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by baumandm 5y ago
Here's a recent HN discussion of a study that found benzene in 27% of tested sunscreen samples: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27292387
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by baumandm 5y ago
date-fns actually barely uses Intl. Rather, it has custom locale files that must be imported to use: https://date-fns.org/v2.22.1/docs/I18n . There is a single intlFormat function: https://date-fns.org
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by baumandm 5y ago
You can drive on no-tread tires, but you can't drive without gas.
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by baumandm 5y ago
I don't know if this is true or not, but it seems doubtful since it didn't come to consoles for over a year after release. According to Wikipedia: > It was released for Microsoft Windows and OS X in May 2012, the PlayStation 3
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by baumandm 6y ago
This is great! I love the aesthetics and I've been waiting years for someone to provide a viable alternative to Goodreads.
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by baumandm 6y ago
The issue isn't the lobbying per se, but rather that it's not hard to look at the situation and conclude that Congress is favoring the interests of TurboTax over the interests of their constituents. It's difficult for me to b
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by baumandm 6y ago
That's like saying someone in Google is analyzing your web searches in order to show you ads.
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by baumandm 6y ago
This seems like such a weird pricing model. My single highest-priority requirement for a password manager is access from both computers and my phone.
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by baumandm 6y ago
You are misplacing the disruption on the nuclear family, when it is actually saying to disrupt the requirement on nuclear families. This refers to ways our society benefits 2-parent households and makes things harder for single parents.
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by baumandm 6y ago
The two if statements given aren't logically equivalent; an equivalent version of the 2nd one would be: if (!(input.command === "foo" && isValid(input))) { ... } Which IMHO is the least comprehensible. Yo
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by baumandm 6y ago
US Constitution, Article 1 Section 6: "The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States. They shall in all Cases, except Treas
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by baumandm 6y ago
It's less about rural votes and more about population. Electoral votes per state are based on population not population density, but with an additional 2 each. That tips the scale in favor of states with smaller populations. E.g. Rho
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by baumandm 6y ago
Republicans have been voicing their views on the election since November, and countless refutations have been made for many if not all of their claims. I'm not arguing for suppression, but it's clear that many people are not inte
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by baumandm 6y ago
Not to discount your experience, but IMHO this is a pretty niche opinion. Most of my friends and family seem to be either oblivious to any issues with Facebook, or at most be concerned about X or Y but unwilling to part with their network.
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by baumandm 6y ago
It's just a second order effect. Apple booted Parler to preemptively avoid the risk of consumers abandoning their platform. Apple's walled garden and strict enforcement of their App Store policies are regularly championed in other
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by baumandm 6y ago
In reality, 35 states had voter identification laws in place in the 2020 elections[1], including Georgia which has a strict photo ID law. So apparently it's not 100% effective at silencing complaints about voting fraud. [1] https:&#x2
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by baumandm 6y ago
Many more eloquent words have been written on this topic if you want more depth, but here's are some quick highlights: - Voting is a right, driving/flying/etc are not. Getting a driver's license is more about certifying
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by baumandm 6y ago
Seems like #2 would have the opposite effect by prioritizing the author's political leanings rather than the issues. Facts aren't actually Democratic or Republican, and there's not a single consensus opinion for each party.
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by baumandm 6y ago
Unfortunately I don't think it's a stretch to suggest that a large percentage of people across the political spectrum lack basic civics knowledge.
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by baumandm 6y ago
I agree with addressing the root causes, but that's a separate issue that Amazon/Apple/Google aren't responsible for. It seems like this argument boils down to: if the community violating the TOS is organized enough that
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by baumandm 6y ago
Sure, it's possible (probable?) that all the people planning violence on Parler are going to continue somewhere else. But do you really think that the world would be better off if they were allowed to continue on Parler? Should nothin
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by baumandm 6y ago
I totally agree, but how do you separate algorithms that radicalize people from ones that show you more funny cat videos? Like I said, I'm open to the idea that something should be done, just not sure exactly what.
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by baumandm 6y ago
IANAL, but if you remove Section 230 protection from algorithmically-curated content, Facebook would have to switch entirely to manually curating everything to avoid accidentally including libelous user-submitted content they could be sued
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by baumandm 6y ago
I wasn't advocating any particular position in my previous comment. But to answer your question, no, I would not be OK with that. Utility companies (in the United States at least) are typically contracted by cities to provide service,
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by baumandm 6y ago
The problematic part of your example is your phone company spying on your private conversations, not them choosing not to do business with you. It's wildly different from a website company running their public business on another compa
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by baumandm 6y ago
Our Fake History -- it's a historian deep-diving into various historical myths, their origins, and the scholarly consensus around the truth (at least as we understand it). It's utterly fascinating. http://ourfakehistory
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by baumandm 6y ago
The problem with this line of reasoning is you are using a specific outcome to criticize an entire process: Apple failed to produce an iteratively superior product, therefore their process is "fiddle and fuddle." Their process of
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by baumandm 6y ago
There's a significant difference in meaning between "write slow programs on purpose" and "write programs that are fast enough but not faster."
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by baumandm 6y ago
Agreed, but there will be a GOTY edition on sale for $30 a year from now.
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by baumandm 6y ago
Anecdotally, I don't personally remember the launch of The Witcher III, but I read a comment that indicated it was also initially buggy. I picked up the GOTY Edition some 3 years later during a frequent sale, played it, and enjoyed it.

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