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by c22 1y ago
How do you square your belief in the opening premise with the results of your research into clubs and "things to do" that seems to completely contradict it?
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by c22 1y ago
On a charitable reading I think the gist of the comment you're responding to is that we could use some more volunteer firefighters.
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by c22 1y ago
I haven't carried keys for almost a decade!
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by c22 1y ago
Definitely beats sucking coins out of the subway turnstile: https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/subway-token-suckin... (Alternate link: https://archive.is/dyeND ) * I think I remember reading about
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by c22 1y ago
Yes, a simple lock (in the concurrent software sense) is one system that could work. Harking back to my own kindergarten experience, though, I am not sure if such a system is best for minimizing disputes.
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by c22 1y ago
But then how do we determine who has priority for the couch? The singleton nature of the couch requires some form of access control to prevent disputes. No such restriction exists for a memory of the couch, once we have each been exposed
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by c22 1y ago
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=croc+speaker
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by c22 1y ago
Amtrak does have right-of-way by federal law for over 50 years now. However, the freight operators don't care and the federal government refuses to enforce it. People with private train cars probably have a louder voice than most rail
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by c22 1y ago
As far as I know this is not accurate. A business may be required to accept cash in order to settle an outstanding debt that it is owed, but I don't think anything prevents them from simply refusing to do business with you from the out
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by c22 1y ago
Well, as I said, your opinion is one I have heard before. If you have some deeper reasoning or insight to share I would love to hear it.
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by c22 1y ago
If you believe the system to be flawed there is no hypocrisy in not engaging with it while simultaneously denouncing the outcome. For instance, I am vehemently opposed to the outcomes produced by a defacto two-party system so for my entire
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by c22 1y ago
I see it most often at independant or franchise retailers. Places where providing a pleasant customer experience still seems to have an impact on their bottom line.
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by c22 1y ago
This is not an exclusive feature of self-checkout. I have shopped at many places where one line is fed into an array of human cashiers.
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by c22 1y ago
I worked at a maker space during the pandemic and I can attest that our membership surged once we were able to resume semi-regular operations.
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by c22 1y ago
It's mentioned in the end notes: For the sake of simplicity I have used "passive repeater" here to refer to microwave reflectors only, but the same term is also used for arrangements of two antennas connected back-to-back. T
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by c22 1y ago
When I am being abused by a faceless corporation I simply withdraw my business entirely and direct my capital towards a competitor. Sometimes this is very inconvenient for me, but change has to start somewhere, right?
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by c22 1y ago
It's just hold music and forking the call at a switch. You can do it yourself with two extra lines and a pbx.
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by c22 1y ago
Why did the chicken cross the road? is funny because the chicken is going to die. I'm not seeing the double entendre with this tree joke.
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by c22 1y ago
If reading your opponent is a strategy that confers advantage then it stands to reason that deceiving your opponent is as well.
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by c22 1y ago
What does anything matter? How is anything relevant? All we can do is learn and grow.
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by c22 1y ago
This is cool, it's kind of the inverse of a game I used to play with my mother: One player says a letter and thinks of a word that starts with that letter, the next player adds a letter (while thinking of a valid word that that could b
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by c22 1y ago
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by c22 1y ago
Sure, why not? Monkey helpers are trained to assist with tasks such as: Retrieving dropped objects such as cell phones or remote controls Opening bottles and inserting straws Turning on buttons/switches for remotes, ph
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by c22 1y ago
Just browsing through [0] it seems the US began abolishing slavery before it was even a country. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_abolition_of_slave...
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by c22 1y ago
Or rather politics often results in the implementation of technically inferior solutions . Sometimes the best solution is to do nothing and wait until the political will catches up to reality. Then you will be lambasted for not having acte
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by c22 1y ago
I usually downvote comments that are derailing the thread or are so lazy as to feel like a waste of my time to have read. I'll often upvote comments with opinions that are counter to my own, especially if they are presented in a clear,
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by c22 1y ago
If you move next to a playground you should know what you're doing. My parents live next to a school on purpose and we all enjoy the sounds of children when we're out in the yard. Recess isn't even that long and always happen
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by c22 1y ago
Sometimes I hear dogs barking and loud cars on the street. Or just the constant drone of weed whackers and leaf blowers from about april to october. I have triple glazed windows and eight inch thick walls so I don't hear any of it when
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by c22 1y ago
If you're feeling like an asshole and you complain to the city about your neighbors overgrown yard most places will start fining your neighbor daily if it's actually a problem. It's not really a police matter though.
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by c22 1y ago
The artificial look visibly demands a large amount of ongoing maintenance and thus acts as a convenient display of excess spending power. It's like the peacock's tail for capitalists.

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