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by shard 4y ago
And what does that mean for the largest group in the bell curve: the medium skilled programmer, who does ok but nonmagical work? Not everyone has the ability to be one or two standard deviations above the median.
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by shard 4y ago
Yes. There are many reasons why someone would work at a job that doesn't make them happy, chief amongst those is supporting their family as best they can. Along those lines, I've had a coworker tell me: "Don't get good
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by shard 4y ago
> adding mass to objects even when their main purpose depends on users moving them I used to work for a music electronics company who added metal plates to the products for no reason other than making the products heavier so that the use
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by shard 4y ago
Sample point of 1 and everything, but regarding JK Rowling (whom I had to clarify as the author of Harry Potter), my 11yo youngling has no knowledge about her besides: "I heard that the first Harry Potter book is kind of boring, but th
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by shard 4y ago
>> some of them were 38+ and saying they're thinking about having kids soon; there's like a 25% chance that ship has already sailed, > 25% is nonsense. Yes, I think it's worse than that. "A woman in her early to
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by shard 4y ago
That is a good question, although it is tangential as even with socialized medicine, these kind of issues happen. People get seriously ill and die every day, regardless of the amount of care they receive.
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by shard 4y ago
Seems like everything old is new again. I remember reading similar things in misc.fitness.weights about 20 years ago, and a workout routine called Hypertrophy Specific Training was the suggestion. The idea is to do full body workouts every
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by shard 4y ago
It's a question of return on investment. If spending the extra minute everyday saves a probable $10k over your lifetime due to dental work, then yes it might be worth it. But if it saves a probable $10, it might not.
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by shard 4y ago
Typical reverse osmosis filter systems have to throw away 1x-3x the amount of water filtered, which could be quite wasteful depending on your water usage. It also removes many minerals which some people then have to add back into the water.
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by shard 4y ago
Amazingly enough this can happen in the US as well. About 15 years ago I went to a sleepy little town in Northern California (might have been near Novato), where there was a used bookstore with nobody working. You pay what you think the boo
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by shard 4y ago
And vice versa, do you ask any hosts whose house you are about to enter whether they have any out-of-spec electrical work before entering the house?
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by shard 4y ago
Different models and different designs and everything, but just as another data point, I recall my chest freezer pulling 300W+ when the compressor kicks on, and likely higher transient spikes, as it kept burning out the fuse on my 500W tran
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by shard 4y ago
It was very interesting to me that South Korea is a high trust society in terms of crime (cash boxes left unattended, bicycles unlocked, people feel safe to walk the streets alone late at night), however it is very tribal and low trust in t
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by shard 4y ago
It's got to be more than that, perhaps the bin shape creates a better air-frying environment? Why is there a difference in cooking results between the toaster oven "air fryer" and the bin type?
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by shard 4y ago
I looked into that... Outlet timers are now more expensive than a smart power plug ($10 vs $5). I went the smart route.
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by shard 4y ago
Not everyone wants the results of concentrating on a certain sport/job/hobby, even if they are naturally great at it. For example, many women (or men for that matter) might not want the physical result of being the world's be
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by shard 4y ago
In a similar vein, the drying of Lake Mead is revealing bodies of victims of accidents and foul play: https://www.thefocus.news/culture/why-is-lake-mead-drying-up...
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by shard 4y ago
It's not so recent. The Aura Interactor ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aura_Interactor ) was released in 1994...
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by shard 4y ago
In terms of time commitment, Kittens was tops (I had the game running for close to a year in the background), but in terms of enjoyment, I have to say my favorite incremental game is Idle Loops: https://omsi6.github.io/loops
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by shard 4y ago
I'd love to see if some the following issues have been thought through: - This sounds like spec work, where someone writes up a PR and submits hoping that they will be picked and/or paid the amount they request - What happens if t
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by shard 4y ago
Unfortunately at €2300, this isn't something that people who want to try learning absolute direction sense can purchase without much thought. I suppose the high price is due to having to pass certification as a medical device?
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by shard 4y ago
Headband would require constant wearing of a hat. I would prefer a belt version.
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by shard 4y ago
Some advice from my job search about 2 years ago, hopefully it's still applicable. 1. Have your peers or friends at different companies critique your resume. I went from an overly-wordy resume that barely fit on 2 pages to a resume tha
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by shard 4y ago
To add to this clarification, the reason is that the power tools from one company typically have interchangeable battery packs, therefore if you have purchased a few full sets with battery and charger, often you do not need more, therefore
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by shard 4y ago
I used this technique while cutting in a previous life where I lifted frequently. I'd drink a bowl of "water soup" before bed, so that I would feel temporarily satiated and be able to fall asleep more easily. (My water soup c
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by shard 4y ago
Agreed. More sterilization also goes against what we should do per the hygiene hypothesis ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygiene_hypothesis , which states that early childhood exposure to germs is necessary for the deve
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by shard 4y ago
This is the first time I used the 0.25x playback speed setting on Youtube.
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by shard 4y ago
Some apps will alert you if a camera goes offline for a certain amount of time.
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by shard 4y ago
Is it on purpose, is it me, or do most tracks sound like chiptunes?
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by shard 4y ago
Still true if the investment made with the cash distributed over time performs better than the RSUs granted lump sum up front.

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