kadendogthing

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by kadendogthing 8y ago
...are you actually saying that because "amazon" is not used as a proper noun that disqualifies it as a common, generic word and only instances of trademark use are valid? Because that's what your example heavily implies, bas
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by kadendogthing 8y ago
Yes. Yes it is. https://www.worldwildlife.org/places/amazon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_rainforest >"The Amazon" and "Amazonia" redirect here. https://en
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by kadendogthing 8y ago
> and I wished Amazon had .amazon (but made it available for others to use it too) If only there was a way as a society we could make sure common resources could be used by interested and relevant parties in an agreeable manner. Maybe so
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by kadendogthing 8y ago
>I think people on HN generally have a good understanding of what A/B testing is Not only do I not believe this, as most people on HN tend to have a very superficial understanding of whatever tech is being discussed, there is always
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by kadendogthing 8y ago
I hope everyone down voting this realizes that A/B testing has an "infinite" resolution. Most people when they hear A/B testing think of something like switching the color of a button, or what have you. But when you star
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by kadendogthing 8y ago
They probably get away with a lot since these sites are static. Static sites are a wonderful thing indeed.
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by kadendogthing 8y ago
I use netlify for about 6 out of 7 sites I manage for myself and family. The last one I have on linode purely out of laziness. Netlify absolutely kills it with their entire suite of offerings. I highly highly recommend people try it out if
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by kadendogthing 8y ago
> Urban areas were the most racist This the most unexceptional, unoriginal wrong talking point that always comes up in these conversations. I've heard it my entire life growing up in the south, and it constantly betrays the OP'
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by kadendogthing 8y ago
>How is it that so much aggressive political rhetoric What does this even mean?
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by kadendogthing 8y ago
Because the cons are really bad. And the pro's are nifty.
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Is the U.S. a Democracy? A Social Studies Battle Turns on the Nation’s Values(nytimes.com)
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by kadendogthing 8y ago
Why is this flagged?
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by kadendogthing 8y ago
>A huge chunk of American housing supply is in places that only made sense to settle because they were connected by freeways to downtown parking. Err, no. It's because the government heavily subsidized it at the detriment to city ce
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by kadendogthing 8y ago
>Having less cars drives up the value of land, making land more expensive for everyone You just repeated what he said... while also repeating it again. I want to know how having less cars drives up the value of land.
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by kadendogthing 8y ago
I'm sorry, what? Why does having less cars create less usable land? If anything it provides way more of it, since you need less road, less parking lots/garages, less infrastructure to support cars like gas stations, huge on/o
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by kadendogthing 8y ago
>Parking and road access isn't about individuals, it's about making an entire metropolitan area functional. You don't need cars for a metro to be functional. This is purely a 1st world construct that we've burdened ou
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by kadendogthing 8y ago
It doesn't belong anywhere.
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by kadendogthing 8y ago
>why browsers ever allowed sites to take control from the user is beyond me. Because users wanted sites to be able to control that?
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by kadendogthing 8y ago
>Or you could compile anecdotes into actual data, So we should believe the IRS does actually call people and ask for their information? Because if you think listening to these types of posts are the equivalent of massaging anecdotes into
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by kadendogthing 8y ago
>And both of these parties have skin in the game. I think you need to avoid using conspiracy theories. It's a rating system, not a secret government project. >There have been multiple accounts over the years from business owners
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by kadendogthing 8y ago
>You don't have to believe it. I know I don't. I asked why I should. The principle behind the question was providing rational evidence to lend credence to these stories. Your statements don't offer anything that help with
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by kadendogthing 8y ago
Why should I believe a self post? There's a weird anti-Yelp cult but never can the people who claim Yelp is involved with nefarious business practices provide any actual proof. Yelp employees don't know about these practices. Yelp
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by kadendogthing 8y ago
>that no one wants or understands. This comment always comes up in one form or another on tech forums and then Apple proceeds to make more money than it ever has.
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by kadendogthing 8y ago
> I don't know anything about fighter planes Then where does your opinion on this subject come from?
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by kadendogthing 8y ago
Removing yourself from any kind of rational framework removes the required considerable characteristic of an idea or view point. Especially when those ideas and view points have been tried on top of just generally being a Bad Idea (TM). So
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by kadendogthing 8y ago
I'm going to caution against people using the phrase "free speech" as a thought terminating cliche when discussing this. Banning speech can and typically has been harmful, especially when governments get involved with doing i
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by kadendogthing 8y ago
>and assume there's money behind it. I mean there is always going to be money behind anything. It's largely how our society works. You instead should ask yourself what end goal the money is being spent for.
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by kadendogthing 8y ago
I call this "academically missing the point." HN encourages bland contrarian word soup that appears sound, but in order to engage in any kind of substantive conversation you must spend an inordinate amount of time deconstructing w
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by kadendogthing 8y ago
> against more impactful things like hunger, disease and war. Ads drive consumption of needless products that are harmful to human populations and the environment at large.
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by kadendogthing 8y ago
What part of that story has any relevancy to what we're talking about?

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