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by gffrd 5y ago
Maybe a silly question, but: why? Is this a way of visualizing connections in a way that, for instance, Wikipedia cannot?
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by gffrd 5y ago
I had a friend who lost some notes to this: left a notepad in the car during summer, found later that some of the writing had "disappeared." Paper is pretty insulating (thinking about paper within a notebook here), so I suspect mo
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by gffrd 5y ago
Just wanted to say thank you for "website mill" … I'm reminded of this stark difference when talking with a friend who builds ultrasonic hardware.
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by gffrd 5y ago
Reading this surprised me … How much is soy worth per acre? I assume the demand/payoff must be sizable to justify the cost of converting forest to agricultural land?
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by gffrd 5y ago
Doesn’t society also recognize celebrity as a status to aspire to?
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by gffrd 5y ago
> you contunue to use it for your own personal ends I think this is what people may have been missing from your original post: at some point things can go from innocent to malicious. "Crime of convenience" is the most common ty
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by gffrd 5y ago
> malicious actor malice implies intent. If we take author at their word, there wasn't any, though you could say they took it too far by looking at other stuff they probably knew it was ethically wrong to do so. Though, sometimes it
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by gffrd 5y ago
> there are really incredible works in existence, including but not mostly, wrist watches Please point us in a direction! This is a rabbit trail I'd love to go down …
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by gffrd 5y ago
A lawyer friend used to say his worst customers were engineers and doctors, who would want to understand the entire legal system before being being comfortable with a legal position.
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by gffrd 5y ago
There's a fee for remote car starting?? Is this an aftermarket thing or a factory thing?
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by gffrd 5y ago
> I recommend against this behaviour to past me We all have to feel our oats at some point … and then realize later how childish it was / how poorly we treated others … so we can be forgiving of those who come after us …
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by gffrd 5y ago
Is it assisting a crime if a checker improperly scans an item to the benefit of a shopper without realizing it … then realizes it later and does nothing about it? Should they be punished?
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by gffrd 5y ago
The suspense is killing me. What was the question, and how did you answer?
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by gffrd 5y ago
I was thinking mostly about phones … can't speak to gaming related things, but I suspect you're right!
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by gffrd 5y ago
I think "reigning supreme" is about more than units … I think of "mindshare" and per-unit value. 20 years ago, if you asked people "what does a computer look like?" they thought of Windows, and they were excite
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by gffrd 5y ago
Fair. In the end, we'll find "well, _everything_ is suffering!" and be forced to just embrace it or pretend we never asked. However, I do see the unpacking/evaluation of assumptions inherent in the debate as valuable … &
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by gffrd 5y ago
I agree that it's extremely important that people be multifaceted. I also think people over-weight how important it is for them to express their individuality. That said, I think the biggest issue is neither of the above, but rather th
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by gffrd 5y ago
isn't this what hashtags _should_ be used for?
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by gffrd 5y ago
What's wrong with it being a lovely experience? Couldn't we assume that OP's hierarchy includes the "everyone gets out safely" box having been ticked? This is like saying cars should not be enjoyable because they ex
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by gffrd 6y ago
Fair. My comment did imply that managers / those who feel "drained" by remote working are extroverts , which may be untrue. On that: I think extroverts can tend to derive value from external factors, which may make them more
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by gffrd 6y ago
When you can't point to something quantifiable, I guess you point to something like "water cooler chat!" My feeling is the same: while random interactions are important, they aren't exclusive to an office setting. Weird
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by gffrd 6y ago
> running on fumes I think management people are likely running on fumes … it's like the inverse of what introverts feel when they have to be in-office 5 days a week I suspect. I'd add that the second take is also kind of outmo
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by gffrd 6y ago
Been using Numi on Mac for quite some time, and I love it for filling the gap between Spotlight and a Spreadsheet for doing off-the-cuff budgeting/analysis. Once I move from one-off calculations to needing to see the moving pieces, I m
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by gffrd 6y ago
The route involving Seattle is actually Phoenix TO Seattle, which is somewhat surprising, and means 3/10 of the list puts people in/through Seattle. That's a surprisingly large percentage / number. Intuitively, It feels
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by gffrd 6y ago
Also: would the clapper ad activate nearby clappers??
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by gffrd 6y ago
> being known is the best option YES. I can't recall the psych principle, but people are genuinely more likely to pick the political candidate whose name they simply know, even if they know they're not great, over the candidate
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by gffrd 6y ago
I’d add that it’s not to late to form connections now —people you’ve simply _met_ will often offer to recommend you. I’ve cold called people I don’t know to ask about roles/companies, and had them then go on to advocate for me and get
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by gffrd 6y ago
My first thought: imagine the geometry of trying to get a child into a car seat through a Ferrari door opening …
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by gffrd 6y ago
What's interesting is that there's nothing preventing hardware companies from making open-ear audio headphones, right? I'm starting to think beyond the "I already wear glasses anyway" use case, these may be targeted
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by gffrd 6y ago
I'm curious: what's the use case you're interested in these for? And what makes these more appealing than, say, earbuds that offer the same functionality?

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