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| bio | website | stackoverflow.com |
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| location | New York, NY | |
| age | 44 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 1 month |
| seen | Dec 6 '12 at 4:46 | |
| stats | profile views | 16 |
Areas of strength:
- Perl expert (specifically enterprise software development)
- Sybase (including design and optimization)
- GUI design
Areas of familiarity:
- Web programming (EmbPerl, JSP, CSS, HTML, JavaScript)
- C++
...P.S. I'm not really 42. But 42 is way cooler than a real answer :)
...P.P.S. Don't read too much into the icon. Just a minor nod to Cryptonomicon.
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Dec 3 |
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When is a banana ripe enough to not cause constipation? FYI: skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/13907/… |
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Dec 3 |
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When is a banana ripe enough to not cause constipation? Is there some reference for this? Absent actual research inks, this seems as invalid of a guess as the opposite, sorry |
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Dec 3 |
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Media Examples of Kind, Connected, Present, Engaged etc Father? Heh. +1 for "good luck with that". At the risk of starting a political brou-ha-ha, modern entertainment deliberately shows fathers in the worst possible light - either as "missing and not necessary or missed", or "not missing but better off if were missing", or "bumbling Al Bundy morons". With precious few (I'd be hard pressed to name one) examples of what OP seeks. |
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Feb 20 |
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What to read or learn before expecting? @Beofett - I think one reason I'm willing to give "what to expect" a pass is because I'm benchmarking it against Sears' books. But yes, you expressed what I was hinting at. WTE is NOT geared towards people with Ana's needs, but most readers have completely different needs. |
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Feb 20 |
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What to read or learn before expecting? @Ana - may be you personally are qualified to read and understand through a meta-study covering exact effects of pollution, measuring specific chemical concentrations in your individual neighbourhood of your specific city and comparing the results to studies covering just that. I don't think it's fair to expect a generic book to get into that level of detail - and any book that does a LESSER level of detail is idiotic pseudo scientific mumbo jumbo pushing a political agenda. Generic "pollution" doesn't exist. There exist specific levels of specific pollutants w/ specific effects on a fetus |
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Feb 19 |
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What to read or learn before expecting? @ana - most people DO need to calm down, even Vulcans :) |
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Feb 19 |
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What to read or learn before expecting? You should quit reading and get some sleep. That's the last sleep you'll have for the next couple of years <g> |
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Dec 21 |
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How to prevent “open air incidents”? @Tim - donno... I don't have any skills other than Google-fu and neither of my 2 kids ever managed to nail me :) [ I used a second diaper technique ] |
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Dec 21 |
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When is it appropriate to start explaining the religious components of the various holidays? To be honest, most of the Christians around me ALSO have only the faintest of concepts of what Christmas is about (It's that sort of locale in USA). Ditto for most Russians - Christmas is now in vogue there but I severely doubt most of the people would know the deep religious details. |
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Nov 21 |
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Music player for toddlers While I agree that the question as formulated is offtopic, I will give an answer in hopes that the question is improved. highly recommend Sansa Salt Shaker player. It's designed for the kids and I was VERY successful with my kids using it since the age of 1.5 YO. Its features include: dual headphones jack for >1 kids, decent enough speaker, AAA batteries, easy controls (as I said, my 1.5YO managed to skip/pause); and pleasant design. It also takes SD card of up to 2GB so plenty of music fits AND you can change the selection anytime. It's also very kid friendly in price - was ~$20. |
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Nov 11 |
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Is bribing children with cash incentives a good idea? @Koert - gving money for what is the norm is usually called "salary". Giving extra for extra achievements is "bonus". |
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Nov 10 |
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Can learning sign language be harmful for babies' speech development? This should probably be asked on skeptics SE |
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Nov 9 |
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How can we keep my niece's hair out of her eyes? My kid tends to rub her eyes - with usually dirty hands - to get hair out of them. So it is likely to become a safety/hygiene issue. |
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Nov 9 |
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How can we keep my niece's hair out of her eyes? It's a heath problem. My kid tends to rub her eyes - with usually dirty hands - to get hair out of them. |
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Nov 9 |
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How can we keep my niece's hair out of her eyes? @Martha - count your blessings. I have the same problem with my youngest (she's 3 and this started at 1.5 as well) - except my wife flat out refuses to allow her hair to be cut ! :( I would strongly recommend a haircut - they aren't that frequently needed (say every 2 months) and pretty easy to do at that age as you don't need a model-perfect looks |
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Nov 3 |
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How do I get an easily distracted 5 year old to eat more? @noelicus - oh, he only gets the reward when a reasonable (by our standard) portion is finished - which usually means 95% of what's on the plate(s). |
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Oct 24 |
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What are the best approaches to dealing with 3-year-old's copying of older sibling's illness symptoms? +1 since it's a good advice in general. However I can't accept the answer since in our case it's literally the case of aping and NOT of asking for attention (it's clear, because this exact approach - which we tried - yielded zero benefits; AND since she never lacks attention when he's sick - actually, she is a significant beneficiary when he's sick since she can play with the toys he isn't allowed to). The best indicator is that she never fakes being sick if she's NOT in earshot when he complains of the symptoms - e.g. if he's ALREADY sick she never fakes being sick post-factum. |
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Oct 24 |
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What are the best approaches to dealing with 3-year-old's copying of older sibling's illness symptoms? @Beofett - I have added the link to where I mentioned that question in my text. Thanks! |
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Oct 22 |
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How can I negotiate with a toddler successfully? +1 (especially for "attention 2 second child" and "go without shoes" option - completely forgot both though used them successfully) |
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Oct 22 |
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How can I handle a child that claims medical problems as a bad excuse? Parents are conniving sneaky bastards |
