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by Riseed 5y ago
> AFAIK my podcast player isn't tracking me or using targeted ads. Some podcasts use "dynamic ad insertion", where the ads are inserted when you download the podcast rather than when the podcast file is created and uploade
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by Riseed 6y ago
> I run cycles of listening, paraphrasing and then solutionizing almost every day. This doesn't translate well in friendships & relationships where the other person just wants someone to listen. One thing that greatly helped me
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by Riseed 6y ago
When navigating, I of course pay close attention to where my cursor is. When I scroll to read through lots of text, I'm not moving the mouse cursor randomly around the screen, but I'm also not paying attention to where it is becau
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by Riseed 6y ago
Password managers can also have a "go & fill" option that opens a new tab with the applicable URL, fills the login credentials, and submits. Even without specifically tracking how fast a password is entered into the password f
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by Riseed 6y ago
Our Brother printer (inkjet circa 2014) doesn't use ink when we're not printing because we unplug it when we're not using it, as we do with all of our corded electronics. If it's been more than 2 months since we've
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Ubisoft renamed “Gods and Monsters” due to trademark dispute with Monster Energy(techraptor.net)
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by Riseed 6y ago
> USPS just gets more money from the government My understanding was that USPS does not receive funding from the government. Granted, I'm not counting reimbursement for franked mail because that seems equivalent to the sender having
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by Riseed 7y ago
> What are people ordering now that they didn't usually order? When the grocery stores ran out of tp, people started ordering from Amazon. When Amazon ran out of 2-day-delivery tp, people started ordering bidets. People who suddenly
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by Riseed 7y ago
> Some people genuinely believe that God will protect them. I worry this kind of "faith" blinds many to the way their God may be protecting them. https://truthbook.com/stories/funny-god/the-drowning-
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by Riseed 7y ago
If you turn Siri off, it doesn't activate by accident, and the iPhone still works as intended. If you turn off Alexa, the home assistant doesn't activate by accident because it doesn't work at all.
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by Riseed 7y ago
"Of the 152 cases [article dated Feb 21] that have been found in the city, the majority have been linked to a [church], where Patient 31, a woman said to be in her 60s, is known to have attended at least four services before being diag
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by Riseed 7y ago
Between the 10% bonus discount on sale prices and prime-only sales at WF, our prime membership pays for itself without the prime credit card, even though we do most of our grocery shopping at other stores.
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by Riseed 7y ago
I have great fun playing chess with a friend who easily has 600 ELO on me. Before we start each game, we agree it will be one of three types: 1. No holds barred. (I always lose, but nearly won once when they were very distracted.) 2. Like n
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by Riseed 7y ago
Some people have also found temporary relief with the finger drumming method (sometimes called the "Reddit Method/Cure" because it gained popularity after he posted it on Reddit[1]): > Place the palms of your hands over yo
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by Riseed 7y ago
I can see it making a difference to people starting an exercise regimen who would otherwise be discouraged by how far they were able to go (e.g. not being able to manage the full evening walk with their family). It may also be useful in phy
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HTTP Forever: A reliably insecure connection(httpforever.com)
2 points by Riseed 7y ago|0 comments
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by Riseed 7y ago
I got a pair of Etymotic’s ER20 ear plugs after seeing a few recommendations here on HN. I’ve worn them at concerts, at loud events, in a hotel next to the freeway, and even in the car when the driver had the radio too loud for me. Highly r
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by Riseed 8y ago
Explicitly mentioning “no cameras” is currently very off-putting because the expectation is that there are no cameras in private accommodations. It comes off as well as saying “We won’t file a frivolous damage claim against you.” That wasn’
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by Riseed 8y ago
> Only iff you can be confident that the occurrence of this trigger word means that a person indeed experienced stillbirth As the original tweet pointed out, if there are only searches for "stillborn" and "baby not moving&
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by Riseed 8y ago
Last time I looked, Riot, Mattermost, Friends, and Rocket were good options. This post compares five alternatives: https://blog.okturtles.org/2015/11/five-open-source-slack-al... (Disclosure: I work with okTurtles
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by Riseed 8y ago
> Those ads are not your friends. Don't expect them to treat you like they care. > You're not sharing your information with a human. You're sharing it with a business who is tuned to maximize profit. The ROI on dealing
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by Riseed 8y ago
> Is it even possible to have good internet service in this country? Yes. I have zero complaints about sonic.[0] They deliver reliable service at a reasonable price (cheaper than Comcast's intro pricing here), and have stellar custo
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by Riseed 8y ago
> Having an iPhone isn't inexplicable. You can finance or lease a phone for $30-$40 a month. You can also be given an iPhone as a gift or hand-me-down. Or decide to keep it instead of selling it when you lose your job or get really
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by Riseed 8y ago
To offer a real life example, in Hurst v. W.J. Lake & Co. , the court ruled that 49.5% was not "less than 50%" because of "the peculiar meaning attached to the words" by the trade in question. tldr casebrief: https
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by Riseed 9y ago
Definitely a practical approach with Chrome. I prefer Firefox, and instead of opening a new window for each interest/topic/task, tabs are grouped using Tree-Style Tabs [0], with only the in-focus group expanded. When done with a t
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by Riseed 9y ago
> as someone trying to figure out how to pay for a new $100/month insulin prescription Last weekend, another internet stranger recommended prescriptionhope.com, which charges $50/mo/script. [0] > Why are these framed as
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by Riseed 9y ago
If the code has been checked more than once, then you can only be sure that >=(n - 1) counterfeits exist. Checking the code does not verify whether yours is the counterfeit, only that you weren't the first to attempt verification.
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Saudi Arabia bestows citizenship on a robot named Sophia(techcrunch.com)
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Another day, another voter database exposed online(mackeepersecurity.com)
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by Riseed 9y ago
> In the US, e-deposit of checks is a passable option to avoid fees. My bank (credit union) charges a $2 fee for each check I write, regardless of how or where it's deposited. Yes, it's cheaper than a bank transfer, but checks

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