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by mynameisash 1y ago
> The teachings of Jesus supersede the stuff from the Old testament (the one with all not very nice things) however they are rather vague and undefined. Except Jesus said that he didn't come to abolish the law but to fulfill it, and
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by mynameisash 1y ago
It depends on where you're coming from. For me, Rust has replaced a lot of Python code and a lot of C# code, so yes, the Rust compilation is slow by comparison. However, it really hasn't adversely affected (AFAICT) my/our ite
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by mynameisash 1y ago
Kind of reminds me of an interview question that a friend of mine suggested for when I conduct interviews: Pick your favorite/strongest language. How would you rate yourself, where 0 is "complete newbie" and 10 is "I inv
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by mynameisash 1y ago
I poked around with Mattermost like ~8 years ago, but never anything serious. I don't know how good it is now, especially w/r/t administration, but I have to imagine that if you're concerned about $1000s -- let alone $10
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by mynameisash 1y ago
> Teams only gained penetration through bundling with the rest of MS products on large enterprise contracts. Hard disagree on the "only" modifier. Surely integration helped, but I've used Zoom, and I hate it every time I h
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by mynameisash 1y ago
One thing to call out is that costco.com and in-person have different offerings (& prices) -- but you probably know that already. I just dusted off my spreadsheet, and it's not as complete as I'd like it to be. I didn't
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by mynameisash 1y ago
I like that you have the ability to exclude on some dimension (eg, I don't use Amazon.com). Do you have or are you considering adding more retailers beyond the four you mentioned? For example, I buy a lot of unroasted coffee from sweet
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by mynameisash 1y ago
> For instance, people often tell me Costco is much cheaper than alternatives, and for me to compare I have to compile my shopping cart in multiple stores to compare. A few years ago, I was very diligently tracking _all_ my family's
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by mynameisash 2y ago
> teams is so objectively bad What is better than Teams? I don't love Teams, but it's light years beyond what Zoom provides, and the services that Amazon and Google offer were pretty garbage last time I checked.
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by mynameisash 2y ago
I don't think you're wrong, but I know people who grew up poor and blow money on stupid shit -- or at least unnecessary purchases (eg, upgrading to every single new iPhone). OTOH, I grew up upper-middle class, my dad being quite f
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by mynameisash 2y ago
Current Microsoft employee here. Every tech company I've worked at has some bullshit aspects to it. I was just telling someone yesterday about the first company I worked at where we were required to track our time on various projects
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by mynameisash 2y ago
Ford has also done a decent job of over-promising. I put a deposit on the Lightning the morning after their announcement. They originally priced it at $40k[0], and now their base model starts at $63k[1]. When the opportunity finally came up
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by mynameisash 2y ago
This definitely seems like an unfalsifiable proposition for the MS haters. Microsoft does something shitty? See, they're a terrible company. Microsoft does something awesome? Well, we're currently in the "embrace" or &qu
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by mynameisash 2y ago
When I was 16, nearly all the media I consumed was vetted/regulated by the FCC.
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by mynameisash 2y ago
Out of curiosity, when did you read it? It's one of those books that everyone's heard about, but I find not many people have read. I myself hadn't read it until about six years ago (in my late 30s). I was underwhelmed by it.
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by mynameisash 2y ago
> Can you imagine how goofy you'd look sitting at a coffee shop and just sort of staring into the middle distance and talking, as you take a Zoom call? While I agree with you, you could also say the same thing about mashing a black
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by mynameisash 2y ago
Who says the Rust team is falling apart?
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by mynameisash 2y ago
> Can’t imagine having another device to charge daily. This is precisely why I stopped using my Garmin. I did really like it and used it when I was running daily. But when I went on long hikes (8+ miles), I often ran out of battery. The
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by mynameisash 2y ago
> governed primarily by those who believe in parent's rights This sounds like a dog whistle to me. Is there some more neutral sense to 'parents rights'?
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by mynameisash 2y ago
I recognize not everyone likes the rain and gloom, but I do find it interesting and kind of amusing how many of us -- myself included -- really love it and thrive in that kind of weather. The 85°F and sunny we had the last few days was real
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by mynameisash 2y ago
> I do regret that I didn't join any clubs in college until my last semester, and that I didn't make the kind of friendships I wanted As a parent of teenagers, I struggle with how the hell to convey this to my kids. They are so
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by mynameisash 2y ago
I don't recall where I saw it (either the Python or Rust implementation, most likely), but there was talk about trying to turn this into a browser plugin. I would love to be able to use my browser to send files to someone else (via t
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by mynameisash 2y ago
I find the three different time representations/sizes curious (eg, what possible use case would need nanosecond precision over a span of billions of years?). More confusing is that there's pretty extreme time granularity, but only
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FDA Declines to Approve MDMA Therapy, Seeking More Study(nytimes.com)
3 points by mynameisash 2y ago|3 comments
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by mynameisash 2y ago
This pretty much mirrors my experience: I live in Washington, and when I drive down the freeway, I see nothing but trees and mountains. When I go back to Minnesota to visit family, I'm bombarded with billboards -- often political or re
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by mynameisash 3y ago
I think everyone's entitled to their opinion here. As for me, though: my brother died at 10 years old (back in the 90s). While there are some home videos with him talking, it's never for more than a few seconds at a time. Maybe a
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by mynameisash 3y ago
My 10th grade son struggles with his mental health (which was the case before he ever had access to devices). When he hit 9th grade, he was able to do nearly anything on his school-issued Chromebook. Mostly, he was spending all day every da
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by mynameisash 3y ago
I used Signal as my primary SMS app until that capability was stripped. It meant that so many of my conversations were Signal-by-default. But now, by attrition, most my conversations are back in SMS. I also find that simple things like prog
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by mynameisash 3y ago
When I moved to the PNW, it was for Amazon, and during my interview loop, I asked everyone, "How long have you been at the company?" They all had pretty much the same answer: three months, five months, eight months, and some that
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by mynameisash 3y ago
It seems that all data on the subject of social media point emphatically to, Yes! It's terrible for adolescents[0] (and probably society writ large?). [0] https://jonathanhaidt.com/social-media/

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