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by balls187 2y ago
The article doesn't say drink 11-15cups of water a day.
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by balls187 2y ago
I think it's regarding daily drinking needs, and not other uses for water. The metric I am familiar with is the average person should consume 8 cups of water a day, so 1.5gal of drinkable water would support that need.
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by balls187 2y ago
Avoid region restrictions are the biggest usecase. A number of my friends use VPNs exclusively for this purpose, geberally because they are big sports fans.
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by balls187 2y ago
There is something poetic about using GPT to summarize that pdf so you can digest it using a small screen.
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by balls187 2y ago
Rather, in the US, politics is mostly based on keeping yourself elected, and political ideologies are pretty much lip service. In reality, both sides all just serve at the pleasure of the elite. What I love about Trump (despite never having
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by balls187 2y ago
I would think that instead of offline, they would move to using the blockchain.
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by balls187 2y ago
This is a more recent happening. Some years ago, you did have to be a resident of Seattle to have an SPL card. However you could still use many library services without one.
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by balls187 2y ago
> It was the force of nature that turned my life on the right path. In what way was it a force of nature, vs just a bootcamp where you applied yourself? Is there something in the instruction Lambda offered vs other bootcamps?
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by balls187 2y ago
That would be an after the fact justification, which could be used to justify banning any company that operates in China.
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by balls187 2y ago
I cannot see how this will pass legal challenge. Banning a Drone Manufacturer simply because the manufacturer is Chinese? There aren't ties to the Chinese military, are there?
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by balls187 2y ago
> Okay, but what will happen if US goes to war with China? Actual armed conflict? Total annihilation. Neither side wants this. Its why China will not invade Taiwan, and why the US won't put its boot on the neck of the China.
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by balls187 2y ago
> telling people whatever they wanted to hear, abusing therapy speak to manipulate people, and it established a pattern of dishonesty. I read that article in NY Mag prior to my comment, and then again after this comment. That wasn'
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by balls187 2y ago
Not to go off topic--cheating on his girlfriend and being a man-whore is bad behavior, yet I don't think that makes Huberman a bad person.
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by balls187 2y ago
Arguing that an argument is bad simply due to logical fallacy is also a logical fallacy.
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by balls187 2y ago
I think more people would get significant benefit from using sun block daily then obsessing over minutiae like this.
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by balls187 2y ago
Yes, I agree. I assume it runs entirely on device, and that's why it will require at least an Iphone15pro or higher.
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by balls187 2y ago
I expect Siri/OpenAI integration is going to be the star of the show.
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by balls187 2y ago
1) Congrats on your exit. 2) Congrats on expecting. 3) Thank you for sharing. I found this insightful, and hopefully throughout the journey you found more fulfillment than you would have had you stayed working at Google making software for
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by balls187 2y ago
$230 device, plus $10/mo, and that is per kid. At what age does Google think kids are responsible enough to be given such a device?
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by balls187 2y ago
> It could just be cultural attitudes make European cities a more pleasant place to live. Cultural attitudes certainly, particularly around work vs leisure. Also mass transit systems, and social supports for people working in the service
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by balls187 2y ago
> This kind of comparison always neglects to consider the fact that any given European country is much smaller and much more homogeneous than the US. Which US state are you comparing to? I'm aware of the criticism of Apples to Orang
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by balls187 2y ago
Is your comment based on recent experience? I have two young school age kids, and my experience with them does not align with your assessment. Their schooling is vastly different from the "Sit still, do what you're told" mode
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by balls187 2y ago
My son is a second grader who is behind on his english reading and writing. He's smart, able to understand and convey complex ideas, and can solve math problems beyond his grade level. He is classified as learning disabled, and has IEP
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by balls187 2y ago
That might be true outside the US; I believe that the standard of living has gone down in the US, due in large part to the pandemic, followed by rampant inflation. The shift away from manufacturing jobs to service jobs also played a role, a
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by balls187 2y ago
Childcare is just one of the ways low-income people (single or not) are "screwed."
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by balls187 2y ago
Demand may be going down, but supply is going down even more (especially post-pandemic).
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by balls187 2y ago
Not to defend the VC in this case, but thin skin assumes that the VC did not take the meeting because they were offended by not being picked first. VCs and Investors are more often than not lemmings with strong FOMO bias, and perceiving no
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by balls187 2y ago
Just a heads up, im in the US, and when I click the link to buy, the price is $24.99 I'd personally love it if this also indexed text files and pdfs.
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by balls187 2y ago
This isn’t a front end dev problem. You can say no but management isn’t under any obligation to capitulate, and often won’t. More over, it’s often solutioneering as a result to some other management identified issue that devs have pushed ba
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by balls187 2y ago
“Is there such a thing as Bad Publicity” would make for a good freakanomics podcast episode. My 2c: when that addage was first coined, public outrage was much harder to mobilize. Social media and globalization work hand in hand to make it e

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