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by mercer 6y ago
Is there any option to go to co-working spaces or the like? Some people I know have started doing that and while it's different than pre-covid (strict limits on the number of 'attendees') it's been really nice to see peo
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by mercer 6y ago
Having a bias doesn't in itself imply lack of objectivity, in relation to what we call 'facts' and 'truth'. It would seem somewhat of a coincidence if 'center' (politically) is right where that lies. Not t
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by mercer 6y ago
In Holland we have "The Correspondent" which is independently funded too (AFAIK). While I do feel they play it a bit too 'safe' and try to straddle the line between doing 'regular' journalism and more daring st
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by mercer 6y ago
> The reason why Winamp died wasn’t because of anything it did, but because more and more people moved to their phones for playing music. I would've kept using Winamp if version 3 wasn't so bad, and I know many others like myse
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by mercer 6y ago
awesome, thanks for the recommendation!
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by mercer 6y ago
My apologies for just taking your comment as a jumping-off point, but could you or anyone else point me in the best (free) direction to properly learn about this whole stack of protocols? It's been very high on my list to finally figur
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by mercer 6y ago
I agree, but I'll add that in my opinion a writing exercise such as OP describes is half-way meditation anyways. different activities involve different degrees of mindfulness, and I believe making a sharp distinction, while sometimes u
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by mercer 6y ago
Out of curiosity: what 'ancient' technical reports are you looking for (plus who knows someone here might know something)?
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by mercer 6y ago
You're one of my favorite commenters here, and I find myself agreeing most of the time. But in this instance I really do think you're wrong. Here's why: 1. the context is specifically vilifying a loose collective of anti-fasc
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by mercer 6y ago
I like how "here's one" implies that there's a ton of them, when it's just the same utrecht antifa link that gets trotted out constantly. As far as Antifa goes, Utrecht is not exactly a hot zone. As a city it's
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by mercer 6y ago
While there might be a 'core' AFA organization, the whole point is that they mostly rely on the more generic anti-fascist 'movement' in practice. Even now, I'd say the majority of the 'members' of this mov
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by mercer 6y ago
Fascists were not exactly fans of anti-fascists, so while I'd definitely agree that Antifa isn't currently repressed, this has not always been the case.
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by mercer 6y ago
I also found the whole 14 words, 88 ads to be somewhat suspicious. I try to be careful about my pattern matching, so when it comes to that I'm open to the idea that it wasn't intentional. But taken together it does seem rather too
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by mercer 6y ago
Maybe he'll get to making another episode later...
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by mercer 6y ago
Reminds me of the Tetris AI that just paused the game so it wouldn't lose.
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by mercer 6y ago
The point is to be the counter-weight to the process you describe (which I agree is what happens). It's not that we can banish in-groups or concentration and power, it's rather that we /can/ put our efforts in preventing
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by mercer 6y ago
As long as the two main political parties seem uninterested in addressing issues that have led to 1) mass indifference and non-voting or 2) protests and anger (or both), this issue is just window-dressing. I'm already imagining Pelosi
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by mercer 6y ago
What lies? I'm definitely biased but I've come to respect your comments and would honestly like to hear (or be directed to) more about this whole 1619-project and its veracity.
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by mercer 6y ago
I got 'into' ZH during the great recession and when things settled down I kind of forgot about it. But I was left with the impression of, as you say, a 'punk'-ish site that generally was more direct and even correct than
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by mercer 6y ago
I'm not disagreeing per se, but at least in the Elixir community I get the impression that using Dialyzer (the wonderfully cryptic TS-ish gradual typing solution) and typespecs is increasingly advised and there's a thirst for a be
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by mercer 6y ago
Who cares what developers 'like to learn/use' when in practice they often don't get to, or get lucky and their preferred approach/tech is considered 'safe' a few years later?
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by mercer 6y ago
Just use Next! I mean Nuxt! I mean really just give up and go for Phoenix LiveView or TurboLinks or Blazor...
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by mercer 6y ago
It wasn't in many places even until 2018 at least. HN isn't the real world.
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by mercer 6y ago
I completely disagree, at least when it comes to my surroundings. In 2016, the vast majority of recruitment offers I received were Angular, or jQuery/javascript. And while HN (thankfully) was all about React and whatnot, this situation
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by mercer 6y ago
Typescript, for me, makes JS jump from 'good enough' to 'might use it even if I have other options'. I still prefer using other languages when I can (back-end), but hypothetically, if I had to choose between Ruby and Typ
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by mercer 6y ago
What are you arguing for, exactly? It sounds like you're somehow trying to justify extermination?
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by mercer 6y ago
I'm currently reading The Information (I highly recommend it!) and while I feel a vague sense of an answer, I'll defer to others more knowledgeable. I just wanted to say that I think this is a wonderful question! Thanks!
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by mercer 6y ago
I've been in power/battery-constrained situations and it's crazy how much Chrome drains my battery compared to Safari. I still use it when I'm sure I'll be able to charge soon, but I've gone as far as convertin
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by mercer 6y ago
Plus, how else would you create all that synergy.
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by mercer 6y ago
I did feel that both those shows still painted the leaders a bit too positively, in that they often didn't directly concern themselves with what their 'security guy' did, or isolate themselves from it. I suspect in practice t

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