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by jacobr 9y ago
> I was shocked to find an entire neighborhood accustomed to helping itself to the plums-- without permission and without any kind of exchange from their own gardens Several of my neighbours tell us and others when their raspberries and
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You are of course right in theory, but it's not good enough to let that justify evidence of war crimes getting lost. If you film people getting shot at in a demonstration and want to get the word out, chances are you use a popular soci
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by jacobr 9y ago
Also see this Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/EliotHiggins/status/896358097320636416 > Ironically, by deleting years old opposition channels YouTube is doing more damage to Syrian history than ISIS could ev
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YouTube AI deletes war crimes evidence as 'extremist material'(middleeasteye.net)
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ES Modules in Node Today(medium.com)
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by jacobr 9y ago
Gave me an idea of dynamic pricing for public parking, like the surge prices of ride sharing services. Maybe this already exists somewhere? If there are only a handful spots left, the price would be really high. If a parking lot is not that
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'Self-driving car' actually controlled by man dressed up as a car seat(theguardian.com)
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We have screen walls (~2 meters) around teams of 2-4 people. I think 2-4 people is a decent compromise, you get friction-less cooperation with the people you work with but you don't get to overhear 20 different conversations about what
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by jacobr 9y ago
Started working on a game with hexagons a while back, and there are really weird/cool things related to hexagons online. Global Hexagonal Awareness Resource Center: https://hexnet.org > It is likely that HEXAGONS will co
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by jacobr 9y ago
His entire program might result in more discrimination and less diversity, but it's hardly a manifesto against diversity as such. A significant portion is concrete proposals to increase diversity.
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Hundreds of Psychology Studies Are Wrong(psychologytoday.com)
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by jacobr 9y ago
If my cat is poisoned I would definitely avoid what it ate until there's overwhelming evidence that it's not harmful for me.
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by jacobr 9y ago
> I've spent the last two decades researching Theosophy, Freemasonry, Rosicrucianism, the Bavarian Illuminati and Western Occultism. Not a great source though.
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You can also give them an iPad in Airplane mode.
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Do they really? We're considering switching from self hosted CE to Gitlab.com EE. Reliability and speed is what we're concerned about regarding the switch.
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Introducing npx: an npm package runner(medium.com)
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by jacobr 9y ago
I switched to FastMail from GMail earlier this year, did not notice any increase in spam to an address I've used publicly for at least 15 years.
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by jacobr 9y ago
I have started to use emojis almost excessively in situations where there is risk of misinterpretation due to my terseness. It comes across a bit unprofessional, but I prefer that over being considered rude or lacking empathy. I believe the
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by jacobr 9y ago
The place where complexity should be is exactly in third party library with a simple public API, avoiding as much complexity and optimizations as possible in your own application code.
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Another problem is if a designer used to be a web developer 10 years ago, or has limited knowledge of what's possible, and limits the design to what they think is easier to accomplish. I prefer an uncompromised design and a designer th
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by jacobr 9y ago
Is it uncommon in your country to have kitchen areas where you can prepare/heat food and eat it? At work maybe half of the office bring or buy food and eat together. Some make a quick salad. Others eat together at a restaurant or alone
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by jacobr 9y ago
I remember being very passionate about "folksonomy", tag clouds, microformats and things related to the delicious community. I wonder if that lived on on some corner of the Internet.
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> the amount of tools you have to pull in these days just get some single page interaction going... I just started contributing to an open source project with a lot of JavaScript without any modules or even IIFE wrappers, everything is g
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by jacobr 9y ago
Some developers don't have python in their toolbox/skill set. The alternatives in many cases are Electron or nothing (due to higher development costs etc). The right tool for the job is not always that which gives you the best pro
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Foodora and Deliveroo couriers protest working conditions in Berlin(thelocal.de)
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by jacobr 9y ago
The alternative is for Uber to invest in increased productivity, just like other industries. Making each worked hour give more return. They could supply better bikes, as another poster suggested less downtime for drivers, better algorithms
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It would be better if they offered the job with reasonable wages and conditions. If consumers are not willing to pay enough for Uber to be able to offer this, they have a poor business model or are in the wrong market. You could say the sam
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> Between the vast numbers who won't even go for the interview and the fact that the few that do tend to wash out after a month, uber eats will soon find themselves with no drivers at all. A significant number of the drivers are rec
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by jacobr 9y ago
Very much so. Google is less dominant in many markets where Opera is strong, so the bidding between Google and the local search engines is probably tough.
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The ice stupas of Ladakh: solving water crisis in the high desert of Himalaya(amp.theguardian.com)
2 points by jacobr 9y ago|0 comments

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