y ago
> Step 2: Take risks when you have enough of a safety net. Someone from a rich family has more of a safety net, straight out of the gate, than someone from a poor family.
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by speik 11y ago
Just curious, why did you think there was a pivot away from flat design? I'm also interested in learning about some alternative designs though.
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by speik 11y ago
*All due :)
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by speik 11y ago
I actually really wasn't being facetious. It was my understanding that podcasts were an Internet centric thing, and was curious whether there were offline versions I wasn't aware of. I love the idea of an "aural mobile tradit
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by speik 11y ago
The episode is explicitly mentioned in the article. Also, just curious, is there any other kind of podcast besides an internet one?
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by speik 11y ago
That's not a bad system. Can I ask how long it took you to upload it all to Dropbox?
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by speik 11y ago
In case anyone isnt getting the sarcasm in the title, quote from the article: >Since I happened to have a pound of almonds in the refrigerator I decided to count up those little water suckers and see how much water it takes to produce a
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by speik 11y ago
As someone at the very other end of the 20s spectrum: 1. My own responsibility towards myself and my life weighs a lot more heavily on me at 29 than it did at 22. At 22 I had faith that it would work out, somehow. I think that's a feel
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by speik 11y ago
An extension I use regularly got zapped (Website Screenshot). There are definitely alternatives out there, but it's a little annoying that there was no indication as to WHY it was removed. Oh well.
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by speik 11y ago
Poorly done parallax scrolling. You'd think they would have learned by now.
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by speik 12y ago
This is an absurdly broad comment. The US has been a super power for over half a century. You've distilled decades of complex foreign policy involving every nation on earth down to a five sentence blanket condemnation.
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by speik 12y ago
> New York itself can't bear the thought of having nature among it, so they put cars into central park. This seems like an extremely cynical, not to mention pretty dubious explanation for why there are (occasionally) cars in Central
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by speik 12y ago
Wait, I wasn't taught this, and my family takes pride in backing into our driveway (which is narrow and difficult to back out of). Why is backing up bad for your car?
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by speik 12y ago
But within a certain range, I really only care what someone in a similar position to me is making.
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by speik 12y ago
Taxi is much easier. If you've got the dough, you're going to take a taxi. It's a flat $45 rate out to JFK as well.
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by speik 12y ago
How is tech "weak"?
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by speik 12y ago
I was just thinking about this when I read the recent wired article. I'm glad this has been updated to work again.
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by speik 12y ago
Why is that bullshit?
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by speik 14y ago
I have graph search. Tried this, got four results, all male. So yes, this seems to be true.
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by speik 14y ago
Well, I bookmarked it, so I'm good right?
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by speik 14y ago
Offtopic, but I prefer it that way. I hear enough people yammering away all day, I don't need it on my commute as well (I'd be fine with it if they just instituted data, but since when has the MTA ever done anything intelligently?)
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by speik 14y ago
They already are used domestically. One was used in North Dakota to track and arrest armed subjects ( http://articles.latimes.com/2011/dec/10/nation/la-na-drone-a... ). Another was used in Austin, TX to do recon for a drug raid ( http://www
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by speik 14y ago
> Whose career can then be presented as 'eccentric' and thus the threat immunised. This is the part I don't understand. Who is immunizing? His critics? Or his work is immunized by having gone to public school? Seems to me that what he c
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by speik 14y ago
Isn't that what App.net is supposed to be? Or are there problems with it I can't identify (being too poor to deem $5 a month on a social network a valid expense).
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by speik 14y ago
This is beautiful. It fulfills the promise of worldwide webcams (being able to easily peer into different parts of the world) with better quality, better interface, and mobile. I tend to get overly moony about things like this, but I think
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by speik 14y ago
GuiA answered your question above: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5101237
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by speik 14y ago
Something my Mother said whenever I asked/demanded something as a child that I am just now coming to appreciate: "Do you need it, or do you want it?"