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by sequoia 7y ago
I make a point of riding transit daily in my city (Toronto) because I think it's better for the community, planet, and myself. Since last week I have been driving 100% & not using transit. Now is not the time for reusable mugs &amp
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by sequoia 7y ago
Is it impossible to provide a basement/bottom to these pension funds without rewarding/bailing out hedge funds & rich bankers & investors? I have no idea, I'm asking honestly. I understand both the fact that market cr
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by sequoia 7y ago
- We need to unite and overcome tribalist instincts - The GOP (the current ruling party) bears a majority of the blame for the recent screw ups (though _both_ parties are to blame for the decades-long problems with the healthcare system) Bo
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by sequoia 7y ago
What are the patents?
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by sequoia 7y ago
I'm not sure, but I can say anecdotally that I spend less time waiting for a same-day appointment or drop-in here in Canada than I did in the US when making an appointment in advance with my PCP at my regular doctor's office. So t
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by sequoia 7y ago
https://outschool.com <- Fantastic, paid https://www.khanacademy.org <- requires a bit more self-direction but quite good. Homeschooling is not rocket science. I've done it for years and I barely know what
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by sequoia 7y ago
As a US citizen very familiar with the US healthcare system, I'm very glad to be living in Canada during this epidemic where everyone has a Go To The Doctor Free card, literally. At times I am a bit surprised how readily Canadians wi
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by sequoia 7y ago
To some extent I already do this. I deleted Facebook and twitter and have an inactive instagram I don’t check. Yes I am making it more difficult to “engage with” me by some standards. I do have email, cell, and text message and you can fi
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by sequoia 7y ago
I won't do it. Because 1. I value what's left of my privacy more than saving a minute of human interaction here and there (are you really that busy? I'm not and I have 4 kids) 2. I won't contribute to twisting the arms o
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by sequoia 7y ago
Agreed; it was quite interesting. I only posted my above comment because calling this thread to the attention of hackernews seemed a bit like trying to stir up controversy.
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by sequoia 7y ago
This seems like a non-story. Original author says "please add my name back," current maintainers say "OK will do." What am I missing?
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by sequoia 7y ago
Can you specify exactly what we should be looking for here? To put it another way, what moved you to post this comment with this content? There must be some takeaway you expect readers to have. What is it?
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by sequoia 7y ago
This article reminds me of posts about "bullet journalling" on sites like Pinterest: the optimization of the productivity process or tool (or in the case of "bullet journal" posts, the beauty of the tool) is the end it
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by sequoia 7y ago
If you like old time radio (I'm a big fan) check out the radio dramas on http://www.radioechoes.com as well. You could try out my scraper as well and see if it still works* https://sequoia.makes.software/pro
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by sequoia 7y ago
In Toronto, children are tested for swimming ability at each visit to a public pool. Children are given wrist-bands corresponding to their age upon arrival. If a child wishes to swim in the deep end, he or she may ask a guard to give them
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by sequoia 7y ago
Kudos to Google for taking this responsible step. There's no way to categorize these sorts of conferences as anything other than "extremely non-essential, optional gathering." Postponing such gatherings is an obvious first st
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by sequoia 7y ago
Write again and tell them you have a roommate who just returned from Iran, you have flu symptoms etc.* I'm curious to find out their response to someone worried they have symptoms and trying to cancel to avoid infecting others. * Or
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Stop using JWT for sessions, part 2: Why your solution doesn't work (2016)(cryto.net)
1 points by sequoia 7y ago|0 comments
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by sequoia 7y ago
Ah OK. Your comments about download speeds on a post about recreating communities like old-time USENET used to have created the impression that perhaps you were missing the point. I can see you were not! Cheers.
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by sequoia 7y ago
I am sorry to say this (not really, I was young) but I was a USENET troll back in middle school. I remember coming home from school and running up to my computer, turning it on and connecting to the internet, downloading new messages to see
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by sequoia 7y ago
"something awful" took this exact approach, charging I think $10 one time fee for an account. It's a token, but enough to stop banned people from creating lots of accounts as it starts to add up.
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by sequoia 7y ago
To add upon or when Ulkesh said: whereas today "USENET = pirated stuff" in the olden days "USENET = Discussion."
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by sequoia 7y ago
My understanding is that the client isn't the technical challenge, it's the (federated) servers, and it's more of a business challenge. In particular, "who pays for them." Usenet servers used to be something ISPs ma
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Oscar Winner Taika Waititi Criticizes Mac Keyboards(twitter.com)
28 points by sequoia 7y ago|1 comments
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by sequoia 7y ago
My issue is just "I'm not going to spend the time to figure this out." I know how to use vim, I know how to drive a manual transmission car, I learned those things, it is possible. But if you ask me to apply even a fraction o
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by sequoia 7y ago
I would very gladly take you up on this bet. You name the stakes. What do you think the average user thinks when their older phone performs worse after an OS update? "Aha, I bet the vendor is throttling the performance to preserve batt
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by sequoia 7y ago
Is the fact that steering is almost impossible a bug or a feature?
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by sequoia 7y ago
> a premeditated ploy for power. The posturing was conscious and malicious. Do you really think that Mao was completely cynical and didn't believe that what he was doing was "the right thing" that would improve the lives o
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by sequoia 7y ago
See also first world countries industrializing/modernizing & becoming rich/lifting people out of poverty using industrial techniques that pollute heavily, then "going green" and criticizing other players (India, Chin
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by sequoia 7y ago
Improve your ability to participate in the democratic process!! Our (Americans') democratic "muscles" have atrophied so much in recent decades. People can hardly disagree without thinking the other is evil. I've found th

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