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by permo-w 2y ago
the whole thing is so chaotic. I don't get the impression that Guinness World Records or anyone in the Youtube comments is aware it's a segmented run, but it is clearly stated in the original submission: https://web.arc
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by permo-w 2y ago
I'd suggest "tax" is probably more accurate than "block" or "stifle", especially if they've not released anything since
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by permo-w 2y ago
>Does modern Pokémon start battles by throwing a pokeball to release a monster to begin fighting? yes
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by permo-w 2y ago
this isn't true, of course, but it sounds good
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by permo-w 2y ago
>"These people are members of a community who care about where they live... So what I hear is people caring very loudly at me." -- Leslie Knope that's a very healthy and - I feel - correct attitude towards this kind of cri
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by permo-w 2y ago
the value of a paid online service is not "how useful is it in a vacuum?", it's "how much more effective is it than a free competitor?" kagi's value is "how much more effective is it than using google with
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by permo-w 2y ago
for $0 a month you can search 400 billion web pages on any other search engine with an adblocker. if Spotify's business model was "we're going to charge you $120 a year to show you otherwise free and ad-free content more effi
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by permo-w 2y ago
I find it bewildering that anyone ever didn't know about this. almost like not knowing sex causes babies
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by permo-w 2y ago
depends on the fruit and how many anti-oxidants managed to survive the brewing process
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by permo-w 2y ago
you have it backwards. the sahara was green because the world in general was cooler back then, so the equator had weather more appropriate for the tropics. the world has gotten hotter since then, turning the region into a desert.
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by permo-w 2y ago
they mean that you can pay for spotify without it being through the app store or play store, meaning that Apple and Google can't take a cut, meaning that it's cheaper. that's not some kind of deal, that's just how it wor
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by permo-w 2y ago
Is there a private company whose corporate culture or long term political influence could be trusted? I feel like this has not been possible in the West at least since Friedman
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by permo-w 2y ago
if somehow two Western European countries ended up at war with each other in this era, POWs would be almost certainly be afforded better respect than ever. I feel like it's more about the relationship between the two countries than it
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by permo-w 2y ago
I am not a shipping lawyer, but, assuming this happened in international waters, my guess is that there is probably already some set-in-stone maritime law in place that covers scenarios like this, and one that probably isn't modifiable
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by permo-w 2y ago
okay but "ad-free" means costs elsewhere and "not about to be banned in the US" means they're "competing" with Reels and Shorts. unless this project is for the sake of resume-padding or something else othe
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by permo-w 2y ago
also in its ease of use and appeal to young, non-techy people
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by permo-w 2y ago
the featured article
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by permo-w 2y ago
limited liability is the concept that a business is an entity with its own legal status separate from the people that run and own it. it extends beyond debt
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by permo-w 2y ago
I'd like to see their working for that number. Let's say we subtract 20% from Canada + the UK + the US, we get ~320 million. add Nigeria and Uganda and you have easily 400 million. That's without Australia, Ireland, New Zeala
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by permo-w 2y ago
this is horseshit. Canada, the US and the UK alone have - minimum - 400 million. Australia has 25 million, Ireland 5, New Zealand 5, then there's the Anglophone African nations, plus a lot of the Carribbean. Nigeria on its own likely h
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by permo-w 2y ago
in Morocco most of the adults speak French and Arabic, so when they need to speak to an Englisher they get some kids over to help because they all speak English from TikTok
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by permo-w 2y ago
this is a big deal here on hacker news, but for it to be a viable business opportunity, especially at the kind of price point it would require - i.e. hundreds of dollars - you'd need the general public to care, and in my experience the
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by permo-w 2y ago
not just big companies. Limited liability is a powerful thing
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by permo-w 2y ago
at least that pun makes sense. in this context, "park", as I understand it, means to temporarily put something aside, generally something you have control of, like "let's park that idea and move onto ...", not like
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by permo-w 2y ago
this is like saying that regulating automatic weapons is misguided because someone might invent a gun that is equally dangerous without being automatic
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by permo-w 2y ago
why try this hard for a private company that doesn't employ you?
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by permo-w 2y ago
mainly with trying to impart a particular art style.
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by permo-w 2y ago
to my mind, Occupy Wall Street and "wokeness", as it is generally depicted, are generally opposing movements. although it may have started there, "wokeness" was not primarily driven by universities and people on twitter,
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by permo-w 2y ago
I've been looking for a good guide on prompting LLMs for CSS. does anyone know of any?
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by permo-w 2y ago
it seems that you didn't read past the first sentence of the comment. >The bad loans were subsidized by the public at large, and that is a good example of socialism in practice.

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