Hobotron1

> At $500, even for someone on minimum wage it's not even 1 month wage after taxes.

If you ignore rent, utilities, food, that unexpected medical emergency, this months car repairs because you can't get to work without it, and you can't afford to save up to get a nicer car that doesn't always break down because of these constant repairs...

I'm not certain about 538s target demographic these days.

I'm gonna guess that they did solve it analytically, but for the sake of exposition and readers that might not know what a binomial distribution, they bring up the coin-flip as an illustrative example.

It seems indicative of hostility and disdain- an unsubstantiated dismissal.

And regardless of how you see it, plenty of people associate it with being mercilessly bullied.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJyMT4ZVQEc

I imagine the same as CT/X-Ray manufacturers. It's going to be used as a tool, not a replacement for an oncologist.

I can't access the assignments or lectures.

It's something to do when my IBS flares up.

I feel likes there's a middle ground between acting like a 'pussy' and barreling headfirst into something.

I mean, the guy who takes the time to make a spear and plan an attack is probably gonna live a better life than the dude that charges right into a slap-fight with a lion and the other dude cowering inside the cave.

> We can find other people to be police officers.

Can we though? I sure as shit don't want to be one.

23 auf Deutsch is dreiundzwanzig or "three and twenty-many"

Fun stuff.

Wouldn't the NSA be able to capture the data on the way out anyways?

This might seem weird- but to me, it has the same appeal as television: the selection is already made.

Choosing a restaurant to eat at is such a small barrier, but it feels huge (kinda like picking an episode on NetFlix).

I definitely see the appeal in getting an e-mail saying: "Hobotron, a table for 2 is reserved at Lait de Tétine this Thursday at 7PM." and when you show up your preferred cocktail is already on the table.

Could partner up with Uber/Limo/Whatever to provide rides to/from in the event you wish to indulge to excess.

Who's the scary looking bearded kid?

Agreed- there's no monopoly on suffering.

My first semester, sophomore year of college. Depression, Alcohol/assorted drugs combined with stress lead to auditory hallucinations. This affected my studies leading to more stress and depression and on and on... I ended up drinking a bunch of anti-freeze that following summer. Fun times.

I lost most/all my friends because of my antics, and (barely) graduated (6 years for a BS, god I'm an idiot).

Things have settled down now though- I'm in my mid-20s and work a lame job. I keep to myself and shitpost on the internet.

I never got a chance to take the Systems Programming or OS Dev courses while in school- does anyone know of any online courses (or textbooks) that, by the end of it, will have you with a working toy OS through the exercises?

> because they ostensibly deserve less attention.

They end up standing out to me, and I always end up reading them.

I gave up soda/beer and have become a La Croix junkie as of the last couple months.

http://www.lacroixwater.com/

Same- in the event I do get stuck in a textbook, it's usually on one of the "challenge" problems that tend to require a clever insight that you can be led to if you have access to a professor with office hours. I don't, so following a solution up until the clever insight (and no further) is the best I can really do.

That doesn't support the narrative the author constructed before fact-finding, so it's left out.

Doesn't the latest C++ standard more or less include C99?

Could be worse- what horrors would a "MEAT WIFE" start-up entail?

Reminds me of my dial-up days- go to /., click every link and open all the comments, then go take a shower, make dinner, and by the time I sat down to eat all the links had loaded!

I'm a homeless vagabot, and included the caveat that I'm not well versed in economics, so the glut of options wasn't apparent to me.

Perhaps someone better versed in economics can help me here:

isn't this the type of thing where a tax might be useful- for example, a tax on products that use 'new' plastic/glass as opposed to recycled? basically, convert the 'cost' of garbage everywhere into an actual cost?

I fished out my USB 3 1/2" floppy drive... it still works. I've also got a box of old floppies. Guess I know what I'm doing this weekend!

Doesn't work with JavaScript disabled. =P

For anyone else that didn't know: a bridge-and-tunnel (B&T) person is one who lives in the suburbs and is perceived as unsophisticated.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_and_tunnel

I'm perpetually amazed at what people can be condescending about.

I like PellesC for playing around on my own projects, but have wondered if there's anyone using it for serious development.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelles_C

http://www.smorgasbordet.com/pellesc/

Current tenants- paying insane prices for rent

And yes, those that would like to live in the city but can't because of the ridiculous rent or simply lack of rent-able places.

> Most property owners don't have the capital to destroy their current structures just to replace them with taller buildings.

There are those that do who would gladly fork over a good chunk of change for their lots.

> It would also require displacing current residents, who won't have anywhere else to live while the new building is constructed.

Yeah, lets inconvenience 99% of people just so those few won't be.