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by eric-hu 8y ago
As far as I know, high cholesterol only correlates with heart attacks and strokes. there are also people who have high cholesterol and will not experience a heart attack in their life.
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by eric-hu 8y ago
There's a two week return window for MacBooks.
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by eric-hu 8y ago
> But that would be super unamerican. I know what you mean when you say this, but there are strong differences between American ideals and American realities. When there's a conflict of interest between a large company and consumer
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by eric-hu 8y ago
Funny you mention that. I don't know about you, but I feel much more spritely and alive after doing those few pounds in the morning.
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by eric-hu 8y ago
Possibly not, but I did notice carrying my personal laptop around versus my work laptop. It made a fairly big difference in fatigue whether I was going to the cafe or to another country.
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by eric-hu 8y ago
Yep, I think I would feel the same as you do if my work laptop was a 2017. Work gave me an old laptop, and I was happy with that because I don't have to deal with the touch bar or USB C. I also share your sense of value about the machi
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by eric-hu 8y ago
I own a 2012 MacBook pro 15' and work gave me a 2016. The difference is about 1.5 pounds, going from 5.6 pounds to 4 pounds. The difference is big enough that I've slowly started using my work laptop for most of my personal needs
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by eric-hu 8y ago
You're not wrong. It's an insightful observation. It's a meritocratic system, but with fuzzy rules around the merits for reward. There are few people I know whose parents would have treated them according "the most perf
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by eric-hu 8y ago
There are similar elements in how the electrical engineering computer science and letters & science computer science programs at UC Berkeley admitted people in the early 2000's. L&SCS admitted you to the university and departm
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by eric-hu 8y ago
I think that reporter did good work, but isn't this like pointing to a hackathon bug fix that saves a company as engineering excellence? The parent is seemingly saying that quality journalism would have better scrutiny to not allow the
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by eric-hu 8y ago
An interesting, though inhumane twist, would be to seek a shorter but more severe punishment, like 1 year in a maximum security prison.
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by eric-hu 8y ago
You make an interesting observation. I wonder if there are any doomsday stories of an AI that conquers humanity via psychopathic persuasion rather than conventional weapons.
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by eric-hu 8y ago
That level of lockdown is a feature. I would like more freedom and control in iOS too sometimes, but I've gotten used to it. I'm still on my first iPhone (6s) and I'm happy with it for what it does. Contrast this with Androi
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by eric-hu 8y ago
I think Temporal and I share similar views on this matter. I believe neither he nor I are arguing that a properly executed welfare system* is bad. Speaking just for myself, it seems rational that most billionaires in America would try to mi
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by eric-hu 8y ago
I think the grandparent is nitpicking the "faster" claim here. To make your comment more specifically address that, Musk isn't claiming to have technology that can bore 10x more volume than competitors. He's reframing th
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by eric-hu 8y ago
Are you disagreeing with my wording? Or with my observation that America has systematically and disproportionately rewarded its capital managers over its have-nots through most of it's history?
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by eric-hu 8y ago
What you're saying is theoretically possible. I just think it's to socialist for America.
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by eric-hu 8y ago
> It's not always so easy to tell apart the things you have control over vs. the things you don't, but I think that all these rules can be summarized in one line, which is basically: If you're feeling sorry for yourself, y
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by eric-hu 8y ago
I wonder if it's viable to add a mirror above the monitor so it's visibility could be at eye level.
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by eric-hu 8y ago
Is anyone aware of the "new techniques for data extraction" that this article refers to?
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by eric-hu 8y ago
I switched to VSCode from MacVim. Up until I saw VSCode, I thought all electron apps were as bad as slack. I'm happy to report I've not experienced sluggishness from VSCode at all.
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by eric-hu 8y ago
I take his comment to mean that Chorleywood bread is common in the UK and not very pleasant.
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by eric-hu 8y ago
Am I missing something? The table for that chat shows only 3 companies and Microsoft isn't among them. That doesn't mean Microsoft tablet sales are insignificant in comparison.
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by eric-hu 8y ago
GitHub removed a Shadowsocks library after being targeted by China's great cannon.
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by eric-hu 8y ago
There are diminishing returns for cleaner water past some point, as you say. Cheap and unhealthy foods is a well known major reason, but there are other major factors too. American cities place low priority on walkability: it's usual
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by eric-hu 8y ago
> Add to this that healthy food is often less easily available and more expensive than unhealthy choices. It's worth pointing out this isn't true everywhere. In America, cheap fast food is generally unhealthy, yes. As an extrem
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by eric-hu 8y ago
Apparently yes, it is possible with today's technology and a lunar elevator could be made to go higher: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_space_elevator
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by eric-hu 8y ago
This got me wondering. Earth-based space elevators are still out of reach with current technology. What about a space elevator for the moon? If we could build a lunar space elevator with existing materials, could we develop industry on th
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by eric-hu 8y ago
> People wouldn't stop using banks, but they would stop using that bank. I'd really like to live in a world where that's true, but I don't see Equifax going anywhere. PayPal does a form of this as well, except it&#x27
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by eric-hu 8y ago
Interesting observation. Is the line between capacitor and battery a matter of intended storage duration?

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