john_moscow

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by john_moscow 5y ago
I really don't get why using fineliners [0] for writing is so unpopular outside of a few European countries. You get consistent line thickness. You don't need to push the tip into the paper, just letting it hover on top. There is
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by john_moscow 5y ago
What kinda raised suspicions about Omicron for me is that it propagates considerably faster in the bronchial tissue, while being much slower in the lungs [0]. Given the current state of biotech, it is not possible to just edit the viral RNA
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by john_moscow 5y ago
>It used to be that I was the one furthest to the left in any newsroom, occasionally causing strain in story meetings with my views on issues like the housing crisis. I am now easily the most conservative, frequently sparking tension by
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by john_moscow 5y ago
It's not. It costs attention - and that's the primary battleground of the information society. To divert the masses attention from the goals that could help them unite.
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by john_moscow 5y ago
Unfortunately, that's ultimately the goal of the craze the media is pushing, and it fuels the endless narrative about discrimination. If we want sanity to win, we need to get back to judging people based on their behavior other than af
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by john_moscow 5y ago
Well, if it really bothers someone when someone else uses the wrong pronoun, they could always just politely ask. Just like people with hard-to-pronounce foreign names. And if someone else refuses, you know, just don't be friends with
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by john_moscow 5y ago
Nope, "low interest rate policies + lack of antitrust enforcement" -> "mergers, buyouts, fewer small businesses" -> "fewer economic roles involving decision making" -> "fewer social ladders throug
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by john_moscow 5y ago
Oh, it's not hatred. It's calling out the employers' bullshit. People have an inherent need to have "wins". Getting something you could envision. Used to be simple things like money, property, vacations, you know. T
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by john_moscow 5y ago
When someone asks me about preferred pronouns, my answer is "I prefer a raise over pronouns and thank you letters". I wish more people would do the same.
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by john_moscow 5y ago
I would argue that the article highlights the biggest problem of the West. It used to be a society of strong independent and happy individuals, capitalizing on their strengths and trading with each other in search of prosperity. We traded i
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by john_moscow 5y ago
>(at home) There is your problem. Vacation is a chance to try something different, something that wouldn't fit into your regular work schedule. Go travel somewhere, try mountain climbing, or skiing, or diving/swimming, or whate
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by john_moscow 5y ago
>Rate limiter: I would probably use a hash table of this structure -- called[yyyy-mm-dd][hh-mm] and then increment the hashtable for that minute, for example, called[2022-01-02][22-01]++ and drop any entries for the last day at the end o
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by john_moscow 5y ago
Not exactly that, but there's a cool strategy game [0] about managing a city hit by a gradually increasing wave of freezing cold. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frostpunk
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by john_moscow 5y ago
Except, they don't guarantee anything legally and hence don't give a flying fuck. They will hook you up with whoever pays the highest commission (or has a direct deal with them) using the least effort on their side, as the OP ha
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by john_moscow 5y ago
>release the object file's space in the final executable, and allocate new space for the new object file. Except, the size of the object file will inevitably change. So you are stuck reimplementing a mini-filesystem with logic for a
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by john_moscow 5y ago
>Brenda presented me with one option: Company S. I said I was surprised at how high Company S's premium was. Brenda told me that Company S had by far the lowest premium. I asked if she had called the company that provided the insura
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by john_moscow 5y ago
Nope, hopes and dreams. They will end up spending most of the time doing fancy refactoring, designing smart architectures and very well-generalized abstractions with near zero noticeable effects by the end users.
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by john_moscow 5y ago
Because it has become the only bar in town with free booze sponsored by the local hospital handling drunk driving accidents. Make the social media platforms interoperable, and force them to charge the costs directly to consumers (so that th
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by john_moscow 5y ago
About 50K COVID deaths in the U.S. below age 50 so far [0]. [0] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-...
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by john_moscow 5y ago
I think, it's a purely economical thing. Most large businesses in Russia are owned by people affiliated in one or other way with the current leadership (Vladimir Putin and friends). This has been gradually achieved by "raiding&quo
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by john_moscow 5y ago
>it seems that they are 100% ok with anti-white racism and anti-Christian bigotry It's anti-middle-class really. Race and religion are just easier to spot.
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by john_moscow 5y ago
Because it's just another example of the decade-long trend where the former middle class is being gradually turned into corporate drones priced out of having a family, house ownership, savings or retirement, and all things that were as
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by john_moscow 5y ago
Oh, I think there's more than that. It's somehow not divisive for Jews to congratulate wide audiences with Hanukah. It's not divisive for Muslims to congratulate their audiences with Ramadan. It's not divisive for Chines
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by john_moscow 5y ago
There's a fairly rational psychological explanation to it. When people cannot achieve a certain goal for a while, they convince themselves that the goal is not worth it, or tainted in some way. Christmas has been traditionally associat
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by john_moscow 5y ago
Here's a twit from the MP himself if you don't believe it: https://twitter.com/markstrahl/status/1473394902390222850 That said, I don't think there are many non-partisan sources left. The shift from
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by john_moscow 5y ago
The cynical thing is that every organization that claims to know what's good and what's bad eventually attracts power-hungry people that would abuse it. You can't evade it by jumping ship, since it appears to be a fundamental
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by john_moscow 5y ago
Lived in Western Europe for a while. Most innovative small businesses I've seen involved fudging the numbers in some way to get government grants.
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by john_moscow 5y ago
You'd be surprised, but many Western European countries have a concept of being decent, sense of duty, etc. While the modus operandi in the U.S. seems to be "go for it, as long as you can get away without getting jailed or sued&qu
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by john_moscow 5y ago
>I have the skills and experience to make others a lot of money, but my grey hair is so terrifying, that no one pays attention to my qualifications. You need to position yourself as a consultant with a clearly defined area of expertise,
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by john_moscow 5y ago
"believes" is just legalese for "we won't show any proof and won't accept any appeal".

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