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by strombofulous 4y ago
> it is fun trying to find lines that have positive expected value I've never gambled before, does this happen often? I would have assumed gambling companies wouldn't offer any bets like this, since it implies their EV is negat
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by strombofulous 4y ago
We'll find the answer to this question at the end of the year when manifest v2 extensions are removed
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by strombofulous 4y ago
Which part is confusing, it made sense to me
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by strombofulous 4y ago
I agree, I feel like it's only for niche uses. But if you have a niche requirement it can be very useful - I have issues with my ISP provided modem and they won't replace it. I use HA to locally power cycle the modem's plug f
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by strombofulous 4y ago
I don't get it, don't curves limit the number of people who get an A each semester? But potentially everyone in a class that isn't curved could get an A (or F)
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by strombofulous 4y ago
The api provided with v3 is not sufficient to create an adblocker with the same privacy protections as is currently possible with v2 https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/338
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by strombofulous 4y ago
If the tenants will pay and it doesn't break any rules, why not raise rent before taxes go up and pocket the extra? (serious question)
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by strombofulous 4y ago
Off the top of my head, one reason could be that internally discussing grievances is more acceptable at one company, so there is less of a mental barrier to discussing it publicly. Or (and this is actually pretty likely, I think) maybe even
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by strombofulous 4y ago
Why can you assume it's normalized across all companies?
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by strombofulous 4y ago
I would want to see evidence to show blind is more than just a collection of anecdotes before calling it "data". In my (anecdotal, lol) experience the people who post on blind are a small subset that are way more likely to complai
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by strombofulous 5y ago
Why should developers unionize? I love not being in a union. If my company starts dicking me around I'll quit and find another job. Besides, if I do something so bad my boss wants to fire me, fine then I'll go work somewhere where
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by strombofulous 5y ago
"...and this is your brain on Twitter"
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by strombofulous 5y ago
Kind of, there are unlicensed radio bands but there are still rules about what you can't do on them. 900 MHz, 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz
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by strombofulous 5y ago
That's true but the article is specifically talking about ransomware
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by strombofulous 5y ago
Are there any examples of widespread ransomware that demanded payment in cash, gold, or shiny rocks?
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by strombofulous 5y ago
It's true that the creator pronounces it with a J, but take a look at the slide he used to announce his thoughts on the matter https://www.chicagonow.com/lists-that-actually-matter/files/... (what letters ar
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by strombofulous 5y ago
Devil's advocate: We were fine asking grocery store clerks, baristas, and cashiers to get covid
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by strombofulous 5y ago
Probably, at the very least they're confirmed to be aware of the network effects of the ecosystem (imessage is also specifically called out) https://twitter.com/TechEmails/status/1463558823109660677
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by strombofulous 5y ago
> Cost of living. Its the cheapest place in the US to live. When I lived in a "low COL town" that wasn't in the midwest (about 2 hours from a major city of any kind and about an hour in various directions from a couple sma
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by strombofulous 5y ago
I've been thinking about doing the same thing but am worried it will explode on me. Are there any tips you have for starting out or mistakes to be sure to avoid? I was hoping to use this as a project to learn electricity with and it so
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by strombofulous 5y ago
I don't know anything about this, can someone provide context on why this post is getting so downvoted, the sources they are providing look very reliable
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by strombofulous 5y ago
Search for a period (just ".") and pick any of the things youtube recommends (don't press enter on your "." query). These are the kinds of videos it tends to suggest to kids. Someone else posted a detailed explanati
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by strombofulous 5y ago
I'm not saying that the authors were dishonest I'm saying that if this is an honest outcome from the paper's authors (which it probably is) then the result we should expect should be closer to 95% than 99.9%. That it's t
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by strombofulous 5y ago
I am really suspicious of this 99.9% number. Most journals allow a ~5% margin of error so even if humans caused climate change (which they most likely did) we should only see 95% of these studies finding this result. Also this doesn't
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by strombofulous 5y ago
> The gas inlet port relocated to a more aesthetically pleasing location in the very center of the undercarriage Why is this a problem? You shouldn't be trying to drive it while it's fueling anyway
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by strombofulous 5y ago
I can't help but feel like anyone who is celebrating this is just going through a slightly modified thought process of https://xkcd.com/538/ The fact that the government has never requested anything probably just
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by strombofulous 5y ago
They specifically forbid price-tracking websites from their affiliate program but camelcamelcamel still uses affiliate links, so they probably have a similar arrangement for a private API.
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by strombofulous 5y ago
Good news, you can! https://donate.mozilla.org/en-US/
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by strombofulous 5y ago
FYI, chrome/edge have similar behavior in their omnibox. If you ever find the time, open up fiddler and keep it visible on a second monitor while you browse. You'll be amazed by how much data is sent back to microsoft/Google.
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by strombofulous 5y ago
> From a USB C charger perspective, many of the banned brands were actually quite good That doesn't match my experience, I have started to just put the word "anker" at the end of my searches because that seems to be the on

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