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811.
by ido 4y ago
It’s actually not the “hug of death” that I fondly remember happening more often (although that too was undoubtedly more common) but finding cool, weird, niche topics on the internet that I didn’t know before and were really fascinating.
812.
by ido 4y ago
I remember first experiencing that in the early days of slashdot (must have been late 90s). It subjectively feels like such moments were more common back then.
813.
by ido 4y ago
There’s also weirdness like the electoral college and presidents getting elected despite getting fewer votes than their competitors (see Bush Jr. and Trump).
814.
by ido 4y ago
A lot of these are stylistic choices (or could be at least) rather than mistakes.
815.
by ido 4y ago
Also more than music, movies and books.
816.
by ido 4y ago
What features were removed and what was the stated reason?
817.
by ido 4y ago
You joke, and I'm sure for some people (who don't really plan to stay anywhere for very long, especially if single & childless) it doesn't matter. But I'm 39 and have little kids. I'd like to stay where I settle
818.
by ido 4y ago
Assuming you’re moving long-term, aren’t you worried climate change is going to make Florida (especially coastal southern Florida) a lot less attractive?
819.
by ido 4y ago
Is the word home not used to describe condos as well? I would have figured it’s a place with no houses to buy.
820.
by ido 4y ago
Be that as it may, children have a higher degree of neuroplasticity than adults. You would have probably learned even faster as a child.
821.
by ido 4y ago
Raising could be challenging now due to current circumstances. Hiring I’ve never found that hard, and you can hire people for sales (and learn the basics yourself).
822.
by ido 4y ago
Why Dubai specifically? I would imagine other places (like Singapore) would be more attractive. I recall stories of visa traps being used to abuse workers from the Indian subcontinent in UAE, but maybe these don't apply to higher statu
823.
by ido 4y ago
I thought so too around your age but I’m 39, still working in tech and am feeling better than ever about my career! For me starting my own startup was the best thing I ever did (so far…)
824.
by ido 4y ago
Isn’t it too early to tell? The crash is very recent.
825.
by ido 4y ago
It's getting off topic, but I love how we interpret Knuth's works like those of Rashi[1] interpreting the Talmud: His commentary on Tanakh—especially on the Chumash ("Five Books of Moses")—serves as the basis for more t
826.
by ido 4y ago
You can also switch to a vegetarian or vegan diet, or eat only less ecologically intensive meat such as chicken (and eat less of it).
827.
by ido 4y ago
The original BG is older than TNG, not sure if that story came from the original or the remake though.
828.
by ido 4y ago
Right, I do think you get diminishing returns once you get to "high end and well maintained early 20th or very late 19th century" buildings, a lot of these can accommodate more or less modern lifestyles quite well (albeit not all
829.
by ido 4y ago
Yes, and most of the world (and even most of developed world) are neither Canadian, Australian or American. Europe and Asia tend to have smaller homes & the latter alone accounts for more than half the world's population.
830.
by ido 4y ago
We have some relatives living an apartment (I think) a couple centuries old- I would guess from the early 1800s or 1700s, I have lived in multiple late 19th century and early 20th century apartments and all of them felt a lot more modern th
831.
by ido 4y ago
We might just have different tastes then! I really hate sweating so Berlin is great and it rarely gets really cold, even in winter it’s mostly above freezing most of the time.
832.
by ido 4y ago
Yeah I didn't mean Germany will go unscathed, just less so than hotter countries. And I think you only cherish the sun if you don't live there long term (especially during the summers).
833.
by ido 4y ago
In some places, yeah. In my experience buildings higher than about 5 stories do have flat roofs ("cube shaped"). Almost all housing in my hometown don't have sloped roofs because it's mostly apartment buildings rather th
834.
by ido 4y ago
What gets it dirty on the roof? You also generally can't see the roof except looking down from taller buildings?
835.
by ido 4y ago
I was likewise born in Israel (on the med coast, not as hot as India but hot nonetheless) and now live in northern Germany, among others also because of climate change fears.
836.
by ido 4y ago
Might be best in India but still way too hot from a northern european prespective.
837.
by ido 4y ago
Even once (if) we get to negative co2 it will take centuries for the temperatures to drop back to pre-industrial levels. We’re still taking “only” slowing down temperature increase for well beyond the lifetime of anyone alive today.
838.
by ido 4y ago
Right. Basically we have to account for the existence of bad actors
839.
by ido 4y ago
I think we should do everything we can (both reducing emissions and geoengineering) to fight climate change ASAP, but the problem is that a lot of very rich people (e.g. oil companies) are incentivized to not have people reduce emissions &a
840.
by ido 4y ago
I think it really depends. Here (northern Germany) you don't really get a lot of snow. So a bit of snow & the accompanied very dry weather is significantly nicer than the cold, damp ~0-5c rain you'd otherwise get in winter. Th

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