akaij

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by akaij 4y ago
It has more to do with one side never missing a chance to appropriate your silence.
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by akaij 4y ago
> If you Photoshop the penis out, there would be nothing remarkable about the cover. Says you. > Decades later, Nirvana is still a topic of discussion because of it (and still earning royalties), ... I think the album's popul
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by akaij 4y ago
> Though what about Swiss Miss cocoa? They've always been based in WI and have no connection. Maybe related to the sizable Swiss community in Wisconsin?
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by akaij 4y ago
> It might be a cynical way to look at it, but overall I don't think it's sustainable to place the responsibility of caring for society on corporations. This line of thinking bothers me more than it probably should. How can c
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by akaij 4y ago
Maybe you have the Bypass Paywalls extension ( https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome ) installed?
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by akaij 4y ago
> As I often say, when I was young I had more time than money, and now I have more money than time. This observation is subtly touched on in The Dark Side of the Moon , by having Time and Money on different sides of the vinyl :)
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by akaij 4y ago
This reminds me of the speech in The West Wing, where the president explains his reasoning for accepting the censure. No one takes responsibility for anything anymore. We foster, we obfuscate, we rationalise. "Everybody does it."
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by akaij 4y ago
> ... I suspect this is just part of a greater acceptance of mental health issues in society in general, ... This is how I see it too. Baby Boomers and Gen X had quite a different view of psychological issues and it had a detrimental eff
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by akaij 4y ago
I feel blanket statements are generally not a good fit for serious discussions. We have to keep asking the questions that will guide us closer to better data. I can't imagine the only good studies being on games. I'm sure similar
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by akaij 4y ago
> I have screenshots from the billing system, and I can easily prove that. Unless the billing system tells you explicitly "you see the lack of people here compared to last month/year/some other time period? well, we actual
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by akaij 4y ago
Ah, yes. Post hoc ergo propter hoc .
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by akaij 4y ago
I'm curious, how can you know how much you're losing because of piracy?
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by akaij 4y ago
Not sure how updates are related to an installer?
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by akaij 4y ago
Not sure why this can't be accomplished by simply replacing or removing the executable?
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by akaij 4y ago
Thank you for this! Made my day :)
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by akaij 4y ago
That approach seems overly prescriptive and is certainly overkill for creation and day-to-day use of non-critical words. For a word to be used widely, it has to go through a process of adoption. Individuals around the world are still mostly
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by akaij 4y ago
Language is a living thing, so it's in a constant state of change. A certain class of linguists would even go so far as to say there can be no incorrect use of words :)
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Why is DALL-E a scam?(twitter.com)
57 points by akaij 4y ago|33 comments
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by akaij 4y ago
Similar to Switzerland (CH).
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by akaij 4y ago
This is still the case in Japan.
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by akaij 5y ago
I'm 100% with you on that. If you frequent Audio Science Review forums, you'll see that kind of crap get called out all the time, including subjective/placebo adjectives like 'warm' and 'clinical' about eq
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by akaij 5y ago
> Essentially all audio today has a high enough bit rate, sample rate, THD... Some technical aspects have vastly improved over the years yes, but still important is the skill of the person doing the mastering, especially wrt: > ... dy
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by akaij 5y ago
> * Audiophiles, as you note I am not an audiophile, but I hear some variation of this mostly from people who have never listened to exceptional masters using really good audio equipment. Sure, the cost/performance ratio is usuall
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Celebrate Tiny Learning Milestones(jvns.ca)
4 points by akaij 5y ago|0 comments
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by akaij 5y ago
Try Firefox Focus.
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by akaij 5y ago
It's also used to drive the pixels.
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Misidentifying talent(danluu.com)
230 points by akaij 5y ago|161 comments
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by akaij 5y ago
I just helped a couple friends move to iCloud+ for the custom domain email feature. It was very simple to set up and got it working under 15 mins. Highly recommended, especially if you're already on iCloud+.
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by akaij 5y ago
This is a sad failing on YouTube's part. There must be many words, in addition to hypocrisy, that describe precisely this situation, in which a company is openly engaging such double standards while covering itself with legal and fiduc
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by akaij 5y ago
If I'm reading correctly, that page is for the newer "Google WiFi" products, which are different.

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