thufry

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by thufry 13y ago
I shoplifted the 3-volume hardcover set of Feynman Lectures from the Borders bookstore in Cambridge in 2003. I would be happy to make partial amends for this by donating the full retail cost to any efforts to digitize volumes 2 and 3.
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by thufry 13y ago
It's easier to price a luxury car appropriately if the taxpayer is contributing $7,500.
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by thufry 13y ago
People who spend a lot of time working with and thinking about the Internet, and not a lot of time working with and thinking about government, often fall victim to the delusion that the Internet somehow "changes everything." It&#x
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by thufry 13y ago
Your ad seems to suggest desperation -- "I need cash right now." That's not a bad thing to say, but when you're in that situation you should be playing in your wheelhouse. If you're not desperate, you should reword
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by thufry 13y ago
The Tesla is a great car but it's absolutely insane that American taxpayers are donating $7500 to allow rich people to buy $75,000 luxury cars.
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by thufry 13y ago
This is the wrong approach -- why not take a job as an ESL teacher (you won't find many people here hiring for that) by searching in the right channels?
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by thufry 13y ago
Never. The word "terrorism" is a word used by the incumbent power to describe that which is "other." They get to decide who the word applies to and who it doesn't.
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by thufry 13y ago
Here's the reason that nobody likes to say: at some point, we're going to have a war with China, and then we'll need air superiority.
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by thufry 13y ago
Clicked the link expecting a $10-20 price. Saw the screenshot, glanced up to the 4.5 star reviews, and bought it. Probably 15 seconds from landing to purchase. I have bought $10-30 apps in the past (mostly for music production) and have bee
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by thufry 13y ago
The blog post is at Wolfram Research's web site. Of course it is going to promote Mathematica, which is actually great software, too. When you look at a photo essay on Canon or Nikon's website, it promotes the features of their (v
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by thufry 13y ago
In the analogous retail situation, with physical coupons, there is no "coupon code" field -- the cashier does not ask you "Do you have any coupons today?" Even worse would be for them to ask "Do you have the $10 off
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by thufry 13y ago
Predictions of technology from long ago just aren't interesting, since it's trivial to fantasize about technologies without having to think about implementation. I can predict today of future flying cars, teleporters, mind-control
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by thufry 13y ago
I just wanted to see if anyone would agree with it.
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by thufry 13y ago
I wouldn't use it because I would get claustrophobic. But I don't think it's being engineered for claustrophobes -- we'll take the train or drive, and people who are comfortable with Hyperloop will take that. No solution
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by thufry 13y ago
I wouldn't even be 1% surprised if they forced Swartz into committing suicide, by threatening to harm his loved ones if he didn't. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_suicide
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by thufry 13y ago
This is why I personally refuse to engage in any discussions about race or gender issues except online. Low reward, with a high risk of a career-ending brand as a sexist or racist asshole.
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by thufry 13y ago
Sure, but I see people going at each other like this all the time on TV, regardless of gender - we no longer have the mutual respect of the Edward R. Murrow days. I think this is actually how Bill O Reilly speaks to every single one of his
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by thufry 13y ago
What is the purpose of the word "mansplaining" in the opening paragraph? It sounds like the author is claiming sexist dismissiveness while offering no evidence of such.
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by thufry 13y ago
I am someone who has only the vaguest interest in my fellow human beings, and has a great, loving relationship with my girlfriend. Different people want different things. I enjoy my girlfriend's company and enjoy spending time with her
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by thufry 13y ago
In the United States, most public education is administered at the town level. Because towns are so small compared to counties/states/nations, the variance among towns in parameters is very high -- two towns only 15 minutes apart
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by thufry 13y ago
This author reaches pretty far. The NSA paid Microsoft to acquire Skype? You can't just materialize multiple billions of dollars on a public company's income statement.
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by thufry 13y ago
Of course - Snowden was about as "low level" of a guy as they come (contractor for four months) and was able to basically access everything.
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by thufry 13y ago
Probably around 2%.
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by thufry 13y ago
I'm using the word "1%" in the recently popularized figurative sense, the people who make enough money to outsource things like hailing a taxi or doing grocery shopping.
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by thufry 13y ago
All of these new services that enable poor or lower-income people to serve rich people (Uber, TaskRabbit, Instacart) have been enabled by two main things: an economic recession that permanently eliminated a lot of jobs and the recovery whic
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by thufry 13y ago
Kindle is the only product where the Amazon review system is guaranteed to be "fair" -- Amazon is delivering the entire experience. Many other products on Amazon (where people look for reviews, even if they are buying elsewhere) h
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by thufry 13y ago
ahhh. Idioms at work.
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by thufry 13y ago
WiFi is a decreasingly relevant weapon as more people have more devices with faster 4G connectivity. They'll need to start outright bans.
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by thufry 13y ago
A 777 is about $250m. But yes, the total cost to the airline of the accident will be in the billions.
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by thufry 13y ago
On what basis are you saying that "online dating isn't going anywhere?" One could call Facebook the most successful online dating site, one-third of married couples last year met online, and couples who meet online are less l

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