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by erehweb 5y ago
Netflix can set the terms and conditions of how their third-party production company works - e.g. requiring that everyone involved gets paid a wage.
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Block Party Aims to Be a 'Spam Folder' for Social Media Harassment(npr.org)
64 points by erehweb 6y ago|97 comments
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by erehweb 6y ago
Unlikely that these accounts were run by FB. More likely by other companies with their own objectives, such as creating plausible fake users.
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How Centrism Loses, Even When It Wins: A Mathematical Model(currentaffairs.org)
3 points by erehweb 6y ago|0 comments
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by erehweb 6y ago
So if RH would just make you wait 4 days before you could trade again, then there wouldn't be any problem? But then it would be a lot less attractive / addictive app.
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by erehweb 6y ago
I think I'm missing something. If the system doesn't have that much capacity for transactions, wouldn't that still be a problem, even if you do the Venmo-like stuff instantly and batch the reconciliation overnight?
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by erehweb 6y ago
Very sad to hear this. I was fortunate enough to be in his college as an undergraduate and have him for tutorials. He was a great tutor and a great person.
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by erehweb 6y ago
The article itself doesn't address concerns of many commenters here about black market sales or smokers compensating, but it links to a British Medical Journal article that does. https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content&#
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by erehweb 6y ago
British (especially English) culture is famously indirect, and this is well known in the UK - see e.g. the popular show "Very British Problems".
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by erehweb 6y ago
If you think political outcomes rarely interfere with daily routines, you should realize that you are very lucky. Obamacare made a big difference to whether people could get healthcare, DACA to whether they could stay in the US, laws on rep
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A better CTR: How Pinterest upgraded everyone’s favorite engagement metric(medium.com)
2 points by erehweb 6y ago|0 comments
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How and Why Am I Making These Light-Board Video Lectures(win-vector.com)
1 points by erehweb 6y ago|0 comments
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by erehweb 6y ago
There's precedent - William Cohen was a Republican Secretary of Defense for Bill Clinton.
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Ask HN: Why do iPhone cameras color correct?
6 points by erehweb 6y ago|6 comments
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by erehweb 6y ago
Previously discussed in 2013 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6835403 and 2018 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17585520
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There's no such thing as free revenue(medium.com)
2 points by erehweb 6y ago|0 comments
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Open Problems in Robotics(scottlocklin.wordpress.com)
17 points by erehweb 6y ago|2 comments
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by erehweb 6y ago
Compared to what? Governments that try to trade safety for the economy will end up with neither.
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Finding Goldilocks: My search for a place to live in the year 2100(medium.com)
2 points by erehweb 6y ago|0 comments
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by erehweb 7y ago
Check out the Mr. Gotcha cartoon, if you haven't seen it - https://thenib.com/mister-gotcha/
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by erehweb 7y ago
What's the advantage of this over BASIC?
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by erehweb 7y ago
Wait, if there's negative inflation, wouldn't you want to hang onto your cash? Sounds more like hyperinflation.
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Coin washer keeps Westin St. Francis' change shiny (2010)(sfgate.com)
131 points by erehweb 7y ago|114 comments
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by erehweb 8y ago
See https://pando.com/2015/09/24/war-nerd-why-f-35-albanian-mush... for theory on why the Albanian's built bunkers - claim is that national defense was not main reason.
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by erehweb 9y ago
Problem is that if there's more development, you may end up being forced out of your rent-controlled place to make way for a bigger building.
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by erehweb 9y ago
Johnnie Cochran was a star lawyer, and you could make a case for Gloria Allred.
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What We Learned from Improving Diversity Rates at Pinterest(hbr.org)
1 points by erehweb 9y ago|0 comments
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Mountain View: Housing Where We Need It Most(techforhousing.org)
1 points by erehweb 9y ago|0 comments
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Can You Pick a Bedbug Out of a Lineup?(nytimes.com)
1 points by erehweb 9y ago|0 comments
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How big data can help you pick better wine(quid.com)
65 points by erehweb 9y ago|27 comments

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