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by obmelvin 6y ago
I think you would be surprised. I've come to realize there are very few things I would truly be on most people knowing.
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by obmelvin 6y ago
> Is their search history also public discourse? Oh, come on. You are bringing that into this discussion. The topic is not people's private search or browsing history. Political advertisements are very clearly a public issue.
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by obmelvin 6y ago
Eh, I mean I understand your comment in general, but I think it's a reasonable hypothesis that the discrepancy could be that Amazon doesn't have a large enough market share in other markets for these issues to have occurred (i.e.
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by obmelvin 6y ago
Perhaps, if you feel strongly you could express your own opposition rather than make very vague statements alluding to...I have no idea, to be honest.
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by obmelvin 6y ago
Would love if someone could answer this or knows of a video that explains jetpacks well
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by obmelvin 6y ago
> I've broken a couple of screens shortly after a repair until I realized I needed to be more meticulous about how I glued the cover back on, and to keep it in a vice until the glue dried. Can I ask what phone(s) you are talking abo
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by obmelvin 6y ago
Ah, ok, that is slow, but makes more sense if it is processing the entire book vs just the page you are on. Thank you for explaining further how it works. Still piques my interest - and would be nice to be able to templatize some scaffolded
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by obmelvin 6y ago
> Things as simple as font resizing are 30x slower than on a Kindle Wow, thanks, I was very interested in this for marking up documents + notes. I guess I could still use my kindle for most of my reading anyway, but the video gave me the
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by obmelvin 6y ago
Comparing Netflix to a single cable channel is disingenuous. I can't the only one who feels that Netflix is "too much" and that the last thing I need is even more content for more money. Obviously, there is nothing wrong with
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by obmelvin 6y ago
Unfortunately, only "top tier" companies really care about your data. I get where you are coming from, I just wish we'd also pass legislation that did something about negligent custodians of data.
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by obmelvin 6y ago
I love that Zager and Evans song [0]!! Honestly don't understand why this reference is the only thing downvoted in a chain of off topic comments (not that I care). [0] In The Year 2525
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by obmelvin 6y ago
I visited Detroit in May 2016 and was very taken aback by the revitalization. Granted, it was Memorial Day weekend + Movement Festival [0] so the city was certainly not in it's normal day-to-day look, but Dan Gilbert's money [1] a
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by obmelvin 6y ago
> 1. Because their prices are uniform and fixed by legislature, and they are required by law to serve every part of this country, including remote rural areas. >This means that private carriers cherry-pick profitable, high-volume, hig
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by obmelvin 6y ago
You are correct - he responded in the thread here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24275188
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by obmelvin 6y ago
Isn't that what a Predator/Reaper is for? Maybe I'm lacking imagination, but a loitering missile seems very difficult to make.
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by obmelvin 6y ago
Some parents are ESL with low literacy rates and little access to technology in their homes. It's very privileged to preach to such people and tell them they need to just get over it, stop complaining, do the hard work. Not everyone li
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by obmelvin 6y ago
I do think it's best if we are able to do certain things with appropriate precautions (masks inside, things outside when possible, etc). Sorry if I was a bit harsh - had someone yell "America" at me while running with a mask
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by obmelvin 6y ago
That's the thing though...You don't need to lock yourself inside, just wear a damn mask when you go do your stuff. For example, I wear a mask to go run on the boardwalk because I like running there. It honestly takes 0 effort to w
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by obmelvin 6y ago
>Am I the only one who sees the normalization of the mask as contributing to those who are rioting? Please, just no.
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by obmelvin 6y ago
I remember a couple years ago hearing a talk about using smartphone camera sensors to detect radiation levels - the idea of using such devices is out in the open now
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by obmelvin 6y ago
That's great at and all, but I honestly don't understand how that would help in this situation. Unless you write something absurd like "Mark Zuckerberg's stock will be transferred to Palmer Luckey if this promise is brok
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by obmelvin 6y ago
>There was a podcast recently wherein someone who sold to Apple (I’m sorry I can’t remember who it was, will try to dig it out and update) .... Did you find this? I would be curious to listen
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by obmelvin 6y ago
I know these comments are semi-discouraged, but I honestly found your response to be so insightful that I wanted to thank you for sharing your perspective. At least, it fits with what I've seen (GF in PhD program, stepdad has an extrem
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by obmelvin 6y ago
This is a very valid point. As someone with an Italian step-dad who's dealt with property in Italy, I can say that dealing with permits etc in Italy is really not easy. Things really do work their own, Italian, way. It's not the s
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by obmelvin 6y ago
I certainly think that's a fair question - as you see the contracts they have been awarded and wonder how do they not have adequate cash flow for that given their rocket tech. The article makes me think: 1) mostly looking for money to
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by obmelvin 6y ago
I didn't call for banning anything. I said the issue is with overprescription and negligent doctors. You are describing a desire for proper healthcare - that is also something I am interested in. What I am not interested in is my frien
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by obmelvin 6y ago
You make it sound like there's a problem with the people getting addicted, not the systemic overprescription of addictive drugs to unwitting patients who followed the authority of naive, at best, or even malicious medical professionals
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by obmelvin 6y ago
Looks like you're only 10 times away from using this to having spent your 10 minutes ;) But seriously, I'm not here to lecture you, but personally I'd appreciate having a teammate educate me on the undesired behavior and have
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by obmelvin 6y ago
They really are like low quality SEO blog spam. I can't believe how many products I see with almost all 5 star ratings...for a completely different product.
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by obmelvin 6y ago
I don't think this necessarily says anything to the contrary of that. If you are someone at Gates overseeing research grants etc, you probably have a PhD and I'm sure the Gates job is less stressful than doing your own research. I

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