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Comment · 14 years ago
Maybe not observable effects. There so many tiny things that must be in our genes that switches that affect anatomy are probably a small percentage. For example, the way people's laughs sound or the fact that almost everyone is attracted to paradisiacal places are probably influenced by genes and not just culture and nurture.
Comment · 14 years ago
Is it not possible to ask them to delete all my DNA data? My subscription will end soon, can I just ask them to delete it completely in a clear worded email to make sure there is no misunderstanding as to what I mean by "deleted"? Will EU laws protect me from this or are they irrelevant since they are a US company?
Comment · 14 years ago
What surprises me is that they consider low fertility rate a problem. There are plenty of people from other countries that would be willing to work in Western countries with low fertility rate.

If fertility rates are below replacement level, then let them be and let immigrants from a third world country work in their place. There are plenty of people in this world already.

Comment · 14 years ago
You don't need to track people to show them ads and in no case should you track people without their consent.
Comment · 14 years ago
I'm usually on Fedora, but I barely have to touch anything.
Comment · 14 years ago
The problem is the "o/s installation" part, while I can install Ubuntu which is fairly easy these days, I'm not a sysadmin and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to configure it properly. Do you recommend any book that'd teach me how to set up a dedicated server from start to finish, including all those little details of OS configuration?
Comment · 14 years ago
Could you please include a small section that talks about how to integrate rails and backbone?
Comment · 15 years ago
Damn, I already paid, is there any way I could do it now or it's too late?
Comment · 15 years ago
It says that I would have to pay 9 dollars a month. Do you know if I can tell them to charge the whole subscription once instead of 9 dollars every month?
Comment · 15 years ago
I'd like to ask to anyone who has worked as both, for himself and for the man, which one is more stressful? To the degree that this question can be answered, I realize it would depend a lot on the exact job and that it's not black and white.
Comment · 15 years ago
Expect a surge in period tracker web apps.
Comment · 15 years ago
Yeah, you are right, I always confuse the two.
Comment · 15 years ago
Some recent good movies:

-Animal Kingdom (Australian crime film)

-True Grit (Western)

-How to train your dragon (Pixar film)

Comment · 15 years ago
If they were going to switch to iOS, can't they just switch to Objective-C too even if they used to work with C++ before?

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