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by maxaf 7y ago
Which existing means-tested government benefits are capable of paving over a major illness such as cancer?
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by maxaf 7y ago
Your comment is insightful, but left me no instructions as to whether I should be laughing or crying. So, I'll do both.
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by maxaf 7y ago
> Yang's plan would require that the cashier has to choose between the "UBI" or her existing benefits. I'm neutral on Yang's campaign, but I like the idea of a UBI because administering it will be much cheaper th
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by maxaf 7y ago
Nice! I had no idea.
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by maxaf 7y ago
If you're one of "the little guys" with a niche website or blog, you already host it somewhere that serves Web traffic. Answering federated search requests cannot possibly be more expensive than that, considering that your ni
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by maxaf 7y ago
> Don't use Google search. This is easier said than done, as the other search engines are still not as good as Google, even though Google's results have been getting worse. This may be a controversial opinion, but it's not
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by maxaf 7y ago
But plenty of people would download a mobile app that would unlock someone else's car for a free joyride.
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by maxaf 7y ago
Alternative idea: spend that effort on something more worthwhile than a stupid toy. Like cancer research. Or clean energy. Or simply go outside and clean the beaches. NYT office ain’t that far from the ocean.
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by maxaf 7y ago
I dove into the comments to ask the same question. I just did something similar to this with a few lines in my docker-compose.yml, which eventually turned into a few lines in a Helm chart. Why would I pay someone money for something as triv
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by maxaf 7y ago
Slack is more CYA than a store of knowledge. Yes, it's really great for pointing fingers: you can literally link to a specific message, saying "here, this dude made the call".
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by maxaf 7y ago
Are you suggesting that there be a home-installed computing device dedicated to the needs of one person? I suppose this could be called a "Personal Computer". You, my friend, just made a trillion VC megadollars.
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by maxaf 7y ago
It's not the same as following in the traditional "use the follow to populate a timeline or feed" sense. I don't come to HN wondering "what did my peeps comment today?", rather I come to glance at particular st
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by maxaf 7y ago
HN isn't a social network. It's centered around topics (articles, Show/Ask HN, ...) rather than individuals. There's no way for me to follow or contact a particular user.
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by maxaf 7y ago
I could shell out $13/mo, or, you know... not use a social network. I don't use one now, and I'm doing just fine.
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by maxaf 7y ago
Are you saying that you’re ready to put your name on an app you’ve shipped but never tested yourself? This is the ultimate Fuck You to users: to show that the developer simply doesn’t care about quality.
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by maxaf 7y ago
It’s not reason enough to support Google instead.
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by maxaf 7y ago
> If past history is anything to go by they will support "moderate and conservative" status quo politicians until the point where the people have given up on them and started seeking more radical change - from ever more extreme
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by maxaf 7y ago
My friend, you should have quit this company as soon as the remote work "trial" ended. The trial was great for you: you tried something new, learned new things about yourself (turns out, you prefer remote work - what a surprise!),
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by maxaf 7y ago
I don’t care what anyone says; in NYC school lunches are basically inedible. Having been exposed to the public school system here for over six years, I can say with confidence that no one who has any choice will allow their kids to eat the
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by maxaf 7y ago
Ha ha ha. The obvious solution is the best one, huh? Here in New York there’s a road in Brooklyn called “Ocean Parkway”, which has grown notorious for crashes small and large. In recent years it’s been studded with speed cameras, which coll
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by maxaf 7y ago
My daughter was mainly a bus rider, as the places she usually goes aren’t served by the subway. I used to ride the subway to work, but I haven’t in years since I’ve turned to working from home. My theory is that traveling in a vehicle that
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by maxaf 7y ago
GPS only makes it worse. It turns out that interpreting an on-screen map takes a non-trivial amount of brainpower that should be directed into safe driving.
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by maxaf 7y ago
I grew up in Moscow, and my family used a private car to get around the city. I always knew where I was, because I figured one day my turn would come to navigate the roads on my own. I’m raising my daughter in Manhattan, the least car-frien
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by maxaf 7y ago
It's not really 5G; just an AT&T marketing gimmick. https://www.tomsguide.com/us/5ge-explained,news-29329.html
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by maxaf 7y ago
> If Facebook really wanted to stop this they could make the eggplant less phallic looking or remove it entirely. I for one am still waiting with bated breath for the "eggplant parm" emoji.
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by maxaf 7y ago
In Neal Stephenson’s latest novel, “Fall; or Dodge in Hell”[0] the Internet degenerates to such an extent that even the least savvy user perceives online material via an “editor”, which is an entity (human or machine) tasked with presenting
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by maxaf 7y ago
There's a "Fair Insurance" product which, IIRC, is not available in my market (NYC). I got the impression that it does cost extra per month in addition to the base lease payment, but I couldn't see what the amount would
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by maxaf 7y ago
> Equity dollars are used to recondition and transport your car Not true! I get charged at the end of my lease for any "wear & tear above normal". Fair allows the customer to pre-pay a monthly surcharge to avoid the lump su
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by maxaf 7y ago
Setting aside SoftBank, let's talk about Fair. I'm a Fair customer, and I like the service, but I don't think it's a steal. It's a fair deal (no pun intended), but by no means would I call it a ridiculous, out-of-th
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by maxaf 7y ago
I live on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Here the same people who yell for affordable housing also go to court to block construction of new towers. The same people who complain about buses stuck in traffic on W 86th St also prevent the i

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