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by hoorayimhelping 6y ago
My time at Etsy (2012-2015) taught me that people will rationalize anything to avoid dealing with the fact that they made a fundamentally bad decision. A big reason Etsy has lost a lot of trust with consumers is their inconsistently appli
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by hoorayimhelping 6y ago
> I think hooks aren't really making React more of a black box, but just that it's invalidating a lot of people's incorrect mental models on how React works. Isn't that exactly the point that the big image on the fro
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by hoorayimhelping 6y ago
> Just encrypt your stuff beforehand. This is such a facepalm moment. "This service is awesome, it does everything you need, it's reliable, it's safe, it's practical, and all you have to do is encrypt your files, sha
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by hoorayimhelping 6y ago
This article is ridiculous. It makes a bunch of unfounded assumptions and provides very little in the way of facts to support its claims. Did anyone actually read the job postings before jumping to conclusions? > Monitor various collecti
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by hoorayimhelping 6y ago
> I don't want to sound insensitive, 3 thousand people is of course a tragedy, but on a scale of entire Earth I think it is preposterous for US citizens to get obsessed after this one when more kids are dying to malaria every single
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by hoorayimhelping 6y ago
This video might be interesting for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTDlSORhI-k
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by hoorayimhelping 6y ago
Is it? "I haven't ever gotten professional training, but I think my driving ability is above average because I analyze what I do."
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by hoorayimhelping 6y ago
> This case was also made by the Netflix "Chernobyl" series. You're talking about a TV show meant to entertain and generate buzz and word of mouth. It's not meant to be taken as an actual explanation. The theories of
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by hoorayimhelping 6y ago
The A part of the F/A 18 means Attack. Usually Attack aircraft are capable of close air support, which is a huge and integral part of our military tactics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_air_support Without c
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by hoorayimhelping 6y ago
Are drones anywhere near as fast as a missile? In certain situations, an F/A-18 under afterburner can outrun a SAM missile - outrun meaning go fast enough that the missile can't close the distance before it runs out of fuel. How m
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by hoorayimhelping 6y ago
That's the whole point, I think. We're saying, "he's better at predicting things than the mainstream media!" The issue is that the mainstream media's bar is so low, there is no bar. And the reason this guy is s
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by hoorayimhelping 6y ago
I remember being a college freshman in 2001 and playing PC games, namely Rogue Spear and Counter-Strike online with friends in my dorm room. I talked with them on a headset with a microphone using Roger Wilco and Battlecom. A lot of the guy
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by hoorayimhelping 6y ago
You're describing an Enterprise Service Bus, a concept that has been around and implemented for decades: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_service_bus Spoiler alert: it's not the beautiful, decoupled s
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by hoorayimhelping 6y ago
> I would call the "proper authorities" What would you tell the authorities? That there are people in a gym and that they need to be arrested? What outcome would you hope to achieve by tattling on them?
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by hoorayimhelping 6y ago
The concept itself. It is being sold without my express consent. I'm being given no share of the profit that someone else is making from my information.
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by hoorayimhelping 6y ago
How do you know this? Because this explanation: > Canon has announced the results of its investigation into the loss of image data on the image.canon cloud platform. According to Canon, when the company switched over to a new version of
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by hoorayimhelping 6y ago
> Acknowledging and accommodating gender dysphoria discomfort costs cisgender people nothing and unlocks the productiveness of an additional population in society. This seems like a pretty broad generalization. Forget the semantic fact
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by hoorayimhelping 6y ago
> I also would venture this will further marginalize people in tech who are already marginalized. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. I'd venture that if you're going to say, "suggesting this marginalizes
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by hoorayimhelping 6y ago
> Mozilla. From combatting a lethal virus and battling systemic racism Why is everyone so freaking obsessed with saving the world and fixing all its ills? When did it become not good enough to just make something people enjoy using? Cou
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by hoorayimhelping 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartel Cartels are usually thought of as groups in the same market colluding, but it's not limited to that. Two companies colluding not to compete in their respective markets is still
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by hoorayimhelping 6y ago
I think you're vastly underestimating how slow it is to ship things by sail. Take a look at some of the routes boats had to take to avoid the doldrums and find favorable winds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winds_i
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by hoorayimhelping 6y ago
We've heard reports of google shutting off account access with no recourse because a person made the wrong youtube comments. Imagine if you got locked out of your house because an automated system misinterpreted a comment you made on a
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by hoorayimhelping 6y ago
None of the dangers present in this video from the 60s have changed. The RCS system and the SuperDraco thrusters both use hypergolic fuel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zha9DyS-PPA
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by hoorayimhelping 6y ago
It means they're not complying with European Union laws. Whether you think complying with a law is synonymous with protection, or security or privacy is up to your experience and worldview.
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by hoorayimhelping 6y ago
It's also not universally true. Some of Steve Albini's interviews are really on point with regards to this stuff. Really worth listening to if nothing more than to provide contrast to comments like the one above (which seem pretty
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by hoorayimhelping 6y ago
Looking at a rock with our own eyes, and feeling it with our own senses can provide context and meaning that a robot might have trouble conveying.
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by hoorayimhelping 6y ago
There is a big, big difference between, "we found a rock on earth that is probably from Mars that was blasted here some time in the past," and, "we went to a specific area of Mars and got a rock and brought it back." Not
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by hoorayimhelping 6y ago
What does it even mean to be "trapped" in America? It's the third largest country in the world by landmass. It takes three to five days to drive across the country. How can you be trapped in a country that is so large, a sing
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by hoorayimhelping 6y ago
A therapist or coach recommended this book called the Power of Habit. https://www.amazon.com/Power-Habit-What-Life-Business/dp/081... . The central theme of that book is that people attribute dumb behaviors to thin
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by hoorayimhelping 6y ago
It's any music that wasn't played on pop stations. No mention of Wu Tang, Tupac, Biggie, Green Day, Radiohead or even less known but influential artists like Aphex Twin. Resounding meh.

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