imagine99

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BP created 'carbon footprint' as devious, manipulative PR tactic(mashable.com)
3 points by imagine99 6y ago|4 comments
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by imagine99 6y ago
>I know someone who had to show up 8 hours a day for 20 years without anything to do Well, now don't keep us in suspense! What was his job? How did he get it? That's kinda the point of this whole thread ;-) Also, yes to your pa
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by imagine99 6y ago
I legit lol'd at "woop dee doo". Glad to see you see the humor in all that full-stack madness ;-) Out of curiosity, 45k€/year in what industry and country (if you're willing to share)? And is this a salaried positio
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by imagine99 6y ago
I accept what you're saying, and thank you for this observation. I always find it interesting to hear different perspectives. That being said, I don't believe you ;-) (I say this with affection). You'd be surprised what peopl
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by imagine99 6y ago
I am sorry but from what I know, 30k€/year is more than the average wage (net) in most European countries, for a full-time job, mind you. In many countries, like Italy or Spain, it's even more like just 20k€/year. To US citiz
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by imagine99 6y ago
You could be right. I don't know what particular example you're thinking about, so I can't really debate you on the substance of the matter. However, I've seen people monetize the craziest things (and quite well at that)
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by imagine99 6y ago
Well, you could teach that sport to others (as a part-time coach for amateurs, for example), you could create training videos and materials, write books or a blog with tactics, tricks etc. If you're not the only person in the world int
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by imagine99 6y ago
That has been tried and if (when) found out will get you worse than fired. Data entry and administrative paper-shuffling often involve highly sensitive data (e.g. medical) and you can put the whole company in jeopardy if you outsource this
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by imagine99 6y ago
I do kinda understand where you're coming from but I want to warn you against this approach. These jobs you mention, they DO exist. But they break people and make them intensely miserable. Look into "boreout" (as opposed to b
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by imagine99 6y ago
While I hope this doesn't get flagged, it probably will because it might be too controversial. But I really think we do need to have the chance to read another side of this story and reflect on what is going on here and in society in g
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by imagine99 6y ago
Can I encourage you to think this through to the end because I see this argument so often. Never in human history has self-imposed restraint with regard to scientific exploration, possibilities and development given us any real advantage. T
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by imagine99 6y ago
I agree with your irritation (I too would like more authoritative information about this, as it is outside my expertise). However, with regard to the links you posted, I think these are actually the same source and and the HuffPost "ar
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by imagine99 6y ago
> There is no amount of persuasion that could make me go back I don't really eat meat myself but I don't believe you, sorry. What about "if you ate meat you could increase your brain capacity by 500 cc and live a longer, h
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by imagine99 6y ago
> It‘s about cruelty towards animals and about sustainability. I think that should play absolutely no role in determining whether or not eating meat is better for you than a plant-based diet. It either is or isn't but animal cruelty
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by imagine99 6y ago
I would not say devastating but it does certainly make you think. My wife is a vegetarian and I simply don't eat meat myself most of the time (I eat it very occasionally but don't like most meat for simple reasons of taste; I am c
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by imagine99 6y ago
Well, regardless of the topic at hand (the point about brain-size shrinking when eating plants certainly sounds interesting), already the infographics are full of obvious typos ("Domesticsted", "Larg prey") which suggest
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by imagine99 6y ago
Works for me.
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NASA's helicopter survives first freezing night on Mars(edition.cnn.com)
150 points by imagine99 6y ago|77 comments
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No more residency permits without vaccination(arabtimesonline.com)
1 points by imagine99 6y ago|0 comments
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by imagine99 6y ago
Late to the game but another vote from me. If you haven't seen a lot of demand for a self-hosted version, you might have beem asking the wrong people. Non-cloud advocates and companies with regulatory on-prem requirements tend to not b
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by imagine99 6y ago
With extremely strong accents and sometimes probably hardly intelligible, depending on which time and place they land in. One primary problem is that there was no "Ancient Greek" pronunciation. Greece was not a single country back
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by imagine99 6y ago
I was frankly shocked at some of the things mentioned here. Instagram? Wix.com? Uber? Discord? Seriously? BUT that got me thinking: Could it be that a large portion of the 10x improvement could be in marketing, i.e. you'll have to be a
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by imagine99 6y ago
Would you mind sharing a link to that YouTube crash course? That would be awesome. Thanks.
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by imagine99 6y ago
Yes, me too. I actually wonder how the header graphic was made? Looks very nice. Although I must admit, I have no idea what this site is supposed to be. Could be random musings from GPT-3 for all I know (even the explainer is very cryptic).
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by imagine99 6y ago
I recommend looking at Digital Signage Displays instead (NEC is pretty good but there are many name brands). They have most of the TV tech you need and none of the TV tech you don't want. They are rated to run 16 to 24 hours a day, so
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by imagine99 6y ago
I believe whoever changed the headline to this abomination doesn't understand any German - or it was done automatically by something like GPT-3 (wouldn't put it past HN ;-)). Why? Because it's the exact result that Google Tra
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by imagine99 6y ago
I did submit it under a completely different title but unfortunately someone changed it to this abomination. I don't know what if anything I can do about it because I also thought it can now be construed as the exact opposite. I think
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AI ethics research conference suspends Google sponsorship(venturebeat.com)
293 points by imagine99 6y ago|255 comments
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by imagine99 6y ago
And then TeamViewer did the same, and if you accidentally connected to a Windows Server OS, they locked your account :-( So I had to move on to... nothing actually, now I'm using the Windows-integrated "Quick Assist" feature
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by imagine99 6y ago
No need to feel sorry for me ;-) Personally, I am used to that, I've been in IT for too long. But I can indeed imagine that some people experienced some anguish over this. I agree that storage cost is completely marginal and I am quite

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