jgwil2

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by jgwil2 4y ago
My 2014 Air is still my personal computer. The battery needs to be replaced but other than that everything still works perfectly fine. When I finally do replace it, I'll probably go with Linux though.
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by jgwil2 4y ago
Yeah, I highly suggest GP never play Diplomacy if that move caused drama.
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by jgwil2 4y ago
This was my thought as well, but fertility rates in much of Europe are even lower than in the US and they don't seem to be experiencing this issue to the same degree.
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Is Holocaust Education Making Anti-Semitism Worse?(theatlantic.com)
4 points by jgwil2 4y ago|0 comments
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by jgwil2 4y ago
There is a strong current of isolationism in contemporary US conservative politics (see Trump's frequent disparagement of NATO, and the questioning of Western support for Ukraine for example). On the lunatic fringe many believe the UN
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How Paris Kicked Out the Cars(slate.com)
56 points by jgwil2 4y ago|11 comments
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by jgwil2 4y ago
If you don't like this bill and you are a US citizen, now is the time to act. Write and call your senators and representative and let them know that you oppose it.
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by jgwil2 4y ago
Can you elaborate on how you've used it for natural language learning?
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Is Working from Home Working?(nytimes.com)
4 points by jgwil2 4y ago|2 comments
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The Colorado River Is Running Dry, but Nobody Wants to Talk About the Mud(nytimes.com)
10 points by jgwil2 4y ago|0 comments
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by jgwil2 4y ago
> Drive from New Mexico, through Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama to Florida sometime and compare the roads and bridges. TBF it's much easier to maintain infrastructure in a mild climate.
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by jgwil2 4y ago
Same reason that bees and wasps have distinctive markings: it advertises to potential predators that they have defense mechanisms at their disposal.
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Black widows are losing to brown widows in the fight for attics and garages(nytimes.com)
110 points by jgwil2 4y ago|171 comments
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by jgwil2 4y ago
Would you mind sharing your perspective?
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Was This a Bailout? Skeptics Descend on Silicon Valley Bank Response(nytimes.com)
3 points by jgwil2 4y ago|1 comments
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by jgwil2 4y ago
Per the article, they are now expected to raise rates much more slowly than they otherwise would have.
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Federal Reserve Path Is Murkier After Bank Blowup(nytimes.com)
55 points by jgwil2 4y ago|104 comments
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by jgwil2 4y ago
> this isn't then an example of "greedy bankers", more like "lazy bankers" or possibly even "unforeseeable circumstances". A distinction without a difference. They made bad decisions for whatever reason
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by jgwil2 4y ago
Yep, it's the Prisoner's Dilemma. The rational decision for the collective is different from the rational decision for the individual.
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Debt default would cripple U.S. economy, new analysis warns(nytimes.com)
10 points by jgwil2 4y ago|4 comments
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by jgwil2 4y ago
Not just that. Conrad is pretty controversial these days in certain circles. Many people consider "Heart of Darkness" to be racist. I think another male author would have been passed over without remark.
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by jgwil2 4y ago
This is my instinct as well. I'm really surprised how many people here seem to think that just buying the status symbol a) will solve the problem and b) imparts the right lesson.
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by jgwil2 4y ago
> some of them are stupid This doesn't sound like a stupid test at all: it safeguards against a regression by preventing anyone from changing the vector code. In an ideal world every bug would be caught by a human once and only once
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by jgwil2 4y ago
Re grammar, "they'll have been" works but I would just keep it simple: "chances are they have been."
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by jgwil2 4y ago
> I don’t see how the real estate market can support small falls without a full crash, as unless there are substantial gains each year, landlords are facing mounting adjusted losses due to interest rate rises. In the US at least, this is
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by jgwil2 4y ago
I think OP's meaning is that he can type two keystrokes sequentially faster than the program can display the first character.
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by jgwil2 4y ago
Dans ce pays-ci il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral pour encourager les autres.
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by jgwil2 4y ago
I'm not sure what you mean by this... if you only count the population inside the city limits? Then LA has nearly 4 million residents (of course, inside city limits includes a lot of neighborhoods that are suburban in character). Wheth
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by jgwil2 4y ago
I think every neighborhood should have an elementary school within walking distance (my local elementary school is not and it annoys me to no end) but I agree that for high schools this might be unrealistic, and anyway a good transit system
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by jgwil2 4y ago
Really neat visualization. Would love to see it for other cities (perhaps Paris would be a good one for comparison, since it's touted as the fifteen-minute city par excellence).

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