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by brenden2 7y ago
Humans have an incredible history of adaptation and survival, and I do agree climate change is a big problem. The metrics are all going the wrong way, but I see the fallout (famine, disease, death, etc) as a natural corrective mechanism. Ea
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by brenden2 7y ago
Probably applies to all children, not just those with specific genetic attributes.
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by brenden2 7y ago
Books are just another form of entertainment, and I wouldn't think of them as much more than that. Yes, there may be value in reading some books, and many of them contain interesting facts and opinions, but the truth is that reading lo
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by brenden2 7y ago
It's interesting to see how effective lowering the speed limit is (which comes to no surprise). In NYC the speed limit is 25mph, but anecdotally speaking it's largely ignored. I have never seen much in the way of enforcement of th
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by brenden2 7y ago
The scary thing here is how easy it is for one entity to erase vast amounts of information from a de facto public service.
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by brenden2 7y ago
I really prefer using physical analog light switches that don't require internet access, and don't send my data to big tech cos. Maybe I'm just old fashioned.
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by brenden2 7y ago
Older diesel trucks are largely exempt from these regulations. There are a few loopholes that allow people to purchase older truck parts, refurbish them, and continue to operate them without needing to adhere to modern emissions requirement
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by brenden2 7y ago
Interesting, thanks for sharing. Still, my point was that automobiles exist alongside people within cities, in near proximity. A diesel truck driving down my street is probably going to expose me to more harmful pollution than a cruise sh
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by brenden2 7y ago
The reporting on this is very weak. I'm not a genius, but my guess is that cruise ships contribute a tiny proportion to the pollutants people are exposed to on a day to day basis in NYC. Most of the pollution is from automobiles. The a
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by brenden2 7y ago
It feels like the Internet is back to where it was in the 90s where you had malicious popup windows all over the place. I remember when browsers started adding popup blocking as a core feature, and also adblockers became a thing thanks to F
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by brenden2 7y ago
These are the kinds of problems I’d love to be able to figure out how to solve with technology.
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by brenden2 7y ago
It’s always interesting to see what kinds of things make it to the front page because of who wrote them, rather than the content itself (which in this case is just a few cherry picked examples with no context). I’m not exactly sure what any
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by brenden2 7y ago
It’s going to take a long time for the “AI” hype cycle to fully run its course. Expect many more of these articles.
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by brenden2 7y ago
PG's essay from 2007 seems relevant: http://www.paulgraham.com/startuphubs.html
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by brenden2 7y ago
I wish they had benchmarked the arm instances on AWS, I'd like to see a 3rd party validate AWS's claims about performance.
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by brenden2 7y ago
Here's the tl;dr (from the article): > This review of literature reveals promising early evidence that yoga practice can positively impact brain health. Studies suggest that yoga practice may have an effect on the functional connect
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by brenden2 7y ago
When I was forced to do this, I would just change my password 7 times until it was back to the original one by appending 1 digit/letter each time. Easy peasy.
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by brenden2 7y ago
I've really improved my happiness ever since I uninstalled these apps (IG, Snapchat, etc) and never looked back. I suggest everyone do the same. They get you hooked on a dopamine drip feed, instill feelings of inadequacy, and otherwis
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by brenden2 7y ago
I've been super happy with Fastmail, I suggest you give it a shot if you've become as frustrated as I have with Google's products. When they killed Inbox it was the final straw for me.
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by brenden2 7y ago
To be fair, Facebook itself accepts bribes from spammers all the time in order to put ads in front of people who probably don't want to see them.
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by brenden2 7y ago
This isn't really about Apple Card, it's just about high reward cards in general. The heading is clickbaity to generate more traffic. The tl;dr is: high reward cards (like Apple Card, or any other "premium" card) incur a
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by brenden2 7y ago
I'm no fan of Facebook, but the whole premise of this article is baloney. Repressive regimes are going to do what they do regardless of Facebook's actions. I don't see the connection between Facebook trying to filter out kidd
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by brenden2 7y ago
Regardless of which side of the fence you're on, what's considered acceptable is just a matter of cultural norms within a given context or group of people at a specific time. If you don't agree with that cultural norm, then y
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by brenden2 7y ago
They're big, but nowhere near as big as NYC. NYC alone is larger than the whole SF Bay Area combined (around ~8.6m vs ~7.75m).
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by brenden2 7y ago
When I hear about studies like this (about hot issues) it always makes me wonder what sort of studies that go against the current social norms are not being published because they make some people uncomfortable. Most of the pop science th
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by brenden2 7y ago
Not sure exactly, but a general truism is that the larger something gets, the harder growth becomes.
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Keep in mind they're measuring "growth", which is probably why NYC is notably absent as it has long had a large tech sector for a long time (if you count tech in financial services as "tech jobs"). From what I glean
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No. Saved you a click.
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by brenden2 7y ago
This is a good counter example for whenever you find yourself in an argument with anti-adblocker folks.
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by brenden2 7y ago
Unsplash is a great alternative.

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