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by mcdow 2y ago
I started using Perplexity as my primary information-finding tool because of the progressive worsening of Google search results. Philosophically Kagi resonated with me, but Perplexity just gave me better results and it won out. This move in
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by mcdow 2y ago
Super cool. One improvement: get a different bike saddle. One that doesn't put pressure on the perineum. There's evidence to suggest extended time spent in a bicycle saddle can cause ED.[1] 1. https://www.sciencedirect.
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Make the World a Better Place: E/Acc for the Rest of Us(emmettmcdow.github.io)
1 points by mcdow 2y ago|0 comments
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by mcdow 2y ago
Great post. But something not expounded upon by the author, and not addressed much in the comments here, is that asceticism is not a binary. Sometimes you really have to get-shit-done, and in that case, yeah use something fully featured. Bu
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by mcdow 2y ago
I agree with this take. Blogging is a the first step towards writing a book. However, through blogging I've realized just how impressive book writing is. I work really hard to build coherent blog posts, I cannot begin to imagine scalin
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by mcdow 2y ago
Assumption: the dream primary value of something like this is the ability for individuals to fab chips on their own. Like 3D printing, it’s for rapid iteration in prototyping. Then once you have a design you have one of the big players ma
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by mcdow 2y ago
Been a while since I first watched the video. I would imagine the ice cream machines are a relatively small part of the McDonald's business. As evidenced by the fact that McDonalds ice cream has been an issue for quite a while. I would
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by mcdow 2y ago
My bad! Fixed. Didn't even realize the YT links had tracking info on them!
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by mcdow 2y ago
Here's a great YT video on why McDonald's ice cream machines are always broken: https://youtu.be/SrDEtSlqJC4 TL;DW: there are some perverse incentives to keep them broken. Basically the owner operators are forced
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by mcdow 2y ago
Do you think developer focused startups are not profitable? Or do you think they aren't profitable without scale? And why?
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by mcdow 2y ago
Not so sure the median would be so far off here. Just earlier this week I spent about 4.5 hours in the ER in a Bay Area hospital. Not DC, but 5.5 hours doesn’t seem crazy to me.
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by mcdow 2y ago
My thought when I read things outlining American industrial and infrastructural woes is "What in the world is to be done about this?" As far as I can tell, protectionism doesn't seem to work, and globalism doesn't seem t
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by mcdow 2y ago
It seems like we are currently in the "skeuomorphic" product design era for AI products. Which is to say we are building the same products but with AI tacked on. I appreciate that you are approaching this problem from first princi
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by mcdow 2y ago
Could you speak more to the US “opening the Japanese market when they really want to”? I’m not familiar with this.
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by mcdow 2y ago
I think both things can be true. The worst of the LKML are crybabies. The worst of Rustaceans are zealots. The worst of any community are usually a vocal minority. Rust for Linux can continue on their mission, and that’s noble. But conflict
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Ask HN: How can I practice designing data structures well?
1 points by mcdow 2y ago|1 comments
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by mcdow 2y ago
Hi! Fairly new HN reader here. I’ve been wondering where to find similar online communities. Specifically, less tech-focused websites that promote healthy discourse. What are MF and WP?
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by mcdow 2y ago
I honestly don’t disagree with you. I too experience “the suck”. But the good parts of runs make the suck worth it. It’s just a roll of the dice. You never know if it’s gonna suck. Also I feel you on the taking breaks part. There’s no rules
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by mcdow 2y ago
Marathon runner here. Spot on. A marathon is near impossible if you don’t like running. Inevitable if you like running. Marathon training is actually the framework around which I do all “quests” now. If you enjoy the process, anything is po
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by mcdow 2y ago
I do horses from various media. Epona, Trigger, Shadowfax.
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by mcdow 2y ago
Not the person you responded to, but I actually take a similar approach as them so maybe I can explain. Firstly, difficulty and fun are not always directly correlated. Something can be difficult but fun, or difficult and unfun. Following on
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Malone's Maxim(emmettmcdow.github.io)
2 points by mcdow 2y ago|0 comments
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"Neander-Tale" by James P. Hogan(archive.org)
4 points by mcdow 2y ago|1 comments