maxkwallace

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by maxkwallace 5y ago
I did this, and I went through the support process to totally delete my account, including purchased content. Sometimes I wish I could still play SC2 with friends, but expressing support for freedom of speech in Hong Kong and the sinosphere
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by maxkwallace 5y ago
LEED sucks. This has been known for a long time. But instead of bashing it, we should be asking: is there an alternative? If not, how could we create one?
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by maxkwallace 6y ago
There's almost nothing productive in this article so let's try not to amplify its reach by talking about it too much on public social media. Best way to respond to this is to ignore it.
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by maxkwallace 6y ago
You're correct, but it is different. There is no free way to accept payments. I personally pay with a 2% cash back card myself. I just hope people have a full picture of the costs and benefits of each approach. Crypto transaction fees
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by maxkwallace 6y ago
To everyone saying "my credit card pays me 2% to use it", no, your credit card charges the merchant 2.3%+ to use it, that gets bundled into the price, and they give you 2% of that as a kickback.
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by maxkwallace 6y ago
Nurses, doctors, and other healthcare workers in the US are being taken advantage of right now and threatening a strike is one of the few ways they can maintain a balance of power in the system. I support the strike and I hope the folks ign
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by maxkwallace 6y ago
Not true (source: I recently did a bunch of car buying research and a used Leaf was my number 2 choice; ended up not getting it). These are electric drivetrains (simpler transmission, etc.) so there are fewer things that can go wrong relati
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by maxkwallace 6y ago
I worry a lot about this but if this is the price of competing with the Google/Apple duopoly maybe it's worth it.
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by maxkwallace 6y ago
Metaprogramming Ruby by Paolo Perrotta has the best explanation of Ruby's object system I've seen. It's a must-read for anyone working with Ruby, even if you have no interest in metaprogramming. Despite the title, it's a
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by maxkwallace 6y ago
This is a special case of a general class of vulnerabilities in AI models, where an adversary can cause undesired output from the model by constructing input data not represented in the training set. However, it is legit much more concernin
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by maxkwallace 6y ago
This was discussed/predicted a while back: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16258336
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by maxkwallace 6y ago
https://www.livescience.com/nueroscience-patient-who-can-not... ^ This article (reporting on the same research) seems to be a bit better.
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by maxkwallace 6y ago
Even with targeted ads how often is it that someone actually (1) wants the thing and (2) buying the thing is net good for them and for society? I'm sympathetic to the argument that ads could reduce information asymmetry, make the marke
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by maxkwallace 7y ago
It's partly biological but there are still many existing cultural attitudes that discourage husbands from performining traditionally "feminine" roles/tasks when caring for their kids. The author's point about being
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by maxkwallace 7y ago
Related: How To Change Your Mind is worth reading. It covers the history of psilocybin & LSD research including the early parts of this recent resurgence in interest.
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by maxkwallace 7y ago
On the positive side, I do think that if we repeat this truth enough times we can decrease the "cover my ass" value of consulting and help more orgs make change autonomously.
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by maxkwallace 7y ago
How many quality opinions did your friend get? I also know people with DED and from my experience not all docs understand the disease well. Obviously you know more than I do, but I'm very skeptical that there isn't more to the sto
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by maxkwallace 7y ago
Thanks for pulling out the data! One problem is that "somewhat", "very", "completely" don't give a good picture of how dissatisfied these 2.7% of patients are. It's possible some of them developed ser
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by maxkwallace 7y ago
Eye drops do not treat the underlying cause of dry eye (unhealthy/insufficient tears, inflammation (e.g. blepharitis), or in rare cases neuropathic pain). They are just symptom relief. For anyone reading this who manages their dry eye
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by maxkwallace 7y ago
Yup. https://twitter.com/patio11/status/1141937787442098176
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by maxkwallace 7y ago
I mean, it's worth asking, but anyone with a good niche would be smart to not post it publicly unless the benefits of publicity outweigh the risk of competition.
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by maxkwallace 7y ago
All good points. Haven't read the code so I don't know how deep the similarity goes but the new React Concurrent UI Patterns is at a surface level conceptually similar to Ember's interruptible route transitions, though more f
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by maxkwallace 7y ago
I can think of selection bias effects both in-favor of more defects and against it. On one hand, Haskell or Clojure probably attract more academic types who have a reputation for (consistent with my experience) on-average worse-quality code
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by maxkwallace 7y ago
Thank you for that! I completely agree with your comment, and I appreciate the attention to detail. I'll edit my post to change "equally" to "equitably" in that sentence.
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by maxkwallace 7y ago
The problem with this article is that it doesn't go into detail about what the "taxes and fees" pay for, aside from airport surcharges. Without knowing that it's impossible to determine who should be paying for what. Air
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by maxkwallace 7y ago
To anyone reading this: if this happens to you, please talk to a lawyer. Please do something to protect future tenants, get the landlord's info online. Don't seek retribution just for yourself.
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by maxkwallace 7y ago
All it needs is a McKayla Maroney "not impressed" meme and it'd be complete.
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by maxkwallace 7y ago
Yes, enforced monogamy may be helpful to women in some circumstances. But I think we both know it's not that simple. Sometimes it's better to be a single mom than stuck in a bad marriage with a husband who didn't want that in
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by maxkwallace 7y ago
I tried. I couldn't come up with a charitable interpretation of "harms far more people" that I could respond to in a meaningful way. So I concluded that it was a troll and lashed out. It'd probably be better if I just ig
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by maxkwallace 7y ago
"swipe right, swipe left" acts as a filter but it's not how people choose partners. People choose partners based on chatting after the swipe and the overall impression/feeling they have when meeting in-person. The belief

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