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by bitlax 6y ago
Following World War I the Spanish (lol) Flu killed almost 700,000 in the US.
482.
by bitlax 6y ago
Of course not, but we all shrug at the many thousands of deaths related to respiratory illness that occur among the geriatric and the morbidly obese every year, not the mention the millions of Americans who die each year from various other
483.
by bitlax 6y ago
This is snark that will be upvoted but not borne out by statistics.
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by bitlax 6y ago
“I don’t know — and perhaps with a bias — I don’t believe anybody knows what the market is going to do tomorrow.” — Warren Buffet This just seems like a characteristic statement by Warren Buffett and not some indicator of a crisis.
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by bitlax 6y ago
If you know better than the market you should buy some puts!
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by bitlax 7y ago
The point is that of all of the places where a kid could be socialized the public schools are at best sub-par and at worst counterproductive. It seems appropriate to you likely because it's a societal norm and it's what you'v
487.
by bitlax 7y ago
Public schools are generally pretty terrible at socialization. The students interact mostly only with kids of their same exact age. Bullying and violence are ubiquitous. Sure, you learn how to conduct yourself in that particular environment
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by bitlax 7y ago
Just because you don't want healthcare controlled by the federal government doesn't mean you're opposed to healthcare itself, and some of the countries with universal healthcare have some of the highest infection and death ra
489.
by bitlax 7y ago
I feel the same way about education degrees.
490.
by bitlax 7y ago
Right. In the case of China, they missed the boat on modernization when they instituted communism. Now the world can't afford their emissions.
491.
by bitlax 7y ago
No, I'm betting that changes in U.S. production will have little to no impact on inspiring China and India to decrease their emissions.
492.
by bitlax 7y ago
Well I'll take that bet. Climate activists have advocated that precisely the opposite should happen: that they should maintain or even increase their growth since they are developing economies.
493.
by bitlax 7y ago
How do we convince China and India to lessen their CO2 production in any meaningful way?
494.
by bitlax 7y ago
Unions recruit at work.
495.
by bitlax 7y ago
Is there an easy way to set LibreOffice Calc to the Excel keybindings? It might not help for things like macros but at least sheet navigation could be consistent.
496.
by bitlax 7y ago
This is actually kind of a fun interview question. How would you use a single file to deploy your entire application?
497.
by bitlax 7y ago
Thanks! Again I'm not trying to belittle the project, I just know that I benefit from more descriptive titles.
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by bitlax 7y ago
Why not?
499.
by bitlax 7y ago
I don't think that's true. You could make an effort to show that you'd solved some of the more well-known technical problems, e.g., different messaging architecture to handle users with millions of async subscribers. As it st
500.
by bitlax 7y ago
Libraries, helper functions, support, etc.
501.
by bitlax 7y ago
Might be nice if this title was changed. This is a toy app which is guaranteed to blow up at scale, but if the point is to show off a particular stack then maybe it should say so.
502.
by bitlax 7y ago
I don't think you'll get downvoted for such an innocuous statement. I'd pick different sources but I agree with the sentiment.
503.
by bitlax 7y ago
What is that point? What is the moral difference between hundreds and thousands, or dozens and hundreds.
504.
by bitlax 7y ago
Ok, this works. Thanks.
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by bitlax 7y ago
I do but I have no idea if this is good journalism. I've been disappointed by the New York Times before, but that's irrelevant. According to the FAQ, you're not supposed to post articles behind a paywall which doesn't ha
506.
by bitlax 7y ago
What is the workaround for the New York Times paywall?
507.
by bitlax 7y ago
This is e-ink. It's not always pleasant to stare at a lightbulb when reading for long periods.
508.
by bitlax 7y ago
> Straw man, almost no one is suggesting 50+ floor apartments in residential neighborhoods. Plenty of people are suggesting massive restructurings of residential areas in major cities. > Simply adding a few 4-5 floor apartments buildi
509.
by bitlax 7y ago
I mean, life is finite. Eventually someone else has to join the party.
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by bitlax 7y ago
Right, so if someone takes military action with a non-zero chance of civilian death then they have committed an evil on par with the holocaust, no?

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