Ntrails

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by Ntrails 4y ago
I would interpret that quote slightly differently. Not making a decision is, in itself, a decision with consequences. Indifference is a powerful choice with real consequences to society, just like delaying an important decision can take it
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by Ntrails 5y ago
> Only if we define it as criticism of Israeli policy. Which appears to basically be the criteria these days - which is terrifying.
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by Ntrails 5y ago
> That senior engineer should be fired, immediately. That's inexcusable. I don't care how needy a junior engineer is, or how many times you've shown them something. You show them again, teach them how to find the documenta
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by Ntrails 5y ago
If ignorance, then enlighten
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by Ntrails 5y ago
Very few (if any) humans ever really treat all human life as equal emotionally, because that would be either debilitating or sociopathic depending on extreme. We are emotional beings, so it's incredibly hard to exclude emotion from ou
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by Ntrails 5y ago
> My theory, an academic “forgot” they had “borrowed” them. Or genuinely meant to borrow them for some reason, but couldn't be assed with the process involved. Maybe it had been mentioned to someone who worked in the library at the
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by Ntrails 5y ago
> my personal experience with Amazon is pretty decent as well Considering the endless dark pattern manipulation to get people signed up for Prime etc, the intolerably bad search, the hard to manage/judge "sellers", the go
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by Ntrails 5y ago
> Taxis existed before Uber; but it was the app (handling location, real-time updates, and seamless payment) that changed things. I disagree - the game changer vs previous minicab offerings is the centralisation. Instead of ringing 4
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by Ntrails 5y ago
> 4) Social Interaction. Let me share my "best run in 60 seconds" and then let others see if they can beat me. But please don't decide that you need to shove a popup in my face repeatedly to persuade me to do so. I don&#x
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by Ntrails 5y ago
Spotify seems designed to over-reward the high volume artists at the expense of the little guy assuming I understand their model correctly. Current: totalMoney x (totalListenTimeForArtist/totalListenTime) imo the sensible sys
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by Ntrails 5y ago
Instantaneously on contract creation and irrespective of loan term / repayment / etc. It's such a non-standard contract that the terms loan and interest are kinda fuzzy
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by Ntrails 5y ago
My disappointment upon turning sound on and not hearing "Sail" was palpable! Looks cool, although very much like the Minecraft gliding from memory
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by Ntrails 5y ago
> Society is constructed in such a way to be dependent on others and have to trust others which means you can be manipulated by more knowledgeable persons. I would describe it as co-dependence in order to be able to have a combined knowl
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by Ntrails 5y ago
> They're expensive as fuck, and eat lots of counter space. I am comfortable with the latter at least, as my default would be a 5 ring gas hob! I cannot imagine cooking with fewer than 3 rings. (Say, duck breast, mash, veg is a pr
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by Ntrails 5y ago
I think I was unclear. If A then B true was my meaning, not If and only If A then B true Hence highlighting that we have seen some of this already! Side note. The high end ones move first as they discover something bette
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by Ntrails 5y ago
> is overall worse than induction when it comes to the cooking experience in just about all ways. The way you would know this to be true is when professional kitchens are defaulting to induction instead of gas. (I think this has started
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by Ntrails 5y ago
> Bad parenting is a thing. No shit sherlock. Here are some more hot takes for you: - too much screen time is bad - hitting children is generally counter productive - feeding a toddler highly processed foods full of sugar i
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by Ntrails 5y ago
I am talking about adults judging other adults decision with hindsight and out of real time with time to reflect. You are welcome to throw stones if it makes you feel better, but try not to get hit when one flies back through your window in
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by Ntrails 5y ago
I think people find it very easy to judge parenting from the outside and/or with hindsight, whether their own or other peoples. I know that my children will wish I did things differently. Whether that is location, discipline, activiti
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by Ntrails 5y ago
I would agree in general, although notably not the couple of times I got a late night cab home with a date. So there is definitely some judgement on the cabbies part in my experience
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by Ntrails 5y ago
> Everyone blames it on fuel economy and safety features but I think that simply no manufacturer is willing to be daring anymore, and they have trained their customers to like boring design. So many incredibly iconic and beautiful cars
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by Ntrails 5y ago
This is definitely my experience. When your recommendations for 3 genres have 3 of the same films in the initial set... it's indicative of either a small set of options or a really shitty recommendation system
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by Ntrails 5y ago
> There may be long-term behavioral problems.. I know this is right - but I feel obliged to point out that this is true with a new puppy too . Training dogs properly is work, and inconsistent or incomplete training only gets harder and
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by Ntrails 5y ago
I find it really hard to read large sections of text on a screen without the highlighted text play that somehow anchors my view (this is a largely subconscious process I think). But yeah, my wife will go batshit when trying to read the same
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by Ntrails 5y ago
> I thought I was the only one with this habit hah! Nope. I think I would gladly institute capital punishment for people who institute pop-ups on highlighted text. "Oooh, you highlighted a passage of text, would you like to tweet
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by Ntrails 5y ago
> It is still primarily an on-site company. At some point I would like people to quit vilifying a completely legitimate business setup because it doesn't fit their world view. I want to be in the office, and I prefer it when my
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by Ntrails 5y ago
This would be my exact interpretation - it's not that he needs the money it's that he wants the cachet of being insanely well remunerated
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by Ntrails 5y ago
My point is _look how well it went for them in an incredibly non authoritarian regime_. Look how effectively they changed policy! Look how little personal cost it has had! People like to act as though they'd be the person in the crow
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by Ntrails 5y ago
> I grew up in farm country and will also, on a very rare occasion, eat cattle raised on a proper farm/ranch - even though I absolutely love cows, who can be extremely affectionate, I believe they can be slaughtered relatively human
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by Ntrails 5y ago
It's the job of the Canadian people to stand up to oppression and fight the governmental overreach... etc etc

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