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by dnissley 4y ago
I think you're forgetting that the people who work on GCC are usually paid to do so, and their work is funded by people buying software built with GCC.
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by dnissley 4y ago
Just to take this a bit farther... if Washington state can regulate Washington incorporated entities, can it regulate them to act in a way that would violate laws in other states?
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by dnissley 4y ago
It really depends on why prices are rising. Prices rising because a society is getting wealthier overall and wants to spend more on better quality products (or more ethically produced/sourced products) is not generally a bad thing.
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by dnissley 4y ago
According to the webpage for the gross receipts tax [1], "Gross receipts include but is not limited to all amounts that constitute gross income for federal income tax purposes." Looks like PayPal's gross income was around 3x
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by dnissley 4y ago
To be fair he invokes water-proofness as just one of many properties that when combined make repairability difficult: "If it were possible for iPhones to be more easily repairable, without sacrificing their appearance, dimensions, perf
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by dnissley 4y ago
I'm watching Ted Lasso and it's uncanny how well this describes the titular character
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by dnissley 4y ago
Does my phone need to be on/connected to the internet for it to work? That's always been the weird thing for me about Whatsapp, is that your phone seems to be the "server" for the app.
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by dnissley 4y ago
(2019)
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by dnissley 4y ago
usb-c headphone jack dongle + cable tether to attach it to your headphones
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by dnissley 4y ago
The example I always use here as someone who grew up in the 90s is that having an openly gay character on network tv used to be extremely controversial at best and politically untenable at worst.
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by dnissley 4y ago
The problem with this is that it's the mindset of a frog being boiled. Just one more degree won't hurt me.
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by dnissley 5y ago
How has regulatory capture helped create the US healthcare system?
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by dnissley 5y ago
I read this as a tongue in cheek jab at people who like to use "free speech absolutist" as a negative descriptor.
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by dnissley 5y ago
This is an example of "nutpicking": "The practice of sifting through the comments of blogs, email threads, discussion groups and other user generated content in an attempt find choice quotes proving that the advocates for or
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by dnissley 5y ago
I think that's his point -- the board is a rotating cast that doesn't have a coherent vision for the company, or a dysfunctional vision if they do have one.
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by dnissley 5y ago
Counterpoint: it's not a downturn, just a return to reality. Tech stock valuations were sky high in late 2020 / early 2021, and even considering recent drops most are still above their pre-pandemic levels.
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by dnissley 5y ago
Two more possibilities: - A film may have been marketed as one particular type of movie via trailers (e.g. as a horror film) but was actually a different type of movie, often a subversion of the genre it was marketed as (e.g. ended up as so
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MIRI announces new “Death With Dignity” strategy(lesswrong.com)
2 points by dnissley 5y ago|5 comments
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by dnissley 5y ago
How are options limited by PayPal and GPay? What is a "traditional credit card"?
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by dnissley 5y ago
Excellent. Now do returns since IPO through April 1st, 2022: Twtr: -5% Fb: +488%
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by dnissley 5y ago
Definitely a visionary, no argument here
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by dnissley 5y ago
The word we're searching for here is "divisive"
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by dnissley 5y ago
Some pieces from Sullivan that fill in more background: We all live on campus now: https://archive.ph/r3hBu What happened to you?: https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/what-happened-to-you-e... Inter
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by dnissley 5y ago
Can't believe no one has mentioned the original black apple laptop - the PowerBook G3. Also crazy to think what $1500 in the original macbook's era (2006-2008) will buy you today. Almost an entry level 14" MacBook pro! ($2000
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by dnissley 5y ago
Mercari, Depop, ThredUp, and Poshmark are all clothing focused but I've seen more and more random crap pop up over time.
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by dnissley 5y ago
I think you're misreading your source. Didn't run all the numbers, but the bars represent total applicants and the green lines represent overall admit rate. Graduating class year 2024: 47498 applicants * 4% admit rate = ~1900 stud
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by dnissley 5y ago
What does it mean for Google to "win" and why would it be so terrible? Also we should not forget Apple who has a monopoly on what browser functionality makes it into iOS, which is IMO a much bigger threat to the openness of the we
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by dnissley 5y ago
The contract isn't working each job though, is it? It's a higher level contract allowing them access to a pool of jobs, one of the requirements for which is that you don't get to see certain details about a job before accepti
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by dnissley 5y ago
I don't think I'm reading the text while it's scrolling... But maybe I am more than I realize? I actually think I'm more looking at the shape of the text when it's scrolling rather than the actual text itself.
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by dnissley 5y ago
I mainly just look at text all day, so the "slow" transitions between different bits of text just don't matter all that much to me. Resolution helps that text look nice and crisp though, which I really do appreciate.

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