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by mekal 5y ago
I just tried this with my iphone 11, just out of curiosity... Siri ratted me out and my face still unlocked it.
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by mekal 5y ago
"The chance of something good coming out of climate change is much lower than that of, e.g. me burning my hand taking something out of the oven." I'm not sure how you can fairly put odds on something as complex as climate cha
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by mekal 5y ago
What if climate change gives humanity the incentive/drive to create new technologies that end up not only overcoming it but also advancing civilization in ways that we otherwise never would have even dreamed possible? What if we discov
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by mekal 5y ago
Can you give a few examples of "large emergent systemic effects"? Just curious.
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by mekal 5y ago
That's a little cynical though don't you think? Couldn't it be that they were sincere in the beginning but over time, company culture changes, the original founders move on/retire/die/etc and pressure from gove
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by mekal 5y ago
What countries are they moving to? Currently if you save and invest your money you can pass it to your children (or whoever) with a step up in cost basis. So the investments can go on indefinitely from generation to generation essentially w
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by mekal 5y ago
Any idea what it was like before smart phones? Did people talk to strangers to entertain themselves or did they pretty much behave the same way...keeping to themselves by reading a newspaper/book or staring at their feet?
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by mekal 5y ago
What do you mean they claim benevolence? As in give to charities? If so that's a pretty good claim since its the law right? If you donate to charity, you don't have to pay taxes on that money. Are you saying that particular law ne
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by mekal 5y ago
Do you only drive like once a month or something? If you drive every other day or so then buying is the way to go...otherwise I agree, renting is probably going to be a better deal than owning a depreciating asset that you rarely use.
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by mekal 5y ago
The internet today...dude gives a shit-ton of his money to philanthropy and people find a way to complain about it.
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by mekal 5y ago
If hundreds of billions to address the first nuclear meltdown in world history is unimaginably expensive, what do you call the "conservative" estimate of covid-19's total cost of "$16 Trillion" for the US alone? Sou
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by mekal 5y ago
"But what's not landing with me: when the author had the choice....nobody cuffed the author to the desk". Golden handcuffs: a phrase first recorded in 1976, refers to financial allurements and benefits that have the objective
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by mekal 6y ago
Actually it might be the reverse of that. Not a lawyer, but that Wikipedia link says The Supreme Court did not address the basic issue of religious freedom. They kinda just threw out the case because the Colorado Civil Rights Commission act
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by mekal 6y ago
Fair point.
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by mekal 6y ago
I think recognition by AWS would have been nice (win-win for both parties) but lack of it does not warrant public shaming. If someone doesn't thank you for your "free" services, then keep your head down, plow ahead and take c
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by mekal 6y ago
I like this way of thinking of it...Mark Twain quote: "I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it." Of course you can argue t
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by mekal 9y ago
TIL - They almost named it "BackRub" because it "analyzed the web's 'back links'". Naming stuff is hard right? I remember thinking the name "Google" was a little silly at first but probably becau
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by mekal 10y ago
haha same here...i even said that to myself as i was hitting the back button.
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by mekal 11y ago
I dont even know if your comment is accurate Yver but I'm upvoting it anyway but it's awesome.
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by mekal 11y ago
ESR is the bomb.
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by mekal 11y ago
I think the real underlying problem here isn't film makers misleading people (which i agree is very annoying) its people believing what they see on tv and then acting on it (which is more annoying). So if you find yourself typing up a
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by mekal 11y ago
I'm confused...who said they could be hashed?
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by mekal 11y ago
agreed. take tesla for example: "“Before I put a sketch on paper, the whole idea is worked out mentally. In my mind I change the construction, make improvements, and even operate the device. Without ever having drawn a sketch I can giv
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by mekal 11y ago
maybe they're just trying to compliment you. i mean what else could they say...."great work ethic mark! your fascination with balls is astounding."
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by mekal 11y ago
great video but not sure this applies if you are in britain right?
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by mekal 11y ago
i was asking about britain
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by mekal 11y ago
"But it may harm your defense if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court."...do u mind explaining to me (american) exactly what that means? like if the cops arrest me and ask where i was last
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by mekal 11y ago
2017 - This just in...so it turns out it may have been the men slowing down the integrated squads in that US Marine "evaluation" a few years back . Yesterday an all-female squad dominated their traditional all-male counterparts
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by mekal 12y ago
Has anybody with an iphone bothered to check the privacy policy yet? https://whispersystems.org/signal/privacy (404 with a link to Moxie's homepage) Annnd its fixed the second after I post...dang it. 404's st
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by mekal 12y ago
i tried searching for "test" just to see and got a pop up that said my computer was infected. the one time i use the pirate bay...anyone else willing to check it out and see if it actually installs malware? i was using chrome.

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