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by benlumen 6y ago
TL:DR; The article is not actually concerned about what we're supposed to do about NEETs. It's concerned with what we're supposed to do about the fact that NEETs are not concerned with gender issues. Tell me if I misinterpret
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CSI and the like were just ahead of their time edit: I was joking, but people pointing out that you still can't create something out of nothing etc might not be thinking big enough. I think this technology absolutely has the potential
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Right? The hand-drawn diagrams suggest they're being sent from prison.
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by benlumen 6y ago
Don't ever change the massive car obsession. To Europeans used to small, cramped spaces - the great open roads and huge comfy cars of America are much appreciated. I actively avoid driving in the UK. I adore driving in the US. edit: Do
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by benlumen 6y ago
I’m not sure why HN would have a bad opinion of Fiverr. It’s not like Fiverr itself is the source of logos - it would depend on who you choose. It’s been a while, but I’ve only ever had good experiences.
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by benlumen 6y ago
Doesn't surprise me in the least. I've long felt that "journalism" has more in common with marketing and SEO than much else these days.
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by benlumen 6y ago
Not that I don't agree with the article - who hasn't struggled with this problem? But this problem is as old as the internet itself and part of the culture at this point. In fact, I'm sure you could liken the rush to squat do
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by benlumen 6y ago
Surely the old adage of it's best to have the .com for SEO purposes still holds true, though? Is there evidence that it's no longer the case?
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by benlumen 6y ago
Holy hell. Are these "datacenters" really just shipping containers? That's what it looks like.
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Someone told me that there were a lot of warez sites hosted with OVH. Anyone know of any casualties?
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by benlumen 6y ago
Completely agree. On a more fundamental level, it just annoys me that I should even know who they are. I'm not sure who decides what the story of the day is, but it feels like once there's a consensus, the entire legacy media comp
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by benlumen 6y ago
As the article says, there is not just one scream painting. He painted it multiple times, not many people know this. From memory I think they have different versions on display in different locations in Oslo - I remember being surprised by
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Thanks for sharing. I feel like I'm not going to relax until we face the music and there's a real discussion about this. I'm just hoping that Western governments are looking into this in private and there's a conscious e
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by benlumen 6y ago
Some advice for would-be generalists from my career so far, as a definite generalist in technical services and sales. - Companies really like people who are technically proficient, but who also have good social skills and can hold a room.
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Also, as should be obvious today of all days, the traditional media has completely outlived its usefulness. If Western civilisation was healthy, a major focus of public conversation would be what we are supposed to do about this. Instead? T
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>The origin story remains entangled both in domestic politics and U.S.-China relations. I think this is the biggest story of our time and no-one, not even the United States government, knows what the hell to do about it.
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>The issue is the modern ad-based internet economy. Bingo. I honestly think modern "journalism" has more in common with marketing and search engine optimisation than traditional journalism. That's the sort of high-level vi
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I think people really need to realise that this isn't some kind of paradox or contradiction, it's actually consistent. These are the same people who are trying to repeal anti-discrimination legislation because it stands in the way
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by benlumen 6y ago
I don't think this is a good place or medium for this discussion, to be honest, there's too much room for interpretation. I'm not saying that the West is perfect or without its share of scandal, I'm trying to push back o
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by benlumen 6y ago
In the context of public inquiries into industrial accidents, I'm sorry but no - it absolutely is not "all talk". We are worlds apart from China in this respect. It's not cheerleading, it's just true.
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by benlumen 6y ago
Yes. The people of many countries would demand it. Do not underestimate the transparency that democratic accountability provides. Western democracy is little short of a miracle in this respect. It is incomparable to China's unaccountab
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It's Intel chip emulation. Apple ditched Intel chips because it can emulate their instruction set with software instead. Intel losing market share and increasingly desperate - legal action not unthinkable.
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The issue here is that if it was related to the WIV, which, i'll be honest - common sense tells me is likely, then the evidence will never see the light of day - because of the Chinese regime. They honestly want us to believe that it
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by benlumen 6y ago
I abhor the low-information manipulating, cognitive-bias exploiting, self-serving, anti-scientific YouTube conspiracy charlatans as much as the next rational, reasonable person. That said - if you believe that there's no chance the Wuh
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by benlumen 6y ago
https://www.stephendiehl.com/posts.html A luddite? What a ridiculous allegation. Sounds like you stopped reading because your cognitive bias wouldn't let you continue, frankly.
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I think the only people who are interested in them are those with money worries. To a lot of us it's unneccessary IOT tat and just another surveillance device to be honest. Another electricity billing method in the UK that may or may n
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I worked pretty much exclusively from home for like 7 years before this, and even I miss the office now. Some will make a more permanent change, many won't. I'd probably go in a couple of days a week at this point.
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No reason. I tried it out one day many years ago and never looked back. Do use gmail inboxes for some throwaway stuff though.
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Same, must have been 2005 or something when I switched from IE. Never used anything else. I'd like to say there are lofty reasons for that, but it's mostly that I just didn't like and never switched to Chrome when it came out
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FastMail, Firefox, DuckDuckGo, iOS

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