Domenic_S

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by Domenic_S 3y ago
Yes, I love rtings. I do want the "what's it like to live with this?" input I get from Reddit, although perhaps I'm overindexing on it. Eneloops seem to be the longest-lasting brand, I just pulled out an old eneloop that
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by Domenic_S 3y ago
I'm looking for rechargeable batteries and monitor shopping right now, and my typical research process involves searching for reviews on Reddit (google: "$item review reddit") because of how many absolute garbage Amazon affil
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by Domenic_S 3y ago
This is an example of the same thing being worth different amounts to different parties, and the equivocation leads to comments like this thread. If Apollo's userbase was actually generating $20mm/yr, acquiring Apollo for $10mm
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by Domenic_S 3y ago
Don't know if you're being pedantic (was it the CEO himself or someone speaking for Reddit officially?), but this is the reference: https://old.reddit.com/r/ModCoord/comments/143rk5p/reddit_he..
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by Domenic_S 3y ago
> make them jump through a bunch of hoops and try to talk them out of it at every step before they can actually run it. Right click --> open --> open. 3 clicks is not "a bunch of hoops".
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by Domenic_S 3y ago
You'll have one in 20 years!
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by Domenic_S 3y ago
You're right; but I read that as IRC didn't implement ("catch on to") those essential features as technical feasibility marched forward.
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by Domenic_S 3y ago
There are a bunch of good responses here. 1. You don't own the software. Company decides to turn off the license server you're SOL. 2. Managing subscriptions is hard. So hard that multiple companies have popped up that purport to
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by Domenic_S 3y ago
> Prop 13 freezes your tax rate when you purchase the property. Factually wrong. Prop 13 limits your tax increase to 2% per year.
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by Domenic_S 3y ago
What are you talking about? Prop 13 applies to every homeowner.
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by Domenic_S 3y ago
Do you have data to support this claim? It doesn't appear to play out like this in practice. Compare CA vs a state like NJ and home sales seem on par per capita. https://journal.firsttuesday.us/home-sales-volume-and-pri
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by Domenic_S 3y ago
Take Me Out is just a simple ritardando that stays at 4/4. The drums switch up to a disco beat. The song is unusual because a slowdown that early in the song usually kills energy but it somehow adds energy to this one.
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by Domenic_S 3y ago
The US equivalent would be concierge medicine, which performs as well as you're saying private medicine does in your country.
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by Domenic_S 3y ago
heh, this was my argument back in like 2009 when everyone was all, "DECENTRALIZED!! We have to take months to migrate from SVN to git cause DECENTRALIZED!! You don't one a single point of failure do you?!" all I could say w
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by Domenic_S 3y ago
link to request: https://www.acxiom.com/about-us/privacy/
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by Domenic_S 3y ago
Seems implausible that Riker would know more about the Enterprise's computer than Data.
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by Domenic_S 4y ago
> This is an accurate characterization of the dollar as well. Not in the way you're saying - it's a matter of degree. When Theranos scammed hundreds of millions, the dollar didn't drop in value, nor has that ever happene
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by Domenic_S 4y ago
> Arguing that central banks and a few other non-elected decision makers should be able to influence our lives by devaluing our savings is... insane Perhaps, but a currency that devalues based on news, scams, pump & dump schemes, a
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by Domenic_S 4y ago
> LaMoraga I've heard it as LaMorinda - Lafayette, Moraga, & Orinda
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by Domenic_S 4y ago
> because their sales and distribution channels are controlled by a cartel. ...which is only effective because naturally-occurring diamonds are hard for the average person to get. If there could be a water cartel there would be, but it
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by Domenic_S 4y ago
I think they mean if you match the word itself as a string rather than interpreting the meaning of the word, e.g., "what word in this sentence === 'third'" I can sort of see how that could be a machine's interpretat
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by Domenic_S 4y ago
Tangential but I do the same with tools -- when I need something new I buy from Harbor Freight, and if I use it enough that I need to replace it I give myself permission to splurge on a nice version. Most of the time I don't use it eno
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by Domenic_S 4y ago
> can't due to HOA rules In 1996, the FCC adopted the Over the Air Reception Device Rule, or (the unfortunately named) OTARD rule. In short, the OTARD rule prohibits homeowners' associations and condominium associations from
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by Domenic_S 4y ago
> In the same way that the term "full self driving" or "autopilot" conjures images of vehicles driving themselves? I disagree with your point here, but whether correct or not you should be consistent: if words conj
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by Domenic_S 4y ago
Traditional news invented it. "More on this amazing story after these messages" - everything was formatted to keep you around through the next commercial break. The internet didn't have to do that since you were seeing ads in
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by Domenic_S 4y ago
It's a strategy that's endured thru the millennia: John 2:10 > “A host always serves the best wine first,” he said. “Then, when everyone has had a lot to drink, he brings out the less expensive wine..."
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by Domenic_S 4y ago
> if they'd opened the standard it would have been adopted as "the new USB" That isn't self-evident as true. Tesla opened the patents to their charging connector but I don't think anyone's used it, they&#x
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by Domenic_S 4y ago
Yeah, people forget history when it comes to things like this for some reason. Tesla's charging connector is another example. At the time, there was no universal standard (even today the standards body is a mess, do we use CHAdeMo, CCS
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by Domenic_S 4y ago
Anthem Blue Cross' chatbot is also named Sydney. What's so attractive about this name to chatbot devs?
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by Domenic_S 4y ago
> Keep in mind, LinkedIn ultimately lost that case Not really - the wiki page is confusing but the link is there: "In a November 2022 ruling the Ninth Circuit ruled that hiQ had breached LinkedIn's User Agreement and a settle

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