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by cheriot 4y ago
Mine is on the wall with a $40 mount. Stands/mounts are pretty reasonably priced.
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Thin bevel TVs don't have space for the logo. For example https://www.lg.com/us/tvs/lg-oled65c1pub-oled-4k-tv
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American politics doesn't do well with issues when there's a) broad agreement among voters b) few voters will change their vote for it c) wealthy donors disagree
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> No one should be forcibly obliged to only accept certain forms of legal tender. You can start a business and accept monopoly money if you want, but that's not what most crypto promoters are after. The limits are on selling securit
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This is doubly bad when the notification is on my watch. Looking at you, Uber. There's a fair number of apps I'd happily enable useful notifications on, but don't because they send marketing crap.
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If people prefer gas that much then existing homes will be more highly valued. That does not change the equation for everyone that's already priced out of existing properties. Considering the extreme shortage of housing inventory in ou
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All infrastructure is going to be upgraded at some point. Why wouldn't we make sure the new stuff has fewer externalities? It will take a generation to upgrade every kitchen. These sort of "start the incremental change" ordin
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I know a lot of progressives and I've not met one that idolizes Mao's China, Venezuela, or the USSR. When other countries are brought up as examples to learn from it's Nordic countries and other industrialized, capitalist dem
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You seem to be thinking of a libertarian wing of conservatism? My impression is that this is a relatively small portion of the American right. The loudest parts of the conservative movement in my lifetime have been religious conservatives,
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Is anything you're attributing to "progressives" not a quality of "conservatives" as well? Attributing flaws in a system to one particular group is a common rhetorical attack. People that choose a career journalism
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Zaslov and Discover got to where they are with low budget reality TV and "hard news" means expensive up front investigation. My skeptical take is that this is more about brand positioning. > "It has become such a fixture o
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Video chats with more than 3 people start to suffer from an inability to have multiple conversations at the same time. Physical distance of a couple feet and visual queues like the direction of a speakers face allow that in 3d space. Maybe
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That's possible, but also dismisses the role of the Fed in the current expansion. The "Fed put" has been replaced by a Fed dedicated to lowering demand until inflation comes down. If inflation doesn't come down this summ
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Different cards on the same network have different fees Visa Credit Card Swipe Rate (card present) Visa Credit Basic 1.51% + 10¢ Visa Rewards Traditional 1.65% + 10¢ Visa Rewards Signature 2.30% + 10¢ Visa Rewards Signature Preferred 2.1% +
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by cheriot 4y ago
I learned something from that so thanks. However, I don't think it gets at this issue. Different credit cards charge different fees and afaik there's no way to pass those on. Offering discounts to not use CCs is a good step, thoug
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Then we can finally get federal legislation letting stores pass fees on to the buyer. The fact that Visa/Mastercard contracts forbid that is incredibly anti-competitive.
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> I’m suggesting Reddits origin story leads to a website like Reddit I'm referencing an example of a broader principle and you're interpreting it as a specific recommendation. Stack overflow overcame the empty website problem b
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Yes, SF has problems that are not related to the macro environment. nitpick: Rent prices in many neighborhoods are back up. It's specific areas in and near downtown that draw down the average.
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I didn't say recreate reddit. The point of the reddit origin story is that people will only start contributing content if there's already interesting content there. If I host a new forum and just leave it on the internet, will som
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Especially if podcasters will bring their audience a free tier can boost growth. Then charge for power tools. Find the things that professional podcasters need that amateur podcasters don't and charge for those.
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by cheriot 4y ago
100% this ^. I listen podcasts daily, am interested in discovering new ones, and do not create any podcasts. Looking at the home page I'm not sure how to find any content. Definitely not interested in creating an account just to see wh
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The whole point of checks and balances is to deal with the cold reality that politicians can't be trusted. But they can still be useful! As long as the system of elections work, they need to find a set of policy priorities that builds
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Well said. I agree with everything you say except perhaps the focus on politicians. It's a group of people self selected for the ability to sell us a vision with only a distant, vague prospect of realizing it. On the other hand, there
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I've seen municipalities prohibit keeping chickens, but not gardens.
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^ this has been the case for other Coursera classes I've done recently
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> We still need our English, History, and other majors out there in the real world even if we don't expect them to make a great ROI on their degrees. I agree, but getting them from an expensive private school is a luxury. > I thi
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Large purchase, most customers choose one and leave the market, many possible consumers, seasonal. Residential solar or real estate agents? The crazy thing to me about higher ed is that there's large loans and everybody qualifies. We&#
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> Good, there could have been a standardized way to ask for that consent — but to me the way a site tries to trick you into consenting is yet another data point whether I want to be on this site. I get really annoyed at having to care. T
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> Google gets no money from people using Chrome Google avoids losing money by having a large Chrome user base. It's the same as making money. They have to write checks to Firefox and Apple to maintain access to those users, but not
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Yes, the regulators screwed this up. It's the browser that decides to store a cookie or not. And if the browser UI sucks people can switch and go on with their lives.

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