drewmate

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by drewmate 6y ago
I agree that we'll see the boundaries between Windows and Linux blur, but I don't think we'll ever see Microsoft give up the decades of backwards compatibility that have kept people on Windows since the beginning. There will
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by drewmate 6y ago
Likewise. I attended his seminar last year at the recommendation of a colleague and it was a day well spent. I assume he probably won't be doing such large courses this year, which is a shame. I'd recommend his course to anyone
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by drewmate 6y ago
The cultural aspects of Mormonism are muted out of state, but even out-of-state Mormons are inextricably tied to the Utah (University, relatives, friends who moved from or to Utah). I've hit all four quadrants of the Mormon/Non-Mo
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by drewmate 6y ago
It seems that social capital provides a fertile field for MLMs, but there are other cultural factors that contribute. For example, the tradition of missions trains a charismatic workforce used to selling and being rejected. And traditiona
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by drewmate 6y ago
This is an interesting anecdote. All too often, interviewers seem to be looking for any reason they can not to hire someone rather than looking for evidence that the person would be a good co-worker. I am guilty of this to some extent,
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by drewmate 6y ago
I've never done it, but I've toyed with the idea for one primary reason: accountability. I might just ignore the viewers, or maybe I'd interact and gain some insight about the problem at hand. Either way, just knowing that
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by drewmate 6y ago
Those are fascinating, and give me a glimpse into a world I didn't even know I found interesting. One major difference (that some may care about less than I do) is that the TikTok format is great for seeing a variety of content, but do
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by drewmate 6y ago
It's ironic, isn't it? Our system was designed as a compromise, and has resulted in compromise becoming essentially impossible (or at least unpalatable.) It's amazing that it worked for as long as it did.
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by drewmate 6y ago
We probably need a more detailed vocabulary for describing various types of social media. In my opinion, the most insidious forms of social media share three attributes: * Broad reach - they are accessible to and used by a population broad
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by drewmate 6y ago
Zappos was a huge infusion of business DNA into Amazon, and from what I understand had a big influence on Amazon's customer service practices (Zappos was/is known for being maniacally customer focused.) Another acquisition from ar
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by drewmate 7y ago
In my experience, the unstressed "o" as "a" is only mostly true and varies by region. This is especially true for unstressed "o" preceding the stressed vowel. For example, "молоко" is pronounced diff
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Quibi Was Always Risky – But Now Things Are Complicated(hollywoodreporter.com)
2 points by drewmate 7y ago|0 comments
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by drewmate 7y ago
I think in terms of change, not all centuries are created equal. All things considered, I think the century from 1870-1970 saw more rapid change than any other in history (including 1920-2020). Planet money did a piece the other week about
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by drewmate 7y ago
This is an interesting point and worth looking in to more. Thanks for making it a Google sheet (I don't have Excel.) I'm no demographer, but my intuition is that the shift from 44% to 40% is not likely due to an increase in singl
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by drewmate 7y ago
Your story sounds like those of Californians who moved to Utah a decade ago. Before you know it, people in Little Rock coffee shops will be complaining about the influx of Utahns selling their modest West Jordan homes to buy mansions in Ar
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by drewmate 7y ago
I'm kind of surprised the article didn't mention the role of dual-income households. For generations, a single income was the norm and generally able to provide a better quality of life (by standards like home size, discretionary
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by drewmate 7y ago
Thanks, Mike. This is fantastic. I'm still just learning D3, but this type of content (and Observable in general) has been immensely useful. Where do you get ideas for your novel visualizations? Is there academic literature on the p
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What Goop Sells Women(theatlantic.com)
5 points by drewmate 7y ago|0 comments
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by drewmate 7y ago
If you're an American, you wouldn't have needed a passport to get to Hong Kong! That doesn't solve the issue of airfare though :/
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by drewmate 7y ago
I hadn’t considered that. It certainly changes my perspective on the comment, but I think my response is still germane; we used to have the political will to build cities (even in liberal democracies) but now we are pretty much in maintenan
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by drewmate 7y ago
I think that's the point. All the things that made early 20th-century New York great are happening in Shanghai now and at a much larger scale. That it's happening in a country under a totalitarian regime is not in line with West
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by drewmate 7y ago
This is an interesting perspective I had never considered. Are there similar implications for other levers of adjusting low-wage bargaining power like when a neighboring city raises its minimum wage?
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by drewmate 8y ago
I ended up just clearing local storage for the game. I don't think they expected someone to screw up so bad on the first level. :)
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by drewmate 8y ago
Is there any way to reset a level or the game completely? I somehow managed to block myself off from the computer on my first edit and now refreshing the game leaves me stuck and unable to access it.
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by drewmate 8y ago
This is interesting to consider. While we have Netflix and iPhones, it's not clear to me that these actually improve QoL over the middle class life my parents enjoyed in the 70's/80's (spacious home, 2 cars in the garag
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by drewmate 8y ago
I believe the chart is cumulative change in net worth for people in those age groups. The median net worth for someone under 50 isn't negative, but it's a lot lower than it was 30 years ago. On the other hand, older Americans se
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by drewmate 8y ago
I'm curious what challenges you faced. I went once (a little over 3 years ago) and used a vpn fairly frequently (on and off as needed.) I think I even found and signed up for one while completely behind the great firewall. Now, of co
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by drewmate 8y ago
And in the ultimate ironic twist, years after the Book of Mormon was published, Mormons adopted a version of the very Masonic rituals likely referenced in their own book. [0] [0] http://packham.n4m.org/temples.htm#ENDOWMENT
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by drewmate 8y ago
Homer: "Alexa, please order: peanut, butter cookie, d'oh!"
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by drewmate 8y ago
I think Russians do get to skirt a few of the problems... if they believe their systems are only used by native Russians with standard Russian names. Of course the whole point of the article you mentioned is that making such assumptions lea

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