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snydly

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    Comment #10854034

    AOL should get in on this. They could put all of those old CDs to good use. Free internet program from the late 90's: "1000 hours free! Sign on today!" :)

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    Comment #10850221

    > Potentially criminal groupls: everybody. While this may be true, certain crimes are seen as worse than others. And, as un-PC as it may sound, certain demographics are many times …

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    Comment #10847914

    So wait... did I miss the part about what happens if they fail to do what I ask? What happens then? "Finish my dissertation. Thanks."

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    Comment #10845782

    I never leave at 5pm, but I do normally wake up at 1pm... I hear this sort of schedule changes when you get a real job.

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    Comment #10834797

    I was thinking the opposite: wouldn't a very flexible display make for something that's very durable? I'm imagining an ad for LG where Alex Rodriguez hits a big screen with a bat a…

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    Comment #10829141

    I just ran your column means benchmark. It is pretty impressive... maybe my C++ is trash. Never saw that much speedup with Arma. I'll try it out :)

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    Comment #10828879

    One of the greatest breakthroughs of my life was realizing that you only had to type "cheese steak jimmy's" once, then ctrl-c, then ctrl-v as much as you want. It was a great day.

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    Comment #10828708

    Am I correct in thinking that this is only reasonable if you're already using D? The switching cost seems too high if you're python everything. I tried the Armadillo C++ library a …

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    Comment #10824053

    My great grandparents had a small farm in Massachusetts between the 30's-50's. They had 8 kids (free labor for ~20 years). They did well enough to send all their kids to college, b…

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    Comment #10821442

    > P-values should be used with strong caution. FiveThirtyEight (and Scientific American, and others) did some pretty interesting articles about this recently if you haven't seen it…

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    Comment #10821433

    Yeah sorry, yesterday I thought "hmm a talented sociopath could make several completely different lives.., it's the same guy!" But no, looking again, they look completely different…

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    Comment #10816941

    I'm assuming this "Pricetopher" is the same guy? http://pricetopher.com/ That's a bit disturbing.

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    Comment #10816283

    Ohh, I didn't get it at first either. Thought of the country. Best image to explain a hanging "chad": http://images1.fanpop.com/images/photos/1400000/Halloween-ho...

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    Comment #10810803

    This is something that I wish the article would've focused on more, exercise. Simple things like going for a jog are underrated.

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    Comment #10809604

    I'd like to know this too... Comparison between PyCharm, Canopy, Spyder, Yhat, etc. After using it for 10 minutes, it feels identical to RStudio. That's a good thing.