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by ilamont 2y ago
OTOH, the pinyin-based typing systems on computers and phones has been a godsend to students of Chinese. I started to learn Chinese in the 80s at my high school and then in the 90s in Taiwan and was laughably bad at writing. Literally, peop
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Amazon to shut down speedy brick-and-mortar delivery service(cnbc.com)
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by ilamont 2y ago
I think the other part of the problem is Apple historically has such tight control over marketing and messaging. It does not encourage its people to work on something on the fly, experimenting with new channels or formats, or delegating to
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Why is Apple so bad at marketing its TV shows?(fastcompany.com)
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US warns China overproducing EVs, batteries, semiconductors for global dominance(reuters.com)
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Taiwan nixes next-gen fighter, opts to try to buy from US(taiwannews.com.tw)
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by ilamont 2y ago
I really like the focus on watching or listening to source materials every day. This is where Duolingo fails, or at least how my SO uses it. It becomes a game for listening to snippets and remembering vocabulary, not actual comprehension of
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by ilamont 2y ago
the cultural infrastructure has been falling away for decades now In many areas of the arts, the infrastructure you speak of was controlled by oligopolies: local broadcasters with allotted bandwidth, record distributors who only worked wi
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Wukong's global success sparks government embrace of video games as soft power(restofworld.org)
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by ilamont 2y ago
> At some point it was done and I got my discounted theme park tickets or whatever. My aunt used to do this. Fit the profile of a mark - retired school employee from the northeast visiting Florida. She'd go on the hotel retreat or g
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by ilamont 2y ago
Phase 2 is not a slam dunk. Much more work remains, and under the guidance of a CEO who has zero drug development experience and a track record of management incompetence: - lying about growth - pushing out the cofounder - never making a p
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Bay Area teacher saving half my income – why the doubt? (2019)(bogleheads.org)
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Streaming every NFL game this season requires 7 different services, costs $2,500(marketwatch.com)
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by ilamont 2y ago
The jaw-dropper in this story isn't hybrids, it's the section about hydrogen . Toyota is staying the course, now joined by BMW. The writer concludes: I really hope someone can figure out how to make hydrogen work on a consumer s
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by ilamont 2y ago
Thank you for this analogy. Lightens up the thread and put a smile on my face.
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by ilamont 2y ago
This has been playing out for many years. And it's all because Brewster Kahle decided that an overly broad interpretation of the Internet Archive's mission trumped the rights of authors and publishers, and the laws of the United S
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Andreessen Horowitz Ditches Miami Two Years After Opening Office(msn.com)
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What the Hell Is Going on with SFWA?(jasonsanford.substack.com)
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by ilamont 2y ago
This why I buy Brother cartridges from Staples, and one of the reasons I cancelled Prime. Amazon can’t be trusted thanks its inability to manage 3rd party sellers and grey market inventory.
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Official DOJ release: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ks/pr/former-ceo-failed-bank-se...
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by ilamont 2y ago
Not just news. Movies. Music. Websites. It leads to some unusual cross currents. A few years back following the Canadian trucker protests, some of the defendants cited their "First Amendment rights": Tamara Lich, the Alberta woma
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Former Heartland Bank CEO gets 24 years after putting bank funds into crypto(web3isgoinggreat.com)
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by ilamont 2y ago
I once worked for a founder who used paper lists. The guy was a billionaire in a very advanced field, but his office workflow was based on a small sheet of note paper with crossed-out tasks. At the time, I used Wunderlist (later To-Do) for
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by ilamont 2y ago
His anecdotal observations are accurate. This entry on Canadian Geese is right on the mark based on behavior I have seen in some flocks near the St. Lawrence and Charles rivers at dusk: Although on these occasions they move with the greate
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Gartner AI Hype Cycle: Autonomous AI Is on the Way (Apparently)(pivot-to-ai.com)
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Gannett is shuttering site accused of publishing AI product reviews(theverge.com)
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The United States’ complaint alleges that, from at least as early as 2019 and extending for multiple years, Georgia Tech essentially had “no enforcement” of federal cybersecurity regulations in connection with DoD contracts and fostered a
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Navy Could Sideline 17 Support Ships Due to Manpower Issues(news.usni.org)
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80% of applicants with experience matching our stack were North Koreans(cinder.co)
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E-commerce job seekers encounter a 'brutal and frustrating' hiring market(modernretail.co)
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