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by armagon 5y ago
I know one person who walked away from a job months ago because he figured he'd be required to vaccinate, and another who is prepared to walk away if her job requires it. I don't think this is a decision they made lightly.
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by armagon 5y ago
> I entirely understand where you're coming from. I've always been the one to fall asleep hours before my partner, and it causes friction. Nice to hear I'm not alone here. > I had a bunch of other words here that can re
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by armagon 5y ago
Thank you for the reply. I think the area of my health most out of whack is my mental health, although I did recently learn that I have a number of allergies and food aversions. Some nights I'd like to go to bed earlier (and often I do
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Ask HN: How to Work Fewer Hours?
3 points by armagon 5y ago|6 comments
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by armagon 5y ago
This is interesting. If I'm understanding right, they collected phrases in parallel from various sources that you can use to feed software that does translation? Is this (also) a usable source of parallel texts for people doing languag
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by armagon 5y ago
I'm doing web development on a Mac. Here are some tools I've found useful. ---- 1. Universal keyboard shortcuts I was using an application called ControllerMate with my Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000. I set up a bunch o
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by armagon 5y ago
Clearly, as stated in the article, people respond to their individual perceived risk for taking or not taking the vaccine (and their perceptions are linked to the groups they identify with). I really wish articles like this would discuss st
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by armagon 5y ago
Oh, this brings back memories. The one advantage tractor-feed paper still has is in printing banners!
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by armagon 5y ago
Certainly it is true that speech existed before the Twitter and the iPhone, and continues to today. I (theoretically) could start my own newspaper and spread my opinion around, or go house to house and tell people there will be a meeting on
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by armagon 5y ago
Free speech is very much under attack. If the platforms we use to communicate -- and which generally allow any communication, no matter how poignant or inane -- allow some speech, but not others, we have a problem. Twitter is compelled to t
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by armagon 5y ago
What an interesting idea. It isn't clear to me, though, what they are voting for. On their website (at https://etf.engine1.com ) they say "Strategically hold companies and leadership teams accountable while focusing on
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by armagon 5y ago
I can't help thinking of YouTube demonetizing Bret Weinstein today: https://twitter.com/BretWeinstein/status/1409683806471155712 This is a very intelligent, articulate person looking deep into the issues. I&#
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by armagon 5y ago
I'm also a 40ish man, about 5'11". I was having back pain, and it has stopped. While I haven't found a perfect solution, here's what I'm doing. - Nowadays, I'm mostly using a kneeling chair. - I've al
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by armagon 5y ago
If it is an about page for a product, and not covered on the home page, I want to know things like: * what is the product for? what desires/needs does it address? under what circumstances might I use it? If it is an about page for a bu
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Dr. Weinstein's YouTube channel on verge of being silenced(twitter.com)
8 points by armagon 5y ago|3 comments
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Oh my goodness! That's appalling. How is our system so broken?
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by armagon 5y ago
I had an e-mail conversation with S. John Ross once, years ago; he seemed like a great guy. I hope this sale is a good thing.
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by armagon 5y ago
Widely used voting systems converge on two parties. The worst offender is the first-past-the-post system. Instant-run-off voting is better, but still converges on two parties. Wish I had a good citation for you, but I do have an try-it-your
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by armagon 5y ago
"A new report says that iOS 14 tracking changes could cost the advertising revenue billions if an early trend in spending decline continues." Does it not follow then that advertisers are saving billions of dollars? Now, admitted
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by armagon 5y ago
Interesting. I've never heard of an MCP before. I like the idea.
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by armagon 5y ago
Here's a good video from an excellent series: Making Your First Game: Minimum Viable Product - Scope Small, Start Right - Extra Credits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvCri1tqIxQ It's been a while since I've
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by armagon 5y ago
That was an excellent TedX talk. Thank you for sharing it.
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by armagon 5y ago
Your best bet is to get the books out of a public library. I get hundreds of dollars worth of books out every year, and it is awesome. Alternatively, there is a Kindle Unlimited service, or the competitor Kobo Plus (and maybe other competit
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by armagon 5y ago
What do you mean by double-dipping on the freemium strategy? Are you saying there will be fewer ads, and games will try harder to coerce users into paying some real money for items or levels (but something short of paying for the game outri
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AirTag review: They work great–maybe a little too great(arstechnica.com)
2 points by armagon 5y ago|0 comments
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by armagon 5y ago
I remember watching a documentary on architecture, and the speaker, who offering a different approach, said that for much of architecture, the never-look-back mantra was the unspoken rule of the day. You'd design and build a building,
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by armagon 5y ago
This site looks useful: https://uxtools.co/challenges/ . There are articles as well as challenges. I'm not sure it is systematic, but it looks like it covers a number of useful things to know.
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by armagon 5y ago
If anyone would have something knowledgeable and useful to say on this topic, it would be Michael Geist, who studies technology and Canadian law. I've no idea if anything has changed in the last month, but here's what he wrote on
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by armagon 6y ago
I use Vivaldi as my daily browser. Two main reasons: - it is able to debug the web application I work on developing. (Trying to make it easier to debug under Firefox is on my todo list). - it has mouse gestures, and they work everywhe
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by armagon 6y ago
People absolutely die when the health care system is overwhelmed. If you are having a heart attack, say, and can't get to an emergency room, your outcome will be far worse than if you could get to one. Similarly, if you've got an

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