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by towski 12y ago
I've learned that Greatest X of all time usually just means, greatest A-hole of all time. Because they absorb so much energy from the universe in order to fulfill their self serving destiny that they cannot help but be viewed as selfis
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by towski 12y ago
The only question I have is, how much work is it to create a C based ruby without a global interpreter lock.
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by towski 12y ago
"Good guys". Apple. Google? Whuy? Why do adults have the moral understanding of a 10 year old.
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by towski 12y ago
This will be the first time humans have ever underestimated nature
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by towski 12y ago
I would be more concerned with the mental health effects than the physical health effects anyway.
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by towski 12y ago
I agree, and I would argue that this type of development is more economic. People want cars because they will take you everywhere. Why are the futurists arguing for an outmoded dense city life, just so they can stare at their iPhones on th
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by towski 12y ago
I think the individual has always struggled against the system. It's just nature. I'm just surprised anyone would be excited about Singapore. You need to get a permit to give any kind of free speech in the 'free speech area&#
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by towski 12y ago
It's the economy, stupid.
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by towski 12y ago
Beane doesn't have much utility in a franchise with a big budget
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by towski 12y ago
Dwarf fortress is amazing, the algorithms it must use must be pretty interesting, it would be interesting to piece it out and open source it. Dwarf fortress also benefits from completely simplified UI. Meaning it can go really deep without
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by towski 12y ago
People in general seem unsympathetic to difficult mental states, especially people who can't imagine what it would be like
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by towski 12y ago
I like how sites like this expose true human nature. It seems like we spend a lot of time denying it, but we love to pick on the vulnerable.
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by towski 12y ago
Obligatory question: was the student shot by another student?
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by towski 12y ago
I guess everyone is lacking that bit of information that separates them from the real comptrollers
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by towski 12y ago
I have a theory that traffic in cities would be much reduced if we removed left have turns all together. Although I guess in San Francisco most left turns on busy intersections are prohibited, so maybe they already solved this. Then if you
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by towski 12y ago
What is a tock?
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Why price fixing engineers salaries is a big deal(towski.no-ip.biz)
1 points by towski 13y ago|0 comments
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by towski 13y ago
Well it's the musician who called it a creative desert. He'll learn soon enough that it's the desert where 90% of America's culture comes from. It's hard to understand without living there.
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by towski 13y ago
Welcome to the wild west
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by towski 13y ago
Yeah I thought we stopped arguing for 'civil society' 100 years ago, when we realized that it was a sham
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by towski 13y ago
Or perhaps it's too smart
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by towski 13y ago
I would think that computers will continue to increase social inequity, since now just a few people can run a multi-million dollar company.
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by towski 13y ago
If it's anything like my electric bicycle, the regenerative braking doesn't really count for much
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by towski 13y ago
Well, this is basically the price of an iphone. The market said it could bear that price.
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by towski 13y ago
I think most of the biggest core contributors are unable to project that kind of emotional intelligence. Because, well, they are programming, not working PR
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by towski 13y ago
Shrug. As a thirty year old career driver successful programmer, it's hard to find a thirty year old woman with even half a brain.
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by towski 13y ago
I enjoy the ideas that are thrown around in the article, and it seems to oscillate between pro and anti subculture. I definitely agree with the advantages of sticking to a subculture, but am also stuck with a horrible feeling of dispassion
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by towski 13y ago
You and your xkcd subculture
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by towski 13y ago
If you don't mind having to position a battery on your bike, for $399 you can already get an electric wheel. http://www.electric-bike-kit.com/hill-topper.aspx Otherwise I've been using a wheel and battery from ht
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by towski 13y ago
Why would you drive all the way up to Malibu when LA has an uninterrupted stretch of beach that is 50 miles long?

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