jgwil2

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   Save stars, sleep and birdsong from skyglow. Light the night smart(washingtonpost.com)

   1 points by jgwil2 4y ago|0 comments
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   by jgwil2 4y ago

   OP was ostensibly making a completely unrelated point. The word "need" was referring to the relationship between the original topic of discussion and the snarky aside that OP dropped into it. There was no need for there to be a po
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   by jgwil2 4y ago

   The comment didn't need to mention it at all, especially considering that it was preceded by "I remember hearing." It didn't add anything to the point about security and it goes against the spirit of the site.
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   by jgwil2 4y ago

   There was really no need to shoehorn a snarky political talking point into this discussion.
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   The Long Shadow of ‘American Dirt’(nytimes.com)

   2 points by jgwil2 4y ago|0 comments
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   by jgwil2 4y ago

   Guacamole might not be a profit center, but how many people are going to go to a burrito place that doesn't offer it as an option?
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   by jgwil2 4y ago

   It would be nice if they could do some of this development in a sustainable way, like encouraging walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods with reasonable density, but unfortunately based on the language in your comment (highways, big box stores)
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   The Trillion-Dollar Coin Might Be the Least Bad Option(theatlantic.com)

   6 points by jgwil2 4y ago|1 comments
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   by jgwil2 4y ago

   Thanks for posting. I didn't realize that this had been such a hot topic recently.
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    Ask HN: Google spam filter getting worse?

    158 points by jgwil2 4y ago|91 comments
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    by jgwil2 4y ago

    I think the answer is in OP: > Imagine if you bet against it being permanent, and you were wrong? Your company just lost out on a massive opportunity- a CEO that does that would be worried for their job. And if you bet for it being all p
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    Danhausen Became Professional Wrestling’s Strangest Star(nytimes.com)

    2 points by jgwil2 4y ago|0 comments
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    The New Soldiers in Propane’s Fight Against Climate Action: Television Stars(nytimes.com)

    9 points by jgwil2 4y ago|0 comments
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    by jgwil2 4y ago

    > (unlikely they'd care for $1000). They certainly wouldn't, since you can legally receive a gift of up to $16k per year tax free.
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    Big Meat just can't quit antibiotics(vox.com)

    5 points by jgwil2 4y ago|2 comments
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    by jgwil2 4y ago

    I agree. I believe that people should drive "selfishly" (i.e. going ahead of me when they have the right of way rather than offering to wait), because it makes traffic more predictable and therefore safer. I'd much rather wai
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    Stuff Is Worse Now(vox.com)

    39 points by jgwil2 4y ago|10 comments
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    Has the Amazon Reached Its ‘Tipping Point’?(nytimes.com)

    1 points by jgwil2 4y ago|0 comments
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    by jgwil2 4y ago

    The word "suburbs" describes a different pattern of development from small towns. Small towns can exist as service hubs in rural areas. Suburbs form around cities to allow people to commute to jobs in those cities.
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    by jgwil2 4y ago

    Tufecki is definitely not a lightweight: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeynep_Tufekci Having said that, I agree that technical debt could be better explained here. I think the issue is that very old software systems te
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    The Shameful Open Secret Behind Southwest’s Failure(nytimes.com)

    4 points by jgwil2 4y ago|4 comments
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    by jgwil2 4y ago

    I've found that usually, when I get the urge to buy something, if I just wait a few days the desire will subside and I can go on with my life and not miss it. Amazon does its best to enable impulse purchases for that very reason.
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    They call him the Eagle: The US lost a key ally in Mexico as fentanyl took off(washingtonpost.com)

    1 points by jgwil2 4y ago|0 comments
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    The End of High-School English(theatlantic.com)

    5 points by jgwil2 4y ago|1 comments
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    by jgwil2 4y ago

    I love vi bindings but I've found that if you're using oh-my-zsh this will break a bunch of stuff like the command history. If anyone knows of a workaround for that I'd love to hear about it.
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    by jgwil2 4y ago

    Link elsewhere in this thread[0] shows that this user removed this repo from GitHub deliberately, so I doubt they're the account who shared it. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33897373
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    by jgwil2 4y ago

    I'd recommend anyone new to Borges to begin with "The Garden of Forking Paths." It's a sort of spy thriller story but also includes his trademark meditations on time and infinity.
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    by jgwil2 4y ago

    English ivy may be slow growing in your region but it is definitely an invasive, ground-spreading pest in other places. Where I live it's not uncommon at all to see large swaths of wooded parkland covered in it.
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    by jgwil2 4y ago

    Comparing is not the same as equating. Of course, almost everyone agrees that human slavery is a much greater evil than animal captivity, which is why one practice is universally outlawed while the other is found in just about every human s
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    by jgwil2 4y ago

    Also Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software : https://www.microsoftpressstore.com/store/code-the-hidden-la...