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by ljp_206 5y ago
Theranos' marketing promise/demo was a small box that supposedly ran a number of usually laborious blood tests on a drop of blood. That box actually returned pre-programmed results, or just ran tests using traditional equipment. W
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by ljp_206 5y ago
I went to undergrad for graphic design and worked along side several artists in the art building, and I also know of a few working artists. I'd like to present you my brief anecdotal understanding of their art careers. Recognition and
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by ljp_206 5y ago
I hope my children get scammed for their worthless digital items. That's becoming harder as assigning real world value to digital items becomes nearly essential for games these days. I know for me and many friends, getting scammed out
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by ljp_206 5y ago
I have this page backed up personally on my machine. I love it so dearly, whenever I find myself scrolling through it again I always end up cackling with laughter.
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by ljp_206 5y ago
I'm not much of a game programmer, but lurk /r/gamedev. The common advice is to start small - think toys rather than MMOs. From there, it's said one should follow what they're interested in, and focus on follow-thru
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by ljp_206 5y ago
Boy, I hope somebody was fired for that blunder.
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by ljp_206 5y ago
For context (especially since all of Jim's posts are, guessing, gone from YouTube for the time being), Jim Browning is an impressive 'white hat hacker' (not sure he'd use that term himself) who spies on, stymies, and exp
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by ljp_206 5y ago
Somewhat related, Disfarmer's photos were the inspiration for the album 'Disfarmer' by Bill Frisell. The album is a beautiful piece of era-spanning Americana, almost like a concept album. It's also a master class in leit
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by ljp_206 5y ago
I'm not FAANG material (nor do I desire to be), but boy am I glad I get to code my little marketing front ends from home for my team of three, if I so choose. While I can understand one might see some reasons for remote work to be &#x2
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by ljp_206 5y ago
I think one could easily imagine that sex work could be given a similar treatment like legal Marijuana. Obviously there are differences in these (for lack of a more useful word) 'vices,' but "normalization" for marijuana
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by ljp_206 5y ago
I like the idea behind a lot of these things, but it seems like a ton of overhead, both for software implementers and users. It seems kind of odd to claim these changes could be so profound when it seems like it's really only going to
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by ljp_206 5y ago
Given consensus on a way forward and well-meaning intentions, we can at least tap the brakes on biodiversity loss/ecosystem destruction/human-related changes to our environment. Suggesting we should be fatalistic about circumstanc
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by ljp_206 5y ago
It's not that simple. Among many other factors, Hitler was small potatoes until it was advantageous to those in power to start givig him more power, including the capitalist classes who saw a choice between bolshevism and the NSDAP, an
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Colonial Pipeline was shut down because they couldn't bill customers properly(twitter.com)
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by ljp_206 5y ago
For the record, I'm not sure where I land with regards to this change by AI dungeon. That being said, I find that arranging blocks in obscene shapes (let's even call it, generally, 'creating or arranging potentially objection
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by ljp_206 5y ago
I thought this video was pretty clarifying, including words from Aisha himself: https://youtu.be/1zD-KjuGuiM It definitely sounds like he got at the very least a shitty deal. If you don't have time to watch, he mention
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by ljp_206 6y ago
Seattle cops similarly make bank. Of course, police pay is heavily effected by local cost of living, but Seattle cops make tons of overtime. I just learned there is a minimum three-hour overtime pay, meaning much of the overtime payout isn&
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by ljp_206 6y ago
What are some resources one can check out to start increasing their understanding of these, starting from roughly zero?
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by ljp_206 6y ago
"Solving" a problem deeply intwined with bodily autonomy and consent with 'obfuscate it until its no longer your body and face to abdicate you of control' seems like... The wrong approach. If actors/actresses are ok
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by ljp_206 6y ago
I agree with you that our society is rife with culture war toxicity. But I'm confused with the whole 'shut up and dribble' mentality. Sure, sports fans may not want politics to bleed into their sport-viewing time, but as long
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by ljp_206 6y ago
The conundrum is that anyone who can afford to shell out $500+ a month for the most basic plan doesn't need it / probably has a better plan through work. The complexity and cost of the band aid system we have now is a joke the wor
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by ljp_206 6y ago
"Relatively demanding" is an understatement. It seems as though you're really downplaying how much this job sucks. The awful nature of the conditions are well known: https://www.nelp.org/publication/amazo
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by ljp_206 6y ago
Well, yes. But there are ways to subdue, channel, and learn from that anger.
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by ljp_206 6y ago
I'd guess the commenter means, that from a Marxist perspective, most workers are not 'capitalists,' i.e., they don't make their living from owning capital. These 'non-capitalist' workers get wages primarily fro
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by ljp_206 6y ago
A family member of mine got a start out of college working for a medium-sized law firm that sent out cease and desist and etc. notices to counterfeit sellers. They were a 'full service' system that sent notices and handled takeove
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by ljp_206 6y ago
I wouldn't blame a Canadian for potentially 'paranoid' complaints around groceries; not after the 2018 bread price fixing scandal.
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by ljp_206 6y ago
> I’m very much hoping for more JS usage in the banking world to make the experience a bit smoother! As a React developer this makes me anxious, lol.
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by ljp_206 6y ago
Different search results = censoring? I'm genuinely curious as to the crux of the point here. This is a bad comparison for many reasons, but if three newspapers have one headline and the fourth does not, that's not censorship. Wou
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by ljp_206 6y ago
How is Theranos still functioning in any capacity whatsoever? it feels like they are the closest thing to a real life Umbrella Corporation that I can't imagine anyone would want to work for - unless they were getting paid to wrap up th
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by ljp_206 6y ago
I think it's a little funny that any page getting shut off now is news. That doesn't preclude the fact that there's still lots of important things to talk about around platforms and social media and whether the bannings were

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