losteric

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by losteric 4y ago
I wonder if anyone has experimented with algorithms optimized for sustainable long-term community building. What would that even look like?
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I've gone as deep as two years full carnivore. The literature and pseudoscience is quite familiar. > Here are some things to consider about plants in light of your arguments: That was a critique, not an argument. I was trying to sho
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How did you get the 120MM songs?
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MBAs instead of promote-from-within. Bringing along egotistical bean-counter superiority with typically vastly inferior performance. Seeing this trend in big tech has me very bearish - the non-tech MBAs just can't execute on long-term
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Hunters and gatherers* The hunting myth is in vogue, but one can make equally handwaved arguments for gathering as the obvious choice. Plants never move, they have regular seasons, they never fight back, our gut bacteria are symbiotic with
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Note that glass filters UV and infrared
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Did you read the article? The article mentions switches between super- and subrotation have occurred within just the past 50 years. So, yeah seems to happen pretty frequently. Note noting is talking about the cessation of rotation. The arti
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Flawless on Pixel 4 (Firefox)
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For those new to the term "Constitutional Sheriff" > The Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) is a political organization of local police officials in the United States who contend that federal and sta
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I recommend "Developer Hegemony". Coming from a career in FAANG, it's helped put words to what bothers me about the power dynamics and management practices. The book also presents a picture of what a healthier and more empowe
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This piece seems to be focused on explaining the state-of-the-world, with a clear theme of needing wealth redistribution in my uniform. I like that they didn't propose policies, as that brings in personal opinions.
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I'd implement an existing widely supported standard: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/OpenSearch
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This seems more like a reversion to sane valuations. Peak market cap exceeded Toyota + GM combined, completely decoupled from Tesla's economic realities
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> There was a noticeable increase in thromboembolic events after COVID-19 vaccination started in my city. Plenty of people were saved by friends in the emergency room. Thromboembolic events are a common side effect of COVID-19, and vacci
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> I have been struggling with this myself. Not just about programming but other creative pursuits as well. Recently it has been photography. I take pictures while knowing whatever I'm looking at has a far better picture on its wikip
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and the price excludes the 1.5 TB EBS volume
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Merging on to freeways? Turning in to traffic? Passing a slow car in fast traffic? I spent years driving a $500 shit box car. There are loads of situations where acceleration mitigates other people's mistakes. I lost that car getting r
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Filter by seller is still available
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He's saying the specifics have been delegated - look at "local" leaders for further guidance on the set timeline, and don't panic based on what other orgs are doing.
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Especially considering the human cost of blood sweat and tears is "externalized"
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> This also always felt very American. I'll get rich by paying workers poorly, finding any advantageous loophole I can, screwing customers, but once I'm rich I'll donate some of that money to do good... That also feels ver
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If you have any tips, templates, or helpful links - I'd appreciate it (as would others no doubt). Obsidian is new to me.
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The title is unfairly conflating the idea with one organization. Plenty of people quietly donate some fraction of income to effective charities (effective altruism), without engaging with the Effective Altruism institution. Though, yeah wow
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As others said - nothing (my preference), Mycroft, or Apple's Home Assistant (yes, propietary)
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Doesn't arbitrage reflect pricing inefficiency? What is inefficient in container pricing? I can certainly see opportunity to profit through stock market inefficiencies. Eg transportation stocks that were overpriced on supply chain FUD
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> Does usage of the devices lead to increased sales on Amazon.com? Are those sales that wouldn't have taken place on the app/website otherwise? That seems reasonable. Customers can order directly through the device ("Alexa
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I'm very new to the project. Do you happened to know if the software architecture is inherently coupled to that physical tech choice (one big postgresql)? I have seen some well architected RoR apps sidestep that limitation, but they se
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> The Mastodon software is not horizontally scalable. Intentionally by design, or just a "MVP"/MLP limitation?
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What can a (US) layperson invest in if all marketable securities are overpriced?
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> Give it a few years and it'll be the same as or worse than twitter, given Mastodon's lack of moderation. Why is lack of moderation a problem on Mastodon? Twitter pushes content from random users you don't follow, that c

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