jacobtwotwo

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by jacobtwotwo 7y ago
The press is partially there to disagree with or at least critique such subjective judgments.
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by jacobtwotwo 7y ago
Speaking as a one-time 'high speed internet tech support customer relations specialist' working at a call-center contracted out to Comcast, I was told that it was close to 90%. That seems exaggerated since I would say it was close
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by jacobtwotwo 7y ago
I think OP's point still stands. If the job is done to the same standards (assuming same time frame as well), what other issues does this bring up? An apt comparison might be Jimmy Hendrix playing a right-handed guitar left-handed (i.e
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by jacobtwotwo 7y ago
> Someone has to be last That makes it possible, not likely. For any population N > 2, it's less likely that you'll be last than that you will not be last.
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by jacobtwotwo 8y ago
I recommend activity-watch[0] if anyone wants a good, open-source, at-a-glance system of tracking for their own computer usage. It's definitely helped me rebuild a memory of my activities on days that got away from me. [0] https:&#x2F
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by jacobtwotwo 8y ago
> How can the same people be worried about human extinction as a result of environmental collapse, also think we might be able to develop a sustainable colony on Mars. We would control the size and direction of growth on a colony. As it
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by jacobtwotwo 8y ago
May I suggest that you alter or drop the "who cares" part? That kind of dismissive rhetorical question will make anyone listening more willing to dismiss what follows out-of-hand as well. I very much agree with the core idea of wh
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by jacobtwotwo 8y ago
I think the point is that China is exploiting the same system that other countries created and started exploiting prior, but it is doing so on a larger scale and to a more obvious degree than the others. That is to say, yes, it's a pro
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by jacobtwotwo 8y ago
Can you explain how the op is suggesting that? From my reading, it seems OP is saying that these types of articles need to include the broader context if they're to do any good in educating their readers on the issue at hand. No contex
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by jacobtwotwo 8y ago
I, a relative 'nix noob, have been wanting to play around with different distros without losing too much of my configurations in any particuar jump. It seems like this might work for my use.
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by jacobtwotwo 8y ago
Check the comments. This is pretty light on actual content. You will probably want to skip to ~8 mins in.
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by jacobtwotwo 8y ago
I was one of those people today! This intrigued me enough to learn more about IEEE 754. Thank you for the relevant xkcd!
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by jacobtwotwo 8y ago
This had me legitimately laughing out loud. Thank you ^_^
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by jacobtwotwo 8y ago
I love mentorship, but I don't feel like I'm in a position to mentor anyone. Learning enough to be able to spread my knowledge (or the beneficial application thereof) is the core reason why I want to improve. I know that the more
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by jacobtwotwo 8y ago
What if I just ask pointless hypothetical questions and follow them up with no substance at all?
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by jacobtwotwo 8y ago
It reads, to me, as more of an ESL adaptation.
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by jacobtwotwo 8y ago
I've been using joplin for several months now and I'm loving it. The GUI client isn't perfect and there are a couple missng abilities from the iOS app (e.g. duplicate note), but nothing has been a show stopper and it's b
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by jacobtwotwo 8y ago
Can you explain why? At least one other person in this thread said that Algo supports wireguard.
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by jacobtwotwo 8y ago
I've been using this for a good part of the last year and it's definitely helped me dodge a few bullets that were in my cart. I would love if the creator made a browser add-on.
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by jacobtwotwo 8y ago
Have you tried comparing with something like fakespot? https://www.fakespot.com/