mkr-hn

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by mkr-hn 5y ago
People have lost touch with the reason systems were put in place. It's no wonder there's so much enthusiasm for eradicating and privatizing them. Some people see profit and not enough people understand why it's a problem unti
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by mkr-hn 5y ago
That severely cuts the potential audience. I don't use Instagram. It doesn't even provide RSS feeds as an alternative.
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by mkr-hn 5y ago
There's definitely an element of the last several years revealing how many people are just awful human beings. I'm wary of spending time getting to know someone only to find out they think certain people (like me) don't deser
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by mkr-hn 5y ago
Humans have a wide range of emotional response curves. Sometimes they're really steep and being harassed is an absolute nightmare of highs and lows. This is called Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD) in neurodivergent discourse.
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by mkr-hn 5y ago
It's possible to be nonbinary and use any variety of pronouns. However, the letter from Near's friend used they/them, so that's probably the right set.
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Jon Stewart Interviews George Carlin (1997) [video](youtube.com)
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by mkr-hn 5y ago
What kinds of things do you buy from America? Out of curiosity.
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by mkr-hn 5y ago
My parents' generation was far too trusting of the government. The government is just as trustworthy as it was then, but we're aware of some of what it's up to now. I still trust the FDIC and CFPB to protect my interests more
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by mkr-hn 5y ago
It took almost 700,000 of the most affordable cars off the market. That plus the reliability of newer cars means they stay with their original owners longer, so there are fewer used cars on the market at prices people can afford. Used car p
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Sony Draws Ire with PSP Graffiti (2005)(wired.com)
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by mkr-hn 5y ago
The Cash for Clunkers program destroyed the used car market in the US. It's slowly recovering as cars from the 2000s and 2010s enter it.
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by mkr-hn 5y ago
I think grocery store throw-aways are on a different supply chain. There are stores that sell the old bread from grocery stores. I assume there are stores for meat that's still good but past what the grocery stores stock.
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by mkr-hn 5y ago
A dollar store owner explained it to me more or less as: they're the last stop before the dump. It's like how bill collectors will buy up debt a company has given up collecting themselves for pennies on the dollar.
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by mkr-hn 5y ago
I don't know about dkdk8283, but people make assumptions about states and the people in them. I've run into plenty of people online who heard I was from the south and assumed I was some terrible racist. Moving states can align ste
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by mkr-hn 5y ago
Small towns can be pretty chill if you're vaccinated and pretend not to see the iron crosses and confederate flags.
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Patrick Stewart Soliloquy on B (2008) [video](youtube.com)
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by mkr-hn 5y ago
Is it one of these? https://wiby.me/?q=hall+of+shame
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by mkr-hn 5y ago
I got to struggle to breathe from smoke from a fire 2300 miles away and from dust that dimmed the skies from the Sahara on the other side of the planet in the space of one year. This is real.
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by mkr-hn 5y ago
The problem isn't strictly long-term rise. The big issue is the threshold where storm surges from hurricanes overwhelm our ability to block it and pump out what gets through. New Orleans is well into recovery from Hurricane Katrina, bu
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A Brief Introduction to My Six-Year Blood Feud with C-3PO (2020)(allwitnobrevity.com)
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by mkr-hn 5y ago
I thought the banks paid back all the loans from the government with interest.
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by mkr-hn 5y ago
This little chopper is so cool. If you've ever seen a rover's track from the satellite images, you know they don't go far from an Earth perspective even after many years because it's so hazardous. The potential of flying
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How to Pick a Newsletter Platform(viewfinderfox.com)
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by mkr-hn 5y ago
Unicorn blood is way overrated. The effects don't last long.
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by mkr-hn 5y ago
Some day I hope everyone has a backyard farm to supply at least some of their food. Some of those people will need assistance to do it.
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One ‘Bad Apple’ Can Spoil a Metaphor(merriam-webster.com)
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by mkr-hn 5y ago
"One bad apple doesn't spoil the bunch" in response to police violence. This happens to phrases a lot. Also consider: "pull yourself up by your bootstraps!" when the original purpose of that phrase was to mock the a
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by mkr-hn 5y ago
I had a relative who thought the police were mostly fine until the 1960s when all that changed was they had TV cameras turned on their violence. Somehow the "bad apple" meme got corrupted: one bad apple does, in fact, spoil the bu
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by mkr-hn 5y ago
The audacity they have to run ads promising to simplify taxes when they're responsible for that complexity is amazing.
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by mkr-hn 5y ago
There is a 21 trillion dollar economy built largely on companies fighting over that $1000 with lies and manipulation from people who devote careers to outsmarting people. Another thread on HN helpfully has examples of people refusing to go

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