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by kharms 8y ago
In my experience they over-optimized, with homepod now responding to "hey Sara" instead of Siri. Drives my partner nuts.
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by kharms 8y ago
Not OP, but I think of jobs like theirs as being about marginal utility - how much better off is the world if trades are executed .001 seconds faster? It seems that for a lot of jobs the answer is not at all.
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by kharms 8y ago
A few years back I saw a plane that was behaving very strangely, so I tried to take a photo. My phone shut itself off. Afterwards I tried to turn it back on and it was back to 20%. I’ve since wondered if our phones come with remote shutdown
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by kharms 8y ago
The Russian language version on Audible is one of the best narrated books I’ve listened to, with the other being The Sympathizer. I recommend it.
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Massachusetts Enacts New Restrictions on Non-Compete Agreements(cebglobal.com)
3 points by kharms 8y ago|0 comments
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by kharms 8y ago
You don't need to break the code, just notice a pattern of use/behavior.
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by kharms 8y ago
>A corporation run by leaders who are 100% focused on optimizing (long-term) shareholder profits, will generate more (long-term) profits than a board that's 40% worker-elected. The same is true with a board that's focused on sh
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by kharms 8y ago
>You don't see the problem here? How do we, as taxpayers, know the money is even being spent for real charitable purposes? While you are unable to audit any given donor, you are able to audit most DAF program providers by reading th
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by kharms 8y ago
If a batch is different enough to warrant new reviews, it's a different product and should be sold as such. Consider beer and wine. Industrially manufactured beer doesn't vary much from batch to batch, so it's sold by brand.
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by kharms 8y ago
Actually, the "franca" in "lingua franca" refers to the "Frankish" people, a term applied to a variety of Western Mediterraneans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Lingua_Franca
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by kharms 8y ago
>"I do not think that course of action would be unwise." That's a funny example, as it can be read both literally ("I like it."), and passive-aggressively ("I don't dislike it."). So while double n
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Review: A Counterfeit, $100 iPhone X(motherboard.vice.com)
152 points by kharms 8y ago|72 comments
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by kharms 8y ago
>In my opinion this kind of "extreme speech" should rarely be taken literally. Ironic racism/bigotry inevitably attracts people that aren't in on the joke.
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by kharms 8y ago
Is there a form of theft that can't be justified with that sentence? "If the USA didn't take land from the Native Americans, who is to say that someone else wouldn't?"
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by kharms 8y ago
>Pyre is a command-line interface for Tinder built at the 2015 Stupid Shit No One Needs & Terrible Ideas Hackathon in San Francisco.
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by kharms 8y ago
Assuming they're in the US, your deaf friend can use a free relay service. There are a bunch of variations, some that allow signing to an operator, others typing. All are free, and as accessible as this google bot. (I assume your frien
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by kharms 8y ago
There is at least some variation. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/genetic-mutation-...
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by kharms 8y ago
Guns have an amplifier effect on suicides, domestic violence.
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by kharms 9y ago
I didn’t downvote them, but if I had it wouldn’t be for the reason you’re describing, it would be because their attitude is defeatist. It’s like saying “at least there is a minimum wage” in response to “the minimum wage is too low.”
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by kharms 9y ago
If I intend to make a non-Amazon purchase I always sign up for the newsletter and then use the coupon that inevitably arrives a few days later. I have a separate email account set up just for this.
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by kharms 9y ago
I’m not sure when the original law was passed, but it was reaffirmed by SCOTUS in 2012. Prohibited by the FEC: >Making any contribution or donation of money or other thing of value, or making any expenditure, independent expenditure, or
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by kharms 9y ago
Most of that seems forgivable but this screams lawsuit: Munro also chides the Model 3's lack of a mechanical door handle in the rear. Up front, there’s a little lever in addition to the electric door-opening switch, but in the rear the
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by kharms 9y ago
*The majority party has 51 Senators but only mustered 47 votes from their own party, with another 5 coming from the minority.
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by kharms 9y ago
If there is an effect on the US consumer, it's at the wireless service level not phone level. >Huawei engineers and executives also make regular visits to U.S. carriers to show off new technology, and the potential cost savings are
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by kharms 9y ago
“Distribution of...abilities” suggests “women are worse.” If the quote merely spoke of skills I could see your point, but it speaks of abilities and points to genetics as an root cause.
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by kharms 9y ago
Why not just add friction to selling stocks soon after purchase, perhaps a fee % that shrinks for X years. I feel that be simpler to implement and would lead to a healthier market long-term. The weighted votes method seems like it would hav
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by kharms 9y ago
Can you cite the BTC/USD $3 billion? Specifically USD, not tethers, not other crypto valued in USD.
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by kharms 9y ago
According to a study from the 70s, cannabis interferes with REM sleep. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-teenage-mind/200906...
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by kharms 9y ago
It doesn't matter until it does. As an example, take Wisconsin - it was a blue state for 8 cycles before swinging to Trump in 2016. Democratic turnout was paltry, in great part because Democrats assumed that Hillary would win without t
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by kharms 9y ago
Speculating here, but pilots have flight hour requirements for various certifications. Maybe this is a flight that had to happen to log hours but isn’t otherwise necessary so the pilot decided to have some fun.

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