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by marmot777 5y ago
Yeah, microeconomics, make it more costly and harder to Crete fake reviews. Amazon has the brain power and resources to mitigate this problem...
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by marmot777 5y ago
Oh wow, so the paid reviewers actually “buy” the product. What a shit show. Amazon probably doesn’t consider this much of a priority to deal with as it doesn’t hurt them just their customers.
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by marmot777 5y ago
I’m not usually into cheering for that sort of behavior but I have to say WELL PLAYED, sir!
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by marmot777 5y ago
Totally and you order something and it’s not like the reviews said it would be... because a ton of them are fake.
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by marmot777 5y ago
Would restricting reviews to only confirmed purchasers help?
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by marmot777 5y ago
Ugh. Yet I’m totally influenced by Amazon reviews. I’ll choose one item over another based on the number of stars and how good the reviews are. What can be done to stop it? Maybe ONLY confirmed purchasers can review at all could help?
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by marmot777 5y ago
I’ve rented a truck so tomorrow I’m making two stops, Goodwill for stuff that’s still useful and the dump for stuff that’s not. I have noticed people do drop some janky stuff off at Goodwill that should really go to the dump.
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by marmot777 5y ago
Cool! Did you have fun with Canvas too?
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by marmot777 5y ago
One of my best friends is a CS prof in Sweden and loves it there and he finds the academic culture less stressful and cut throat than here.
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by marmot777 5y ago
Are there outside places to hike outside? That might be a healthy and safe. Frankly it doesn’t sound healthy to not leave home but you aren’t the only one who’s been shut in for a year. Millions of people.
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by marmot777 5y ago
Yes, he kind of reminds me of the aesthetics in India and elsewhere. Respect.
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by marmot777 5y ago
Well said.
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by marmot777 5y ago
A buddy of mine has rice and beans nearly every dinner though he knows how to cook variations so it’s a surprisingly tasty diet. I’m surprised the guy in the article could go decades without eating any veggies but his diet has clearly worke
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by marmot777 5y ago
Awesome. I was going to get my son a telescope for this sort of thing. The coolest satellite sighting I’ve had was when I was up on Mt. Hood a few summers ago and could see it really well. There was a meteor shower going on too. Large mount
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by marmot777 5y ago
You’re saying that the Arch Wiki has some good how to’s that are applicable to all distros? I respect Arch. It’s hard core!
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by marmot777 5y ago
Pure gold. Wow. Thanks. That made my day.
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by marmot777 5y ago
A point of diminishing returns, I meant.
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by marmot777 5y ago
I think 80/20 is useful (to an extent) in thinking about how to spend your time not so much as formal model and not as an excuse to ignore details, cut corners, or avoid tasks that need to be done. Used informally it’s a way of avoidin
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by marmot777 5y ago
80/20 can be useful when used in moderation. :-)
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by marmot777 5y ago
Yes
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by marmot777 5y ago
Wow, I remember me and and old boss of mine read the 80/20 Principle and tried to live/work by it. Now I’m about to read that it was lazy.
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by marmot777 5y ago
Some friends said they saw it go over my town last night but I missed it. I’m stoked there’s a tool to track it.
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by marmot777 5y ago
That idea of learning something new every day is sound. I find when I sprint and try to learn too fast there’s a law of finishing returns.
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by marmot777 5y ago
Smart idea. That’s like a hoarder making a rule to get rid of something before getting something else.
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by marmot777 5y ago
My problem is I accumulate services over time, so I end up with services that are like a gym membership that’s used a few times then forgotten about. Then I notice on my credit card. I’d say watch those credit card statements and your passw
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Ask HN: What are the best maintained how-to sites for Linux?
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by marmot777 5y ago
I have to confess, I use man pages for a quick thing I want to know such as options. For how to, man pages aren’t structured to teach step by step like a how to. A how to is like a tutorial or instruction manual and I think man pages are li
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by marmot777 5y ago
Here’s a few how to style sites that I’ve found useful for everything from small things to big projects: These are general things that might seem too basic but there are some gems in there. Everyone, even really experienced users, can have
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by marmot777 5y ago
Yeah, if you do a web search on nearly everything you find articles by people who know what they are doing and a bunch of articles that seem to be, more or less, copies of the original articles by those who really know there stuff. It doesn
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by marmot777 6y ago
I think this was the author’s way of expressing fear of the future. We all fear the future to one degree or another. I’m an optimist but these times we live in has worn down my optimism somewhat.

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