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by gwilikers 4y ago
Got caught up in this and had my flights home cancelled. Looks like they’ve also cancelled 60% of tomorrow’s flights already as well, based on FlightAware’s cancellation tracker.
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by gwilikers 4y ago
As someone who uses Chime, I’m working on switching to other banks. It’s a nice starter digital bank but their savings rate has lagged most other banks and I’m not sure what killer features they have that SoFi/Ally/etc. don’t also
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by gwilikers 4y ago
I know of this Twitter thread, but not sure of the authenticity. https://twitter.com/atomicthumbs/status/1032939617404645376
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by gwilikers 5y ago
> An Indiana man charged with carrying a loaded firearm to the Capitol on Jan. 6 told investigators that if he had found Speaker Nancy Pelosi, “you’d be here for another reason,” according to court documents posted over the weekend. >
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by gwilikers 5y ago
Spite?
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by gwilikers 5y ago
The cease and desist, if anyone is interested in reading it: https://louisbarclay.notion.site/Unfollow-Everything-cease-a... The one that sticks out to me is: > Interfering with or impairing the intended operation of Fac
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by gwilikers 5y ago
Thanks!
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Startup Is Turning Houses into Corporations, and the Neighbors Are Fighting Back(npr.org)
10 points by gwilikers 5y ago|4 comments
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by gwilikers 5y ago
> NPR reported on Tuesday that Purdue Pharma and its attorneys launched a behind-the-scenes pressure campaign aimed at convincing the DOJ not to challenge the plan in court. > NPR acquired an early draft of a letter distributed by the
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by gwilikers 5y ago
> I know it’s been a long day and that many of you probably haven’t slept in 24 hours. We know that the days to come will be filled with the screeching voices of the minority. > Our commitment to lift up kids who have lived through th
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by gwilikers 5y ago
There is so much more to film than story, but story seems to be the author's focus (especially with point #3 and the Lynch footnote.) At a movie every 5 days for 11 years, though, I can't blame the author for burning out.
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by gwilikers 5y ago
> "Mark" offline? Why not just terminate it? And why do we care if build nodes come and go? These should be cattle, not pets. If they all die at once, that's bad. If they're cycling in and out, that's business as
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by gwilikers 6y ago
"It doesn't work" issues are bad for all the reasons described in the article, but the ones that really boggle the mind are the _demands_ people think they can make of maintainers they have zero leverage over. My favorite in
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by gwilikers 6y ago
> we have a mechanism for people who are truly assholes - be tolerant and ignore them. Why does the GP feel they can convey their criticisms to other parties as callously as they please, but reject that anyone should respond to them nega
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by gwilikers 6y ago
Reading this, all I can think is that you are just asking for everyone to spare your feelings while insisting you shouldn't put in the effort to spare anyone else's.
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by gwilikers 6y ago
An incredible talent that was only getting started.
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by gwilikers 6y ago
I don't agree that half the country is evil, but this is a very big leap to make.
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by gwilikers 6y ago
> I know it sounds a bit dramatic but there really is a class war going on. [...] Your life, your child’s life, your mother, your loved one depends on how much money you make. The government and Pharma companies aren’t going to help you
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by gwilikers 6y ago
> otherwise all our reviews are removed (by which I mean all our positive reviews which are all we have) and are replaced by negative / fake reviews. Did they tell you this outright?
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by gwilikers 6y ago
Some of the recommendations don’t make a lot of sense (fashion or otherwise —- a hoodie, sport coat, and shorts?) but the idea is killer and it’s fun to play around with! Would love to see more of this after tuning the recommendations. :)
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by gwilikers 6y ago
> the reviews on Yelp are largely fake Do you have a source for this?
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by gwilikers 6y ago
Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott,_Divestment_and_Sanc...
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by gwilikers 6y ago
As opposed to taxing the companies saving in office supplies, office space, etc. as a result of workers taking on those costs as part of WFH?
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by gwilikers 6y ago
What does a compliant version of iSH look like? I'm not sure this marketing technique applies here as complying would defeat the entire purpose of the application, so it seems like they're just going to let come what may with rega
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by gwilikers 6y ago
I think the framing is different. I hope folks aren't listening to true crime podcasts thinking "this murderer's making some good points".
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by gwilikers 6y ago
I hope the fall of Silicon Valley takes with it these overlong, self-important essays about Silicon Valley.
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Covid-19 recovery funds dwarf clean energy investment needs(science.sciencemag.org)
2 points by gwilikers 6y ago|0 comments