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by ng12 5y ago
Some chronic gastro issues like IBS and Crohn's are virtually unheard of in developing countries. There's a theory that this because people in developed countries have underdeveloped immune systems from underexposure to foodborne
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by ng12 5y ago
But then you lose the benefit. Hiding node_modules during code review is the easy part.
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by ng12 5y ago
> We've come up with a rule that helps us here: a change that updates node_modules may not touch any other code in the codebase What? What if the dependency upgrade requires code changes? Master is just broker until the second MR me
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by ng12 5y ago
Same for musicians, artists, actors. It's really not abnormal.
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by ng12 5y ago
Tyler1 was always a little bit of a nutcase. The only difference is now he's a rich one.
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by ng12 5y ago
It became a meme in it's own right and is still referenced fairly often 3 years later. It was downvoted heavily because it's a particularly laughable example of how out-of-touch corporations can be. I think this is the most likely
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by ng12 5y ago
Because dislike campaigns are a lame excuse. Don't forget the most disliked video of all time was published by Youtube itself. Now it's just a video with 220M views and 3M likes.
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by ng12 5y ago
Careful there, Harrison Bergeron.
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by ng12 5y ago
Sure, but you run Coinbase. It wouldn't surprise me if people with less soft power than you had negative interactions.
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by ng12 5y ago
Why would anyone pay $500k+ a year for a job a monkey can do? Starting a private zoo is certainly cheaper.
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by ng12 5y ago
> applies social justice principles to math lessons. ... huh? Does anyone know what this looks like?
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by ng12 5y ago
Yup, 14-15. It's freshman year of highschool in the US.
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by ng12 5y ago
I think the line in the sand that defines Xiaomi as a platform and Twitter as something else (?) is entirely arbitrary.
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by ng12 5y ago
I really don't understand how it's any different. If I sell you a phone why should I be obligated to allow you to do _anything_ on it? Not to mention there's already an extremely strong precedent for suppliers controlling wha
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by ng12 5y ago
What's the difference? Is Xiaomi not afforded the same control as Twitter? The same oft-repeated argument applies: if you don't like it, buy another phone. To note: I think this is abhorrent, and really my point is I wish Twitter
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by ng12 5y ago
Should we be using them at all? Yes, probably. Being able to connect with my friends and peers digitally was a mindblowing experience in high school. The problem is social media has pivoted away from social connection and been entirely re-f
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by ng12 5y ago
> Four months before the theft, on May 4, 1987, Saura Taniguti, then director of Ipasgo, the institute of insurance for civil servants, used police force to prevent one of the owners of IGR, Carlos Figueiredo Bezerril, from removing the
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by ng12 5y ago
There's a window in each of the kitchen areas.
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by ng12 5y ago
> I ask Munger’s supporters to please cite references to support their implicit assertion that humans don’t need natural light in their living spaces I would ask the opposite: what's the evidence that it's harmful to have a wi
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by ng12 5y ago
No, there's just a vocal minority on Twitter that would like you to think that.
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by ng12 5y ago
Predelta, still fortune as both only knew they had it because they got tested at work.
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by ng12 5y ago
But I would expect older people taking D3 for (pre)osteoporosis would generally be high risk for COVID. I know this thread is overflowing with anecdotal information but two family members in their sixties had completely asymptotic covid inf
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by ng12 5y ago
Yes. I had the same thoughts as the author until I saw a house with vinyl siding and no shutters by the windows. It just looks ugly to me and I will happily spend the money so my house doesn't look like that.
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by ng12 5y ago
I would assume you're not the type to post buzzword filled nonsense in the first place. I often think that the people who fill my LinkedIn with posts like that are generally a little detached from reality.
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by ng12 5y ago
The Kauaʻi ʻōʻō, native to Hawaii. It's the last known recording of it's song.
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by ng12 5y ago
One of my favorite YouTube videos is an audio recording of an extinct bird: https://youtu.be/nDRY0CmcYNU Some shmuck sampled it in a piano composition and now is apparently getting royalties from the video. It really leaves
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by ng12 5y ago
Twitter has become so annoying. I can't even see what @ghost is without signing in.
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by ng12 5y ago
It's shocking, really. The blood-and-guts types are a dying breed, unfortunately.
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by ng12 5y ago
In NYC Asians have the second-highest rate of poverty behind Hispanics. https://www1.nyc.gov/site/opportunity/poverty-in-nyc/data-to...
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by ng12 5y ago
Hah, good thought. DeBlasio is quite popular among the woke bourgeoisie. Most complaints I hear are about him not being radical enough.

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