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loopdoend··on “Health benefits” of moderate drinking disappear when controlling for wealth
Bring some ice too.
loopdoend··on “Health benefits” of moderate drinking disappear when controlling for wealth
There's a huge difference between not drinking because you quit and never having tried it.

There is no doubt that you can have fun without drinking. The problem with never trying it is that you close yourself off to a massive part of the Western human experience. It is baked into the culture and is also a huge part of business relations. Being a lifelong teetotaller is in some ways tantamount to being a virgin.

loopdoend··on Geohot tries to break Google's recaptcha
Perhaps your "good luck" was snipey and didn't add anything...
loopdoend··on Geohot tries to break Google's recaptcha
This problem was solved long ago to the apparent satisfaction of the marketplace: http://bypasscaptcha.com

George, the devil is in the details. You can't do everything overnight.

0% chance of success.

loopdoend··on A man who cleans up after plane crashes
What an annoying site on mobile. While reading, advertisements load and shift your view to some place in the article you've never seen before.

Is this style of monetization supposed to make me want to buy a magazine?

(No, I didn't finish reading it. I don't care anymore. Definitely not the "worst job in the world".)

loopdoend··on Vancouver plans to tax empty properties 1% of their assessed value
Same in Ontario. Tenants don't have rights. Basically, save your money and become a landlord.
loopdoend··on Elon Musk on How to Build the Future
I agree with your sentiment but I think the extremely aggressive tone of your post ruined any chance you had of swaying potential anarcho-sympathizers.
loopdoend··on Inside the strange world of Amazon-to-eBay arbitrage
Some drop shippers also do repackaging, which is probably the keyword you're after.
loopdoend··on Twilio S-1
Twilio is a Bandwidth customer.
loopdoend··on TSA Doesn’t Care That Its Luggage Locks Have Been Hacked
Who cares? These locks could be cut with tweezers. Manual baggage inspection notices could be faked regardless. Pure noise.
loopdoend··on PostgreSQL 9.5 RC1 Released
OP was talking about this: https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest
loopdoend··on Ex-U.S. agent gets over six years for Bitcoin theft in Silk Road probe
It doesn't matter. They threatened him with it. They didn't threaten this DEA goon with it. His union lawyers or whatever made sure of it. It was real to Aaron.
loopdoend··on Ex-U.S. agent gets over six years for Bitcoin theft in Silk Road probe
This is beyond fucked. Those granted such incredible influence and the trust to not abuse their position of power should be punished proportionately when they do so.

This, on the other hand, is a joke.

loopdoend··on Image diffing using CSS
Use an IDE or a linter.
loopdoend··on John Carmack's VR Script Live Coding Session at Oculus Connect [video]
If you're switching spaces a lot on OS X, check out TotalSpaces2: http://totalspaces.binaryage.com/

It allows you to configure space switching so it's instant with no animation. I find the sliding animation distracting and superfluous.

loopdoend··on Regretting the Golden Handcuffs: Beware the Costs of Burnout
I think you have hit the nail on the head. I have a successful (very successful, bootstrapped) startup which basically enables marketers to optimize their ad spend and I dont think I realized that this would become my life.
loopdoend··on For Evolving Brains, a ‘Paleo’ Diet Full of Carbs
Anecdotes aside, steak won't spike your insulin.
loopdoend··on Dropbox Is Struggling and Competitors Are Catching Up
Next time don't put Condoleezza Rice on your board of directors.
loopdoend··on How MIT Students Won $8M in the Massachusetts Lottery (2012)
There are locals casinos in Vegas that have video poker machines which pay out more than 100% with perfect play strategy, the problem is that the stakes are so low, say 25 cents, that it would take way too long to make any real money.

These lotteries are obviously a different story since you can buy as many tickets as you want.

loopdoend··on Let Snowden Come Home
if only Canadian leadership were likewise disgusted.
loopdoend··on Postgres gets support for upsert
Is the gem open source? I checked your github and didn't see it, I think people would still find it useful!
loopdoend··on After Threatening Hacker with 440 Years, Prosecutors Settle for a Misdemeanor
The government was definitely threatening him with over 30 years, perhaps not privately, but it is not a falsehood.

"If convicted on these charges, SWARTZ faces up to 35 years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, restitution, forfeiture and a fine of up to $1 million." (http://www.justice.gov/usao/ma/news/2011/July/SwartzAaronPR....)

Not pleading out would mean that the offer of a lower sentence is off the table, and the prosecutor would push for the threatened maximum sentence.

loopdoend··on [dead]
There's no denying the geometry of it, but you are being selfish by thinking you have the right to wedge yourself in a seat that's too small for you. Just because it's the cheapest option doesn't mean it's appropriate for you.

I'm 198 cm and I only fly in first, or in an exit row if needed.

loopdoend··on Huntbnb finds illegally sublet properties on Airbnb
It doesn't work in Canada. Zip not found. I hope you're continuously scraping them and not relaying live queries!
loopdoend··on Candy Japan crosses $10K MRR
This made me remember how much I love German candy, and lo and behold: https://www.candygerman.com

It seems to be closely emulating Candy Japan. The fake NSA quote made me laugh. The unprofessional air to it seems genuine. Whatever, I subscribed. Hoping for some Dickmann's...

loopdoend··on Minecraft clone in Python with Pyglet
Line count is always misleading.
loopdoend··on Q&A With Mt. Gox’s Karpelès: What Went Wrong?
Are you creating multiple throwaways just to troll users on this site? https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=mantraxC https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=mantraxB
loopdoend··on WillYouHack.Me?
Yeah? Go take a look at GoJS. Then sulk off to whatever fetid corner of the internet you came from.
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