theorique

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by theorique 5d ago
Yup. Whenever disagreeable, humorless scolds start squealing about how "everybody must do X" or "everybody must stop doing Y" ... it makes a lot of people want to do the opposite.
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by theorique 5y ago
A passport is probably the most common ID issued by a federal government entity (Department of State) in the US. A military ID is a also federal document (Department of Defense) but that only applies to a certain subset of the population.
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by theorique 7y ago
almost sends a negative signal. Could you expand on that? Is there some common feature of people who have completed nanodegree courses?
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by theorique 7y ago
Left-wing newspaper reports on actions of left-wing employees of major tech company based in left-wing geographic area. I'm quite sure this article is going to be unbiased...
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by theorique 8y ago
"I get freedom of speech, but I don't believe that people should actually have it."
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by theorique 8y ago
No one is arguing that people should be harassed "literally all the time" (or ever). Some of the more egregious deployments of "safe spaces" in universities happened in response to controversial campus speakers who were
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by theorique 8y ago
Is that really true?
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by theorique 8y ago
If you dry out the used pods and their contents, couldn't they be burned for energy?
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by theorique 8y ago
There are no secrets to weight loss. Eat fewer calories than you burn. It doesn't matter if that involves keto, or vegan, or one meal a day. Thyroid problems also don't change physics. The point of the article is, the timing of
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by theorique 8y ago
The lesson is "quantifying the cost of getting killed". The method by which that lesson is conveyed to the student is the Socratic method. The point is that the Socratic method of asking leading questions and building agreement at
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by theorique 8y ago
Now I work from home where my wife and toddler are. Being home to educate her is worth more than just about anything. I don't have to drive 2 hours every day just to be an ass in a seat. Two hours where all I do is sit in a car and wi
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by theorique 8y ago
I maintain that the best way to minimize the effect of a lane closure is to use whatever lanes are legal/open for as long as possible -- because leaving an open lane of travel unused only exacerbates the problem. I agree with you. Fu
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by theorique 8y ago
In my experience, culture fit is exactly that - a nice way of saying that the candidate was "a huge asshole or complete weirdo." It's shorthand for "I think they could probably do the work, but I don't think that I&
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by theorique 8y ago
Culture: "we have a billiards table and like craft beer. YOU SIMPLY CANNOT FIND ANOTHER STARTUP LIKE US!" /sarcasm
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by theorique 8y ago
Do you mean that the candidate is too inclined to say "that's not my job" when they might be called upon to perform tasks that lie outside their narrow area of focus?
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by theorique 8y ago
Given the apparently coordinated action taken by Facebook, Twitter, Apple, and YouTube (Google), it doesn't seem to be independent, private companies acting independently. It may not be a violation of the First Amendment, but it could
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by theorique 8y ago
I don't think this woman went through a rational process of "deciding" that she was upset with YouTube because they are alleged to have cut off the income on her videos. She snapped, identified the target of her rage, and too
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by theorique 8y ago
Furthermore, assuming that one's 'consciousness' could actually be brought back in some kind of form that roughly approximates what it was like when one was alive, what's to prevent one's body/brain from being
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by theorique 9y ago
There's no dietary or metabolic need for carbohydrate. The human body can survive and thrive perfectly well with only fat and protein as macronutrients. Practically speaking, doing that is challenging and complicated because most foods
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by theorique 9y ago
If "over here" is outside of the US, then it's in a different legal jurisdiction, and the laws are going to be different.
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by theorique 9y ago
Hahaha. Sorry, but this "we're launching a currency that we don't call a currency but that everybody, including us, knows is meant to be a currency <wink>" is ridiculous. Why is it ridiculous for a small EU natio
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by theorique 9y ago
BTC is not "untraceable money". Everybody has (or can have) a copy of the blockchain, which is the cryptographically signed and verified ledger. If anything, it is more traceable and public than physical cash. The difference is
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by theorique 9y ago
I've never bought anything because I saw it on facebook or in a google ad or anywhere else like that. Can you be certain that this is true? Perhaps you didn't click through (I don't either), but what if your unconscious min
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by theorique 9y ago
I'm not saying remove the human element entirely, but there's a lot of low hanging fruit in education to consider where technological automation can help improve the productivity of educators. This x1000. With all the improvemen
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by theorique 9y ago
What do education and mental health issues have to do with this?
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by theorique 9y ago
Don't read too much into it. He's only using "cult" as a provocative term to describe a tribe of fans who passionately like a particular brand. Nobody's going to be committing human sacrifices or burning heretics on
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by theorique 9y ago
Exactly. And the UI of a phone has become increasingly elementary and unsophisticated compared to even a keyboard and mouse. Being an end user of mobile games or Snapchat or Tinder (swipe-swipe-tap-swipe) simply doesn't prepare you for
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by theorique 9y ago
Exactly right. The unstated but important knowledge of Stupid Computer Shit We All Know was spun by the media as "Evil Bigot Paul Graham Says That Only Suburban White Kids Who Have Used Computers Since Age 6 Can Ever Be Successful Te
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by theorique 10y ago
Great to read that vector toolbar icons and Gtk3 are on their radar screen. HiDPI devices have been rolling out for 3+ years, so I hope the fixes get in soon.
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by theorique 10y ago
This happens every year after the Christmas quarter and the tech idiots always proclaim that it's the last nail in the coffin for Apple.

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