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by filoleg 3y ago
I stand partially corrected on green card, thanks for pointing out the details. One question I had after reading this, what’s the significance of the 8+ years when it comes to LPR? Like, afaik the only difference I am aware of is that bein
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by filoleg 3y ago
> The US is the only country in the world that taxes its citizens and green card holders for life after they leave. Yes on citizens, but not true about green card holders.
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> They used tips (and may still use tips) to refund themselves for the minimum pay offered to dashers. Not trying to make a stance one way or another, just wanted to make sure I understand what you meant by this correctly. Is what you ar
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by filoleg 3y ago
Oh wow, this is actually interesting. Out of curiosity, do you happen to know whether the threshold for hiding the full tip amount is based on a percentage of the total order cost or if it is just a flat number? I.e., “anything over $6 gets
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by filoleg 3y ago
Are you sure you aren’t confusing the download size and update size? Asking because on PS5 the situation seems to be exactly that, 30GB download, ~100GB free space required to install.
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From the article: > A police officer said that they searched for Tom and Jerry cartoons on YouTube and showed three or four of them to the child, who identified one particular cartoon. The URL of this cartoon was sent to the Cyber Cell.
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> I can't imagine many people connecting their phones (with all the usual distractions of notifications, chats, emails etc) Good news, by default iOS suppresses all notifications when connected to an external display :) > While t
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> He's stated that, by default, it's disabled That’s the case now, it wasn’t the case at the end of 2022 iirc, back when the investigation started. It was “history off” (aka “autodelete on”) by default for all 1:1 chats. I had
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> You know the difference? Consoles are usually attached to big-ass TVs. You can just connect your iPhone/iPad to your TV using a USB-C to HDMI cable, and all is good. I bought a random USB-C to HDMI cable off Amazon, and it simply
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> Would you support your 18 year old child doing onlyfans like you might them working at Disneyland? I would support them the same way I would support them becoming a stunt actor or performing any other job that comes with significant ri
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> You have Apple Arcade with mobile-only games pretending they are fit for a big screen. Full-blown Resident Evil Village is available on iOS with graphics that are very console-tier. Not saying that this and a few other counterexamples
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by filoleg 3y ago
Wow, this is a really good point I haven’t thought of before. And the thing is, it could work. Because that’s pretty much the main relative advantage consoles have over gaming PCs - extremely narrow range of hardware, which allows consoles
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> You're telling me "ignore my son's birthday party to watch Youtube videos on my face" isn't a compelling use case?? > Staring awkwardly at my wife and saying "Yes sweetie I am definitely giving you my f
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> If Apple the production company is embroiled in a series of high profile censorship missteps then it DEFINITELY impacts Apple the tech company. Would you say that a controversy around something as high-profile as a Spidermman movie pro
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My best guess is that De Niro is involving Apple in his blame because the movie (that he was receiving the awards for that night) was produced by Apple Studios and distributed by Apple Original Films. So he probably assumed that the decisio
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by filoleg 3y ago
That’s a really good point I haven’t thought about before. For all I know, Ford indeed could’ve been even less revered than Musks and Thiels in the timeline where internet was already commonplace back then. Legitimately thanks for bringing
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> Then what about the pilgrims, who were historically in America because they were too extreme for UK? They’re all about being a victim. Going out into the world (literally to another continent in the pre-plane era) to solve your problem
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The whole argument is about “words and gesturing” aka the prevailing attitudes regarding which qualities and behaviors are supported/celebrated and have power in discourse. I don’t think the parent comment was trying to say that when t
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> engine developers are usually unknown and underrated As a testament to their (the original id software team that had both Johns) great efforts and legacy, they pretty much invented the concept of a game engine to start with. At that ti
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by filoleg 3y ago
I suggest trying the new Robocop: Rogue City game. It is pretty much a perfect encapsulation of a 7/10 or AA type of a game, where it is just fun, solid, well done, has quite a great amount of soul in it. But isn’t aiming to be some do
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by filoleg 3y ago
He changed his look a little bit, but doubt that it has anything to do with becoming less easy to recognize. Pure speculation on my part tho. For one, he is still extremely recognizable. And two, he is still wearing the same type of (rather
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by filoleg 3y ago
How about Winegar? Has “wine” in the name, and vinegar is essentially what wine ends up becoming after some time anyway.
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by filoleg 3y ago
> Finance is in a somewhat unique place in that we hold them responsible for their customers. If a bank doesn't ask any questions and as a consequence provides service to known terrorists that's against their perceived (and cod
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by filoleg 3y ago
> The east side (Bellevue, Redmond, etc), which has a HUGE EV following, with Teslas everywhere, has precisely zero super chargers. What are you talking about? I literally used one yesterday in Bellevue downtown, iirc it was built at som
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by filoleg 3y ago
I am not sure what one even has to do to get mugged in NYC. And I am saying that as someone who has walked across Manhattan through Times Square on multiple occasions after midnight, all while very properly inebriated. However, there is imo
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by filoleg 3y ago
One of the very few games in the past decade, which I can refer to as “actually got significantly held back by technical limitations of the host platform”. Same with Pokémon Scarlet/Violet and Shin Megami Tensei 5. I am not picky in te
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by filoleg 3y ago
Correction, it works with Apple Music as well[0], and with local music files[1]. As for why, it seems like those were just the only two that bothered to integrate their apps with Playstation. Which kind of makes sense, as Spotify and Apple
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by filoleg 3y ago
It’s not necessarily that game devs“don’t allow it,” and more like “didn’t bother to implement that feature and integrate with those services.” Which is a really fair point. Because why waste time on this, when a user who cares about playin
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by filoleg 3y ago
Here is a simple explanation: how many people there are from India or China immigrating to the US on H1B vs from those other countries you listed? I would be more surprised if it was anything but “India and China” in your observations, just
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by filoleg 3y ago
“I don’t care about the product” isn’t the same as “i only care about money here.” I couldn’t really feel any personal excitement about the product i worked on for my first 4 years out of college. It is kind of difficult to feel personal ex

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