MavisBacon

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by MavisBacon 2y ago
Yeah i'm fairly fed up with typically thoughtless or low-info anti-AI rhetoric. I'm disabled and in our community AI solves big problems at large scale and it's doing so vastly more efficiently than 5 years ago I understand t
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by MavisBacon 2y ago
also in defense of the title, Native Americans certainly did not consider themselves Americans around this period, some still don't feel like they are afforded the protections of other Americans. These were two nations entirely cultura
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by MavisBacon 2y ago
Curious what you suspect the motive is in Amazon's case
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by MavisBacon 2y ago
https://web.archive.org/web/20240923105042/https://www.econo...
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How FIFA was outplayed by Electronic Arts(economist.com)
2 points by MavisBacon 2y ago|1 comments
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by MavisBacon 2y ago
oh boy, spot on
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by MavisBacon 2y ago
Designer here. Got real into no-code back in 2021 as it was really heating up. Seemed like a natural move as I could better understand the logic of what's happening on the back end and also build products solo. Build in public (BIP), s
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by MavisBacon 2y ago
I attended a talk given on this font at an assistive technology conference recently. This seems to actually have a body of evidence demonstrating its benefits in specific use cases. Also from a design standpoint it truly is superior to alte
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by MavisBacon 2y ago
This is a very difficult post not to reply to with a pun
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by MavisBacon 2y ago
Indeed. At the undergrad college I went to in New England in 2008 it wasn’t uncommon to see people at house parties doing lines of oxycontin out in the open. Was fairly socially acceptable.
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by MavisBacon 2y ago
Great point. We are seeing new legislation, legal action, and guidelines set for the right to virtual schooling and healthcare recently, using ADA or procurement laws as the basis. Will be interesting if any explicit guidelines to protect t
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by MavisBacon 3y ago
Definitely a very humble and nice guy. I was friends with his son when we were kids back in the 90s. He drove some cheap sedan and lived in modest digs in the suburbs of a Baltimore. Went out of his way and meet and autograph something for
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by MavisBacon 3y ago
Most Americans refer to this as the “Confederate Flag” these days. I’m currently living in the south, though, and you’ll hear it referred to as the rebel flag in this region by liberals and conservatives alike. Regardless I appreciate your
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by MavisBacon 3y ago
100%. it's insane the lack of regulation around sportsbook advertising, considering we all know gambling to be potentially habit-forming and potentially life ruining- there's a reason support groups for gamblers are widely availab
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by MavisBacon 3y ago
Wasn’t particularly concerned with cleaning. When we first entered the apartment, pieces of the ceiling had fallen all over the space, probably nearly an inch of water on the ground. Was an absolute mess. As I said, I was told the apartment
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by MavisBacon 3y ago
100%. for this reason it can be ideal to go with a company that only does testing, not remediation. In smaller markets, though, you might be forced to go through a company that does remediation as well. Had to do it recently but they were h
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by MavisBacon 3y ago
I use companies licensed in mold remediation and testing. If you live in a fairly populated area and google “mold air testing in (x city)” you should hopefully find something. It’s strange to me how infrequently these services are utilized.
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by MavisBacon 3y ago
Mold exposure is no joke. I lived in a rented apartment that was flooded badly during Hurricane Sandy (and I was on the 4th floor!). Within a few days of the storm passing I was emailing my landlord, concerned that he apparently hadn’t begu
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by MavisBacon 3y ago
oh man it was such a beautiful place! bought so many fun things there back in high school (including tons of weird caffeine products like caffeinated soap). made me really sad when they began centering things around cosplay/fan gear an
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by MavisBacon 3y ago
Interesting. I was at one point diagnosed with "tension headaches" and prescribed a medication called Fioricet which is a combination of caffeine, acetaminophen, and a barbituate called butalbital. Incredibly effective. I'm s
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by MavisBacon 3y ago
I'm generally pretty easy on the commentators in sports as I think it's an incredibly difficult job that isn't often recognized, but yes, Apple's soccer commentators are noticeably terrible. As an MLS fan I rarely like t
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by MavisBacon 3y ago
Bingo. It can really be tough to determine where progress is coming from over that period of time
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by MavisBacon 3y ago
Right. Not really the thinking of someone concerned with science, which is frustrating as a harm reductionist who has recognized that lack of serious logic and reason are the biggest enemy of the movement. It can begin to look like hedonism
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by MavisBacon 3y ago
These are interesting studies mentioned, no doubt, but the assertions made feel very heavy-handed to me. We have to take into consideration things like bipolar disorder, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder when dealing with humans. Al
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by MavisBacon 3y ago
This surely would stick with me. Wild story.
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by MavisBacon 3y ago
Curious how blood tests helped you in this situation? I not only had extensive blood tests prior to getting sick but also had a sleep study and extensive psychological testing, none of which were consequential in my eventual long covid diag
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by MavisBacon 3y ago
Baltimore is one of the most entrenched cities in US on a number of levels. It’s kind of ridiculous you are comparing the hyperwoke follies of SF and Portland with the outright despair and corruption in Baltimore. We have not reaped what we
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by MavisBacon 3y ago
Ah my apologies, that change came in 2016 after I moved. Appreciate the correction
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by MavisBacon 3y ago
Baltimore is one of the most dangerous cities in the world, constantly dealing with people fleeing the city for the county, and they have been in large numbers since the 70s. Not the same flavor of hysteria as SF or Portland
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by MavisBacon 3y ago
Most career criminals have a felony conviction under their belt and thus would not be able to vote, so this does not make a whole lot of sense

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