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by noisefridge 1y ago
I'm curious why you like these so much as titles. Tastes differ, but in my opinion, "A Scanner Darkly" is the only standout winner here. Without knowing anything of what the story was about, would "Do Androids Dream of E
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by noisefridge 5y ago
Nice and fun. Have you considered points of interest, photos from open sources like Panoramio or Creative Commons search, links to Wikipedia articles? Sometimes I get stumped and I also want a picture to explain it
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by noisefridge 5y ago
From the other perspective, I’ve also wondered about what it would mean to have a union for international remote employees. Unions for tech workers are rare but if you’re working for a company with people scattered all over the planet, it’s
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by noisefridge 5y ago
The film The Caine Mutiny helped inspire the 25th amendment to the US Constitution. That's based on a book, so even if you want to narrow it to literature, it still works. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morn
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by noisefridge 5y ago
I'm not an expert on MMT, nor a proponent. I don't have a sufficiently informed opinion to say whether it's good or bad. But, I think what the US government is doing isn't MMT. MMT proponents seem to be arguing that crea
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by noisefridge 5y ago
Once again: > Can you describe what sort of evidence would convince you that this movement is a problem, other than the political affiliations and concerns of the organizers, the behavior of people on the ground, the symbols on display,
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by noisefridge 5y ago
Can you describe what sort of evidence would convince you that this movement is a problem, other than the political affiliations and concerns of the organizers, the behavior of people on the ground, the symbols on display, and what actions
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by noisefridge 5y ago
And? Okay. The people who started the GoFundMe are Tamara Lich and B.J. Dichter. Neither of them are truck drivers. They are, however, racist conspiracy theorists. Tamara Lich's Facebook pages were full of Islamophobia, and conspiracy
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by noisefridge 5y ago
Reasonable people https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/sfql2g/nazi_flag_duri...
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by noisefridge 5y ago
It's not that surprising when you know the history. This is the founders' second or third try at live chat with media. At Ludicorp, in the early oughts, they were building a game called Game Neverending. They built a chat feature
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by noisefridge 9y ago
Pardon my skepticism, but the whole "supplement" industry seems incredibly bogus. Yes, there might be some benefits from little tweaks to our nutritional profile. But is this a priority compared to the massive benefits one gets fr
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by noisefridge 9y ago
Thank you for your kind responses. 1) I know the movie is a fictionalization. I should have said, the “Billy Beane character”. But I see your point. Reality is more complex than one person being right for a role, and another person being w
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Ask HN: I'm not a good programmer, but I keep acing interviews
52 points by noisefridge 9y ago|40 comments
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by noisefridge 9y ago
Some context here on "fag" / "faggot" In some cases Quinn seems to be bantering with her gay friends. Quinn is queer herself. In other cases she is calling out some 4chan person, for unknown reasons since they delet