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by burkaman 3y ago
iWork predates the open formats.
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by burkaman 3y ago
It happened all the time before the pandemic, I'm not sure what you mean.
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by burkaman 3y ago
How do you feel about Apple reverse-engineering Microsoft Office so they could make iWork compatible with it, and then charging money for it?
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by burkaman 3y ago
Prices increase when a seller increases them. That could be because their costs went up, but it also could just be because they felt like people would pay more.
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by burkaman 3y ago
Qatar Airways also runs the airport ( https://www.qatarairways.com/en/about-qatar-airways/group-co... )
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by burkaman 3y ago
At least as of 2022 they had not: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/simon-evans-53091614_solar-ac... The followup post ( https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/defence-international-energy-... ) explains that
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by burkaman 3y ago
That chart is so funny. What will it take for the IEA to consider changing their prediction model?
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by burkaman 3y ago
I agree that healthcare should not be employer subsidized, but I don't think there is any country in the world where you just go out and buy it like car insurance. Almost everywhere in the world it is a baseline government service, and
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by burkaman 3y ago
> Ceteris paribus non union shops are more long-term focused and trend towards better long-term outcomes. Do you have any source for this? It seems hard to believe but I haven't been able to find any studies yet. The best I've
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by burkaman 3y ago
It is potentially a good sign if Fastmail management voluntarily recognizes the union - that would imply that management and employees are on relatively good terms and the union is not asking for enormous changes. Even if you love your comp
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by burkaman 3y ago
The relationship you're describing is balanced, as opposed to non-unionized employment, where management can threaten employment and healthcare as negotiation leverage and employees can't threaten anything.
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by burkaman 3y ago
Every American I know primarily uses texts and every non-American primarily uses Whatsapp. People also use Instagram and Discord but for other purposes, not when they just want to send one or two people a simple message.
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by burkaman 3y ago
If you are regularly in social situations where you feel you can't participate without having several drinks, you have a drinking problem. It's still a problem even if it's driven by external pressure rather than an addiction
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A pro-China technology and anti-US influence operation thrives on YouTube(aspi.org.au)
8 points by burkaman 3y ago|0 comments
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by burkaman 3y ago
Data is available and the results seem mixed and difficult to interpret so far, here's an article with links to a bunch of studies: https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-seven-new-studies-o... . It seems like most st
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by burkaman 3y ago
> it aligns better with my family (the local public school is only Mon-Thu as well) This is interesting and makes me think the answer to the title's question is public schools. Most Americans are not in a position to individually as
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by burkaman 3y ago
The creator's company website is also excluded: https://web.archive.org/web/20230000000000*/https://neatnik.... . Maybe some philosophical disagreement?
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by burkaman 3y ago
There's a lot down there, people have been dumping chemicals weapons in the ocean for at least a hundred years. Once it sinks you can't see it anymore so that means it's gone forever and you don't have to think about it.
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by burkaman 3y ago
Adobe Acrobat actually does pop up if you try to add a black highlight and asks if you meant to redact instead, but then you can't actually use the redact tool unless you pay for Acrobat Pro.
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by burkaman 3y ago
Just looking at the names in that comment I see US, China, India, and France represented, but if you actually check the full list of authors from one of the papers you'll usually see a pretty broad range of backgrounds.
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by burkaman 3y ago
This article glosses over it a bit but the Xochimilco chinampas are absolutely incredible and worth visiting if you can find a good tour (not just the trajineras pictured in the article). Historically the entire area (and most of Mexico Cit
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by burkaman 3y ago
> Once you accept, the RAID AI will keep monitoring your stream for the presence of MTN DEW, if you remove your DEW, you’ll be prompted to bring it back on camera This has to be directly inspired by that "drink verification can&quot
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by burkaman 3y ago
Here's a 2001 article with some examples: https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/1220011... . I don't personally know any serious alpine climbers so I have no idea how common this stuff is.
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by burkaman 3y ago
This is common in the American climbing community, rope lengths are always in meters but people often use feet for wall/mountain heights. 60m is a standard category of rope, so it would be confusing (for climbers at least) to call it 1
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by burkaman 3y ago
Sorry if this is nitpicking, but valuable land absolutely can be created (Boston) and destroyed (climate change) on human timescales. I'm sure the amount of land that can realistically be created and destroyed within a few lifetimes is
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by burkaman 3y ago
That's a cool video, but very strange decision to have audio of Elon at some press conference or something instead of the actual race. You're expecting engines and tire screeches and instead it's like 5 or 10 mildly excited p
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by burkaman 3y ago
No, even if you're charging your batteries with carbon-emitting power plants, those plants are much more efficient than the engine in a car or plane. Internal combustion engines are very impressive technology, but they are constrained
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Rolls-Royce calls off bets on electric planes, says low-carbon fuel is future(electrek.co)
145 points by burkaman 3y ago|246 comments
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by burkaman 3y ago
35-45% of users worldwide use ad blockers, depending on the source. It is extremely common, otherwise Google wouldn't be doing this. The top few ad blockers in the Chrome store (uBlock, AdBlock, AdGuard, etc.) have tens of millions of
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by burkaman 3y ago
Right, but having to use your second car for that trip and only that trip is probably a rare occasion for many families. I imagine the most common cases are two cars that are both used regularly because both parents drive to work, or one pr

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