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by runamok 6y ago
I read a comment in a reddit thread and they said the "pro-tip" was to take a picture of the pregnancy test and up the contrast to be able to better interpret results. So a less wasteful idea would be a companion app to help with
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by runamok 6y ago
This is super common in many countries. Mexico for instance...
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by runamok 6y ago
Are there any good ways to protect yourself on mac, windows, linux, etc. from random USB keys? Perhaps have a raspberry pi off the network since linux in of itself would greatly diminish the attack surface? An "evil maid" can alwa
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by runamok 6y ago
I do recall a population distribution map of the USSR vs. the US from a book I owned 30iah years ago and they were far more evenly distributed than the US.
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by runamok 6y ago
I read recently there are less than 20 cars for sale in the US under 20k. https://jalopnik.com/heres-all-17-cars-available-in-the-u-s-...
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by runamok 6y ago
Yesterday Chadwick Bozeman, the actor who played Black Panther in the Marvel movies among other notable movies, died of colon cancer at age 43. He was diagnosed in 2016 and it progressed from stage 3 to stage 4 in that time. Obviously anecd
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by runamok 6y ago
Exactly. I don't understand why people don't understand this. It's a huge chilling effect on employee turnover. Until ACA pre-existing conditions was a huge aspect of that. Even now IIRC when I changed jobs once I recall any
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by runamok 6y ago
It's not just HN. It's generally accepted that over 20 year spans almost no actively managed fund beats index funds. Example PDF showing this: https://us.spindices.com/documents/spiva/spiva-us-year-end-2.
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by runamok 6y ago
IIRC the stanford prison experiment has been thoroughly criticized https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment . The result of that experiment seems to imply even random people being "promoted" to
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by runamok 6y ago
I was just at Big Basin Headquarters on August 17th for a hike and some trails were closed due to fire then. It's hard to believe that's all gone but I am really happy the huge ancient trees survived. It's one of my favorite
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by runamok 6y ago
Paragraph 8: > The design relies on a new smartglass technology that turns the walls opaque when the door is locked. “At night, they light up the parks like a beautiful lantern,” according to The Nippon Foundation.
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by runamok 6y ago
It's common sense but spending time listening and learning before spouting opinions will probably help smooth relationships with the locals.
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by runamok 6y ago
It's obvious but that sounds like heaven for some and hell for others...
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by runamok 6y ago
I run and bike so I often notice how many people are looking down at their phone at stop lights and while driving. Just sit at an intersection and count sometime. It's terrifying.
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by runamok 6y ago
That's one of the things I like about chef. You have an extensible DSL and templating but you can also write Ruby if needed.
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by runamok 6y ago
I had the first impression as you but IIUC they are saying the rep's poor ethics/judgement are enough to make them unemployable and we should all realize and agree or our judgement is also questionable. E.g. Bob's super smart
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by runamok 6y ago
Agree who you are responding to is out there but this bit is critical: "unless someone who didn’t speak it was in the room." I was always raised to consider it rude to essentially exclude people from a conversation that way.
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by runamok 6y ago
They mention aws library support as another major concern too.
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by runamok 6y ago
Is it possible to enable in app purchase at a higher rate exposing the "Apple Tax"? In this case show $129 for in app and $99 if you go to this website... Or is that against the TOS?
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by runamok 6y ago
It's a canary in the coal mine. Presumably they still checked other critical things but based on the canary could determine how closely they needed to check everything.
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by runamok 6y ago
This is usually expressed as the long term value (LTV) of the customer. It costs X to get a customer but once they know you they may use you again, refer you to others, etc. and take Y days/weeks/months to repay you for customer a
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by runamok 6y ago
All of the above should (hopefully) improve with time: vaccination (which will take on the order of years and not weeks or months), more effective treatment, more learning about the disease and risk factors, more ventilators and PPE produce
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by runamok 6y ago
Off topic but I enjoy blowing off Oracle recruiters in similar fashion.
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by runamok 6y ago
What version of istio? mTLS was a big pain point at my place until 1.14 which now has has "auto mtls": https://archive.istio.io/v1.4/docs/tasks/security/authentica... It really depends on your
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by runamok 6y ago
Never Argue With a Fool, Onlookers May Not Be Able To Tell the Difference. - Mark Twain
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by runamok 6y ago
That's exactly my thought. Hard drives and ram (and frankly batteries where applicable) should be externally accessible for service and replacement. Apple's eco-talk is bullshit until their repairability scores are on average a bi
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by runamok 6y ago
It can last. It's fairly unlikely especially if people are considerate with minimum precautions. E.g. If one sneezes uncovered into air with the right humidity, etc. it COULD survive for a while airborne. That's not to say merel
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by runamok 6y ago
I see what you are saying but prices are completely out of control precisely because an insurance company will pay a 6 or 7 digit bill. If insurance was gone tomorrow and there was a cap on how much a single payer system would pay I am pr
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by runamok 7y ago
I think I did something similar using "static" 20 years ago.
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by runamok 7y ago
I had to Google bsab to come up with "both sides are bad". Can't agree the NYT even approaches Fox though. This seems like a simple case of libel. The headline invokes a mob who will likely not even read the article which has

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