nieksand

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   by nieksand 7y ago

   The box milk you buy in Europe can keep about a year when unopened. That stems from a combination of aseptic packaging and UHT pasteurization. I just peeked at a few containers in my house and they have expiration dates around early July.
2. 62.▲
   by nieksand 7y ago

   You make a very good point that not mentioning minority disenfranchisement is a slant of its own.
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   by nieksand 7y ago

   I tossed my $0.02 in reply to a sibling comment.
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   by nieksand 7y ago

   I did a (long) paragraph-by-paragraph analysis of the two articles here: https://gist.github.com/nieksand/f9a8550dca42b6d31e017c14515... These articles are both long and I have other things to do in life, but I think t
5. 65.▲
   by nieksand 7y ago

   Less slanted reporting: https://www.texastribune.org/2019/10/10/texas-temporary-voti...
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   by nieksand 7y ago

   Can you elaborate on the design flaws that you perceive in Cargo?
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   by nieksand 7y ago

   People's views of the world have been drastically skewed by the news industry. Consider how much news coverage was given to the Las Vegas mass shooting. That resulted in 58 dead and 413 wounded. Compare that to how much national cover
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   by nieksand 7y ago

   Can you provide an actual link for [2]? It's a very serious allegation.
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   by nieksand 7y ago

   In the USA this has tax implications for those who are on the receiving end of a forgiven debt: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/what-if-my-debt-is-forgiven Is it the same in Canada?
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    by nieksand 7y ago

    I wonder if that 0.1% number is legit. If so, it seems like KitSplit could just tack a few bucks onto the fee and cover these types of thefts. Assuming a $5K mean price and 0.1% incidence, that would be a $5 fee / rental to cover the e
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    by nieksand 7y ago

    The exact opposite works for me. Note taking massively helps me on both remembering and the level of attention I pay to the lecture itself. Without notes, my attention drifts and I might as well just be passively watching TV. Like Hermitia
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    by nieksand 7y ago

    Your San Francisco parking experience is very different from mine.
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    by nieksand 8y ago

    Is it actually faster to develop in Electron than with QT and C++? It has been over a decade, but I remember it being both straight-forward and pleasant to support Linux, Windows, and MacOS. I vaguely recall supporting Solaris too.
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    by nieksand 8y ago

    Is "black" really not considered PC?
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    by nieksand 8y ago

    Does SFO homelessness really have a shortage of money being thrown at the problem?
16. 76.▲
    by nieksand 8y ago

    Where in CA are you? I'd be surprised if you have difficulty finding a new position in any of the major metros.
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    by nieksand 8y ago

    Weird and dubious looking brake usage around 38sec in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=cJQLEETP98U&... Given how busy that road looks, that doesn't seem like a safe maneuver at all. And at 1m24s
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    by nieksand 8y ago

    This is a solid philosophy for life. Lately I've been reflecting about the things that really mattered to me professionally. Many things seemed so important just a few years ago and are in the don't-care bucket now. By focusing o
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    by nieksand 8y ago

    Tsunami warning without WaPo pay wall: http://www.wncw.org/post/magnitude-70-earthquake-shakes-alas...
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    by nieksand 8y ago

    Google actually had a product many years ago which they discontinued: https://enterprise.google.com/search/products/gsa.html
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    by nieksand 8y ago

    Google web UX has gotten horrific. I used to visit Google News multiple times per day. Then the UX went to hell there too. Each iteration became worse. After the latest changes, it became so unbearably hideous and clunky that I couldn&#x
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    by nieksand 8y ago

    I don't care if the rich get richer, provided that the quality of life for the rest of us keeps going up too.
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    by nieksand 8y ago

    You've neglected to mention which engineering discipline you're interested in. Civil? Electric? Mechanical?
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    by nieksand 8y ago

    Looks like: ban = 20% limited = 50% anything goes = 30% https://news.gallup.com/poll/1576/abortion.aspx So 70-30 for at least some form of restrictions on abortion.
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    by nieksand 8y ago

    If you're genuinely trying to understand, read Friedman's "Capitalism and Freedom" as a starting point. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism_and_Freedom#Chapter...
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    by nieksand 8y ago

    I'm typing this on my Lenovo T480 running Ubuntu. Here is a little review I wrote after a couple of days with the machine: https://reprep.io/writings/20180621_lenovo_t480_linux_review... I ended up installing NVi
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    by nieksand 8y ago

    I assume you're talking about the general case rather than AirBnB specifically? Tell people why they're being banned. There is no excuse not to. I can imagine a B2C freemium product with a high rate of abuse where the non-paying
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    by nieksand 8y ago

    I would never ban people without telling them why they were banned. That's just moronic. I'd offer banned user contact information that goes directly to a human being which can be used to appeal if the user believes they did not
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    by nieksand 8y ago

    The sample size isn't even close to big enough to draw meaningful conclusions. The number of VC backed startups that succeed is tiny even in the general population. It helps that there are now examples like Gitlab, but ultimately the
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    by nieksand 8y ago

    It won't be anything like that for a mid level. The friends I'm talking about are deeply experienced and knowledgeable (10 years minimum, mostly more), phenomenally talented, and incredibly effective at delivering results. The pay