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by davemp 8y ago
I responded in that fashion to mimic the OP's tone. --- The fact that daylight saving time is an approximation for fixing sunrise to a specific time is common knowledge and should not require a thorough explanation. But for posterity [
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I don't think what you're suggesting in line with OP. If that is not the case, your comment is worded much more effectively. > . . . in my subjective opinion it does it the wrong way around, I want more daylight in the winter e
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> DST is approximation to what exactly? OP seemed to be suggesting a gradual shifting of clocks each day instead of a single leap around each inflection point. > It's an artificial construct with a vague purpose, and nothing else
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Of course. It’s called an approximation—I’m sure you know this though. Being a pedant doesn’t lead to interesting and/or productive conversations.
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This is a blatant false dichotomy. You can do meaningful work that will generate value/change that is largely unaffected by the political landscape (within reason). Sure every company would love tax breaks and subsidies but let's
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Am I missing something or is the article just giving a name to very generic muscle loss and saying that one can workout and get enough protein to combat it? I hate to be overly critical, but these types of articles published by the likes of
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Many companies are so out of it they don't even let you stream content to browsers running on Linux distros. Even Amazon owned Audible just fixed that issue a few months ago.
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> Meanwhile, people who don't understand how the internet works are deliberately breaking it to save their out-dated business models instead of embracing the new. The link tax is really absurd. Traditional news is now almost complet
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Everything you’ve said agrees with my experiences. Though I’m not sure I would attribute this phenomenon to consumerism. After speaking with my older relatives and being a part of more closely knit communities while moving around as a child
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No trust model is going to be perfect, but this type of solution has already seen widespread success with: drivers licenses, event tickets, username+password, etc.
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I’m of the opinion that identification should be the individual’s choice, ie supplying credentials. When organizations gain the ability to identify without consent, the door is opened for some very malicious practices.
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> This large scale data analytics is probable the best (or at least usually fastest) way to solve the worlds big health challenges I would guess. Judging from previous performance of using statistical analysis to study health, I don&#x27
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OP is clearly talking about a targeted tax to lower profit margins on ads in order to incentivize developing other monetization schemes.
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This may be a bit off topic, forgive me. Last spring my laptop running linux finally gave up and I decided to give the MBP a try. The pros: - MUCH better hardware than anything else on the market. - The keyboard is great for me. Leaving mec
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> People want to work on things that will help change the world and improve the quality of lives of other people, not make it easier to kill. Plenty of military/government projects have changed the world for the better (ignoring geo
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I wouldn't be surprised if were just a user trend of ignoring Salvation Army and taking the quick buck from Craig's List/Letgo.
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> Otherwise, where are people investing, if not the stock market? Most people's primary investment is their home.
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This reminds me of a Vonnegut short, Harrison Bergeron. [1] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Bergeron
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> Valve needs to partner with Google and launch a Chromebook/Steam Machine hybrid. This disturbing chimera would be such a disaster for computing privacy and agency. Steam and android are both horribly mismanaged from a technical us
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Pascal is talking about an inherent need in humans to be busy. I do not see how denying such a need would be very effective at increasing satisfaction. Ignoring human nature just seems idealistic to me, like ignoring the target architecture
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Looks like a steady increase from the '08 crash. I don't really see the issue.
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> There are still developers that insist on code only ever being 80 characters wide, even in today's world of 24+ inch, 1920x1080+ monitors. Resolution is largely irrelevant. The size of the font and screen size/distance is wha
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This version is certainly much more readable for me than the older intrusive ad ridden, click farming version.
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The Arch wiki has been extremely helpful to me aswell.
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Disease generally implies the damage or malfunction of a system of the body. Whereas addiction is a malfunction of behavior. My comment likely didn’t translate my thoughts clearly enough. I would not argue against “mental disease”. The dist
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I would just like to see more education about addiction. Society definitely doesn't handle addiction properly, but it's not a disease and it's not a clear cut moral failing (though it takes strong morals to overcome). The roo
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> but you can’t blame IBM — the situation that you found yourself in has everything to do with decision making at your employer I partially agree. I would say that both IBM and companies that get suckered by them are dysfunctional.
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My experience with Watson is a manager asking if I had any project ideas for it because the company had “Watson time” that no one could think of a way to use. I tried to picture the chain of events necessary for the exchange to have taken p
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I am certainly not excited about private interests possessing data linking bio-metrics to individuals (I'm sure companies such as Facebook already possess this data). Currently users control whether or not identification occurs (ticket
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Cube hell isn’t the only possible situation for cube level workers either. Working with people you like on projects with varying levels of appeal, while gradually improving your personal situation, can be a very satisfying way to spend your

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