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by nxc18 5y ago
This is a common problem, and I saw it during a brief stint considering involvement in Code For America; too much emphasis on technology and code, not enough emphasis on the outcome/objective. Most of these nonprofits would be better s
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by nxc18 5y ago
Coming off of an extremely disappointing Build - I don’t think any news even made it to HN this year, and not a peep about desktop - I agree that the future is unclear. WinUI is the future, but they’ve admitted it will be years before it re
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by nxc18 5y ago
I don’t have any physics background so maybe this doesn’t make sense but I’m betting someone can answer. If time is relative, what is a microsecond when there is nothing to relate it to? What does time dilation do to a microsecond when you’
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by nxc18 5y ago
I love my iPhone and solidly side with Apple in this case, and have ditched Spotify due to their spiteful position. Fuck Epic. Still, I totally agree with this: > What I wish would happen — and yes, I know this is naive and stupid and pr
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by nxc18 5y ago
You’re being downvoted, but living in Oregon I don’t really see the problem. I’m not really attached to borders and I’m trying to understand why other people are. It is an aspect of political science I’d like to know more about if people ha
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by nxc18 5y ago
This is a really great point, and I hadn’t thought of it like that. Thank you
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by nxc18 5y ago
I’m not the person you asked, but I evaluated and passed on Notion (and Coda, and Airtable) for similar reasons. I need a system that syncs, works offline, helps capture structured-ish data, is quick+flexible, and has fabulous linking. I di
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by nxc18 5y ago
I wish the leftists doing things like this would take the time to think about the consequences. It isn’t helping their cause to make clowns of themselves. That is painful as someone who genuinely wants to see reform and many leftist ideas s
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by nxc18 5y ago
Their tech, at least on iOS, needs investment. I had to drop Tidal after trying for a month. CarPlay was a disaster, it just didn’t work well, very laggy, things didn’t always play, it wasn’t great about handling offline playlists. Separate
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by nxc18 5y ago
For me it is Spotify Connect, and I still can’t believe no one has copied. I’m in the process of getting my speakers set up with airplay, which might be my one way out. It still won’t be as good as Spotify Connect. I just hate that Spotify
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by nxc18 5y ago
Imprisonment seems generous. Perhaps a very small prison 6’ down would be more suitable. I’m mildly surprised they survived this long
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by nxc18 5y ago
I’m of the age where I had a Kinect in my bedroom when I read 1984, and it was interesting to reflect on how basically everything was already happening IRL and it wasn’t that big a deal. Do you remember when people freaked because the new K
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by nxc18 5y ago
Don’t worry, I’m my experience interviewing, being ugly hurts a lot regardless, so probably nothing changes for you. I’m pretty sure I’ve lost a lot of jobs for being fat, and I know from experience the hiring bar is much lower for unusuall
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by nxc18 5y ago
As a formerly obese person, I can absolutely confirm this. Respect is a big issue for me, because for the first ~25 years of my life, disrespect and even disgust were the default with every new person I interacted with. Still, I mostly like
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by nxc18 5y ago
Even more damming, the future Surface pro X, with updated Qualcomm chip, will still be slower than windows in a VM on M1 Mac. https://www.windowscentral.com/leaked-snapdragon-processor-c...
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by nxc18 5y ago
30% is not too much considering that iOS apps generate far more $$$ than android apps. https://insights.dice.com/2020/02/06/android-vs-ios-earns-de... Why do iOS apps make more? Possibly because iOS is market
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by nxc18 5y ago
https://nypost.com/2019/04/10/students-suspended-over-snapch... Just one of several incidents, I chose the first one that popped up on DDG.
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by nxc18 5y ago
Xamarin.Forms also had desktop targets, including WPF and UWP, although I think only UWP was officially supported. Support is perhaps too strong a word...
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by nxc18 5y ago
If you don’t see it side-by-side, you don’t really notice it, but Windows 10 is slower at everyday tasks compared to even older Intel Macbooks. Possibly related to the antivirus implementation? Its kind of like Light Mayo vs regular Mayo, y
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by nxc18 5y ago
I’m not a huge fan, I love podcasts as they exist now (or as they did before Spotify entered the ecosystem). I might jump over to Apple Podcasts, if only as a step to keep Spotify at bay. If any of the MBAs at Spotify happen to read HN, ple
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by nxc18 6y ago
What are the demands of the Myanmar Coup protests that happened in PNW, and how could they have been met by the local community? I am specifically referring to the most hardcore leftists, but I don’t tend to socialize with them. I don’t thi
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by nxc18 6y ago
Yes, exactly, they are not in the drivers seat because they systematically choose not to be in the drivers seat. I don’t know if its necessarily wrong to otherize the people who smash windows in my community, spray paint graffiti on the wal
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by nxc18 6y ago
The way leftists approach fixing systemic issues is fundamentally incompatible with actually changing anything. The smart leftists work towards positive change by doing disgusting things like engaging in compromise and working with people w
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by nxc18 6y ago
To add to this, the article mentions the need to be more specific when facing challenges and stressors. A big trend, at least in PNW leftist activism, is looking at the entire system while focusing in on flaws. No improvement is acceptable
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by nxc18 6y ago
I think that’s the point, though. They have a biased worldview - they own that and highlight it regularly - but that bias doesn’t align with any American political party, and I don’t get the sense that it is particularly well aligned with e
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by nxc18 6y ago
Recaldent gum used to be widely available in the US. I was a big fan of the trident gum variety, which had recaldent and was sweetened with xylitol. It was a solid product but it just disappeared one day. And unfortunately the shelf life fo
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by nxc18 6y ago
I think people sometimes don’t perceive things the same way and that can lead to misunderstandings. I have sympathy, I’ve been in the position of having some edgy marketing/pr go the wrong way for a software launch. Totally random exam
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by nxc18 6y ago
If you’re trying to lose weight (I am), or not gain weight in a western culture that encourages a high level of consumption, you want something that is inefficient. I can get from point A to point B faster and with less energy expenditure (
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by nxc18 6y ago
That assumes you would be eating more to compensate for the activity. Many people, because they spend so much time in their car or just being sedentary otherwise, actually need to go out of their way to exercise (e.g. in a treadmill in a gy
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by nxc18 6y ago
I’ve had some issues with AirPods and AirPods Pro, but they are much rarer than other bluetooth devices I’ve used. I use AirPods Pro several times a day and for hours a day so even with a very low failure rate I’d expect things to break occ

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