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by freditup 8y ago
You ask if you can "authentically" make the front page like you used to "by having my friends upvote an article/side project I'd post", but isn't asking your friends to upvote your article inauthentic? Als
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by freditup 8y ago
But a client entering a couple extra zeroes is not a clean and obvious mistake. A person could reasonably bet either $5 or $500 for example. On the other hand, offering something like a 1000x payout for an event that has a 50% chance of hap
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by freditup 8y ago
I wonder if the companies mentioned will cease to use lerna or cease to update lerna? Or if they'll just ignore the clause since the likelihood of any meaningful enforcement is about zero? For example, I checked the top two companies o
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by freditup 8y ago
Thanks for the well-written and thoughtful response, you make lots of good points here about how store management provides incentive to non-tipped workers. > FWIW, tipped workers typically work for an hourly wage lower than the minimum w
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by freditup 8y ago
I am confused as to why it's standard to tip some low-paid workers but not others: * Fast-food workers do just as much work as coffee shop employees, why not tip them? * Workers at clothing stores take the time to fold your clothes nic
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by freditup 8y ago
The parent's point is that you don't normally tip on merchandise you buy. If you buy a beer for $10 and a tshirt for $30 from a bartender, a typical tip would be $2 not $8. That said, it's sort of an arbitrary custom. It&#x27
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by freditup 8y ago
> A polarizing title, The Mind is either a work of minimalist genius or "not even really a game." Essentially, you get a deck of cards with numbers from 1 to 100 on them. Each player gets a certain number of cards each round (i
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by freditup 8y ago
This is not completely accurate, the FTC has rules against deceptive pricing practices [1]. I'm not sure how often these rules are enforced and what the penalties are though. They specifically give an example where raising a price befo
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by freditup 8y ago
I'm not offended at all by using the word "master" where it makes sense. However, as a role for users, is sounds sort of odd and a bit authoritarian. I think "maintainer" is a nicer choice regardless of any politica
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by freditup 8y ago
Not OP, but a couple guesses off the top of my head: * It becomes a more painful process to upgrade dependencies (have to find/replace across your codebase). * Many versions of the same library get pulled in. If you depend on package@1
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by freditup 8y ago
I wish the Wikipedia article would elaborate more on some of the strategies and tactics that are unique to three-sided football instead of just recounting previous tournament results. Perhaps a good opportunity to contribute to Wikipedia fo
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by freditup 8y ago
Locking a discussion with zero-unreasonable responses as "too heated" is bad optics, but I think locking the discussion is a pragmatic decision, as the NPM team has been alerted about the issue and any meaningful comments would ge
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by freditup 8y ago
I'm curious what degree of "cultural context" is built into automated cars - I feel that there has to be a lot of locale-specific techniques for driving. For example, in NYC, there's nothing at all uncommon about a pedes
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by freditup 9y ago
In addition to large amounts of surveillance, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) has regularly been featured on Cops and Vegas Strip [0]. So pretty much the exact opposite of the Las Vegas slogan. [0]: https://e
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by freditup 9y ago
I've done it with a Citi Double Cash card. It's a nice all around card: 2% cash back, price matching, temporary numbers, etc. Don't take my recommendation blindly though, do your own research first of course! Edit: As a meta-
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by freditup 9y ago
> There is no user purchase validation step! I just swipe my phone and transaction is done. I get this is the same as using a CC but in theory there is such a huge opportunity to improve the experience. How about popping up a thing where
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by freditup 9y ago
"illiteracy-promoting interior design abomination" may be a bit of hyperbole... I won't be shelving my books backwards, but if some designers enjoy the look of backwards books, so be it. Seems like an expensive way to decorat
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by freditup 9y ago
Yep. And although there are many bad things you can say about Amazon, they're known for having excellent customer service in general (at least relative to other popular tech companies). Some customer service stories might exemplify typ
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by freditup 9y ago
Thanks for the response - I think your thoughts on tax increases are quite reasonable. I agree that it's much harder to swallow a tax increase when it seems as if the money is going towards causes you disagree with, and I also feel tha
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by freditup 9y ago
First, this article would've been much better off using medians instead of means. High earner outliers tend to skew stats like these. Second, it's interesting to see people who were in favor of tax increases suddenly change their
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by freditup 9y ago
Being able to wear contacts is extremely convenient for athletic activity and times when you want to wear standard sunglasses. I personally like a hybrid approach - glasses most of the time but contacts once in awhile. I would guess that we
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by freditup 9y ago
Summary of the study available here: https://blog.acolyer.org/2017/09/19/to-type-or-not-to-type-q...
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To type or not to type: quantifying detectable bugs in JavaScript [pdf](ttendency.cs.ucl.ac.uk)
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by freditup 9y ago
Speed bumps can be painful for those with back injuries (and likely other injuries). An elderly relative of mine would have to get out of vehicles at curbs or speed bumps and get back in the car on the other side. A smarter speed bump could
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by freditup 9y ago
Agreed 100%. I found that on my phone (Galaxy S8, Android N), having the wifi location service enabled doubles or triples idle battery drain. So regardless of privacy concerns, I'm basically forced to have GPS-only location updating. I
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by freditup 9y ago
Ha, don't worry about the CS degree - lifetimes are plenty confusing to people with a CS degree too! I think it'd take a combination of reading the theory and actually using Rust for most people to get a good grasp on them.
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by freditup 9y ago
Hidden in the notes at the bottom is a pretty useful improvement to 'git stash': > 'git stash save' now accepts pathspecs. You can use this to create a stash of part of your working tree, which is handy when picking a
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by freditup 9y ago
> [The lawsuit] asserts that by allowing Islamic State militants to spread propaganda freely on social media, the three companies provided "material support" to the group and enabled attacks such as the one in San Bernardino. &
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by freditup 9y ago
My apologies, I didn't mean to imply that you dislike rich people, or anything about you personally! My comments were just reflecting on my own experiences of feeling antipathy towards those with more and trying to figure out what&#x27
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by freditup 9y ago
I think it's a parody account, right? > I'd rather be on a yacht out of touch with reality. We all our preferences; some just are unable to have them > Just bc I'm rich doesn't mean I don't have problems. In f

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