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by rconti 2y ago
One of the best pieces of lore at my employer came courtesy of our "free food" slack channel. It was customary, after catered meetings, to post the location of any leftovers so the vultures could come by and enjoy a free second lu
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by rconti 2y ago
You obviously didn't make it down to "lemon"
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No, overbooking is a business decision justified by the fact that, statistically, not all passengers will actually show up for their flight, and lower load factors cost money.
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by rconti 2y ago
Especially for a free service! Think about other ad-supported sites. If you're an engineer working on an ad-supported product, the perfect consistency you strive for in your code is not the product. The product is the sum of all of the
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by rconti 2y ago
> Additionally, beyond this point, it is reasonable for us to not necessarily have a perfect chronology of everything posted by the many thousands of users they follow, but provide enough content that the Timeline always has something ne
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by rconti 2y ago
Right- even though I was able to figure that bit out on second or third reading, it threw me enough that the second clause didn't truly make sense. Also, the subjects of "That's not only false" and "to do something
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by rconti 2y ago
I laughed when I read it, because my father-in-law just finished telling me the same story about a dishwasher he installed in a new house he built in the 90s. Water everywhere the first time it went to drain. He was perplexed until a friend
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by rconti 2y ago
Thank you, that makes more sense now; with that explanation I can re-read the original quotes.
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by rconti 2y ago
> “I used to think that disability travels with pain, and it’s only when the pain gets severe that people are impaired. That’s not only false, but we have treatments to do something about it,” says Richard Lipton, a neurologist at the Al
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by rconti 2y ago
Yeah, it's actually a little weird because typically as people become richer they become more risk-averse, as you have more to lose.
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My entire house and car use about 950kWh per month!
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by rconti 2y ago
Sure. I'm describing the real-world difference between using an app you're familiar with vs adding a new one to your repertoire. You're describing the ideal state, which is not one we all live in. IOW: When I started using si
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by rconti 2y ago
Sure seems like it would have been a fun party.
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The thread on Apple Invites is the first time I'm hearing of Partiful, and I suspect that's the case for many here.
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I don't use WhatsApp, though I probably have it installed on my phone. I'm in a birthday party planning group on Signal, which is another app I hadn't used in years. It's easy to forget I have messages there because it&#
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by rconti 2y ago
Thanks, good to know. In the early 2000s the story was "we fixed the headgasket issues from the 90s!" which seemed to mostly be "we put in thicker coolant so hopefully it'll be less of an issue". So I feel it was re
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by rconti 2y ago
Huh, explains the name 8 Wired Brewing in NZ
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by rconti 2y ago
Huh. I had to look it up, because I never would have put Subaru at the top of the reliability charts; experience and anecdotes would put it in the lower tier of Japanese automakers (granted, still well above average). But CR says #1 .. for
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by rconti 2y ago
Their software is pretty bad but the hardware has been pretty bulletproof for me and I've certainly never had one randomly freeze or reboot in the decade+ I've been using them. These are forerunners though. I haven't used th
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> what do you use 10gig for? Nothing, really! It's cheaper than 1gig, and my ISP doesn't even give me the option of paying for less. I could save about $10 a month to downgrade to AT&T 300Mbps fiber though (which would have
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by rconti 2y ago
Yeah, my gripe with my snide comment is more about how bandwidth costs should be falling over time in a competitive market, not that 1gig for $70 isn't actually still a good deal for the US. The real advantage in having Google Fi
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by rconti 2y ago
Yeah- I just spent so much time complaining about not being able to get fiber in the heart of the bay area that when the 1gig cable service came, I felt like it was time to put my money where my mouth was. Then the novelty wore off, and I d
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by rconti 2y ago
Yep, my in-laws in Menlo Park had insanely slow SBC DSL with high packet loss. SBC actually just discontinued the service rather than do anything useful. I once paid that ridiculous $149/mo for the 1gig Comcast service until I got tire
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by rconti 2y ago
> GFiber service will be available in parts of the metro area later this year. Nevada residents and business owners will be able to choose between Google Fiber’s plans with prices that haven’t changed since 2012 and speeds up to 8 gig. T
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by rconti 2y ago
I've used it on and off for 7 or 8 years and it's the only thing that can consistently help me lose weight. Even just the mindfulness of knowing how much you're eating and how much you're exercising are helpful in the pr
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But even before that we had Livejournal, we had Geocities, we had forums. There were lots of places for non-techies to post.
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by rconti 2y ago
Make it easier, probably. Even in the glory days of RSS I just never put in the effort to make it work for me. (sort of like how Twitter fans always told me I had to "curate" my feed better to make it less of a cesspool, but I act
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by rconti 2y ago
RFK is anti-vaccine. It's a pretty short, straight line. No conspiracies needed, no mental hoops to jump through.
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So it might not have anything to do with regulation at all?
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by rconti 2y ago
Often the hardcover version comes out well in advance of the paperback, so if you want the book as soon as it comes out, you have to pay the premium for the perceived "premium product". Only later does the paperback come out at a

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