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by realtalk_sp 7y ago
Writing a program that pulls article URLs from Pocket, saves the content as PDFs, groups that up in categories based on Pocket tags (e.g. #econ, #tech, etc), and emails out composite PDF "volumes" to me as they hit 250 pages. Plan
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by realtalk_sp 7y ago
This works well and is worth installing: https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome
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by realtalk_sp 7y ago
Are people here not aware of reCAPTCHA v3? It doesn't involve user interaction. I just integrated it into a site. Works well.
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by realtalk_sp 7y ago
For a lot of people who hang out here, this amounts to baseless FUD. Technology is not going to contract any time soon. Quite the opposite. It's also really hard to build and distribute technology products well. Good software engineers
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by realtalk_sp 7y ago
> My point is that this is no underlying weakness in the global economy. Unfortunately, this is not at all true. There is a tremendous amount of debt in the system and we are on the precipice of a credit crisis that could wipe out a sign
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by realtalk_sp 7y ago
While it's true that prep courses can help dramatically, the SAT subject tests are also not really that hard. I don't consider myself terribly smart (certainly not MIT level) and I managed to get an 800 on the Math II and 800 on C
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by realtalk_sp 7y ago
When you really dig into what you wrote, my feeling is you're not describing a solution that's feasible in large countries, short of (very) authoritarian enforcement. Keep in mind, for example, that the US is not technically under
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by realtalk_sp 7y ago
The market hasn't yet priced in an important reality: we have no way to stop the spread at the moment. Best that can be done are quarantines, but they're crushing the economy. Many outlets are reporting that a vaccine is at least
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by realtalk_sp 7y ago
> The fashion magazine business was about selling pharma and cosmetic ad space in front of people who can both read and yet still choose to read about celebrities. I don't know how it survives now. Your opening point was poorly arti
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by realtalk_sp 7y ago
Love the idea. Absolutely needed. You should at least offer the VPN solution, even if it's not as feature rich as the desktop extension. The desktop problem is pretty solvable for programmers. I wrote a simple bash script to add/r
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by realtalk_sp 7y ago
Anyone building a technology business should be aware of the risks to that business. Don't waste your time creating something that will ultimately be eroded by competitive forces. The 'Zero To One' chapter on monopoly should
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by realtalk_sp 7y ago
The problem with your line of reasoning is that people voting Republican with their eyes wide open, fully understanding what the party is doing, would necessarily be even MORE foolish. Choosing to believe they're instead being manipula
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by realtalk_sp 7y ago
If you don't have cost-effective access to good healthcare, you could literally die. And if you're poorly educated, you're much more likely to be less financially well off and that could itself lead to all kinds of suffering.
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by realtalk_sp 7y ago
I believe the Republican Party is exploiting voters by fomenting outsized hysteria around certain social issues and that this is a smokescreen for a much more insidious agenda to benefit the very few at the expense of the many. I believe th
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by realtalk_sp 7y ago
I never argued that the people themselves don't genuinely hold different beliefs about gun rights, abortion, religion, LGBT, etc. I meant two things: 1. in terms of their effect on peoples' lives, these issues pale in comparison t
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by realtalk_sp 7y ago
I should have clarified that my comments did not apply purely to the federal level. In fact, it's a fairly well-understood irony that more local levels of government have a higher impact on peoples' lives yet receive less attentio
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by realtalk_sp 7y ago
I read this and can't help but think that the real fools are the ones buying into the elitism narrative that the far-right has been peddling for years. It's a deliberate red herring exploiting the very human tendency to chafe at a
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by realtalk_sp 7y ago
I think we need to start drawing a distinction between "backend" and "CRUD on top of a database". I've been full-stack for several years now, and I can assure you that the complexity of the non-CRUD parts of a live
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by realtalk_sp 7y ago
> The only way to prevent this is with patents. There are other ways. Network effects. Economies of scale. Branding. Arguably regulatory capture.
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by realtalk_sp 7y ago
Depending on how lazy you are, you could try running in place with the Tabata protocol. For me, one beautiful thing about sprinting is that you can do it anywhere you have a sufficiently lengthy stretch of open, flat ground. You can also sh
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by realtalk_sp 7y ago
I love the example of HIIT. I discovered it inadvertently 10 years ago when I switched to recreational sprinting as a primary form of exercise. It results in excellent physical conditioning with a minimal time investment (about one hour per
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by realtalk_sp 7y ago
There are a number of tactics used to obfuscate the likelihood of underperformance, such as rotating funds within the firm (it's amusing to see how many funds were closed/created around 08/09), advancing an esoteric investmen
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by realtalk_sp 7y ago
Out of curiosity, how are people thinking about GCP platform risk after the '2023 deadline fiasco'[1]? Is it still a good idea to use GCP at all in the aftermath of them articulating that it could experience budgets cuts or even b
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by realtalk_sp 7y ago
Wild guess but this could be related to stress. Specifically, the closer you can get to stoic and indifferent to the 'successes' of other people, the more content you are likely to be. Without the corrosive influence of social med
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by realtalk_sp 7y ago
What's the rationale for a flat tax over progressive? I believe that an ideal tax system should properly reflect that the value of a marginal dollar is inversely correlated with income/wealth in a nonlinear fashion. But I'm o