taylorlunt

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by taylorlunt 6y ago
> Why describe the solution to a problem, and then say there is no good solution? Because the solution I described is not good. Too expensive for me, anyway.
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How to walk upright and stop living in a cave(taylor.gl)
17 points by taylorlunt 6y ago|14 comments
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by taylorlunt 6y ago
Problem solving ability is basically just IQ.
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by taylorlunt 6y ago
It doesn't hurt to do some variation of pointing and calling when doing destructive commands like rm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointing_and_calling
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by taylorlunt 6y ago
You completely ignored what the person above you wrote.
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by taylorlunt 6y ago
This seems like a failure in how test results are communicated to patients. Patients should just been told that they have been "flagged for further testing", rather than being told they have tested positive for cancer.
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by taylorlunt 6y ago
Some style guides allow for surrounding the em dash with spaces. It's a matter of preference.
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by taylorlunt 6y ago
Doesn't even matter if it's a lie or not. It's 2020, if you fail to back up your stuff and it gets deleted, then it never existed and you're a liar if you say it did.
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by taylorlunt 6y ago
They didn't say it was a good scientific position, and their arguments stands even if it's a bad scientific position.
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by taylorlunt 6y ago
I want subreddit-specific moderation. That way I can sub to a hatepost sub if I want and a mature tech sub if I want and get the best of both worlds. Everyone here who disagrees is just saying, "I don't want to join those communit
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by taylorlunt 6y ago
Of course they don't put their customer above all else. They are a business: They put money above all else. "We put customers above all else" is just another way to put money above all else.
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by taylorlunt 6y ago
Maybe it's regional, as I've never heard music in an elevator before.
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Kitchen-Sink Complexity(taylor.gl)
2 points by taylorlunt 6y ago|0 comments
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by taylorlunt 6y ago
He was also a human being and he died.
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by taylorlunt 6y ago
There are lots of features I don't use in org. In fact, in the beginning I only used the most basic feature of keeping a foldable hierarchical text file of notes, which is basically the same thing as your Notes files, but with some nic
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by taylorlunt 6y ago
I love that XKCD, though the person you're responding to was talking about willpower, not time.
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by taylorlunt 6y ago
> I had to go home and move in with family so I could speak to someone more than once every two weeks. Eyeballs, friend, use them.
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by taylorlunt 6y ago
The line is called a baseline.
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by taylorlunt 6y ago
Words go below the line iff they contain the same letter twice in a row
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by taylorlunt 6y ago
The same is true for Minecraft. Try the modpack GT: New Horizons. It turns the game basically into a factory building game, and the depth and amount of content is insane.
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by taylorlunt 6y ago
Thus begins the decline of hacker news into mainstream clickbait. Mark my words.
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by taylorlunt 6y ago
> As for the other stuff, if I cut those out I get miserable and more easily bored. In my experience this is temporary. It takes about 1-2 weeks for my brain to adjust to the "new normal" of not playing video games or binging y
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by taylorlunt 7y ago
But a virus doesn't "spring to life." A virus is like a seed that just generates more seeds without ever making a plant.
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by taylorlunt 7y ago
Then you must know the purpose of our lives. Enlighten me.
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by taylorlunt 7y ago
Some will definitely not come true as these are relatively bold, but: 1. People welcome always-on video cameras into their homes 2. Self-driving cars actually do take off (but are introduced gradually) 3. AR never becomes more than a gimmic
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by taylorlunt 8y ago
Yes, this should be criminal behavior and carry a prison sentence. I don't know if this is legally fraud, but it definitely should be.
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by taylorlunt 8y ago
Steam does this to an extent with game reviews. Old reviews aren't removed, but they show separate ratings of "Recent Reviews" and "All Reviews", effectively reducing the potency of old reviews. That said, video gam
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by taylorlunt 9y ago
And if they're not, LaTeX is great.
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by taylorlunt 10y ago
Can't you see? It's Microsoft's next short-sighted money-making scheme.
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by taylorlunt 10y ago
This is definitely not my experience. I would say that, other than my depression, I am very satisfied with my life. My life isn't perfect, but I'm happy with it. I have no self-esteem issues either. It might seem unusual to hear s

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