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by bmj 4y ago
Yep. That was directed at the "everything is fine" post above.
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by bmj 4y ago
Have there been analysis done on how this affected local wildlife?
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by bmj 4y ago
"You will become what I am." ( https://death-to-the-world.myshopify.com/products/you-will-b... )
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by bmj 4y ago
I think that by definition, true counterculture isn't going to happen on social media platforms.
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by bmj 4y ago
Are you suggesting that PewDiePie is countercultural?
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by bmj 4y ago
I think there never was stronger counterculture than today I disagree. Can you expand on your claim? YouTube and TikTok are not countercultural, even if some users are using those platforms for genuine countercultural creative acts. By
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by bmj 4y ago
On Good Parties: https://www.plough.com/en/topics/life/on-good-parties
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by bmj 4y ago
I just turned 50. About 30 people showed up for the party my wife threw for me, and those were exactly the people I wanted to be there. I'm guessing my definition of "party" may be different from yours, but in the last two
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by bmj 4y ago
Ah, David Bentley Hart. To propose a list of rules for writers is probably a very presumptuous thing to do. The only authority it can possibly have is one’s own example, and so offering it to the world is something of a gamble. One has to
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by bmj 4y ago
This assumes that the average potential juror knows who SBF is, or what he's done. Yes, the average HN reader, or Twitter user, knows all about crypto and the players, but they do not represent the average U.S. citizen at all, even if
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by bmj 4y ago
I have a very mild case of it. I grew up in a generation that went to many, many live music shows without any sort of ear protection. I also spent many days in close quarters with other musicians playing very loud music. Related: Nick Cav
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by bmj 4y ago
Yes, access controls are critically important for many companies in many domains. My employer operates under such operating procedures. It seems reasonable that if your software collects and stores user information, employee access to all
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by bmj 4y ago
No, there is a lot of online-only content. I believe there's a daily email with new content, and often that content is quite weak compared to what's in the print version.
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by bmj 4y ago
There is a difference in the online content of the Atlantic v. the print magazine. The print magazine still has some high quality content.
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by bmj 4y ago
What truly blows my mind: this is technology that is built to be destroyed.
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by bmj 4y ago
I believe corporations are effectively supporting campaigns to push the burden of climate guilt on consumers. That isn't to say that the average citizen shouldn't be aware of (and seek to change) their patterns of consumption, bu
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by bmj 4y ago
Huh, so there's some magic panel or something? I'll have to poke around.
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by bmj 4y ago
This isn't limited to EVs, though, right? My 2012 VW TDI won't open without a key fob (even though the ignition is still key-driven). How is that a "feature?" Just let me unlock the door with my key. I am very much a
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by bmj 4y ago
I want to emphasis the suggestion of picking up a box of Musgrave 600 News if you enjoy pencils. It is a weird pencil. I carry several of them in my tool bag (they work well as carpenter's pencils for situations where you need a bett
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by bmj 4y ago
I'm looking forward to getting a box of these when my current supply of Blackwings (a gift, because I would not spend that much on a pencil) and Musgrave Tennessee Reds is exhausted. I've heard good things about the 9850s.
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by bmj 4y ago
This is usually downstream of the CROs, or, at least contracted out. What's most interesting to me about the post is that the author doesn't mention any efficiencies gained by moving to electronic data collection. But, I also un
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by bmj 4y ago
What's most interesting to me is that for both sides of the (U.S.) political landscape, Twitter is a hellscape that is full of nothing but "The Other." From where I stand, both sides are correct.
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by bmj 4y ago
A friend, who is a diesel mechanic, just went through the diesel emissions timeline with me very recently. EGR valves -> DPFs -> DEF I understand the necessity of these systems, but it seems like they are incredible fragile (the DPFs
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by bmj 4y ago
Something deeply ironic about emissions inspections in my state: my diesel VW is exempt from them. Some shops might do a cursory look to be sure you haven't deleted the particulate filter or the catalytic converter, but, really, most
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by bmj 4y ago
In my state, which has an annual emissions inspection, I have yet to meet a non-dealer mechanic who will not do everything possible to get a vehicle with a bad cat through the inspection process.
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by bmj 4y ago
Why do you think that functional programming results in data duplication? I would think it's rather the opposite. I suspect it has something to do with the perceptions around always returning a new thing from a function rather than t
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by bmj 4y ago
Please note that unlike depression and other real mental struggles, imposter syndrome is not listed as part of the DSM. Certainly, it can be linked to depression and/or anxiety, but I suspect that most people who experience it are h
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by bmj 4y ago
The last "tech" interview I had was in 2007, with my current employer. It was not an algorithmic interview, but rather a deep dive into how much I knew about SQL (which was a critical part of my position at that time), and a bit
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by bmj 4y ago
This, I think, is the critical difference. If I get a hotel room, enter it, and discover anything is out of joint, I can walk downstairs and ask the manager for a refund, or at least a different room. If the same thing happens with an A
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by bmj 4y ago
We tend to use Airbnbs when road tripping/caravaning with others. It is significantly less expensive than getting two hotel rooms. When its just my spouse and I, we almost always use hotels, because there is far less risk involved (t

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