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by ink_13 3y ago
Sure, but how long would your new server keep working (i.e., delivering mail to GMail, etc)? Do you know some magic incantation for staying off the naughty lists? Setting up a server is trivial, yes. Keeping it going is a never-ending tre
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by ink_13 3y ago
> Isn't Canada full of foreign PhDs driving taxis because they qualify for permanent residence on points but then can't get jobs because employers want "Canadian work experience"? Canadian here. Nope.
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by ink_13 3y ago
I was not able to register my foreign phone for Suica when in Japan last February, I had to get a physical card. Maybe it's changed since then?
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by ink_13 3y ago
> gives roughly the same effect It does not, and that can (and has been!) be empirically shown. Salt gets into the food and changes both chemical properties and how it responds to cooking. Pre-seasoned meats, for example, are more tend
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by ink_13 3y ago
> Gmail support on the back end has solved issues like this within a day or two I mean, has it? Even for plebes who might not know someone on the inside who can file an expedited request? The problem isn't running your own server (
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by ink_13 3y ago
They are not "legally closed", they are controlled. A closed border permits no crossings, which is clearly not the state of reality.
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by ink_13 3y ago
Those are not the only choices. A border can be controlled.
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by ink_13 3y ago
> When an open-source project somehow loses its way, it's often forked by a new team of contributors who have a better idea Perhaps ironically, this was also the genesis of Firefox
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by ink_13 3y ago
Calling a certain frequency "A4" is also in no way scientific. It's completely arbitrary! Just agree with the other people you're playing with. That's what really matters. Musicality is in ratios, not absolute v
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by ink_13 3y ago
Novelists and lawyers both do writing, but I wouldn't call their output the same thing. You might call legal writing more useful or novelists more insightful, but that's a matter of opinion. One is not intrinsically more valuabl
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by ink_13 3y ago
I don't even understand the question. Is there in truth no beauty? Why do anything that doesn't add value to the physical world?
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by ink_13 3y ago
> No problem with there being a rigorous math department. For mathematicians. But, quite literally, no one else cares As someone who did an undergrad in mathematics, I have to disagree with you here. People think math is about numbers a
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by ink_13 3y ago
Indeed there is: https://www.websequencediagrams.com/
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by ink_13 3y ago
Oh sure, they're not even that complicated. I've been asked (and asked myself) about them in interviews.
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by ink_13 3y ago
Based on this comment I am not convinced you know how unions work, either.
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by ink_13 3y ago
Modern font rendering seems OK to me but I have given up on trying to figure out how to get a web browser to scroll without tearing
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by ink_13 3y ago
It's possible to find this kind of thing distasteful without being motivated by envy.
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by ink_13 3y ago
There's no shortage of people shooting 4K video on iPhone these days. Being able to get it onto a laptop to edit in a reasonable amount of time matters to them.
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by ink_13 3y ago
C also makes concurrency very easy. So easy the uncareful regularly shoot off both feet. Too easy .
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by ink_13 3y ago
Do your mouse or (computer) keyboard offer those things? I am genuinely curious about how you think that would work.
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by ink_13 3y ago
Is there no balm in Gilead? No value and no skill? My foot. There's more to life than generating value for the economy.
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by ink_13 3y ago
Location: Toronto, Canada Remote: Sure. Hybrid or on-site are fine, too Willing to relocate: No, but some travel is OK Technologies: Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, OSX, Perl, Python, Ruby, Ansible, Chef, DNS, DHCP, PXE, etc, etc, etc
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by ink_13 3y ago
Formalized debating like this bears about as much resemblance to persuasion as fencing does to actual sword fighting. That is, the broad strokes are similar but ultimately it's highly stylized and not actually the other thing.
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by ink_13 3y ago
Pigouvian taxes are the best taxes. Externalities? Those cost money now! Want less of a behaviour? Put a tax on it! Want to reduce your tax burden? Do less of the bad thing! "But I don't want to stop doing the bad thing!&quo
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Elon Musk Says Twitter Will Change Its Logo to X(wsj.com)
6 points by ink_13 3y ago|4 comments
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by ink_13 3y ago
Dr Pepper was formulated to taste the way Morrison's Old Corner Drug Store in Waco TX smelled in the early 1880s. It's not supposed to taste of anything identifiable.
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by ink_13 3y ago
Off the top of my head I've seen tiles of this type in cathedrals in Salisbury and York originally installed in the late 19th century. They looked to me to be in perfect condition.
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by ink_13 3y ago
Complete anosmia with cold/flu/sinus infection is rare. Typically you can't smell anything because your nasal passages and olfactory bulb are fully occluded by excess mucus. The loss of smell is physical. If you blow your
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by ink_13 3y ago
Yes, almost impressively so. This should be a big embarrassment for Twitter.
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by ink_13 3y ago
Interesting, it reminded me of Inconsolata

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