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I would argue it has more to do with conventional styling and what that signals rather than some wider acceptance. The Google Glass look tended to draw attention in a negative way, such god awful styling that narrow minded people might conc
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2y ago
As a developer I have not felt the need to buy a performance machine anymore, everything happens on remote machines and build farms.
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This gets my enthusiastic upvote. Reason: author bothered to do work to research his answer. In contrast, a shockingly large amount of content is extremely lazy, gut-feeling reaction. Avoiding the work and disappointment of finding out that
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>like the Middle Ages, we were working far less. I wish I knew more about what scholarship people are relying on to come to this conclusion. Can someone point me to a definitive source? Subsistence farming is not an easy job.
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Thanks, I was going to comment here about that. From your link: >As the years passed, pinball machines continued to pop up around the country in various forms as the furor against them lessened and the laws and bans became more lax. Yet
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>explains the otherwise perplexing fact that laborsaving machinery fails to benefit workers I disagree, the reason why workers don’t benefit is because they are mostly paid to put hours in. Owners claim the gains of better machinery beca
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2y ago
I recommend the book Einstein’s Tutor” which came out last year. https://lee-phillips.org/noether/ This is probably the best layman’s approach to Noether, her impact, and how she probably didn’t think much about the th
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2y ago
>pot into which foodstuffs are placed and cooked, continuously. The pot is never or rarely emptied all the way, and ingredients and liquid are replenished as necessary.[1][3] Such foods can continue cooking for decades or longer if prope
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2y ago
Yes, the update rules please.
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My HN premium tier subscription just paid for itself.
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Here’s the crux: >At a Jan. 9 hearing, McMonagle agreed with defense attorneys, saying the AI identification of Tolbert was akin to an anonymous informant, which is not enough to establish probable cause. Face matching can be used but it
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> But a more data-oriented approach will still get people to the conclusion that we're on the clock until billions of people starve to death. You’ve piqued my interest, where can I read about this data oriented approach that leads t
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2y ago
Inflation is the change in the Consumer Price Index, calculated by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. They explain the difficulty in representing accurate cost of living: https://www.bls.gov/cpi/questions-and-answers.ht
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> It's lossy compression, the same way a JPEG might be Compression yes, but this is co-mingling as well. The entire corpus is compressed together, which identifies common patterns, and in the model they are essentially now overlappi
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2y ago
Shoutout to the illustrator of the Reasoned Schemer, Duane Bibby! Familiar to TeX fans and detractors alike. https://www.tug.org/interviews/bibby.html
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The restoration of the Sistine Chapel also attracted a lot of criticism because people liked the dark and mysterious muted images, and when cleaned it was revealed that Michelangelo used vibrant color. https://en.m.wikipedia.org&
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2y ago
>something we all need to fight against Because???????
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Easily the worst pizza I’ve ever eaten anywhere, the poorest quality control ever. But the kids had fun.
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Shocking!
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Twinkies are pretty much the same. Never surpassed.
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I never thought about it but I guess I am a honey snob. It’s strictly local buckwheat honey for me, accept no substitute.
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2y ago
First off the historical record in clothing is dominated by the wealthy, and in particular the notable clothing of wealthy. You would need to compare this to haute couture of the present. Now examples are dominated by average people, wearin
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2y ago
Good point. To be fair they are reporting on the new dominance of this model in Russia, rather than claiming this is the first time anyone has seen this. “Driven by large platforms such as Kraken, Mega, and Blacksprut, Russian darknet marke
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This is the pub where Tolkien and Lewis met with their literary group the Inklings before moving across the street to the Lamb and Flag. Title made it sound like it had reopened, but “The Eagle & Child will not reopen before 2027. Plan
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I enjoyed this video although I didn’t think I would. It is similar to other videos she’s made wondering why pop physics culture is so out of step with actual physics culture.
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I also recommend this book https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Acts although it is pretty heavy reading, about ordinary people caught up in horrific events.
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I tried running a server on regular Windows back then, it was too unreliable, constant hanging requiring reboot. Later I tried Windows NT for a server and it was on such a different level, no comparison. It worked like real operating system
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Here’s a more recent movie related to this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Taxi_Driver It’s pretty good, you should be able to find it on streaming services.
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Mailing yourself using registered mail is a very old tactic to establish a date for your documents using an official government entity, so this can be meaningful in court. However this may not provide the protection he needs. Copyright law
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Right, you can register before you bring a lawsuit. Pre-registration makes your claim stronger, as does notice of copyright.
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