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This metaphor doesn't make any sense. Adblock is removal without substitution.
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I am as sad as anyone that medium sold out an began to intentionally mistreat their users for "engagement" (read: money). But in their early days, their praise was well earned. I was a designer with a focus on typography at the ti
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This isn't a chart at all. The format I hoped for was the style used in this breakdown of the food industry, which really illuminates the scale and breadth of the major players: https://s3.amazonaws.com/oxfam-us/ww
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Yeah, it was 45 or 49 last night. Agreed – as a one-time purchase, in the "lol are you kidding we spend that on lacroix before lunch" territory for marketing depts.
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This is a brilliant idea. Wishing you well. I'm a .com user so I can't use this (though I'd like to), but here's a walkthrough of all my thoughts as I interacted with your page, and some notes about how you might improve
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What are some of the ways this blows back? Having to answer them over the phone when they're not passwords, but more like customer service gatekeepers? I do this as well and it has yet to blow up in my face, though it does seem like an
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Thank you. The short version is yes, some of the perception persisted. The big one I mentioned in my first post – I have personally verified that my brain is capable, in at least one scenario, of feeling self acceptance. I won't soon f
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I would assert that the genders could be reversed, say, for a husband's handsomeness, or any other quality in any person, and the metric would apply. And of course persons could be removed altogether – that's the point – we starte
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This research continues to leave me extremely hopeful. After reading a similar report a few months ago, I decided to roll the dice and put aside my fears of more serious drugs to see if this could work for me. Let me tell you. MDMA delivere
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I don't have a dog in this fight re: spin, just playing the word game. "consistent" for a positive spin or "steady" for more neutral. "Flat" is fairly uncharitable but also on the table. For example, I sus
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Interesting catch! From the filename and context, I'm going to guess it had something to do with Mikhail Gorbachev? Searching for that filename yields almost exclusively links to that conversation. Wayback machine didn't have anyt
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SEEKING WORK – Remote (or the occasional Seattle meetup) Product designer w/ 10+ yrs experience. case studies: http://ricksteeledesign.com/ email in profile I'm a full stack UX/product generalist and can help
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There's so much right with your take here, IMO. It flies in the face of so much opposition from reality – much of it credible – like how the hell do you make money when you eschew walled gardens, engagement boosters, and adtech friendl
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From the article text, it sounds like one of four options is a smartphone application for tracking mileage. This is significantly different from the idea of a dedicated piece of hardware, which I read your comment to imply. While I agree th
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This starts to get very shaky as soon as it gets to the "Happiness" heading. > Happiness is the psychological condition that results from the achievement of one’s [values](sic). I'd say that's meaning. Puppy videos gi
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I've been involved in the invision enterprise purchase process. 1) They're very high touch. Rep-with-a-name, etc. So they definitely employ staff for this. 2) The markup compared to regular invision is huge. Their tiers go from &q
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I'm going to make a distinction here, between "what they're asking" and "why they're asking". Let's say, for the sake of argument, that you're right about "why they're asking:", an
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My comment was specific and deliberate in presuming his innocence, which, to reiterate, I do. I was also deliberate in my pointing-out that many of the questions asked of him could be perceived as being in bad faith. Whether that's so
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Respectfully, and with the hope that we can keep it civil here, I put forth that these two things are not mutually exclusive.
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Maybe. I would argue after watching the hearing that anyone who so blatantly ignores the obvious intent of questions asked of them, rather than attempting to pursue and convey the truth in earnest, regardless of their guilt, is unqualified
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I've been driving the C class cars through CarToGo, their rideshare-as-marketing operation. They are horrid . Clunky, with seats that could never pass as leather, gaudy plastic bits everywhere, and needlessly complex interfaces. Not t
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My take (from a brief stint with a debit card issuer): This is about the chilling effect of regulator's behavior. Compliance is expensive, hard, and detailed. And if you fuck it up, it can sting very badly. Financial companies get away
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Certainly true. The pointed rejection of all forms of religion after having been wronged by it is common, and Slate Star Codex makes mention of it in a note that's somewhat relevant to this topic. My personal hunch is that it mirrors a
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I'm really curious about this story.
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Absolutely agree. One phrasing I heard that changed my mind a lot was "It's hard work keeping your own life afloat. Be careful who you tie yourself to. They are as likely to pull you down as you are to lift them up". In one i
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> What aspect of the process requires a non-remote component? For "job placement" in the abstract, nothing. I'm sure they could do the whole thing over skype were all parties so inclined. In practice, this seems not to be
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Because we all want to reject a lot of the same inconvenient truths of the world, and when we finally stop, it makes such an impact that we're excited to share. If 100 people instead of 2 tell me the same thing is important, I think th
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It's shocking how tightly scoped one's mindset gets in these situations. The hull of the boat so easily becomes the bounds of the world. Every time I jump ship, I'm shocked by how quickly and painlessly the things I once thou
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I've got a slightly different take, though I think they have some overlap: Capability for a job is more than raw competence, which is why most people reject the Brilliant Asshole, even when that person is genuinely brilliant. I've
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That's a cool example. I totally agree with your underlying premise. It's about playing the long game, and working to build a life enriching enough that it's worthwhile in the face of suffering, rather than playing short game

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