nemesis1637 | 9 years ago | on: Why Online Voting Is a Danger to Democracy
This is based on the premise that we have a democracy in the first place. There nothing really to endanger here.
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nemesis1637 | 10 years ago | on: REI to shut on Black Friday to have employees go outside
Trust me they do. At my local store (relatively small compared to other cities) there are people lined up around the street.
nemesis1637 | 10 years ago | on: 18 CEOs Bernie Sanders Called Out for Taking Trillions in Bailouts+Evading Taxes
But it's ok for every journalist and leader of industry to call out politicians on a daily basis? Can't have both ways.
nemesis1637 | 11 years ago | on: Show HN: I am selling real estate CRM software on eBay
The realtors on your platform are your customers (and that's what provides value to a potential buyer). The contacts they have are their customers (and worthless to a potential buyer).
nemesis1637 | 11 years ago | on: Ask HN: How did you train for your 1st Full Marathon?
Really small and really good book: "4 months to a 4 hour marathon". You're further along than the book starts out but a lot of good ideas and tidbits in there (I started with that for my first marathon and it was great. I now run ultras).
nemesis1637 | 11 years ago | on: Ask HN: How can I keep track of academic papers?
I'll catch flack here for this I'm sure. But when I was I grad school I installed a SharePoint instance and used it solely for this. It worked perfectly.
nemesis1637 | 12 years ago | on: Show HN: Spritzer, a tiny JS library to integrate the Spritz reading method
Rock on. Thanks.
nemesis1637 | 12 years ago | on: Show HN: Spritzer, a tiny JS library to integrate the Spritz reading method
I wish there was a chrome plugin that would enable Spritz reading of the text on any site.
nemesis1637 | 12 years ago | on: Hit ’Em Where It Hurts: The solution to the higher-ed adjunct crisis
You're right, to point. It depends on which school. I teach at two Universities. At one I'm a lecturer and at one I'm an adjunct. Same exact duties at each.
nemesis1637 | 12 years ago | on: Hit ’Em Where It Hurts: The solution to the higher-ed adjunct crisis
I agree. I am an adjunct and (in my opinion, and understandably) dedicate more time to my teaching than full-time professors that also have research requirements. You could argue the opposite point-- that Universities that make use of qualified adjuncts should be rewarded due to inexpensively and efficiently providing quality education. The biggest point should be that adjuncts need to fight for better pay.
I'm actually quite shocked that article was written by an adjunct. Seems like it'd make more sense if it was written by someone with a vested interest on the opposing side.
nemesis1637 | 12 years ago | on: Flag – the app that prints and mails your photos for free
Am I the only one that thinks that the picture of the woman in the "Words: Tell your pictures story" section named "Lena Campbell" looks exactly like retired porn start Erica Campbell? Just sayin'
nemesis1637 | 12 years ago | on: White pride in my classroom
I guess I'm a little less accomodating than the teacher in this article. I believe that he should have to go through all of that (and almost whatever else gets thrown his way). People that fought for the rights of 'the other side' of his beliefs endured much much worse for a long long time. (for the record, I'm a college instructor and I would have handled this student in class just as the professor in the article did but I probably wouldn't have engaged in any conversations about his out of class activities with him at all).
nemesis1637 | 12 years ago | on: A Personal API
My first thought was "this is about as narcissist as you can get". But, it's still pretty damn cool. Nice job.
nemesis1637 | 13 years ago | on: Poll: Do you use your real identity on HN?
I did at one point but I can't remember the password for that account.
nemesis1637 | 13 years ago | on: Airline industry divided over passenger electronics
I have a friend who's a pilot for one of the major commercial airlines. He uses his iPhone during flights all the time (seems to be common among pilots). I guess only the passengers are subject to the regulations. Though, I do realize that the pilots can easily turn theirs off if there's an issue; it's a little harder to track down the phone causing problems if it's one of the passengers'.
Regardless, the data doesn't seem to concretely prove that phones are causing any of the problems
nemesis1637 | 13 years ago | on: Come here and work on hard problems – except the ones on our doorstep
nemesis1637 | 13 years ago | on: Come here and work on hard problems – except the ones on our doorstep
True. Not only does the US as a nation spend more on healthcare than almost anyone else, US citizens also spend more on healthcare than citizens of almost any other country. So the govt. and the citizens are paying boat-loads--that's inefficiency.
And, it doesn't help anything that we're one of the most unhealthy nations.
nemesis1637 | 13 years ago | on: Come here and work on hard problems – except the ones on our doorstep
"it's better to be born poor in Europe than in the US, and better to be born rich in the US than in Europe"
Absolutely fantastic comment.
nemesis1637 | 13 years ago | on: Come here and work on hard problems – except the ones on our doorstep
"but over time you just get used to it and don't care anymore. It is part of the maturation process and realize that the world is not a fair place, and no not everybody is equal and will live equally."
This is depressing.
"This is part of life." feels like a common cop-out and downplays the fact that, if some of us put our minds to it, we could successfully make it not so much a part of life (I'm not saying we'd have some utopian equality, but it could be so much better).
nemesis1637 | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: Where Can I Learn Design Online?
That looks promising. That's kind of what I was thinking of. Thanks!