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Engagement. It's part of a dark pattern that triggers that little neuron tie our tendency to compare ourselves to others, a sort of "keeping up with the Joneses" type thing. It is also billed as a free advertising for busines
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I don't know why you are getting dogged on for this. Yeah, it was probably annoying in a variety of ways to those people, but it demonstrates how easy it is to manipulate us when we are in an agitated state. This is the number one weap
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Haven't heard of them at all, that's what's wrong. They may be great services, of course, being that I, a single consumer, am not a barometer for the success of a payment platform. But whoever they are, they're not being
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What's the best alternative? It's easy to say "don't use PayPal" but if you're going to say it, you need to do the hard part of suggesting a viable alternative for eCommerce that has as broad a reach and accept
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Sure we know that we should not trust anything Musk or X claims? By now? I mean, come on.
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That one's taken, I think.
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Thanks. It was the domain for an old blog that I took down awhile ago. If you were trying to contact me privately for some reason, I can provide a working email if you give me a brief idea of what you wanted to discuss in a comment.
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I get what you're saying. It's difficult to convey this to some people. I've been through a lot of jobs in quite a few different fields over the decades and have the appearance of being restless if I am not careful about how
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I've heard what you're describing phrase as follows: "If you want to know who truly values you, look for the people who would not be able to replace you with someone else." That usually has us pointing to friends and fam
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That's also perfectly valid. Maybe it's a saturation thing. The people I call my friends are plenty ready to chat about philosophy, psychology, politics, money, television or books they like, maybe play some games...but they kinda
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Agreed, and I've always hated that phrase since it seems like it has two different meanings, depending on who is uttering it; 1. People who use "do what you love" to mean "love what you do," as though you can force
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Sort of. We have to understand what a SARA project is, how and where DSP would be employed, etc...hence why I mentioned its pretty niche. Radio astronomy, from my outsider understanding, is not something a newbie just walks in the door and
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There's a threshold where they won't because the buy-in will outweigh the "just for fun" aspect of it. I'm interested in watching your site to see if we reach that point. It's possible that you may have created
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To be honest, I don't want another social media platform. I just want a group of people that I can talk computers, old tech and projects with and zero risk of politics, religion, or any of the various -isms entering the fray.
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If anyone sees this No Starch book (which is decent, btw, as one can expect from No Starch) and wants to dive in, start here: https://www.rtl-sdr.com/rtl-sdr-quick-start-guide/ There's a lot of garbage equipment o
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It's a bit niche in the radio hobby, but very cool. That said, it is marketed to a very specific type of radio hobbyist which is probably best explained by looking at the first few sections of the manual, specifically around section 2a
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It's not just you. I won't call it wrong, but does it draw out some of the worst qualities in people? Absolutely. One good thing you can do now is start unloading some of your own estate so you can enjoy a bit of the cash that com
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Huge difference between me saying manufacturers will cut corners in any way they can (maybe you're taking this as consumer vs manufacterer?) and the person who replied to me saying I don't work a job that encounters "real&quo
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That's great! What country are you in? For context, I am in the US and in a position to see what goes on behind the scenes in most of the major auto-maker factories and some aerospace, but that's about as far as I can talk about i
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Your comment is adversarial for no reason. "Real" QC? I work for people who make vehicles on the ground and in the air that hold passengers expecting to be delivered safely. Some of them even make parts for very large structures t
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> Any manufacturing process is subject to quality controls. A few things on this illusion: * Any manufacturer will do everything in their power to avoid meeting anything but the barest minimums of standards due to budget concerns * QA wo
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What's even more wild is that many users, even on HN, don't seem to pick up on the fact that the alternatives to Firefox are either Chrome or Chrome in different colored trenchcoats. Firefox is like the last bastion of user choice
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This is a concise and informative answer, thanks. I'll revisit my assumptions about the differences as a result.
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This is a nice looking tool, but I need a reason why I should sign-up/sign-in before I hand over credentials. Does having an account allow me to save search history, create links between articles, etc?
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What is a runtime environment if not just another word for "framework?" If this guy wants to move away from the clunk and junk of web frameworks, how about actually building from scratch using pure HTML and CSS?
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Businesses would. The problem with that is you have decision makers in said businesses who don't know any better, so Microsoft-all-the-things gets pushed down the line. Offices are all trapped on Windows 10/11 and using Teams&#x2F
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If you can and are willing, join Skywarn and help with weather spotting in your area. You do not need a radio license as things can be called in by phone, too. https://www.weather.gov/skywarn/
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And there it is. The massive scam culture of Meta is profitable for Meta, without them having to actively participate in the scams, and therefore it will remain. This problem exists for the same reason we have crooked cops in every major po
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This is so important as we move forward with tech, but we can't forget to look back, too. As an enthusiast of vintage tech who enjoys repairing them when I can, it is getting harder and harder to find original or compatible parts in a

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