ekanes

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by ekanes 2y ago
Fun read. My favorite line: "Six months later, in May 1984, Michael Larson sat beardily in the interview room for the Press Your Luck auditions in Hollywood."
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by ekanes 2y ago
Do you think the retrofit gas-to-EV conversions will help, as options there expand and improve?
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by ekanes 2y ago
The youtuber "knees over toes guy" seems to be largely acknowledged by The Internet as having a novel, free and effective way to strengthen and injury-proof your knees. Worked very well for me.
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by ekanes 2y ago
ADHD is also far over-represented, I think, which makes sense. a) novelty-seeking b) new problems to solve c) less likely to have a lot of formal education, etc etc.
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by ekanes 2y ago
Sadly, I agree.
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by ekanes 2y ago
Perhaps, but society has decided that the more something is addictive, the more the government should interfere to protect people from themselves. See: Gambling, cigarettes. We have causative proof that this is both addicting and harmful
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by ekanes 2y ago
> Often times those approvals can have a negative impact on existing housing in various ways. Ways that may negatively impact valuations and this would be a change that buyers of the existing inventory were not informed of or expecting.
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by ekanes 3y ago
I see the opposite. A nation state aggressively attempted to take over another, and the world reacted swiftly and largely in unison. The lesson seems learned, at least for now. If the lesson had been lost, everyone would have done nothing
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by ekanes 3y ago
Agree, this stuff is fun to imagine. Check out the many species that landed (and then kept evolving in isolation) in Hawaii. Seals, many birds, etc.
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by ekanes 3y ago
You're both right. Apple believes (as do many) that one way to achieve great shareholder profit is to differentiate yourself and perhaps get some pricing power is by truly prioritizing consumer privacy. They're both true.
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by ekanes 3y ago
I found ADHD to be a huge advantage as a founder - hyperfocus + constantly solving NEW problems was stressful but also fun and energizing, whereas to others it could be perhaps just stressful.
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by ekanes 3y ago
Seems like if you go back in time, someone who is impulsive + easily bored etc would be an evolutionary advantage to their tribe (what's over that hill? let's go see!) if not themselves.
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by ekanes 3y ago
"Periodontal disease (PD), or periodontitis, is an oral inflammatory disease caused by the host’s immunological response to periodontal pathogens [10]. PD is a significant public health burden with a high prevalence among adults. 42% o
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by ekanes 3y ago
Related: Any parents out there, a fantastic way to show kids not to put their fingers in doors is to put a carrot in there, close the door so it breaks, and (at the right emotional level for your kid) show shock and horror that this happene
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by ekanes 3y ago
> He says he has considered suing the investigating officer for defamation, but has been told by his attorney that the bar for success in such cases against the government is extremely high. Canada is a relatively less litigious country,
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by ekanes 3y ago
100% right. The challenge is it's not cheap, and someone has to pay for that and it's either government (probably should be, but we're waiting...) or the private sector, and it seems to be a hard revenue model to make work.
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by ekanes 3y ago
The footage of terrorists laughing as they torture and cut people up is deeply disturbing and shouldn't be dismissed. Sometimes, evil is simply evil. :(
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by ekanes 3y ago
I agree about Netanyahu, sadly. But regarding a peaceful solution, one has to take into account the mentality and stated position of the two sides. Whatever one thinks about land and settlements, it's worth noting that the Israelis ar
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by ekanes 3y ago
Anecdata: We have a model Y, and find that in the city it's an incredible car. We couldn't be happier. For road trips, it's definitely slower and more stressful because charging takes longer and the car by default stretches
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by ekanes 3y ago
Fun fact - the inventor is none other than Nathan Myhrvold, the OG patent troll.
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by ekanes 3y ago
I love loops for their comfort, but they still distort the sound and make it a bit muffly. Vibes are great if you want to lower everything without changing the audio. They are magical for when you just want the world to be LESS. They'r
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by ekanes 3y ago
> 'the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to that' But that seems true. If you looked at economics only , and not morality, and not the environmen
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by ekanes 3y ago
Then you may also enjoy knowing that Psyche's destination is 2 billion miles away! :)
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by ekanes 3y ago
People (especially parents and teachers) espousing opinions like yours make life dramatically harder for people with real challenges. :( "It's not real, you're fine, probably just lazy" is crazymaking. You simply have no
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by ekanes 3y ago
Fair, but often there's a retention package that can be a large part of the acquisition offer total that could be hard to resist.
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by ekanes 3y ago
Seems like an open-source hardware concept device to address privacy concerns would also be quite successful. Could be kickstarted.
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by ekanes 3y ago
Wow. Interesting connection between "trouble perceiving time" (negative) and "flow state" (usually positive). People with ADHD also have those two traits, perhaps giving further evidence that they come as a package. Acro
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by ekanes 3y ago
> As many have noted the reason this functionality is not available is because it invariably leads to commodification of services. Exactly right, and that's why when AI-based voice assistants become wildly capable someday, some of t
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by ekanes 3y ago
For sure, though it'd be cool to have it link to relevant audio. Even better will be when AI is commonly used to summarize youtube videos, podcasts, etc. The tech is there now but not widely deployed.
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by ekanes 3y ago
If I had to guess, you're being dinged because this is your only contribution to the conversation about doing things that don't scale is: "We sign up users manually, one at a time."

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