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by coffeecat 5y ago
On a societal level, I think the endgame should be to eliminate the subsidies which make seed oils so cheap, and to design a subsidy/tax structured to reduce the cost of healthy foods and increase the cost of unhealthy foods.
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by coffeecat 5y ago
He's obnoxious, but also funny and entertaining. It's a guilty pleasure, not an alternative to intelligent commentary. Enjoyable for the same reasons as South Park.
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by coffeecat 5y ago
Very interesting. The current state of tray icons is one of the most painful aspects of desktop Linux, in my opinion. Where are these discussions happening, and what kinds of plans are in the works?
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by coffeecat 5y ago
It's well-known that Google search prioritizes newer content over older content, and history-related content created over the past few years tends to focus pretty overwhelmingly on race, gender, etc. So a sensible null hypothesis, is t
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by coffeecat 5y ago
It's relatively uncommon nowadays compared to the number of cars that don't backfire. But I certainly hear cars backfiring more frequently than I hear gunshots.
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by coffeecat 5y ago
There's always a trade-off between security and convenience, and similarly, there tends to be a trade-off between different forms of freedom. If you want the freedom to choose any bank without any inconvenience, then you'll have t
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by coffeecat 5y ago
Having used ID.me before, I thought their email was a phishing attempt at first, before I looked into the situation and found that it was legit. Government services should never ask users to provide personal information to third parties whi
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by coffeecat 5y ago
It's worth pointing out that 5G is just a protocol which can, in principle, be operated on any of the frequency bands currently used for LTE. For instance, T-Mobile is currently providing 5G and LTE concurrently on their 600 MHz band.
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by coffeecat 5y ago
Does your phone support band 71 (600 MHz)? This band is only a few years old, and T-Mobile has been deploying it as their primary long-range, building-penetrable band. It's unsupported on phones made before approximately 2018. Band 12
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by coffeecat 5y ago
The value of a deed is that it's recognized by a legal system, which is backed by a police force, who you can call if some guy shows up claiming that your house actually belongs to him. With an NFT, you don't get that. It's e
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by coffeecat 5y ago
> I keep feeling like I’m missing something. Nope, you're not missing anything. NFTs are the world's most convoluted and expensive way to store a bookmark.
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by coffeecat 5y ago
If true, that's a violation of the fair housing act, for which you can and should sue. But taken in conjunction with your other post in this thread, I'm a bit skeptical.
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by coffeecat 5y ago
The parent post argues that cryptocurrency is most useful, in practice, for illegal activities. It does not argue that this is how it's perceived by the general public, by the NYC municipal government, or by Eric Adams. The perception
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by coffeecat 5y ago
Search for "Encyclopedia dramatica" on Google, and then on Bing or Duck. Search for Rise of the Moors on Google, and then on Bing or Duck. You can repeat this for other controversial content, and you'll notice a trend: Google
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by coffeecat 5y ago
I'm not here to be a Google apologist, but in the 10 or more years that I've used gmail, I don't think I've ever had an important email go to spam.
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by coffeecat 5y ago
I'm curious if you've ever worked out a ballpark "hourly pay" for your crypto mining operations. By that, I mean: (hours spent on research, hardware acquisition, setup, and maintenance) / (net profit, after accounti
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by coffeecat 5y ago
If you're worried about that, you can go with Purism. But, because their employees make San Francisco salaries, and they lack expertise and connections within China's supplier/manufacturer scene, Purism can't even come c
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by coffeecat 5y ago
This is a good point. When people talk about the "usefulness" of math/science, they tend to assume that learning math/science is analogous to being trained in how to operate a forklift: it's thought of as a "sk
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by coffeecat 5y ago
That is true for some subset of wealthy parents, and if they want to pay extra for exclusivity, that's their choice. But I think it's reasonable to assume that the parents of the 90% of K-12 students who attend public or charter s
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by coffeecat 5y ago
I'm not sure I follow. Many students/families choose community college for the freshman and sophomore years to minimize cost. Many opt for state universities over out-of-state/private universities for the same reason.
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by coffeecat 5y ago
Every child must either meet some government-mandated educational standard, or enroll in a program which brings some threshold percentage of its students to said standard. $VOUCHER_AMOUNT is adjusted on a per-region basis based on the avera
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by coffeecat 5y ago
> don't tell me that "self-promotion" falls into the same category as "spam/scams" The issue with humans, is that whatever policy you come up with, there's going to be someone who reads the policy and s
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by coffeecat 5y ago
They also say "We will warn you for most first-time misconduct", which is presumably what would happen if you type in ALL CAPS. They have a list of offenses which may result in instant bans: "Spam, scams, harassment, pornogra
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by coffeecat 5y ago
If your email provider doesn't ban you for sending spam, phishing emails, etc, then you better switch providers. Otherwise the service will attract spammers and criminals, and your outgoing emails will end up in spam folders.
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by coffeecat 5y ago
> All new android phones are mainlined, it’s been years, even before either phone existed. Can you cite some sources for this? I believe, for example, that Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs have a degree of Linux support which literally allows yo
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by coffeecat 5y ago
> Just try to look up any topic on YouTube, and you'll have to get past the hundreds of mainstream media channels covering the event, before you actually find the original video. I find this problem extremely frustrating. Does anyon
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by coffeecat 5y ago
* Avoid the use of plastic containers for food/drinks if you can. * If you must use a plastic container, definitely don't heat it up, don't use it for oily foods, wash it before putting your food in it, and try to avoid mecha
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by coffeecat 5y ago
I also recommend switching to Bing. It shows me the results I'm looking for pretty consistently, whereas Google/Duck will sometimes give me Google's home page or the Washington Post's home page instead of anything even r
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by coffeecat 5y ago
What exactly do you mean by "phone-shaped devices"? People can and do use the Librem and the original PinePhone as a primary phone. Calling, SMS, mobile data, and even MMS work at this point (however, MMS support is very recent).
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by coffeecat 5y ago
Unfortunately, upstream IceCat appears to use the FireFox 60.x ESR branch, which is three branches behind the current ESR and is past its end-of-life date. It's also a few security updates behind the 60.x ESR branch's last release

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