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by leetcrew 6y ago
I agree. I understand that a small business can't compete with amazon on price and service at the same time, and I don't expect this. but it seems that most of them choose to match the price and make up the difference with terri
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by leetcrew 6y ago
amazon has had a positive net profit for the last five years in a row. as for the shopping experience, I guess ymmv? amazon doesn't always have the cheapest price on things, but I've never received anything counterfeit. with one o
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by leetcrew 6y ago
> And why are the people who just want to hear "I'm sorry" in the right, and not the people who want to find solutions? Why do the people who don't want solutions get to make the rules? it's a set of tools, not a
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by leetcrew 6y ago
> I grew up with money. From day one my mother berated me for turning on more lights than I needed in the house, or wasting the last bit of butter on the packet. Our cars were always economy models and I drive a 17 year old car right now
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by leetcrew 6y ago
I guess I'm just nitpicking the example, sorry.
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by leetcrew 6y ago
a laptop is kinda like a shoe though. my friends that buy the cheapest possible laptop always end up replacing it after a couple years. not for performance, but because it broke and repairing it isn't much cheaper than a new throwaway
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by leetcrew 6y ago
to some extent, it's a "don't hate the player, hate the game" situation. I think it's actually great that we have a system where craftspeople can continue to see returns on developing their skills way past the *good
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by leetcrew 6y ago
> Much of my goal there is to present the Shakespeare that would have appealed to me at the time. I think there's something to this idea. I remember we first read the apology in translation sometime in early highschool. everyone tho
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by leetcrew 6y ago
and own a blowdryer.
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by leetcrew 6y ago
> Surely that is a worthwhile law? to an extent yes. I think there is some value in having a "cool-off period". many problems in life do not seem so bad a year, a month, or even a week later. but there are also people who are p
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by leetcrew 6y ago
do you own your own body? if not, who does? a related question: do we really seek to protect others from harming themselves, or merely to protect ourselves from having to watch?
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by leetcrew 6y ago
so I actually do have an automated feeder. unfortunately, I think he remembers the time before we had the feeder when humans would put food in his bowl. he waits patiently in the morning for the most part (maybe he realizes it's futile
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by leetcrew 6y ago
> You truly know someone's strength and skill and all the social tough guy posturing means nothing when it's just two people on the mat. I ultimately decided wrestling wasn't for me, but I did appreciate this part of it. t
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by leetcrew 6y ago
I agree cats are much more intentional in their communication than people appreciate, but sometimes you can't just give the cat what it wants. my cat mainly meows for two reasons. he either wants food or he wants to go in the kitchen.
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by leetcrew 6y ago
without a more substantial argument, it doesn't seem like a "reasonable belief" to me. the fact that you have a bunch of people crammed together in a small train seems like it would overwhelmingly dominate the "safe or n
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by leetcrew 6y ago
the first thing I ask myself in this sort of situation is whether the person is actually correct. part of being effective in a specific role is refusing to take on random work people throw at you. estimates can't be valid if key player
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by leetcrew 6y ago
meh. the apple hardware and fit/finish is unquestionably better, but neither platform offers anything that I personally want to "invest" in past the purchase price of a serviceable phone. google doesn't respect my privac
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by leetcrew 6y ago
no, people should consider settlements on a case-by-case basis depending on the actual terms. entities settle totally unfounded suits all the time just because it's cheaper than taking them to court. just because a giant corporation co
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by leetcrew 6y ago
pure speculation, but I doubt there's some intrinsic quality of android that makes users reluctant to pay for apps. more likely, people that are very price sensitive are more likely to have an android phone to begin with. the cheapes
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by leetcrew 6y ago
> Of course, you could buy used, but I would wager most of the things that make winter tires good in the winter tend to wear out by the time they make it to a used tire shop. probably not. the main thing that makes a winter tire good in
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by leetcrew 6y ago
they make bags for wheels.
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by leetcrew 6y ago
nah but if I were, I suspect the excessive amount of computers, ethernet cables, and guitars would be a bigger issue than the "stools" ;) but seriously, there is an observation to be made here about social norms around vehicle saf
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by leetcrew 6y ago
not to mention the injustice of having to pay for seatbelts! sometimes safety isn't free.
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by leetcrew 6y ago
buy another set of wheels. swap the entire set twice a year. usually the shop will charge you less to swap a whole wheel than to swap the tires themselves (less labor). if you have a small apartment, the unused set can make nice stools for
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by leetcrew 6y ago
for sure, I don't appreciate the sometimes breathless coverage of current events. but unless you object to the existence of buying guides entirely on a tech news site, I don't find much issue with them. it's less dry than sim
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by leetcrew 6y ago
I have noticed a change in tone on ars over the last few years, but I don't think this is fair. unless you think all tech review sites exist to sell hardware (true from a certain perspective). their hardware coverage is still pretty ob
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by leetcrew 6y ago
is it really so bad to have marginally more material on a hunk of metal you're going to throw away anyway? if you really cared, you could have bought a cpu that didn't come with a fan and a noctua cooler. they'll mail you a n
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by leetcrew 6y ago
I doubt the LEDs add more than a few cents to the BOM for these parts. I imagine the line of thought goes something like this: most people don't buy desktops. if they buy a desktop at all (instead of a laptop), they are probably an ent
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by leetcrew 6y ago
physical locks are meant only to deter casual/opportunistic attacks. LPL essentially makes this point in the video on his home security setup. it's pointless to spend a lot of money on a front door lock that takes more effort to p
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by leetcrew 6y ago
it's not like you can't implement encrypted comms over mail and phone in the first place. people with a strong enough incentive (and nerds) have been using symmetric encryption for a long time. what has changed is, like you say, h

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