balfirevic

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by balfirevic 1y ago
> The only time its okay to order food its when people came for something else in the first place When I invite friends over it is always for something else other than food, by which I mean it's for hanging out together. Food just n
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by balfirevic 1y ago
> In Europe most people don't use cloth dryers As a European, to the extent that this is true, it's only because they don't know what they're missing.
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by balfirevic 1y ago
> What if you WANT to have a career or a job which is now done exclusively by AGI? > If AGI takes my job as a software developer, my career is finished. I don't know what else to do. Do you want to have a software developer caree
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by balfirevic 2y ago
"Single" is a stupid word to use as an antonym for "married", even if technically correct according to the dictionary.
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by balfirevic 2y ago
On my Macbook Air, if I bring the screen brightness all the way down the screen appears to be completely off.
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by balfirevic 2y ago
Ah, great, as if it wasn't enough that most of the offline world is out of sync with us night-owls.
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by balfirevic 2y ago
> No custom feedback from real musicians who hear you play? Of course people who learn at home on their own will, on average, be worse than people going out and playing with other musicians. That would likely be even more true if they bo
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by balfirevic 2y ago
> they would comment on who slept over > landlady said she nearly let herself into my home to make sure I hadn't died because no one had seen me in a few days. You sound way less bothered by that than I would be. I'm annoyed
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by balfirevic 2y ago
> but in my experience in a one-mile radius from you I mean, that's a circle with a diameter of two miles - it's basically "entire city" for many cities.
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by balfirevic 2y ago
Surely it's just very individual? Watch party of that kind sounds like something I'd never wish to do, but I'd gladly hang out outside for a beer or two.
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by balfirevic 2y ago
> The easy answer is that the piano is not the "reference" instrument. The question make sense without ever thinking about piano. The question is: how come the notes named only by letters (without any accidentals) form a major
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by balfirevic 2y ago
Ah, right, so the question of the starting point is a good one. I don't know the exact historical answer, but it's worth noting that if your are in minor scale (or Aeolian mode) then the tonic of the scale (for A minor) is indeed
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by balfirevic 2y ago
> But why in that order? Well, it's in the alphabetical order.
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by balfirevic 2y ago
One of the authors, Chris Young, has a great Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisYoungCooks/videos
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by balfirevic 2y ago
> and just spending hours relaxing How many hours?
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by balfirevic 2y ago
People go to sleep and wake up at different times. Giving a fixed number makes no sense.
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by balfirevic 2y ago
> I think a lot of people just don't have a good baseline for what's normal. True, but that works both ways. "Surely everyone else gets distracted this much".
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by balfirevic 2y ago
> Somehow, though, I suspect that insinuating I need extra rest after giving my emotional labor to "plan a night out with the guys" wouldn't go over so well with my wife. Why not? That's perfectly reasonable thing to
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by balfirevic 2y ago
> This is what I meant by "counter-steering" but 1/ it only works at relatively high speeds (above, say, 20 mph, which isn't high on a motorcycle, but pretty high on a bike) No, it works at much lower speeds. This guy
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by balfirevic 2y ago
Can you clarify what is it exactly that you consider counter-steering? My understanding is that it means "briefly turning the handle-bars to point the front wheel in the opposite direction of the intended turn, causing the vehicle to s
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by balfirevic 2y ago
> Privilege in no way depends on whether the communication involves questions. I sure hope most lawyers don't often misread other people's writing as bad as you did here.
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by balfirevic 2y ago
I initially interpreted it to mean that expecting people to give impromptu speeches at funerals was an odd custom (that certainly doesn't happen where I live), but now I'm not so sure.
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by balfirevic 2y ago
> But it is not derogatory or euphemistic, it is descriptive. Polymarket is gambling by any definition. Gambling is known and proven to have great harms and risks to society. Congrats on using the worst argument in the world: https:&#x2
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by balfirevic 2y ago
They don't have to understand roundabouts specifically, there is supposed to be a yield sign when entering a roundabout - do they not understand the yield sign?
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by balfirevic 2y ago
> What should the police or system have done differently? Investigate and press charges for death threats, is that not obvious?
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by balfirevic 2y ago
If it turns out that there is no increased strain on the healthcare system (because, for example, people who consume a lot of sugar die younger and so don't require as much old-age care), would you then advocate removing the disincenti
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by balfirevic 2y ago
I wonder why it's not a big deal where I live - whether it just doesn't happen to the same extend or such behaviour is more accepted. I know I wouldn't think twice about it if someone switched lanes and forced me to lightly b
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by balfirevic 2y ago
> E.g. getting cut off in traffic What do people from english speaking countries (I guess mostly from US) mean when they say this? It's such a frequent phrase, but I don't think I ever thought about it as a distinct concept, no
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by balfirevic 2y ago
WTF, zero days are the best days.
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by balfirevic 2y ago
Would you say the same thing for bicycles, in places without dedicated bicycle lanes?

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