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by hexis 1y ago
No, you are not reading me correctly.
32.
by hexis 1y ago
Cool, enjoy your safe space, wherever it is.
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by hexis 1y ago
I would love to live wherever you live so that I could even imagine that this was not obvious to anyone who goes out into public spaces.
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by hexis 1y ago
I completely agree with this, but I think it's more humane to use foot traffic as a way to solidify safe places and not as a way to bring crime down.
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by hexis 1y ago
These are all great, I love city life and would embrace every single item, but without addressing the dramatic decline in public safety in virtually all US cities, none of these will matter at all.
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by hexis 1y ago
No, it would require removing homeless or antisocial people from public transportation.
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by hexis 2y ago
The Californians yearn for a cult.
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by hexis 2y ago
Helen DeWitt wrote another novel after The Last Samurai, Lightning Rods. It's a very different book, but definitely worth a try! Good luck!
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by hexis 2y ago
Well, in many places in the US, you already have both.
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by hexis 3y ago
"Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded"
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by hexis 3y ago
I think the candidate should pass on the company. It's always good to provide a cost for their mistake. There is no job worth getting jerked around before they even start paying you.
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by hexis 3y ago
One of the biggest own-goals I've ever seen, really breathtaking how Apple botched this.
43.
by hexis 3y ago
I read the title too quickly and thought this was about the indie DVD/Blu-ray/4K distributor named after the phenomenon - https://vinegarsyndrome.com/
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by hexis 3y ago
And Emily Wilson has a translation of the Iliad releasing in the US later this year - https://www.amazon.com/Iliad-Homer/dp/1324001801
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by hexis 3y ago
I just googled GitHub and the top results were ads for circleci and gitlab. Buying ads for competitors keywords is extremely normal. Gitlab would love to dissuade me from using GitHub, just as a crisis pregnancy center would love to dissuad
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by hexis 3y ago
Maybe they are "crying out to us for help" by being literally loud.
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by hexis 3y ago
There’s zero chance this message was not shaped by social media companies. Any message like this, regarding any industry, would get that industry’s input. That said, it sure seems like social media companies got this to be as neutral as the
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by hexis 3y ago
Good thing nobody uses bluesky, this would be really awkward otherwise.
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by hexis 3y ago
Dismissing a point due to bias is an example of the ad hominem fallacy.
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by hexis 4y ago
The bar is a lot lower when they're not obligated to pay you.
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by hexis 4y ago
Sadly, even the Drafthouse is already well into decline, too.
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by hexis 4y ago
“The mission for Ubuntu is both social and economic. First, we deliver the world’s free software, freely, to everybody on the same terms. Whether you are a student in India or a global bank, you can download and use Ubuntu free of charge.”
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by hexis 4y ago
I like it, but I'm a fairly unsophisticated user of any Linux desktop.
54.
by hexis 4y ago
Exactly.
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by hexis 4y ago
OK, but my car insurance went up 40% since the last policy update, 6 months ago. That certainly was movement faster than I knew, but not in the direction that this think tank wants me to believe.
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by hexis 4y ago
Yeah, the tech stock games around ownership vs control are real, and it's unlikely that GOOG owners can assert direct control. Still, if the company fails to listen to GOOG owners, the price will drop, almost as a matter of course.
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by hexis 4y ago
Sure, and you get a vote. Same for me.
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by hexis 4y ago
TCI investors, among other people, are the literal owners of Alphabet. The CEO is an employee who takes direction from the owners.
59.
by hexis 4y ago
This post seems to suggest that the demand for Elon-Twitter failure continues to outstrip supply.
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by hexis 4y ago
The blessing and curse of this website is when I make a low effort complaint I get a very reasonable and useful response, which my complaint did not deserve. Aside from any other details, thanks for that csours. All that said, I still find

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