freetinker

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   by freetinker 5y ago

   Not a fan of the way the author has framed this. The title reads as if it’s condoning that such discrimination is acceptable or understandable if age 60+.
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   by freetinker 5y ago

   I’m going to count HN as a social network. It’s one of my favorite places on the internet. It surfaces great content, and the comments are a gold mine of top-notch information and advice (by and large). What general principles can we learn
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   by freetinker 5y ago

   Well said. I’ve been noticing that most such things in life are double-edged swords. Alcohol, Instagram, whatever. There is much wisdom in the “middle path”, applicable to much of life. Avoid the sharp edges of the blade, be in the flat mid
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   by freetinker 5y ago

   This has been my experience as well. They look at me as if I’m wearing a tinfoil hat.
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   by freetinker 5y ago

   So a trained engineer who won the Nobel prize. What an egregiously clickbait-y title.
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   by freetinker 5y ago

   Let’s assume for a second that his campaign’s emails were truly going to spam by default. If that’s happening by default (we don’t know that it isn’t), isn’t that cause for concern? Either the spam algorithm is rightly (by design intent) fi
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   by freetinker 5y ago

   This is a truly brilliant idea!
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   by freetinker 5y ago

   Nice story - thanks for sharing. I think thoughtfulness sticks because it requires effort, and injects humanity in an otherwise efficiently transactional culture. Thoughtfulness may be inexpensive to exercise money-wise, but it ain’t cheap.
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   by freetinker 5y ago

   I used to have a similarly narrow view. And because my worldview was similarly colored and judgmental, I too would roll my eyes when I saw an off-road capable truck parked at a mall, and reflexively throw out similar loosely-substantiated s
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    by freetinker 5y ago

    Shoes (especially the ones people buy for fashion value – think Louboutin stilettos vs. something more functional like New Balance sneakers) are a Veblen good. Their perceived value increases with their price. Like art. https://e