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by stakkur 4y ago
The law on this is clear, and the remedies are also clear. Musk playing the contemptuous clown prince aside, the court isn’t going to be ‘intimidated’, and Musk can’t simply evade/ignore judgments/orders. What a weirdly amateurish
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by stakkur 4y ago
I love that there are many offerings like this. But when it comes to laptops and Linux, I never buy a 'good Linux laptop'--I buy 'a good laptop that also runs Linux well'. There's really no such thing as a 'L
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by stakkur 4y ago
I’ve been playing DnD/RPGs off and on since 1980. If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that the most important part of gaming has always been camaraderie and shared experiences; ‘storytelling’ hasn’t even been in the top three, as n
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by stakkur 4y ago
That's not the whole story, though. Charges that fall outside your policy's coverage are entirely your responsibility . The OOP max refers to services covered by the policy , not 'all health care charges'. And that&#x2
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by stakkur 4y ago
I'm far less interested in 'ARR' or 'MRR' than I am 'how long will this actually sustain?' And for this sort of stuff, the answer is nearly always "several months, or maybe a few years, or until Corpo
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by stakkur 4y ago
1. That children are 'babies' for all of a few months--then they're something different. And that cycle of having a 'different' child every several months continues the rest of their childhood. 2. You learn and beco
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by stakkur 4y ago
It’s…fiction. Made up. Not real. No actual science involved, just grammar.
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by stakkur 4y ago
I'm a musician, but not a music tech expert. However, most professional guitarists/bassists I know who play larger venues are using an effects rack, not a board of pedals (or maybe a pedal or two to switch effects). This has waxed
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by stakkur 4y ago
Everyone wanted autonomous cars, forgetting that the cost was their own autonomy.
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by stakkur 4y ago
The EPA's power to cut emissions has always been limited. That's always been part of the problem. The current Supreme Court didn't suddenly create those limits, they just adjusted the dial a little. TL:DR; the EPA has neve
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by stakkur 4y ago
Because they're uncomfortable and I don't want to wear a collar (or take one off and on repeatedly throughout the day)?
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by stakkur 4y ago
Because that would be a stupid, factory floor mentality?
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by stakkur 4y ago
Around second grade, something odd happened to me: I discovered I had a photographic memory. For a while I was a trick pony who could read an entire book page once then recite it verbatim. I couldn't understand why other people couldn&
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by stakkur 4y ago
At every turn, in every instance, for decades, all stories involving Microsoft end in "...and then Microsoft fucked people over." I've witnessed this firsthand since the 80s.
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by stakkur 4y ago
Define ‘senior’. Doing that in a way that everyone understands will reveal your problem.
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by stakkur 4y ago
No, this is called homeostasis— the ‘set point’ or 'settling point' idea. Your body only sees weight loss as a threat to survival and tries to achieve a balance. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/
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by stakkur 4y ago
What an oddly romanticized view of construction. I like Kevin's writing, but this is just fluffy nonsense.
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by stakkur 4y ago
I'm reminded of the software world, where 'interim' or 'just ship it now and adjust later' actions lead to...technical debt and often worse. I feel nuclear creates the mother of all technical debt.
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by stakkur 4y ago
Given Gitlab's fairly transparent chronicling of what they've learned and how they work, I disagree. One of the things I like best about Gitlab (as an organization) is their ongoing effort to conduct business and process learnings
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by stakkur 4y ago
> Sedentary, white-collar jobs are less arduous (and less lethal) than manual work. They also promote obesity and heart disease. I'm always baffled by the dismissive wave of the "activity level causes obesity and heart diseas
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by stakkur 4y ago
> So imagine my surprise when I showed up at my first day on the job at a startup and found no tests at all. In my experience, this is the norm, not the exception . Especially in certain areas like 'web development'. Everybod
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by stakkur 4y ago
Maybe. Sort of. What I'd really like to see is some sort of data on long-term income from these sorts of models. Yes, I know there are some--but I haven't seen it widely successful over several years or more for more than the &#
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by stakkur 4y ago
I owned two Newtons. The jokes about the handwriting recognition are a bit overstated, especially as later apps made it a joy to use. Also, Newton was way ahead of its time, and though it looks quaint today, it was really something back i
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If the Ancient Romans Had Google Maps(bigthink.com)
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by stakkur 4y ago
Still amazed daily at how many people eagerly line up to work at Facebook and Google, two companies engaged in mass fuckery with long-term harm to the entire population.
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by stakkur 4y ago
Maybe you thought I was trying to respond to your point, instead of adding more information of my own.
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by stakkur 4y ago
Underneath all this is a recent phenomenon to recast Central/South American civilizations as 'ancient' and 'comparable' to other non-American civilizations. A lot of this is normal, on the level kind of research, bu
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by stakkur 4y ago
Great, but they’re not ‘ancient’, at least by common definitions of what ancient means. They’re relatively recent, historically speaking.
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by stakkur 4y ago
This seems...underwhelming. In most features, especially the screen. Also: I've used multiple high-end HP laptops at work (a requirement), and they are awful .
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by stakkur 4y ago
Grain is at the root of our dietary and other consumption problems. Much of farmland is given over to growing corn for —-corn syrup and variations to put in processed, artificial ‘food’. We can live better, healthier lives without grain.

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