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by jameslk 3y ago
Well, if we're going to selectively include text from that article, I'll include this one, since what really matters is what motivates terrorism, not what's in that letter: > Robert Pape identified 315 incidents, all but 1
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by jameslk 3y ago
> The Guardian has removed a letter written by Osama Bin Laden, explaining his war against the United States is partly because of its support of Israel, after it had gone viral on TikTok. If I recall correctly, the terrorists attacked th
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U.S., NATO to Suspend Participation in Landmark Cold War Arms Treaty(wsj.com)
17 points by jameslk 3y ago|2 comments
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by jameslk 3y ago
So is the labor participation rate over the same time period: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1b4eJ As boomers exit the labor market, jobs free up. That may not be the only explanation but it's likely part of
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U.S. net saving as a percentage of gross national income(fred.stlouisfed.org)
100 points by jameslk 3y ago|79 comments
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by jameslk 3y ago
This looks awesome! Is the next step something like a Copilot integration? There’s Copilot CLI coming soon[0] but I think something that autocompletes would feel more natural most of the time. 0. https://githubnext.com/proje
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Digital Nomad Statistics(nomadlist.com)
6 points by jameslk 3y ago|0 comments
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by jameslk 3y ago
Are these submissions on WeWork getting flagged for some reason? There’s been a few these in the past day that quickly gained a lot of points and have since fallen off the homepage quickly: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?
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by jameslk 3y ago
Yes, they were trying to stay afloat by throwing under the bus all the small businesses that couldn't afford to pay for office space they couldn't even go to[0]. So sorry that they used any cushion they had previously for share bu
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by jameslk 3y ago
I had the pleasure of dealing with Regus / Spaces trying to enforce their contract and collect payment for office rent even though I couldn't go to their offices due to COVID and lockdowns (this was during the peak of it in April
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by jameslk 3y ago
I’m curious how hard this is going to hit commercial real estate, which already seems to be on the brink of collapse. What are the cascading effects like the subprime mortgage crisis?
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by jameslk 3y ago
> My suggestion is to stop embedding eighteen third party performance metric platforms and your website will be faster than any of those platforms could ever make it. I’m not sure what you’re talking about but the snark and continuous in
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by jameslk 3y ago
No, for me they have more to do with web performance. Look up how to track Largest Contentful Paint in Safari, for example. Many other types of ways to optimize websites are not available in Safari. IIRC push notifications are supported in
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by jameslk 3y ago
Yes, that is what I meant. I have to work on a lot of e-commerce websites and the WebKit browser engine is the one that seems to always be late to the party or outright won’t support new features. But of course most shoppers on a website ar
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by jameslk 3y ago
There’s something really beautiful about creating a browser that can run in a browser. We can finally steamroll a lot of those cross browser incompatibilities by replacing the host browser engine entirely. It’s like the nuclear option to fi
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Battling Drone Threats: Metal Cages Are Reinventing Tank Defense(frontierindia.com)
2 points by jameslk 3y ago|0 comments
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California slams San Francisco for 'egregious' barriers to housing construction(nytimes.com)
91 points by jameslk 3y ago|77 comments
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by jameslk 3y ago
> In many ways, today’s housing market is the polar opposite of the one that preceded the Great Recession. > Back then, reckless mortgage lending helped create a situation where demand became artificially strong. Eventually, it collap
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by jameslk 3y ago
Kids are using tools like these to learn. Who gets to control the information in these models that are taught? Especially around political topics? Not an issue now, but maybe in the future if these tools end up becoming full blown replaceme
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by jameslk 3y ago
Nice, this looks pretty good. It's always been my dream of having something like Retool, but using your own components and completely open source. Retool is a backend layer too, so that's partially what's missing to complete
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by jameslk 3y ago
This fixed it, thanks!
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by jameslk 3y ago
I'm curious to hear more about the privacy and security practices of a service where you divulge your deepest darkest secret: that you're living with a disorder. Something that unscrupulous potential employers or others with nefar
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Hawaii governor warns developers against predatory land buying in Lahaina(cnbc.com)
6 points by jameslk 3y ago|0 comments
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Death in the Snow(theguardian.com)
2 points by jameslk 3y ago|1 comments
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by jameslk 3y ago
This is HN right? I believe I'm justified in my pedantry /s Jokes aside, I think it is partially disingenuous for others to claim they avoid news on this site. It might not be the front page of a major news site, but there's
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by jameslk 3y ago
The irony of Hacker News commenters saying they avoid the news on a site called Hacker News...
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Influencer Kai Cenat charged of inciting riot after thousands cause NYC mayhem(apnews.com)
4 points by jameslk 3y ago|1 comments
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by jameslk 3y ago
If it's truly a democracy I'd expect otherwise given the polling on this issue: > Public support for a ban on stock trading among members of Congress is almost unanimous — with 86% in favor nationwide, according to a new survey
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by jameslk 3y ago
Who closed 656 issues? They seem to be actively commenting: https://github.com/twitter/the-algorithm/issues?q=commenter%...
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You don't think it has any value, even educational? Seems there's a lot there. Last commit 2 weeks ago shows the following: > Showing 393 changed files with 9,322 additions and 3,838 deletions. There must be something worthy th

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