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by jawns 6y ago
I am a generalist, so I can do a lot of things reasonably well, but nothing with particular expertise. So when I'm working alongside specialists -- people with extraordinary depth in one particular aspect of technology -- it can be ea
902.
by jawns 6y ago
I would be curious to hear about other people who "retired" then went back to work. I feel like if I reached the FIRE point, I would continue to work, but entirely on my own terms, not as an employee of somebody else. Even at my
903.
by jawns 6y ago
I took a philosophy of religion course as an undergrad that spent a long time exploring whether the concept of free will is compatible with an omniscient God. I really enjoyed it, even if it made my brain swirl a little. Here's a wiki
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by jawns 6y ago
The article explains that this is one of the pope's monthly prayer intentions. It is not the only one. Regarding some of the other topics you listed, the pope has not been silent on them. Covid: https://www.marketwatch.com&
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by jawns 6y ago
Little theological tidbit here: In Catholicism, there is a distinction between God's permissive will and God's active/perfect will. God's permissive will is what God allows to happen, even if he does not desire it. God,
906.
by jawns 6y ago
Unfortunately, this hits companies from the wrong direction. Even if it incentives good behavior (which is debatable), the good behavior it incentivizes is to lower one person's enormous compensation so that it's slightly less eno
907.
Show HN: Visualize the different shapes of gift exchanges(gift-exchanges.pressbin.com)
1 points by jawns 6y ago|0 comments
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The Atlantic fully retracts story by Ruth Shalit Barrett(theatlantic.com)
31 points by jawns 6y ago|11 comments
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by jawns 6y ago
Placing bogus orders using a reverse-engineered API, however, is likely illegal. Especially at the speed and scale at which he is purportedly doing it.
910.
by jawns 6y ago
> so there's no harm to the stores at all here Maybe not in terms of them preparing the food ahead of time and not getting paid for it. But there's substantial potential for harm if this clogs up the ordering system and affects
911.
by jawns 6y ago
You probably have a different definition of malicious than most of us. What you're thinking is, "Did he do this to break things at McDonald's or actively hurt them in some way?" But if he's hitting an internal API a
912.
by jawns 6y ago
Some details here: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/mcbroken A commenter asks: "How are you funding the $18k per minute this requires?" He replies: "I'm actually not paying for it! just placing an
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by jawns 6y ago
Concerning the Reformation and the two big doctrines that came out of it -- sola scriptura (Bible alone) and sola fide (faith alone) -- there was a Pew Research poll done a few years ago, asking U.S. Protestants about whether they ascribed
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by jawns 6y ago
I don't think the Catholic Church has abandoned supersessionism, as you say. What it has abandoned is a particular type of supersessionism, one that was fueled, in part, by anti-semetic bias. In this First Things piece by David Novak,
915.
by jawns 6y ago
One thing this essay misses is that in your typical religious group, you're going to have: * A good-sized portion who are "in name only" adherents * A large group who are "in good standing" but not necessarily stron
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by jawns 6y ago
In iTerm 2, I have it set up to play a sound when certain commands finish, but it hadn't occurred to me that having hold music while the job is still processing could be useful. Yet now that I think about it, there have been times when
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by jawns 6y ago
I think there are two takeaways from this experiment. One is not at all noteworthy and one is somewhat interesting but has limited applications. The uninteresting takeaway is that people note whether a photo is B&W/color and use t
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The tech pipeline problem misrepresents the pipe(shaungallagher.pressbin.com)
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by jawns 6y ago
Thanks for calling that out. The original Wired article is by Sidney Fussell. The Organic Prepper article is by Robert Wheeler -- but it goes well beyond what I would consider fair use and copies a good portion of the Wired article (24 para
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Fall Foliage Prediction Map(smokymountains.com)
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Even in people with Parkinson's gene, coffee may be protective(aan.com)
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Regulation Is Killing Medical Software Innovation(eidel.io)
4 points by jawns 6y ago|1 comments
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by jawns 6y ago
For books that are in high demand, let's say you pay $25 to buy the book outright, but you can then lend it as many times as you want. Assuming it's always checked out for two weeks, that's 26 readers a year who benefit, at
924.
by jawns 6y ago
I'm an author whose books are published by one of the publishers mentioned in the article, and I'm also a library patron who has checked out an absurd number of ebooks from my library since the pandemic started. The way ebooks are
925.
by jawns 6y ago
Are you saying that we should only display dinosaur bones and never draw illustrations of what the dinosaurs actually looked like, because it might fool someone into thinking we know more than we actually do?
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by jawns 6y ago
When publishers consider book proposals, they're always thinking about how easy and how expensive it will be to market the book to people. Paid advertising is effective, but extremely expensive. Getting press coverage is great, and les
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by jawns 6y ago
I'm a software engineer and the author of four books, but none are about software. (Three are pop-sci and one is pop-stats.) First book (2013) did extremely well and continues to sell well. Lots of good press, translated into multipl
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by jawns 6y ago
I think it's wise to acknowledge as part of #2 that it's not just because some people are stupid or impulsive or short-sighted. Substance abuse, mental health, past trauma, bad influences, poor family dynamics, etc. all certainly
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Entire staff of NYU student newspaper resigns after ouster of editor in chief(nyunews.com)
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930.
by jawns 6y ago
I admit I could be mistaken, but often when I hear people complain that they wish they had been taught to handle their finances or learned about budgeting, it reduces down to "I wish I had been taught not to spend outside my means.&quo

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