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by samtho 4y ago
> Ford won't even sell anything smaller than a compact SUV in North America. Did they stop selling the focus? It’s among one of the best selling vehicles of all time.
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by samtho 4y ago
I was very skeptical at this article given how they dropped a link to a workshop after their first point. It actually goes on to be fairly comprehensive after that.
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by samtho 4y ago
Learning about は (wa) was my rabbit hole into Japanese particles and how there is not a super clear analogue in English. Apparently, sometimes western learners of Japanese think it’s some form of the verb “to be” which we use everywhere in
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by samtho 4y ago
I’ve been consulting on contract exclusively for the last 2.5 years, and the biggest issue I’ve seen is the over reliance on AWS Lambda. People tend to go crazy because they are so easy to spin up, however, they quickly find themselves with
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by samtho 4y ago
My data was from memory as of >10 years ago from when I worked in construction, I am very happy to hear it is likely even less than I originally thought.
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by samtho 4y ago
Running the water continuously is not recommended but for people who were not taught water-saving practices, it is likely the default way one might go about hand-washing dishes.
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by samtho 4y ago
Modern dish washers use under 4 gallons per cycle, so given you have at least one wash and one rise cycle, you’d only use a about 50% more if you are able to opt for rinse only. Compare that to a 2.2 gallon per minute water/efficient k
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by samtho 4y ago
Hormones are injected into the egg-having partner to induce a mass release of eggs. Ova are not created in this process.
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by samtho 4y ago
Surveys also terrible because people answer them in 3 different ways on the whole and it’s impossible to figure out which ones are genuine: - the participant answers the survey genuinely - the participant answers the survey as the person th
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by samtho 4y ago
I agree. This sort of thing becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy unfortunately, and the incentives that publicly traded companies are given do not align with going against the grain.
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by samtho 4y ago
> I got the distinct feeling I was being sold something while reading it, and the last paragraph confirmed it. I have this feeling medium is being kept alive on the shoulders of other companies’ marketing teams in an attempt to write thi
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by samtho 4y ago
You can’t light yourself on fire just to keep others warm. Additionally, there is a reason why during the flight safety brief they ask that you put your own mask on before helping others. If you are incapacitated, you cannot provide any mea
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by samtho 4y ago
Intent does matter, however - plausible deniability would not be a thing otherwise. Only in cases of strict liability are intentions not usually considered, which mostly include minor offenses (infractions) and a few major ones like statuto
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by samtho 4y ago
Not discounting any of the stuff that FTX has done or will come to light, but this practice of supporting “both sides” is a very common, by-the-book strategy for any special interest group or organization looking to buy influence and is flu
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by samtho 4y ago
It is only because of shit opinions like this that the stimulant medications (which many ADHD sufferers are prescribed) are still so difficult to get. Draconian laws based on racist and classist ideals by non-medical professionals created 5
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by samtho 4y ago
I actually found out I rely on lip reading during the pandemic when everyone was wearing masks and I couldn't understand about 2/3 people I was engaging with.
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by samtho 4y ago
The commons example as it relates to vehicles themselves is not optimal because you bring up a good point - in an optimal market situation, competitive forces will drive poor performers to do better or fail. I’m not actually totally sure wh
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by samtho 4y ago
I’ve had a growing interest in the power of DNA and what the data can be used for since discovering no less than 3 family secrets (one of which pertaining to me) after taking an Ancestry DNA test. Did I know I was going to find 18 half sibl
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by samtho 4y ago
Many people miss the larger point that the scooter troubles have brought to light: this is a preview to what a post-ownership society would look like. It quickly becomes a tragedy of the commons when everyone uses public resources (rentable
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by samtho 4y ago
The problem with theses is that this list was compiled from aggregated observations but individuals can go through any number or all in all different orders. Instead, it’s used as a prescriptive tool to help track where someone is in the gr
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by samtho 4y ago
Hot countertake: you have poor judgement on where you volunteer. I think the key to avoid this is to volunteer in situations where there are smaller groups and are very focused.
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by samtho 4y ago
I blame this on the implicit demands of the industrial markets endless fascination on the Raspberry Pi “platform” which has made actually getting your hands on one very difficult. Arduino is trying to also satisfy this market by offering a
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by samtho 4y ago
> here’s a convoluted meaning I think the word you are looking for is “contrived”
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by samtho 4y ago
For what it’s worth, I’ve been a Linode customer for about 12 years and have never had a problem. This current issue does not even affect me as my boxes are on static IPs. My setup consists of a number of Linode VPSes, a single Hetzner Box
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by samtho 4y ago
> We're heading toward smaller communities with 1000 max member forums, about narrow topics, hosted by regular people and not startups. We had this, but those days are gone. Forums used to reign supreme but was killed by a small num
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by samtho 4y ago
We can "sign" something by entering our name into a text box on a web form. That's the easiest to reproduce. This works because the contract is between the other party (requestor) and the named person. Entry by any other part
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by samtho 4y ago
A lot of this is just currier CYA for disputes. DHL (and others) don't really care who collects the package, so long as whoever authorized the shipment is happy with the result of the delivery.
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by samtho 4y ago
No OP but I have a personal fascination with this tech as well. It was one of those technologies that was way ahead of its time. They just could not get the density on the disk such that it would make sense longer term but given people stil
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by samtho 4y ago
I have found, being on both sides of the interview table, the jobs that get applications have the following characteristics: 1. Salary range 2. A short list of “must have” with most items being in the “nice to have” 3. No bullshit form ques
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by samtho 4y ago
Taxes are basically a shortcut to adjusting market forces to result in a more desirable behavior. Fraud is possible only if the incentive is poorly aligned with the result, allowing people to take advantage of an alternate, but easier, acti

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