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   by hx8 1y ago

   Unless it's a 1bedroom apartment don't accept less than 3 guys. Anything heavy really benefits from multiple people. Get three quotes for the job, talking to someone on the phone for each quote. Ask questions during the phone ca
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   by hx8 1y ago

   If only we had a comprehensive set of data privacy laws that allowed users to request their data be deleted and limited what companies can do with people's data.
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   by hx8 1y ago

   I moved a lot. * If there is something of high value, either handle it yourself separate of the movers, or package it yourself if it's too large. Make sure it's adequately insured and take photos. * If it's a one day job, hir
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   by hx8 1y ago

   I'm not sure it's rare to live about 45°N, where we start to see >9 hours of sunlight in the winter. The intersection of places that are both above 45°N and very cloudy (Portland, Seattle, London, Detroit, Copenhagen, Dublin,
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   by hx8 1y ago

   I honestly don't think I would be comfortable off grid without 4x+ that size. Of course, environments vary so significantly that these numbers don't translate well when discussing them without geographic context. My primary conce
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   by hx8 1y ago

   I think if superior products always win then we wouldn't have so many BigCo Enshittified products that have been terrible for 15+ years.
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   by hx8 1y ago

   If enshittification can be avoided, why aren't we seeing a wave of no dark patterns software crushing it? Enshittification is mostly just the process of not running on VC Capital and generating sustainable revenue sources.
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   by hx8 1y ago

   1. Stock is mostly a tech thing, which is a smaller percentage of NYC home buyers. 2. Real estate is a safe haven asset to put capital into. In uncertain markets some buyers will choose real estate over stock or other more risky investment
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   by hx8 1y ago

   This model fundamentally makes it harder for devices to upload data to the cloud, which is the primary business model.
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    by hx8 2y ago

    > Libraries are now seen as entertainment centers by many librarians, not as a place to educate yourself. I think you might be missing that there are many different types of libraries. For a city or county library, they have to meet the
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    by hx8 2y ago

    > At some point, there’s going to be a large number of cities where a majority of homeowners are too old to drive. If you're too old to drive you're probably also not in the best position to walk far or walk while carrying shop
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    by hx8 2y ago

    In the US there are boundaries in which law enforcement can perform a sting operation. It happens all the time.
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    by hx8 2y ago

    I don't think it matters if it's better or worse. There are plenty of bad browser based email implementations. I think we should be encouraging companies to borrow and steal good software ideas from each other, because otherwise
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    by hx8 2y ago

    I hate when people copy other's ideas. Gmail was such a hotmail/yahoo copy.
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    by hx8 2y ago

    You're not wrong, but has there ever been a time when buying & holding the 3 largest market cap coins wasn't a winning strategy? Most of the deadcoins were very low cap, and low cap investments are inherently risky. Most of t
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    by hx8 2y ago

    Funny, I thought the whole point was to hold on to the bag as long as you can. Think back to the first time you heard about btc or eth, and how much return a modest investment would have made. It's the people that sold early that los
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    by hx8 2y ago

    I haven't thought about Valis in a long time, but I do generally tend to label various people/organizations as "The Empire". I didn't realize how much that book stuck with me.
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    by hx8 2y ago

    I think Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said is a great title. It sets up the narrative style and loads the gun for a incoming tragedy.
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    by hx8 2y ago

    But you might not sell the COGS for $2M, you might do just fine with $1.5M.
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    by hx8 2y ago

    I agree fully. Having comfortable shoes with reasonable lifespans isn't a luxury. If you spend more money and get a proportional increase in quality, that's not luxury. A luxury good occurs when the marginal increase in quality
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    by hx8 2y ago

    Sure, I can see the difference. I hope you can see how spending $75 to make $150 revenue and $75 in profit is a much better position than spending $50 to make $100 in revenue and $50 in profit, if you are limited to how many transactions yo
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    by hx8 2y ago

    We can also do a lot to help low income families by decreasing housing costs and medical costs, both of which seem as likely as building walkable communities in the US.
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    by hx8 2y ago

    > But if we bump the cost of freight, insurance, and customs from $5 to, say, $28, then they wholesale the shoes to Footlocker for about $75. And if Footlocker purchases Nike shoes for $75, then they retail them for $150. Everyone needs
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    by hx8 2y ago

    Often when the conversation of drinking comes up it becomes a contest to see who can drink the most. The WHO actually keeps track of this data on a population level[0]. Right now the country with the highest alcohol consumption per capita
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    by hx8 2y ago

    The 500ml is the undiluted amount [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome_and_wine
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    by hx8 2y ago

    I wouldn't trade my diet for the diet of a roman. The estimated 500ml wine/daily is very high.
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    by hx8 2y ago

    Thanks for lifting me above the Dunning-Kruger threshold so that I understand there is more to archaeological genetics then I previously conceived of.
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    by hx8 2y ago

    Actually bread was the most common issue for poor dental hygiene at this time. Flour was ground by stone, tiny pieces of stone made its way into the bread, and the stone stripped the enamel from teeth.
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    by hx8 2y ago

    A simple DNA test should tell us. Roman soldiers were recruited from a diverse gene pool and fought far from their birthplace in mixed groups. A simple test to determine the average variance of genetics will let us know if they were a sin
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    by hx8 2y ago

    I had forgotten the original purpose of web browsers was to view hyperlinked documents. It seems like we abandoned that as the primary use case over 20 years ago, with technology such as Flash, Silverlight, and Java Weblets.