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by pcurve 3y ago
A famous contestant from a Korea reality show faked cancer to solicit donation. He later got caught and was basically banished. He ended up taking his life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi_Sung-bong
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by pcurve 3y ago
Are you saying there is battery life difference between 8gb vs 16gb MacBook too? (Since iPad Pro only comes in 8gb)
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by pcurve 3y ago
It’s been like that for a long time and it’s an intentional design element. They could get away with it because the site used to a bible for most web designers and had huge brand recognition
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by pcurve 3y ago
I wonder what the gptbots dependency on these big media outlets are for training and keeping their dataset fresh.
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by pcurve 3y ago
I have a feeling this is a pretext for Zoom looking to shed staff.
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by pcurve 3y ago
If everyone is making the same amount, then there is no band. Band = Range with midpoint. For example, Sr. Software engineer's pay band could be $120,000 - $180,000 with $150,000 roughly being the midpoint, with most people making aro
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by pcurve 3y ago
Not having a band is surprising at Fortune 100. I'm guessing the talent retention is still done through bonus and LTI.
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by pcurve 3y ago
> Apple pulls apps made by 6-person firm Digital Will. No actionable explanation was offered. > 5 months afterwards, the firm's lawyer sent a letter to Apple. > 2 months later, Apple reinstiated the app without any explanatio
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by pcurve 3y ago
That was a long read, but a sad one. Apparently he was paroled couple times, but was sent back to prison. By all accounts, he should've been freed decades ago, but he became too paranoid and distrustful of the system. The author also
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by pcurve 3y ago
Highlights from the study linked in the article: • Spent coffee grounds (SCG) leach organic compounds that hinder the hydration reaction and compressive strength of concrete. • SCG pyrolysed at 350 and 500 °C show strong bond formation with
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by pcurve 3y ago
While some of these are great, I can't help but wonder if Figma is becoming more and more difficult to use for newer, less technically inclined users.
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by pcurve 3y ago
I haven't seen anyone switch to Penpot either, but it's clear Figma has been borrowing things from Penpot, which is actually great.
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by pcurve 3y ago
We could just retrofit exisiting road infrastructure to be more autonomous car friendly. Standardized signals, sensors, etc
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by pcurve 3y ago
Those pops are “features” in some stock unmodified cars too. So unnecessary.
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by pcurve 3y ago
"they can still live on as Linux machines. I have an unreasonable level of affection for that old box of mine." So funny you mention that. That's exactly what happened to my older core-i5 machine. It's a media PC in th
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by pcurve 3y ago
yep, 4790 is definitely SOL... re: Win 11 upgrade. I'm happy with Win 10. 95% of my computer usage is Chrome anyway. ;)
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by pcurve 3y ago
I wonder how fast is enough? I'm using 9 year old Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz. I think this machine will last another 9 no problem?
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by pcurve 3y ago
Some of these dentists should either have their license revoked or prosecuted for malpractice. I can believe what I just read.
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by pcurve 3y ago
"“I would’ve totally done it, had it fit a certain profile: $3k rent all-in, fully-furnished, unlimited meals, paid utilities, plus housekeeping/cleaning every day,” another employee wrote." I think companies offering on-camp
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by pcurve 3y ago
Believe me, things whole thing is wild to someone who worked for one of the big healthcare 'cartel' for a very long time. It's tragic, and it's by design. And the CMS 9915-F isn't going to fix this problem.
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by pcurve 3y ago
https://www.thecheesecakefactory.com/sites/default/files/202... what's scary is 1250 of that comes from fat. That's more fat than 1.5 stick of butter... I don't know if people realize that. Ca
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by pcurve 3y ago
People have. https://cocktailwonk.com/2018/09/drinking-the-harewood-house... Spoiler: it wasn't impressive. "The Harewood gives the impression of a lightly aged rum, perhaps a year or two. Letting it bre
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by pcurve 3y ago
Mayday Air Diasater has a full episode on this incident. In short, the pilots heroic effort led to safe landing on an old airfield converted into drag strip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wnja3h70DM Not so lucky was Avia
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by pcurve 3y ago
The amount of money plowed into creating new content that nobody watch is the hollywood equivalent of the Bridge to Nowhere project, except on the private investors' back. The volume of content that has been made in the past few decade
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by pcurve 3y ago
I don't have problem with private institutions like Harvard giving preferential treatments to its legacy. However, I think they should give up some portion of their tax advantaged status as the result.
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by pcurve 3y ago
Doesn't seem like a bad price consider how much other enterprise Saas products cost per seat. Costs do add up to hefty amount unfortunately.
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by pcurve 3y ago
WSJ recently had a good video on challenge of converting office building into condo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTKjwWlhcLM
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by pcurve 3y ago
Weight on head is a real issue. There is a big difference in comfort for even a pair of glasses.
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by pcurve 3y ago
I got fed up with Midjourney making me feel like I'm a pervert, so discontinued my subscription.
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by pcurve 3y ago
"The DoorDash and Grubhub lawsuit alleges that the new regulation is legally flawed because it targets only meal-delivery services and not grocery-delivery services. It also argues the regulation is legally flawed because it would comp

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