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by abawany 4y ago
He wrote the foreword to Dr. Thorpe's book and it was just a rant against 'academia'. Reading the book, A Man for all Markets, showed that academia was, imo, a foundation for his success and the basis of his successful invest
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by abawany 4y ago
Yep, not to mention the recent scandal with car security (keywords: kia, usb cable) because they cheaped out and didn't include security keys until 2019.
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by abawany 4y ago
Try theautopian.com - most of the good (imo) contributors from the above moved here and the site so far is relatively cancer free.
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Manifesting History – Ed Zitron(ez.substack.com)
3 points by abawany 4y ago|0 comments
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by abawany 4y ago
Yeah, music and other such automated recommendations are truly infuriating - I like to imagine it is an attempt to tweak people instead of helping them. This belief is reinforced when often these recommendations don't come with a &#x27
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by abawany 4y ago
I recommend VLC - works well on windows, ios, macos, and android and frankly improves over the native players in each without unnecessary frills.
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by abawany 4y ago
It seems to reappear and disappear and seems dependent on devices: the Onn Google tv stick seems to have had it disabled permanently but on the Chromecast with Google tv it still works fine. I also watch at 1.5 and would stop watching if I
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by abawany 4y ago
Exactly. Most airport parking lots charge extra for covered parking - parking lots could continue charging the premium and also make money generating power. Sometimes the free market needs a swift kick up the backside to do the right thing,
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Security fears raised about home devices and apps(rnz.co.nz)
2 points by abawany 4y ago|0 comments
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by abawany 4y ago
I'm getting close too, starting with the cancellation of my YT Premium subscription. All I wanted was to be able to watch my subscriptions in peace on my tv (e.g. bigclivedotcom) but instead I get random breaks (e.g. only the home page
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by abawany 4y ago
It really does seem that Microsoft is now in the business of trolling its users. The degradation of "Pro" with ads and uninstallables (like frikking Xbox) is beyond disgusting. When a post mortem of its lost os dominance is done i
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by abawany 4y ago
Also, some sites, such as Fidelity, now require the 2fa password on every login regardless of browser trust status.
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by abawany 4y ago
Everyone forgets about insurance, which often comprises a major portion of expenses especially as buildings gets older and the hoa management gets less eager to price shop.
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Anti-ESG Can Be Good Business(bloomberg.com)
2 points by abawany 4y ago|0 comments
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by abawany 4y ago
I read the article with the view that since some workplaces will never change, offering medically fragile workers some accommodation is useful. Her advice to the writer to look to a better place also rang true with me - places that refuse t
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Some People Get to Stay Home. Get over It(nytimes.com)
12 points by abawany 4y ago|5 comments
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by abawany 4y ago
It's been funny seeing the anti-WFH sentiment especially in light of Ed Zitron's ( https://ez.substack.com/ ) counter-arguments. At this point, I'm somewhat convinced that anyone in business railing against WFH
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by abawany 4y ago
Yep, same here - still getting spam from them offering to pay me off to remove my reviews. Complaints to Amazon "CS" did jack-sh-t - it is frustrating.
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by abawany 4y ago
Of all the places I've lived in and visited, Montreal was the only place so far where random people on the street had a problem with me, based on the way I look - got this way around the time the current government was elected. However
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by abawany 4y ago
The Renaisser that I picked, the 520C, was Microsoft Surface compatible. It has two advantages: built-in usb-c charge port (vs. the weird "aaaa" batteries the stock and others take), and a felt-like stylus that felt way less slipp
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by abawany 4y ago
One necessarily doesn't follow the other - people pay for their ebooks and then dedrm them to no longer be locked into the ebook device vendor's ecosystem.
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by abawany 4y ago
I've been using an Elipsa for about a year with a Renaisser stylus - have not noticed any inaccuracy but the writing can sometimes be laggy. I really like it, all in all though - all of my work notes tend to be on it.
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by abawany 4y ago
Tens, plus 1 - the Elipsa is an awesome device esp. when the stock stylus is replaced with a Renaisser.
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by abawany 4y ago
A low-price option is the Netgear WAX202 that recently got support merged into main. It supports wifi-6 and can be had for as little as $30.
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by abawany 4y ago
Afghanistan is drowning in guns - I don't see a liberal democracy emerging there anytime this century (please let this be my "Dropbox is a weekend project" comment - I'd love to be wrong.)
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by abawany 4y ago
I agree - some of the updates I've received have been so half baked, including the Android apps forever-hang, that I wondered if anyone real was involved in this release. I finally got rid of my chromebook for a pittance because I just
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by abawany 4y ago
True, Verizon (and its associated MVNO) phones unlock automatically after 60 days but the bill credits and associated subsidy persists for the duration of the contract term.
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Book Review: Open Circuits (Bunnie's Blog)(bunniestudios.com)
5 points by abawany 4y ago|0 comments
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by abawany 4y ago
I still prefer them and go to one whenever I can, but that's because I just dislike the fake chit chat at regular checkout counters.
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by abawany 4y ago
I've noticed Walmart does automated monitoring of self checkout. Once I got flagged at checkout when I placed the scanned item directly in my shopping bag instead of the designated shelf; the person who came to inspect my lit up statio

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