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by butterfi 7y ago
Its been interesting reading the various takes on WeWork. I have my own casual rating -- I walk past a very fancy WeWork space in Levi Plaza and I rarely see people in it. I often wonder how they manage to survive given the high rent.
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by butterfi 7y ago
Remember when you had to scrape your windshield down after a car trip? I noticed the birds vanishing in my area, but I had no idea it was happening on this scale.
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by butterfi 7y ago
um...Yes? Don't we already have laws regarding sexism? Isn't there a whole history of sexism law, going as far back as the Romans? Maybe I don't understand the question...
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by butterfi 7y ago
I totally agree, this could have all been avoided if someone pulled him aside and told him to sit on his hands. RMS is brilliant, but he does seem to be tone deaf. Now is not the time for old white men of privilege to be commenting on the s
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by butterfi 7y ago
My FF is up to date. I’m on NordVPN, maybe it is a time issue?
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by butterfi 7y ago
Interesting-FF says that nytimes.com is unsafe
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by butterfi 7y ago
I think a lot of folks here are aware of what a double-edged sword this could be. Getting impaired drivers off the road is a worthy goal, but these kinds of tools have had devastating consequences when misused by authority. Accuracy is also
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by butterfi 7y ago
I pretty much agree with all your points. So given Comcast's track record, I've decided to not give them anything I don't have to. I have no reason to believe they will treat their internet customers any better then their cab
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by butterfi 7y ago
I have Sonic at home, despite that it is basically AT&T dual bonded DSL and slower then my old Comcast connection. Its fast enough and I really like Sonic. Comcast, not so much.
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by butterfi 7y ago
I don't agree with your Star Wars point. Regardless of how I feel about it, George Lucas made the changes to his film. I believe that is his right as creator. Making changes to other people's work crosses a line for me.
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by butterfi 7y ago
I once worked for a very high profile entertainment company. Every year, the CEO would give a "company gift" that was usually somewhat underwhelming. A blanket with the company logo. A workout bag with the company logo. An umbrell
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by butterfi 8y ago
I'd always heard it was a matter of a pinion... (supposedly the pinion feather is longer in Ravens)
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by butterfi 8y ago
"You have forgotten your history" is how I would interpret that.
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by butterfi 8y ago
I should point out that I don't think the Japanese home model is worth copying, only that it challenged the way I think about the "shelf-life" of a given thing.
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by butterfi 8y ago
Thats a fair point (I don't feel attacked, but thank you). I'm getting more at the idea that maybe we start planning for things to wear out in a more radical way. I was struck by a story about how the Japanese knock down old house
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by butterfi 8y ago
I've started to wonder if designing things to last is truly the best option. Sometimes well built things out live their usefulness and then you have this well built paper weight. Braun razors are a good example. I have one that still w
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by butterfi 8y ago
Power Computing had, if I remember correctly, a one-hour long sale that doubled the amount of RAM you ordered (back when RAM was really expensive). I bought a great tower, pulled half the RAM and redistributed to my other desktop. Good time
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by butterfi 8y ago
I'm starting to notice that in the Bay Area, older tech workers are more stable then fresh transplants, simply because we've been around long enough to get affordable housing. I make about 15k less then I might otherwise, but its
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by butterfi 8y ago
Audible seems to do memberships right. Cancel at anytime, resume when desired. Works a treat and I frequently go back an rejoin if there's something I'm interested in.
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by butterfi 8y ago
I don't understand why congress still gets paid.
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by butterfi 8y ago
I was just commenting the other day about when I was a kid, you'd drive somewhere in your car and you'd have to scrape the bugs off your windshield. I drove about 700 miles a few weeks and not one bug. Something is wrong.
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by butterfi 8y ago
The problem I have with most, if not all, of these answers is that they seem to be good choices for orgs that have a dedicated development team. If its a small org, or a company that basically just has a brochure site, all of these answers
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by butterfi 8y ago
There's all kinds of tech in Portland. Source? Me, who travels to tech events in Portland frequently.
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by butterfi 8y ago
They got pretty nice incentives from the city to locate there, if I remember correctly.
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by butterfi 8y ago
What problem are these "alternatives" addressing? If I'm concerned about privacy and data sharing, Twitter, Snapchat, and Tumblr don't seem like good candidates.
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by butterfi 8y ago
It news because more and more people are starting to rinse their sinuses and may not be aware that they should be following certain guidelines.
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by butterfi 8y ago
Don't dismiss early Yahoo, they were a colossus. I wonder how much Google and Facebook have benefited by watching Yahoo's fall from grace.
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by butterfi 8y ago
Just because someone is famous, doesn't mean they are especially good at a job. Michael Jordan is a much better basketball player then a baseball player.
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by butterfi 8y ago
Well, if the Exploratorium published a book using paper circuits before Google applied for the patent, is this prior art?
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by butterfi 8y ago
I'm curious if this idea is that unique -- The Exploratorium published a book called "The Art of Tinkering" in 2014 that has paper circuits that seem very similar to the authors concept.

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