jiojfekjl

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by jiojfekjl 9y ago
1. "the rich" seems pretty clear an concise. What else would you call them. How is "rich people" any more or less crass? 2. You say it provides a strawman. But then you go on to basically confirm what the article says. A
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by jiojfekjl 9y ago
"One man's innocent, casual conversation with a female coworker can these days become that woman's #MeToo moment" Lets look at some notable #MeToo cases in the last year 1. Harvey Weinstein - Dozens of women accused Wein
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by jiojfekjl 9y ago
I think you can relax. Most of these stories are not about subtle or accidental sexism. She says her teammate introduced her as a token female. That's obviously inappropriate, right? I don't think I'd need to monitor my words
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by jiojfekjl 9y ago
Ok, but more than 30 years after the Chernobyl disaster, it's still not safe to live in Pripyat. Worker's are limited to spending no more than 5 consecutive hours on site. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/de
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by jiojfekjl 9y ago
I figured that was the case, so I'm glad I could fill you in. I agree that the hand drawn style isn't the best way to consume this sort of content.
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by jiojfekjl 9y ago
During a major hurricane I was without power for a week. In that time I wrote more songs, more poems, and finished more paintings than ever before. The takeaway: creativity requires occasional periods of boredom.
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by jiojfekjl 9y ago
I thought clickbait was "you'll never believe what happens next" and "one weird trick." A far cry from this submission.
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by jiojfekjl 9y ago
There's nothing to get. A zine is just a self published magazine. Not all of them are hand drawn. Essentially, zines were blogs before the web.
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by jiojfekjl 9y ago
Going after the low end can be a good strategy, since the established competition usually ignores that market segment. Speaking as someone who might be in that low end demographic (a musician looking for tips), I like the branding, since it
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by jiojfekjl 9y ago
I'm a musician who gives their work away for free. I'm intrigued by this. I don't make a living off my music, but I have a small following that supports me in small ways (5 bucks here, 10 bucks there). Can you tell me what th
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by jiojfekjl 9y ago
I tried this and it didn't make me use my phone less. That said, I don't use my phone for hours and hours to begin with. Was this anyone else's experience?
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by jiojfekjl 9y ago
Nitpicking: The stars don't do anything when I click them. Only when I start to drag them do I get any kind of visual feedback that something happened (they scale up) Not sure if that's intentional. I'm on Firefox.
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by jiojfekjl 9y ago
There's no reason to replace a phone when it works fine, and the replacement is hardly better. These companies have an economic incentive to encourage waste. Can we admit that these incentives are fucked up? Much of our society works t
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by jiojfekjl 9y ago
"There's some who argue" Let's be clear about who. Who is arguing that people need separate identities for work, family, and friends? Sociologists Who is arguing that having a single identity will make society more open?
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by jiojfekjl 9y ago
I wouldn't blame the success of Uber on the founder's emotional intelligence. Quite the contrary.
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by jiojfekjl 9y ago
Well the test results came back. And it looks like people hate your idea. Thank goodness. Be careful suggesting contemptible ideas in jest. Online, people will think you're serious. And in the HN bubble, you risk normalizing these dang