sdwr

15 ms·

211.
by sdwr 2y ago
Even banks in the real world don't have that level of customer protection.
212.
by sdwr 2y ago
Celebrity jeopardy has an everyman protagonist beset by affectation from all sides. Bowen tries to be the protagonist and above it at the same time (in a nice way, but he still tries).
213.
by sdwr 2y ago
You got it, it's about playing by the rules. A robust culture of propriety is one line of defense against the bad times , and we're losing it.
214.
by sdwr 2y ago
When you get into brands and vertical integration, what you spend is not the cost, and what you receive is not the revenue. Perception of value can be more important than the actual value. Like Trump famously said: > My net worth fluctua
215.
by sdwr 2y ago
Beautiful work! Do you have any thoughts on the relative size of complexity spaces explored by different forms of mutation?
216.
by sdwr 2y ago
This is enabled by the Internet and, weirdly enough, by the robustness of our social norms and legal system. It's possible to make 80% of people mad, 20% of people happy, and benefit from the 20% while the 80% can't do anything to
217.
by sdwr 2y ago
I didn't catch the missing brackets, but I did stop reading after the Sumerian quote that bracketed each nested clause independently.
218.
by sdwr 2y ago
> Michaels compares the show to a Snickers bar: people expect a certain amount of peanuts, a certain amount of caramel, and a certain amount of chocolate. Sketch comedy is broad by necessity. There isn't much time to set the scene,
219.
by sdwr 2y ago
Square braces are used to show you are editing a quote for grammar or brevity, not to change the meaning of your own sentence. Ex: > I love this [...] use of parentheses. [Rules] can be just as powerful when violated as when upheld.
220.
by sdwr 2y ago
Suffering from success, DJ Khaled-style! Better to die a hero...
221.
by sdwr 2y ago
I appreciate that he cites corroborating sources for his ideas, it makes the whole thing feel well-rounded
222.
by sdwr 2y ago
I've been frustrated by his writing in the past few years. He asks big questions, but is surprisingly small-minded with the answers. Feels like he found a formula for churning out thinkpieces: - find an interesting topic - make a simpl
223.
by sdwr 2y ago
What a cynical, mean-spirited, counterproductive comment.
224.
by sdwr 2y ago
Yeah, it was a "we want to and think we can get away with it" type of thing. It's what they would love to be doing 24/7, COVID was just a convenient excuse. (Publishers can be parasites, but if you're playing with t
225.
by sdwr 2y ago
We've had them for about a decade, and I'm getting used to them. Going straight, they're faster than a 4-way stop and more fair than a 2-way. The 270-degree left turns are awkward though
226.
by sdwr 2y ago
The article "pinned" two opposite categories, and built a hypothetical world where everyone falls into a category but is ignorant of the categories' existence. You could just as easily "pin" the categories: - people
227.
by sdwr 2y ago
In a functional organization, personal interests are balanced against ideals, decorum, and the interests of the group.
228.
by sdwr 2y ago
Yes I'm a shill for big "New Yorker magazine". You are so smart how did you figure it out.
229.
by sdwr 2y ago
Every piece of the digital experience is (in this case) simulating the real world imperfectly. Paper is, screens are pixels and direct light and refresh rates. A pen is, a menu option is not. There are definitely advantages to digital, but
230.
by sdwr 2y ago
You would think so, but the micro-interruptions of switching modes, selecting documents, selecting tools, etc make a huge difference in terms of flow. It sounds small, but "taking a second to select a new brushstroke from a list of opt
231.
by sdwr 2y ago
That's the heart of it!
232.
by sdwr 2y ago
To host a raspberry pi from scratch, you must first create the internet
233.
by sdwr 2y ago
Sounds like the word came first, then the cymbals, then the word-as-name. It's not a Crapper situation where cymbals are named after this guy
234.
by sdwr 2y ago
This piece is basically set up to fail. It's historical, based on math, and doesn't venture towards any drama or stakes. I can easily imagine it being a farticle on a third-rate SEO webzine. So why does it work okay as a New Yorke
235.
by sdwr 2y ago
Intelligence is a prerequisite for lying, but its foundation is morality and agency. To lie, you have to know that you are not telling the truth, and arguably have to be able to held accountable for that action. It's easy to babble a s
236.
by sdwr 2y ago
I've been playing Grim Dawn recently, and feeling the tension between optimizing and exploring, between pre-built and puzzled out. If you can manage to forget about the answer key lurking on every forum, the core experience of finding
237.
by sdwr 2y ago
Thank you for bringing some sense into the conversation. Panpsychic "everything is alive" is better than "nothing else is conscious because I'm not them", but only by one degree. > Where does it hurt? Pokes leg,
238.
by sdwr 2y ago
Healthcare software is incredibly resilient against bottom-up replacement. Huge feature lists, high standards for correctness, strict regulations, existing long-term contracts. It's like the space industry before SpaceX. Everyone knows
239.
by sdwr 2y ago
I can only assume everyone here is going off their own experience - "I don't know the dress code off the top of my head, so he must not as well". I think Magnus is under a lot of slow-burn pressure. He's the best, but ch
240.
by sdwr 2y ago
Presumably after years of coming to these events in dress pants and jackets, around other players all wearing suits, he would know the rules without having to read them. It's not like they changed the rules just to catch him out. This

More ›