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by intro-b 9y ago
One particular sight while living in Tokyo was the checkout line snaked around the store at places like Tower Records. Students and businesspeople alike, each with a CD or two, buying them after classes/work. New releases had entire se
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by intro-b 9y ago
I wonder if there's also a social component with moderate drinking along with other factors; being able to enjoy drinks with colleagues after work or catch up with friends at a bar are culturally acceptable activities that seem to alig
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by intro-b 10y ago
i like Ghost's design aesthetic and usage, although what's most important is using whatever tool facilitates writing with least overhead
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by intro-b 10y ago
headline is a little bit misleading and withholds contextual information, making it seem more sensational than it actually seem from the article's second paragraph: "The student union at the School of Oriental and African Studies
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by intro-b 10y ago
this seems like a pretty standard enforcement of their policy - since real-life information was being shared on that community for the purposes of targeted harassment, banning has always been their primary recourse
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by intro-b 10y ago
No, it specifically relates to increased security checks and verification for refugee visa-seeking applicants (a major discussion point of R governmental agenda, but since it was enacted by a Dem president he is still clearly soft/weak
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by intro-b 10y ago
It's easy to see how this directly relates to subjects that the general HN readership finds important, including possible ramifications in technology (startups, hiring, logistics, etc) and engineering and scientific academia/resea
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by intro-b 10y ago
How this is happening, the exact trajectory of how much worse these things are (and its potential to worsen) is somewhat terrifying, especially when you consider the cavalier disregard and easy ignorance that this policy represents. I kno
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by intro-b 10y ago
can you elaborate on your first point? i've read fringe theories relating modern healthcare philanthropy with a sublimated form of eugenics, but they've all struck me as somewhat polarized and devoid of evidence
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by intro-b 10y ago
the arbitrary enforcement of unclear policies makes egregious violations less noticeable—the increase of control through variance
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by intro-b 10y ago
search, interrogation, and intimidation are timeless and scary-effective ways of maintaining control of narratives and perspectives the maintenance of physical borders is not only about the physicality of keeping people out, but ideas and e
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by intro-b 10y ago
don't preemptively judge your reasoning/analysis as cynical—it's a descriptor that's used to prematurely attack critique and commentary on feel good stories. if you don't buy into the narrative, you're being to
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by intro-b 10y ago
that kind of attitude is responsible for a lot of awful behavior in the startup community—why should a business venture be exempt from criticism for unethical/misleading practices just because they managed to parlay those practices int
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by intro-b 10y ago
is there speculation that Japan might be, in the future few years, a promising place to establish startups and source promising talent? intuitively, i feel like there should be an amount of young engineers/designers/marketers and
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by intro-b 10y ago
is civilization locked into the "myth of progress" or, by living in civilization, is an individual's incentives (professional, financial, cultural, social) just more likely to be aligned with technology-centric and business-o
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by intro-b 10y ago
what's the response to an undergrad senior (CS major, typical software dev internships, portfolio) interested in working remotely after graduation? i assume the typical route is getting a full-time position and then transitioning—is it
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by intro-b 10y ago
any ideas on how this is similar to or differs from the prospects and structure of Darpa's explainable AI (XAI) contract? https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=1606a25... curious about the inhere
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by intro-b 10y ago
hey now those new filters won't make themselves
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by intro-b 10y ago
thank you i've always wanted to order the audio cassette to the 1997 hit film "Good Burger"
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by intro-b 10y ago
it increases by $20/logo sold
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by intro-b 10y ago
The Baffler is far from real journalism—more like overpaid writers attempting to exercise literary contempt over topics they don't understand.