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2y ago
The 60 grams of weight and 3.5mm of depth are very noticeable on a handheld.
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2y ago
OLEDs degrade faster and stronger than CRT or LCD. OLEDs have three major sources of degradation. The percentage of Vitas will good OLED screens are significantly decreasing. * Burn in. Everyone knows about this, not a huge issue on most
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2y ago
> They’re private companies. If they can’t tie it to profit, it’s not adding value. Not true, even strictly from an accounting perspective. If you spend $400M and build an asset that is worth >$400M, then you have increased the value
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2y ago
The randomized controlled double-blind study is a gold standard. It solves for so many different biases. Without it the burden of proof is higher. Luckily, the evidence that exercise is healthy is so overwhelming that we have a scientifi
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2y ago
If there is a medical question that double-blind studies cannot answer, that doesn't mean the question is unanswerable. It means we should be more skeptical of non-blinded studies (or worse studies that pretend to be blind), and we sh
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2y ago
An FPV can clear those 300 meters in 6 seconds. Maybe six seconds is enough for target identification, aiming, and firing, but it is a tight timeline for tracking an ~1kg object ~0.3km away.
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2y ago
Most of the volume of options trading is done by institutions. By price it's mostly large traders paying each other to mitigate risk. Some smaller traders are getting chewed up in the process, but they are throwing themselves into th
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2y ago
I'm very disappointed in the lack of details about the patcher. Not only does it not provide any insights into how the process works, it also doesn't even include all the relevant information on what the process works on. I assu
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2y ago
Maybe I'm naive, but I always thought the purpose of Affirmative Action in private universities was to insure those black and brown people were given the opportunity to become the future leaders.
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2y ago
The Universities select for total donations yes, but they also select individuals based on the prestige they are likely to bring the University.
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2y ago
When I went to college in the late '00s I was able to find several other Linux users. The counter culture to the Windows/Mac duopoly was alive and well. In some ways we won by being accepted as mainstream for certain niches. Be
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I think that's a big draw to 80s computers. It was the first time most people knew someone that had a personal computer.
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2y ago
I'll be your friend and enable you to spend all of your money for 1% of any earnings you make.
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2y ago
If the person wins their first bet they are very likely to let their winnings ride until it is lost. If the person loses their first bet, and it's against another player, then not only have they potentially hooked in a new player but t
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2y ago
The differences between renting and buying are so large, you shouldn't make the choice based on which one is cheaper. If you rent, you have a flexibility to relocate that can have a very high value. If you own, you can greatly increa
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2y ago
Parent comment here, chiming in days after this thread. My primary purpose in making my comment was to help employees that feel stuck using bad tools. I hope my advice helps to encourage people to look for better opportunities, and to cons
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2y ago
I ask about the tools I will be using during the interview process. There are several that I refuse to work with and will end the interview at the next possible polite point if they are required. Microsoft Windows is on my blacklist. The
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2y ago
I wouldn't wear this over my current hot weather motorcycle gear. I rarely ride over 102F/38C so maybe those in hotter conditions will feel differently. * Putting on motorcycle gear already takes a significant amount of time, I a
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2y ago
For the vast majority of Americans social status is directly tied to income or wealth. As long as this is true the profit motive will be the highest motive for most people.
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PE is specifically referring to companies not listed on stock exchanges that take money from investors. I agree that we do not want to throw the baby out with the bathwater here, but there is probably merit to limiting the activity of PE f
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The reason I am reducing my plastics use in personal life is because of all the new issues with plastics we are discovering. I'm worried about unknown dangers of plastic. First it was 10 years ago we were worried about BPA, now we ar
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> The article assumes that wealth should correlate with an increase in No, the article observes wealthy countries and less wealthy countries have different values based on survey results.
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Furthermore, I wonder what the views of childhood obedience are those people actively raising a child in each country. I would say "childhood obedience is not important" because I don't spend time near children.
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The thing about being suspected of one murder is that you tend to get blamed for other deaths.
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Why is the industry still growing if it's limited to low interest rate environments?
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> Despite the industry's known problems, Camp said that in some cases, influencer marketing was still perceived as more desirable because there's a level of authenticity when someone you follow and trust is pitching a product v
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Part 1 has an expanded plot line about killing fate that leads to alternative events. Part 2 has a multi-world thing happening.
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Literally the only thing I've played on my PS5 is Square Enix games. It moved a unit for me.
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3y ago
What a nice example of 1980s corporate greed maximizing profits over human life. Modern delivery food delivery services can be seen making the same delivery-by guarantees, so we haven't fully learned our lesson.
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3y ago
Why aren't valence emotions qualia?
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