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by Hoasi 5y ago
> For those who can afford it, quitting has become the ultimate form of self-care. It makes for a good title, and it is true. If you think about it, it has always been the case. If you can afford not to, why would you work for the man, r
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> replying would be better, but not everyone can put their thoughts into words. Exactly, downvoting as a way to disagree is the easy way, it’s childish, puerile, and ridiculous. But let’s put things into perspective. A comment is just an
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This is an interesting way to look at it. Indeed, as innocuous as it is, it forces a person to somehow identify with a skin color or at least make a choice.
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Absolutely. Modern architecture, coupled with politicians and developers’s greed and the lack of urban planners care, can be an attack on our intelligence, our senses and our basic human aesthetic needs. It’s not just about capturing our at
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by Hoasi 6y ago
> I guess this is the thing that people are having a hard time coming to terms with - we no longer live in the real world. This, and the parent comment: > If you’re planning to be alive in 20 years, you’re better off making sure you h
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by Hoasi 6y ago
> But as a culture, Italians might also not feel any need to leave home as soon as other people. I agree with your points. This familial habit is a blessing for Italians, given the direction their economy is taking. It is indeed another
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> Eviction takes YEARS and it's just impossible in some situations (kids in the house), healthcare is free for all, personal debt is not as aggressive as here, unpaid debt is a nightmare to go afer. That may be, for now, but the pro
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It's funny because the ad itself is ridiculous. Then there is also an ounce of truth about WordPress in there, at least enough to get Matt triggered. Wix is awful, and everybody should know that. Free and open WordPress, for all its q
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Even though I somewhat agree with Matt's points, I found the ad both tasteless and funny.
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> Don't sanction for the mistake, sanction for the nontransparency. Sanction the CPC for non-transparency and their constant lies to their and the world's population. Demand liability.
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> I am saddened somewhat but the separation of art and science, it seems like a misunderstanding. I agree with this sentiment. Art and sciences used to be united. Both stem from the same place: the quest for answers and knowledge.
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> this is the future of making money as an artist The artists who create the future cannot short-sell themselves, can they?
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I love Tachyons (CSS version). It saved me hundreds of hours. To each their own: for instance, I used Sass but disliked it. It always seemed to add needless complexity to my projects.
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That’s a certainty.
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> Most reconstructions are just wishful thinking IMO It's true, but you have to start somewhere. That's the beauty of it. It's fine as long as you do it to the best of the current knowledge and tell it. For fragments of h
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Thank you for explaining this.
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> It doesn't work for products that, by design, are built only for a specific set of users. Exactly, freemium does not make sense if you have a limited niche of potential users.
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Maybe there is something like the burden of knowledge at play here. The more you know about design, the harder it is to design unpredictable games. In other words, because they know less about game design, hobbyists have less fear, are less
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Bryan Fogel, the director, explains his disappointment that his documentary is not part of the regular subscription on (AppleTV, Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc.) streaming services here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/15
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Scientists achieve long-distance 'quantum teleportation' for the first time(designboom.com)
2 points by Hoasi 6y ago|0 comments
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True, if we confuse being selfish with having a rational position.
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If this needed further demonstration, this whole COVID crisis showed how irrational humans are. It's flabbergasting how, in the same world, a person would want to pay more to get access to a vaccine first while another wants to avoid i
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John Le Carré, Best-Selling Author of Cold War Thrillers, Dies at 89(nytimes.com)
18 points by Hoasi 6y ago|0 comments
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> I would suspect that Yevgeny Zamyatin would also have been privy to the plan. Aldous Huxley too. No, they were not part of any plan if there was ever one. Yevgeny Zamyatin and Aldous Huxley were participants and observers of civil war,
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by Hoasi 6y ago
> It is a great book, and Orwell was spot on with so much of what he wrote. How did he do it? Not to diminish Orwell's prescience in any way, but Yevgeny Zamyatin's novel We precedes Orwell's work by almost 30 years. It
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The maker of Photoshop says photos are obsolete(qz.com)
3 points by Hoasi 6y ago|0 comments
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> The fame and fortune around an artist are nearly entirely the product of the mythology surrounding them and the connections they have with other influential people rather than their output. Sure, there is an element of storytelling, th
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> Hey there! WhatsApp is using you. > (...) and now a word from our sponsor
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Previously discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24253406
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> Black market for ancient/cultural artifacts that provide no practical benefits whatsoever to someone's life. Fascinating. No practical benefit but status; a lot of people, rich and poor, are chasing standing.

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