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by docdeek 2y ago
Pretty sure that Passport is Ben Thompson's (of Stratechery) own subscription management service. Not sure it is out in the world as a product yet.
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Minister defends arrest power for people feared to commit a hate crime in future(theglobeandmail.com)
159 points by docdeek 2y ago|141 comments
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by docdeek 2y ago
I wonder if the fact that the amendment earned "unanimous approval in the senate” is what should really be concerning here. The idea seems clearly a joke but it was voted for by everyone in a senate split 27 Demoratcs/15 Republica
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Washington's Lottery forced to pull site after creating AI porn of lotto user(mynorthwest.com)
208 points by docdeek 3y ago|246 comments
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by docdeek 3y ago
Having just gone through the daylight savings change here in Europe, I found this really fascinating: how __do__ you set up time for the moon where time, at least as we understand it, doesn't really exist? I'm sure that, starting
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White House directs NASA to create time standard for the moon(reuters.com)
55 points by docdeek 3y ago|51 comments
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I am an Australian SE with a stutter. I was making $160k. Tonight I am homeless(old.reddit.com)
37 points by docdeek 3y ago|0 comments
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by docdeek 3y ago
> Ever since, Louvard has been working overtime to keep up with the demand, fashioning 1,500 crookies a day – and 2,000 on Saturdays. More than 50% of the French population eat at least one croissant a week from a bakery. [0] If that hol
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by docdeek 3y ago
Leaving aside the source of the article and the background of the author, can you point to the issues with the argument of the book? What makes the critique unreasonable in your view?
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Sweden's freedom of information laws lead to wave of deadly bombings(theguardian.com)
2 points by docdeek 3y ago|0 comments
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Zwift announces new layoffs and Co-CEO resignation in post-pandemic streamline(cyclingweekly.com)
3 points by docdeek 3y ago|1 comments
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by docdeek 3y ago
I’m self employed for nearly five years now. Based in France, working mostly with software companies scaling up. I have been learning as I go and have managed to find some good ‘cornerstone’ clients that I have been working with regularly s
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A Deal Is Struck in a Long-Running Quarrel. Over Donkey Kong(nytimes.com)
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by docdeek 3y ago
A good movie on this concept is ‘Worth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worth_(film)
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by docdeek 3y ago
How is this different to Googling “robot cop” or “video game plumber” and being served copyrighted material? Is it because Google will link to the image source? Or does the infringement begin when I use the image for gain, or claim it as my
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by docdeek 3y ago
No problem in France - the generic term for Velcro here is 'scratch'.
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by docdeek 3y ago
> I also got to the point I could shell 30 hard boiled eggs in under 30 seconds with a 2-handed shell technique. Amazing- I think that I would have trouble picking up 30 eggs in 30 seconds.
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by docdeek 3y ago
Merry Christmas!
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Airbnb fined $30M for misleading Australian travelers with USD prices(perthnow.com.au)
3 points by docdeek 3y ago|1 comments
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by docdeek 3y ago
That was a plot point in ‘The Circle’ by Dave Eggers. Elected officials were encouraged and then shamed/forced into wearing cameras and livestreaming all their activities. The idea was they they wouldn’t take bribes or submit to lobbyi
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by docdeek 3y ago
The ad space exists and the city owns all the ad space. They either get in the business of pricing it and selling it themselves, or they contract that business out. In this case, a condition of the contract was you have to pay for the bike
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by docdeek 3y ago
The award of the contract for the outdoor advertising space (bus shelters, roadside space) in my city was tied to providing and maintaining a cheap metro-area wide bike sharing scheme. For 30ish euros a year I get unlimited 45 minute trips
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Cardiometabolic Effects of Omnivorous vs. Vegan Diets in Identical Twins(jamanetwork.com)
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Monoliths Can Do Multicloud(happyscribe.com)
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Queensland grazier makes sign to redirect lost travellers following Google Maps(abc.net.au)
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by docdeek 3y ago
I didn’t know about that one - and that article/obit is a great find, thanks for sharing. :) Funny thing is that Monday is now a productivity/team tool that I know a few people really like. Maybe they got a deal from PwC on the UR
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by docdeek 3y ago
Companies are allowed to change their names. If we didn’t roll with it then FANG would be something like TCKB (The Facebook, Cadabra, Kibble, BackRub).
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by docdeek 3y ago
It actually says that 1 to 7 degrees are the most conservative predictions: > The most conservative scientific estimate that the Earth’s temperature will rise 1 to 7 degrees in the next 30 years, said Brown. This at least implies (though
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by docdeek 3y ago
The trend is clear but the miss on the magnitude seems significant if it's the person making the prediction is asking for trust and billions of dollars.
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Sunbird Security Isn't Nothing(ma.tt)
3 points by docdeek 3y ago|0 comments

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