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by bigthymer 3y ago
> Russia is rather socially conservative They used to be communist. Communism generally gave women much more equality than most traditional societies. While Russia may be more conservative now, I think the effects take at least one or
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by bigthymer 3y ago
I think people are more willing to pay via Patreon because it directly funds the creators. The more YouTube takes, the less willing people are to pay.
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by bigthymer 3y ago
I think you make a good point but I think part of the problem is that it is difficult to get people to pay for something that they have gotten used to getting for free.
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by bigthymer 3y ago
And for air conditioning Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windcatcher#:~:text=A%20windca...
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by bigthymer 3y ago
> Isn't Imgur a fairly popular social media in its own right similar to Reddit? Yes, to my knowledge, you are correct. It was a surprise when I first learned it but apparently there are users that visit imgur directly without using
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by bigthymer 4y ago
How did you bring down the scammy company? Could you provide more detail while still maintaining adequate privacy?
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by bigthymer 4y ago
What is the best PDF viewer app on Mac that is closest to Sumatra?
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by bigthymer 4y ago
Do you do any marketing? Do you share/ promote to teachers?
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by bigthymer 4y ago
What other strategies have other countries used?
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by bigthymer 4y ago
The US government will look out for your interests if an incident goes down in your country of residence. A rare occurrence for most but still a service that some may end up needing\using.
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by bigthymer 4y ago
> but I had no problem finding jobs with independent bootstrapped startups Is there a particular place where you go to find these?
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by bigthymer 4y ago
I once got a call from a sales representative (SR). SR: "So, what shows do you like to watch?" Me: "I don't watch any shows because I don't have cable." SR: "How about you subscribe to our cable service th
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by bigthymer 4y ago
Is "A Promised Land" a good read? I've had bad experiences in the past reading books by politicians.
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Afghan couple accuse US Marine of abducting their baby(apnews.com)
4 points by bigthymer 4y ago|0 comments
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by bigthymer 4y ago
Hey, I wanted to wait a day or so before commenting but I wanted to let you know that you can send an email to a specific email address so the receiver receives an SMS text. People may try to cheap out of paying by doing so. Good luck on
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by bigthymer 4y ago
> Society will always need prisons Not every society has needed prisons, especially smaller, tribal ones. Maybe our complex, global one currently does but I don't think it is a hard requirement.
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by bigthymer 4y ago
It is one of those experiences people ruminate about on their own about but this post has given us an opportunity to talk about it with others that experience the same.
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by bigthymer 4y ago
There was a class in uni titled Robust Estimation that covers this.
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by bigthymer 4y ago
pounce.sh Not my game but recently announced on HN.
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by bigthymer 4y ago
Care to expound some more on the differences between living in rural places vs. the Californian life? I've spent most of my time in the suburbs of coastal cities.
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by bigthymer 4y ago
I don't recommend limiting yourself to networking with only people you know, especially when the company you are interested in applying to is large (in terms of head count). Once you find a company of interest, reach out to people at
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by bigthymer 4y ago
People can play Wordle alone and get value. Not true for a social network
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by bigthymer 4y ago
Does she just cold apply or does she do some networking first then does an apply w/referral?
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by bigthymer 5y ago
The president used to have the power to line-item veto but I think it was taken away during or soon after the Clinton era.
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by bigthymer 5y ago
> all the special exemptions and trash that just creates loopholes Big companies pay lobbyists to add these in. It is no accident that these end up in the tax code.
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by bigthymer 5y ago
> when they let people know what buildings they are targeting before launching the attack This is not a new thing in 2021. They have been calling families to evacuate their homes before the home's scheduled bombing for a long time
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by bigthymer 5y ago
Prostitute...even I'm not sure whether this is a joke answer
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by bigthymer 5y ago
The quality of food is exceptionally bad. After 2/3 sliders I did not want to eat anymore. Think of the worst fast food burger you've ever eaten. Think about the quality of the meat. Now imagine meat that is one or two grades
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by bigthymer 5y ago
Housing is super expensive for people now. All of that coastal infrastructure will need to be rebuilt.
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by bigthymer 5y ago
If the crash is inflationary, then yes. If deflationary, then no. Will the future be more inflationary than the market currently expects?

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