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   by pards 4y ago

   The diet-heart hypothesis promoted by Ancel Keys was based on bad science, cherry-picked data, and gross generalisations. The saturated fat used in his experiments was vegetable oil (margarine) and he extrapolated the results to animal fat.
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   by pards 4y ago

   The fuel gauge on a car's dashboard has a little arrow or triangle next to it that points to the side of the car with the gas tank. Extremely handy in rental cars. Example: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/know-insta
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   by pards 4y ago

   Many older/retired Canadians migrate every winter; they're colloquially known as "snowbirds". Ontarians head to Florida, BCers head to Arizona.
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   by pards 4y ago

   Works on MacOS too
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   by pards 4y ago

   Option+left click in Sublime
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   by pards 4y ago

   Or ^r to search through the command history (bash only?): $ grep blah * $ ^r (reverse-i-search)`g': grep blah * This is far and above my most commonly used shell command
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   by pards 4y ago

   I learned this when I was a teen as a simple memory exercise. Each night in bed before falling asleep I'd try to run through the phonetic alphabet and I've retained it ever since (30+ years later). It's hugely valuable for re
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   by pards 4y ago

   I worked at one FI in Australia that shipped a bug that impacted interest payments, except in this case they used the wrong 'from' date: the account opening date instead of the last interest date. Some long-standing accounts recei
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   by pards 4y ago

   The Korn parody is brilliant!
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    by pards 4y ago

    Google Newspeak?
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    by pards 4y ago

    > Thank god your phone or your car has no feature flags Umm ... yes they do. Just ask anyone that owns a Tesla - many Tesla features can be remotely enabled and disabled via software updates based on your subscription. Also, why have yo
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    by pards 4y ago

    I live in Canada, so I keep an emergency blanket in my car .. one of those silver mylar ones. My wife and I keep each other's master password in our own password vault. I have enough life insurance to clear debts and cover my family&#x
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    Pairing in the Tech Interview(threadreaderapp.com)

    2 points by pards 4y ago|0 comments
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    by pards 4y ago

    Both fastmail and protonmail offer 'masked emails' which will generate a random email address for you and link it to your email account automatically. If the address gets compromised you can block it easily.
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    by pards 4y ago

    TIL about Fastmail's "masked email" feature which integrates directly with 1Password to make it really easy to use unique email addresses when signing up for services.
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    by pards 4y ago

    I recently went through the interview process at a startup and got an offer at the end. The RSU and bonus schemes were so difficult to value that I just took another contracting gig with a simple hourly rate. I'll keep my investments s
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    by pards 4y ago

    Is this the first step in getting companies to manage the full lifecycle of their products? I've long believed that companies should be required to take back every product they produce and deal with the waste themselves - they're
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    by pards 4y ago

    This the answer. The rate of population growth in major cities like Toronto isn't keeping up with the housing supply. Our cities should be building more high- and medium-density housing, and public transit to support this population.
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    by pards 4y ago

    The sale of investment properties is already subject to capital gains tax.
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    by pards 4y ago

    I'm a homeowner in Toronto and I don't think this will help. They've eliminated a small number of buyers from the market but have added other incentives like a first home buyers tax credit that will only fuel the fire - Austr
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    by pards 4y ago

    We've been getting weekly deliveries in Toronto from The Stubborn Farmer [1] for many years and have found their chicken to be both delicious and not freakishly oversized. [1]: https://stubbornfarmer.com/
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    by pards 4y ago

    > diversity of thought Thank you. I've never had a phrase to adequately describe how I like to balance teams and "diversity of thought" fits well.
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    by pards 4y ago

    > you don't even need a car. Just Uber everywhere, get some groceries delivered Umm ... Those all require a car, it just might not be _your_ car. It doesn't help make cities accessible and walkable.
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    by pards 5y ago

    Nevermind was the better album, for sure.
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    by pards 5y ago

    These "slack farts" really irk me. The first time someone does it, I usually respond with the nohello.com link and a brief note letting them know that the niceties aren't necessary - you can just ask your question.
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    by pards 5y ago

    Yes, this is what it amounts to. Maybe Europe's "right to be forgotten" laws will make this easier to automate in the future.
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    by pards 5y ago

    Bank accounts and other financial accounts are not considered digital assets.
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    by pards 5y ago

    Naming an Executor on one's will is standard but the responsibilities balloon when one expands the role to cover digital assets. My password manager contains over 400 entries. Going through each one and requesting account closures from
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    Ask HN: What's Your Digital Estate Plan?

    12 points by pards 5y ago|11 comments
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    by pards 5y ago

    Exactly. The Knight Capital incident springs to mind.