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by ballenf 5y ago
What stops you selling them to someone else?
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by ballenf 5y ago
You're talking about a niche within a niche employment-wise. I've worked dozens of jobs with great pay and benefits and I've never signed a single NDA. When I hear people sounding trapped like you, it makes me want to tell th
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by ballenf 5y ago
A couple potential sources of efficiencies: - more reliable bun-making machines that need a lower ratio of human oversight / bun produced. - more automation in packaging the meat patties.
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by ballenf 5y ago
It's kind of like saying learning to jump really high is the first step to getting to the moon.
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by ballenf 5y ago
The Onion predicted this in 2007: https://www.theonion.com/gap-unveils-new-for-kids-by-kids-cl...
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by ballenf 5y ago
The overwhelming majority of code isn't slow because it used the wrong algorithm, it's because the Product team can't demo or show off an increase in efficiency. It's because they aren't measured by their ability to
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by ballenf 5y ago
Yeah, really felt like they were too zoomed in on one effect of a mindset shift. They could just as easily have said "cats lead to increase in resignations without a solid financial plan in place."
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by ballenf 5y ago
The combination of amorality, intelligence and power are enough to let anyone turn into that. I don't think there's anything particularly novel about Zuckerberg, other than the stars all aligned on a few mundane conditions.
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by ballenf 5y ago
There's no set of laws that can efficiently govern dishonest people. Or in "low trust" environments, if you prefer think of it amorally. Enforcement just moves around where the corruption is incentivized to happen. Is it at t
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by ballenf 5y ago
And then I'd love a watch that was a digital sundial. I just want to know where the sun is in the sky even when it's not in immediate view. And Outlook synced to my personal time. I'd also have the "default" time zo
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by ballenf 5y ago
I do wonder how much longer local, machine-based backups will continue to be supported. Could easily see a future model dropping the cable entirely, dropping local backup and modestly upping the free iCloud storage.
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by ballenf 5y ago
Would that still apply if a target has iCloud backup turned off?
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by ballenf 5y ago
Here's a fun conspiracy theory proposed entirely in jest: Apple doesn't want to patch zero-days used by US authorities in order to alleviate pressure on its encryption practices. So they really only want to fix zero-days that are
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by ballenf 5y ago
> If someone collapses into the street, the driver should be able to stop in time, unless they are going to fast. Even 5 mph is too fast if the collapse is shielded from view until the last instant. In other words your statement boils do
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by ballenf 5y ago
Yeah, you have to wonder if the US cares more about this framework being in place and being able to dictate other countries policies more than actual tax rates.
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by ballenf 5y ago
Is there any support for the claims on various reddit threads that the figures represent maybe half or less of actual earnings? Not sure if maybe it's only subs not tips, or only ad revenue not subs....
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by ballenf 5y ago
People who - use iOS 15 (including betas) - hate AMP - still use Google for search - went to the trouble of finding and installing such an extension is probably a number that rounds to 0.0% of Google searches. Not meant as a critique of the
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by ballenf 5y ago
Riemann's hypothesis, if true, is proven in an infinite number of ways in the library. But the library also contains an infinite number of flawed attempted proofs.
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by ballenf 5y ago
I had a similar experience with standard ear plugs (the squishy ones that go partway in the ear) with any headphones overtop. I know it sounds weird, but you then turn up the volume slightly on the headphones and can hear the relevant stuff
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by ballenf 5y ago
Pass them in as milliseconds or nanoseconds?
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by ballenf 5y ago
One real potential cost to FB here is breaking people's addictions to FB and IG. This might just be the little finger-snap to wake up a sizable chunk of the user base that they life is just a little better during the outage.
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by ballenf 5y ago
It's terrible PR for the FB PR team's performance.
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by ballenf 5y ago
The requirement to have a crypto wallet feels like requiring a hunting license in order to watch Netflix.
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by ballenf 5y ago
Seems like a lot of machining -- creating threads and the like -- is done with mechanical calculating devices.
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by ballenf 5y ago
Do you know if the terms of those arrangements give Tesla copyright ownership of the videos? Just wondering whether the driver or Tesla issued the DMCA.
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by ballenf 5y ago
I think we also need transparency around coordination of these efforts with any government actors. At least to the extent the efforts affect citizens. Kind of like transparency reports with regard to data requests.
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by ballenf 5y ago
Some call that a feature not a bug: - incentivizes thoughtful consideration before sending - increases reliability of the list as an archive
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by ballenf 5y ago
Here's another one that blew me away even though I come from a family of doctors and nurses: Medical Students Practice Pelvic Exams on Anesthetized Women Without Consent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3tuV8TJHT8 (th
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by ballenf 5y ago
We also need performance review transparency if we're going to share pay. Doing the same job title is not the same as doing the same job.
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by ballenf 5y ago
The patent is little more than VR call in "controlled environment". Which presumably would also apply to schools. Or bowling alleys (been to several with VR setups). Or anywhere other than in homes. 1. A method for personalizing a

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