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by dpau 7y ago
You're conflating issues. The question was whether or not government investment in internet infrastructure was possible or sustainable. China proves that it is, even over a huge country with a huge rural population. And they did it
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by dpau 7y ago
At a certain point it becomes charges of omnicide :(
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by dpau 7y ago
China disproves your theory. Over 90% have access to broadband fiber at affordable rates. Sure it's heavily censored and a tool for state propaganda. But the US looks like a third world country in comparison. I agree with the original
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by dpau 7y ago
a bit disingenuous. while all jobs have the possibility of physical injury, some are much more likely than others.
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by dpau 7y ago
This is linked on gwern.net, the full article with a lot more links here: https://www.gwern.net/intermittent-fasting
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by dpau 7y ago
i had this experience when blade runner was released in china. really wanted to see it in the theater but then learned parts had been censored. the problem wasn't really the extent of the actual censoring (i think they only removed
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by dpau 7y ago
it is indeed a horrible film, let's hope the three body series is not similarly butchered
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by dpau 7y ago
all that's left is to hook in audio files so we can review code in arnold's voice
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by dpau 7y ago
a bit optimistic i think. the algorithms are already being tuned to "whatever riders are willing to pay" while uber and lyft are incentivized to make as much money as possible.
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by dpau 7y ago
both of these links are excellent. i love that open color has sass and i can just use the variables in bootstrap. thank you.
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by dpau 7y ago
it's weird that when i search for "cafe dictionary" in google all the dictionaries except the Oxford Learner's Dictionary spell it as "café"
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by dpau 7y ago
not only that, in this scenario society would expect and pressure all young people to go on a cruise before they were eligible to join society.
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by dpau 7y ago
as a kid my parents would be home after five and fix up our dinner. today people seem to be working longer and less predictable hours. stagnant wages can't help much either. my partner and i would love to have time each day to cook and
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by dpau 7y ago
I've been waiting for his upcoming novel "Agency" to come out for a long time! https://www.amazon.com/Agency-William-Gibson/dp/110198693X Excited to hear about this: > “Agency” is a sequel to Gi
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by dpau 7y ago
reddit has been intentionally making the web experience horrible with multiple popups and hiding comment threads, pushing users to use the app and log in. so it makes sense that overall performance is also bad. for a better experience use
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by dpau 7y ago
I'm surprised this is the only comment even mentioning private equity, while the article seems to point to the private equity takeover as the root of many of Getty's problems. While changes in the industry and technology have mad
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by dpau 7y ago
J&J's actions are also very similar to those of the tobacco industry and oil companies- the dangers of their product were well-known within the industry and yet they took steps to obscure the issue and limit regulation rather than
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by dpau 7y ago
I work in the visual arts in the US and the triple-whammy of student loan debt (MFA's are basically a prerequisite for almost any job in the field), high real estate/rental prices, and lack of healthcare make it extremely difficul
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by dpau 7y ago
a non-profit consortium consisting of .org stakeholders could be a start
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by dpau 7y ago
of course. it's a thought experiment. theoretically given enough time and extremely precise instruments it would be possible to get measurements close enough. so the question remains- is this really an issue of "artistic interpret
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by dpau 7y ago
without using a 3d scanner, i can take very precise measurements by hand with a result that rivals the scan. so in that case it becomes a question of resolution or fidelity. the question is, how accurate does a reproduction need to be to vi
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by dpau 7y ago
thank you for this illuminating timeline, in the fog of all their PR it makes everything quite clear as to their true intentions.
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by dpau 7y ago
i think the point was to sell it to friends at a discount
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by dpau 7y ago
i second that, gwern is amazing :)
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by dpau 7y ago
LOL "The Internet Society supports and promotes the development of the Internet as a global technical infrastructure, a resource to enrich people’s lives, and a force for good in society. Our work aligns with our goals for the Interne
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by dpau 7y ago
I also find it insulting that he belittles "leasing domain names" as beneath the mission of the Internet Society. Management of .org is actually extremely important to all of those who are involved in non-profits. So are we to
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by dpau 7y ago
As someone noted in a previous discussion, if governments get involved things will get messy, as just one example imagine China objecting to issuing/renewing a domain for a Taiwanese or Hong Kong NGO..
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by dpau 7y ago
Given the history of private equity in hiking up drug prices, I'm guessing the answer to "what is the magic number" is whatever number generates the most profit, regardless of what is just or whether small organizations can a
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by dpau 7y ago
Yes, exactly, I don't have time to move tens of thousands of images to Cloudflare, update the image upload code, change all of the links, etc. I think you are also underestimating the number of hobby sites that are the primary source o
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by dpau 7y ago
It's not just about vanity. Warning users that a site "usually loads slow" is a statement of quality. The website might be the best resource on the internet for the type of service or knowledge being provided, but getting t

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