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by gniv 7y ago
> If you opt-out of snippets, it simply means somebody else claims the top spot Citation? I thought snippets are just for display, not ranking.
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by gniv 7y ago
I disagree. There is an implicit contract between website publishers and search engines that it’s ok to do this. The website can set nosnippet in robots if they want to not have the snippet in search results.
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by gniv 7y ago
This makes me wonder: How hard would it be for companies to offer slightly customized funds? For example if I wanted to invest in S&P500 minus XOM. I might need to pay higher fees, but it's probably doable. (The reason I want that
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by gniv 7y ago
> Sometimes one firm called a security junk and another gave a triple-A rating deeming it supersafe. Doesn't this suggest that the ratings are providing close to zero signal?
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by gniv 7y ago
“To go left, turn right.” I encountered this idea in a different context, and I too thought it was insightful/funny: (On some divided highways) “Left turn from right lane” The jughandle would make as good a symbol for a philosophical m
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by gniv 7y ago
They mention in passing that last year was the coldest in decades (in Greenland). What did that do to the ice? Did it increase?
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by gniv 7y ago
This seems similar to (and maybe inspired by) efforts in Pakistan [1] and India [2] from the last few years. It would be interesting to read follow-ups to those efforts. [1] https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/07&#
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by gniv 7y ago
From the comment guidelines: "Be kind. Don't be snarky. Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive."
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by gniv 7y ago
Look into non-motorized treadmills. The curved ones are popular now, they are easier to use.
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by gniv 7y ago
Some of the rich folks are pension fund managers. Therein lies the problem.
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by gniv 7y ago
As a European living in the US, I fully appreciate the loose regulatory system here. Lots of businesses start by breaking some sort of existing norm, or even law. As you hinted in your comment, it's not enough for the government to wan
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by gniv 7y ago
That was fun to read. I’m happy she mentioned nonplussed since, as a non-native speaker, I never quite grasped its meaning. Now I understand why.
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by gniv 7y ago
I have yet to figure out what makes code readable. My own anecdote: I remember reading some code written by Jeff Dean and was amazed by how easy it was to parse and understand. Funny thing is it had quite a few violations of the style guide
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by gniv 7y ago
Is this yet another case where they only look at salary, and not total comp (article doesn't say)?
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by gniv 7y ago
The study that the article is based on: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2515-7620/ab27cf
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by gniv 7y ago
The most compelling counterargument, to me, is mentioned in the article: clocks. I still don’t know how to make a clock and I certainly do not think it’s easy. Yet they were making clocks centuries before the first bicycle was invented.
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by gniv 7y ago
Or #1. I work on critical infrastructure at FAANG and it's frightening how complex things are. The folks who built the systems and knew them inside-out have mostly moved on, and the newbies, like me, don't fully understand how the
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Simone Giertz turned a Tesla Model 3 into a pickup truck(youtube.com)
3 points by gniv 7y ago|1 comments
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by gniv 7y ago
Yup, this definitely feels like Company Town 2.0. A gentler version, but still mostly favoring the Company. Might not be bad for the area though.
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by gniv 7y ago
Car companies seem to have figured out a lucrative business model: pump up the price of desirable cars (suvs, trucks), then offer low-interest loans, making it seem like you’re getting a good deal. That’s how you end up with an average new
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by gniv 7y ago
I suspect the designers were aware of this shortcoming, but were not concerned. As explained by others in this thread, the state still made money.
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by gniv 7y ago
https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-b777f994326fa91fa509ca...
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Why a Google Walkout Organizer Left Google(medium.com)
3 points by gniv 7y ago|0 comments
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by gniv 7y ago
I didn’t know that countries in the Middle East stopped using leaded gasoline much later (90s). This short post linked from the article has interesting speculation: https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/12&#x
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by gniv 7y ago
> I don't think I am special or valuable. A lot of people in tech feel like that. It's not true. Don't let the impostor syndrome affect your decisions. > I guess I was lucky to come to U.S, but not lucky enough to stay
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by gniv 7y ago
In Penn Station (NY) they let people use broken escalators all the time. I think it's because it's so crowded, people would get angry if they cordoned them off.
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by gniv 7y ago
Also discussed a couple of days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20065142
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by gniv 7y ago
I upvoted because I think we should have this discussion, but I disagree strongly. As an example, I was reading recently about the growth of SAAS companies. Lookup the stocks OKTA, WDAY, TWLO, MDB, SHOP, etc. They have grown hockey stick in
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by gniv 7y ago
That cannot be right. There are about 10 mil visas issued, so the number of applications cannot be much higher (it costs $160 to apply). So probably 13 mil.
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by gniv 7y ago
Journalists too.

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