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by bckr 4y ago
This is a great article. I love the bit about The Legend. Will return to this.
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by bckr 4y ago
What's NIH?
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by bckr 4y ago
> If I could trade all my modern comforts for a minor lordship in the medieval era Does this take into account the difference in medicine between the two time periods?
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by bckr 4y ago
For me, it's that it wil balance out in the end. We might have to suffer, but it will balance out. My hope is that most of us won't have to suffer that much before it balances out. Also, I do feel good about the direction we'
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by bckr 4y ago
Hey, I'm right there with you. I think this industry is skewed young, but not as much as we might think. For me, the redeeming quality of my early 20's is that I matured dramatically. I'd encourage you to take a good, long (I
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by bckr 4y ago
This is my stance. 2 words: Memorable Use. Banana Cache Hadouken Security Service Lightfoot Containers I mean, this is pretty much the AWS formula.
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by bckr 4y ago
Software engineering is programming over time. At some point the business needs will change. At that point, someone will wish that the Apache server didn't talk directly to the database about last year's invoice minutiae.
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by bckr 4y ago
Disagree: I found it highly readable partially because it was just a shade more colorful and elegant than the typical stuff, without trying too hard.
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by bckr 4y ago
> who cares about "reality" any more People who realize that Reality is where you can lose Wi-Fi reception, stop receiving nutrient liquid, and otherwise be enslaved and/or killed. Seriously, your future is a nightmare. If
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by bckr 4y ago
Consider whether you have an addiction and/or are emotionally dependent on alcohol. If you can't just decide not to drink for a few weeks and drinking is harming you, then talk to a physician about it.
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by bckr 4y ago
Seeing as his employees call him "The Eye of Sauron", probably not.
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by bckr 4y ago
What starts off as a promising rebuttal of anti-capitalism immediately devolves into calling progressives "the real fascists" by equating state intervention and features of social democracy with fascism! The author even quotes Mus
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by bckr 4y ago
Beautiful.
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by bckr 4y ago
I want them to fail as much as the next guy, but they have deep pockets and are perhaps the most influential company on earth. I'm afraid they might actually learn from their mistakes and succeed.
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by bckr 4y ago
What do you like about it?
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by bckr 4y ago
It's not an application form, it's a referral opportunity, but I get your point.
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by bckr 4y ago
Formatting is fine. It only takes a handful of downvotes to grey out and down-list a comment. Given the "recognizability" of the company and the distribution of opinions about it here, it's not that surprising that Meta gets
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by bckr 4y ago
Average height. Grad student with minimal income living at home.
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by bckr 4y ago
I'm not going to take my crazy uncle's medical advice without a lot of evidence. That doesn't mean everything he says will always be wrong. That said, this is one study, and it may or may not be good evidence. It is interesti
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by bckr 4y ago
People seem to equate flirting with some weird things. I guess most of us did in middle school. But now I do flirt with people I want to befriend as well as date. Lots of eye contact and smiling. Quick gentle touches on the shoulder to emph
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by bckr 4y ago
I'll expand this to say: talk to people . It's just so easy to understand when you look at it logically. Talking to people (skillfully, which requires practice) will eventually lead to befriending some percent of those you talk t
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by bckr 4y ago
N=1 my friend did very well on Tinder as what I would consider below average in looks.
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by bckr 4y ago
Add depth, insight, and research to conversations and stick around for awhile. Send emails or DMs to people who are open to it. It's really just like meeting people anywhere, but your charisma comes through in your writing instead of y
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by bckr 4y ago
Only if we engage in our political processes enough to ensure democracy survives this transition
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by bckr 4y ago
> Companies could be hired to develop a particular keyword Love that idea. The prompt economy.
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by bckr 4y ago
Interesting. I found that I was able to just replace the sound files without any reverse engineering. Then again, I use the web app.
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by bckr 4y ago
Interesting, I hadn't actually thought of this. I think we should go to space (in O'Neil cylinders), but I'm going to spend some time thinking about desert wasteland arcologies.
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by bckr 4y ago
That was distressing.
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by bckr 4y ago
Interesting that he believes the regime change is a coup. Khan, the now-ousted former prime minister, appears to be a Trump-style strong man who is whipping up his supporters with claims that the vote of no confidence which removed him is a
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Citation needed

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