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by balls187 4y ago
> I do worry that my kids won’t be diverse enough to be able to get into a decent school or get a good job like I was able to when they’re older. That comment implies you take for granted that your kids will get into a school, and will h
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by balls187 4y ago
"Imagine you work under a black executive at Microsoft. Does a graph like this one make you more or less likely to think they got to where they are because of their accomplishments? " This is the same "affirmative action hire
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by balls187 4y ago
Can you provide a source for assertion? The violence is fueled by two things: income inequality and the prevalence of guns. Any country with those two factors will have a problem with violence; the fact that the US is the most civilized cou
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by balls187 4y ago
Did you enable Google services on your oled? I haven’t seen any ads on my tv, but Google is disabled along with personalization services. Mine is an older set tho—LGC9 series.
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by balls187 4y ago
Cloud9 is also down. Joy. Edit to add: I can't seem to access my NHL Season Tickets via Ticketmaster either...
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by balls187 4y ago
I've had this occur in a number of ways, typically with candidates who are not US Based. One candidate was clearly the "face" of a group of more skilled programmers. Several others were not the person who was listed in a resu
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by balls187 4y ago
My first job was contingent on graduating. I would have nightmares that my school would notified me that I failed some required course, or didn't have enough credits to graduate. I would wake up and count the credits on my transcript.
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by balls187 4y ago
OP's experience has far less to do with school, and significantly more to do with parenting a teenager.
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by balls187 4y ago
As the Steamdeck is built on Linux, I think that if and when there is a desire, eGPU's will have support, even if limited by hardware features. My fantasy was the steam deck 2 having egpu support.
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by balls187 4y ago
Try Xbox Cloud Gaming on your PC over your browser.
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by balls187 4y ago
After moving to the Steam deck, I'm not sure I care about my PC GPU anymore. The combination of the Steam Deck w/ Xbox Cloud Gaming, has changed how I will move forward with PC gaming. I think in the future, I'd want to use s
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by balls187 4y ago
Correct. According to Kotaku, they won’t be in the GPU game anymore with 3rd parties: https://kotaku.com/evga-pc-gaming-nvidia-gpu-rtx-40-series-3...
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by balls187 4y ago
Diablo Immortal received a lot of backlash from fans. Despite the backlash, the game has made $100m of revenue over 2-months.
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by balls187 4y ago
Ukrainian version sounds cool. But also sounds like major pandering to me.
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by balls187 4y ago
It’s hard not to read many of these comments as “Old man yells at cloud.” I’ve been lucky enough to experience development across many different types of systems over my 20-year career, and web development has come a long long way to the po
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by balls187 4y ago
I think the parent commenter’s script was posted with tongue in cheek.
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by balls187 4y ago
I finally swapped to Apple maps permanently. Was ~okay with giving Google my data because it's routing was better, but now Apple is on par, there is no reason to continue to use Google maps.
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by balls187 4y ago
My sense is 2-year covers the original owners phone for the average length of time an iphone owner keeps theirs, and for those who purchase phones 2nd hand, they would have to re-up for this coverage. I would assume when you buy the iphone1
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by balls187 4y ago
One of the teens who baby sat my sister and I had this game. It's great reading comment of others who enjoyed this game as much as I did.
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by balls187 4y ago
I suppose it's where you studied. My alma matter focuses on undergraduate education emphasizing real-world applications.
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by balls187 4y ago
Eventually, it will. Not today. Not tomorrow. But eventually.
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by balls187 4y ago
Slack makes no momey from free users. So how does free users being upset and leaving hurt slack? Maybe that will help bolster a competitor. But ultimately Slack wins, some free users will convert to paid subscribers.
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by balls187 4y ago
Your comment is absolutely fascinating. Is there a place on the web folks can read more about your time fighting apartheid?
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by balls187 4y ago
I’d love it if an EV came out with a faux-manual vehicle, like a driving arcade game.
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by balls187 4y ago
I think you missed my point. The US is a capitalist society; if you have sufficient money US National or not, you have nearly carte blanche to do what you want. Regardless of China et al laws for foreign home ownership, the US is very permi
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by balls187 4y ago
If the news is to be believed, housing supply is limited in the US. US Housing is generally a safe investment for foreign investors. Since US vestigial racist policies make it difficult to create dense, affordable housing, single family hom
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by balls187 4y ago
> why can [XXX] nationals buy housing here, while I can't do so there? Simply because when XXX nationals come with all cash offers and willing to pay above market & waive all contingencies, sellers are willing to sell. It just s
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by balls187 4y ago
Does Twilio support RCS?
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by balls187 4y ago
Yes, apologies and thanks for asking for clarification. It's slang for Federal Prison, but for white collar crimes (less austere accommodations).
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by balls187 4y ago
I don't think Apple ever portrays itself as a champion of freedom. And even if they did, that ethos does not give them carte blanch to pick and choose which laws they will adhere to.

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