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Six common conspiracy theories and why it’s pointless to argue with them(irishtimes.com)
3 points by iamben 5y ago|1 comments
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by iamben 5y ago
My first mechanical watch was a Seiko SKX007. I wore it almost everyday for ~10 years and it was a complete delight. There is something so wonderful about having something on your wrist that feels like magical engineering.
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by iamben 5y ago
I've also wondered this - but I assumed it was more because most people post on HN after seeing it elsewhere. As the more 'strange' outlets (often) favour clickbait titles they get more shares/go viral more often (becaus
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by iamben 5y ago
We're going to end up going back to community sites. Reddit is obviously the good example here, but you can guarantee if you find a 'racing bike' forum (or whatever), take the time to join up, search, ask - someone with a pas
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by iamben 5y ago
More so if it's "use this coin to buy anything on Amazon and get 10% off all regular prices"
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Admittedly it's been a long time since this has been something I've had to worry about - but back when I just asked for it to be cut out the contract. Generally everyone was fine with it, especially when you explain "it'
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by iamben 5y ago
I believe he's referring to excess deaths.
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I thought it was a very well put together article that summed up a lot of everything - especially if you were on the fence about getting jabbed. As a vaccinated person - exactly as he said, you probably don't need to worry: "If
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by iamben 5y ago
Buying carbon credits is like a corporate greenwashing get out jail free card, isn't it? "Hey, no need to hate us! We're buying carbon credits!"
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by iamben 5y ago
I know nothing about trading, so forgive me in advance - but I assumed the point of the article is to break it down a bit more specifically. What causes you to lose money quickly, what's the program doing - how do you stop it from doin
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by iamben 5y ago
I assume this is to do with the Chinese crackdown on Bitcoin miners? Could someone with a better knowledge of cryptocurrency than me explain what a substantial drop in hashrate means or could mean? Thanks!
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Why Is the Intellectual Dark Web Suddenly Hyping an Unproven Covid Treatment?(vice.com)
4 points by iamben 5y ago|3 comments
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Conspiracy theory is a bit like a belief in God. You can present 'facts' until you're blue in the face, but it's very easy to just retort "that's what they want you to believe." Our distrust in governmen
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by iamben 5y ago
Agreed, I don't think the snark is needed. Particularly on HN. Everyone is different, everyone expresses themselves in different ways. I just figured he was sick of the tech 'industry'. On the occasions I've burned out I
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by iamben 5y ago
Why can't they be lucrative? Fire up SEMRush or something similar, find a niche around NBA or Star Wars that's partially attainable, spend some time building a website in that niche that covers your interests. Monetise the traffic
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by iamben 5y ago
There's a line somewhere near the bottom that says: "Once you’ve mastered something and have reached a level of the highest success, you can overlap and begin to take on something else." I don't think you or the author i
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by iamben 5y ago
Not defending cookies - but I just don't think most of the rest of the world cares . Outside of the tech bubble that really cares, I'm not sure I know a single non-tech person that, other than 'the popup', even knows
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What an absolutely incredible (and completely relevant!) headline.
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It's a very utopian idea though, isn't it? What government is going to settle for a currency that's out of their control, that doesn't allow them to collect taxes efficiently? I'm not really for or against crypto in
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IMO there's a massive difference between seeing someone's face and not. A phone call is very different to a video call (and both to meeting in 'real life'). If I had to address your points: - I don't suppose they ha
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by iamben 5y ago
I suppose it depends on what you're used to? From my own (and other people's) experiences, you can have a project with a few hundred site visits - get towards the top of HN, and you can have 100k visits over the next few days. A g
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by iamben 5y ago
Yeah, look at: https://github.com/transitive-bullshit/nextjs-notion-starter... and https://github.com/NotionX/react-notion-x I played around with Cloudflare workers, but ended up just paying for S
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by iamben 5y ago
I watched this yesterday. It's nothing new but it is a well put together timeline and entertaining watch that covers the background of both the companies, the people behind the companies and a lot of the things they've said and
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Haha, yes, with you totally! Perhaps it's a little like the Linux vs Windows/macOS/iOS/Android thing - "have complete control of your computer! Prevent people from spying on you! Tinker under the hood!" - and y
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by iamben 5y ago
I don't disagree this is the direction we're moving in, but what need is there to move to handling your own stuff? If I spoke to 99% of my non tech friends - who (thanks to things like the NHS Covid Check In app) now get QR code
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by iamben 5y ago
Why bitcoin over a bank account ? What's the advantage? I mean, if you don't have a bank account - "here, store everything you have on this phone [do you own a smartphone?], that requires an internet connection [can you affo
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Some Bitcoin miners in Xinjiang ordered to shut down after China's crackdown(theblockcrypto.com)
4 points by iamben 5y ago|0 comments
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I own quite a few of the books with 'old' images in - ie ones that have been collated because they're in the public domain now, and everything is free to use. I wonder if there was a particular licence in this book? Like if I
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brooklynvegan.com - on my relatively well specced (intel) Mac it'll start up the fan and grind to a halt at some point.
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I'm currently living the dream that after the (somewhat) exodus of folks to cheaper, spacier suburbs, the fact that people want to work from home and (as per the article on the front page yesterday) would rather quit than commute again

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