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by tempestn 6y ago
Right, but running 30% of your searches a second time, after looking through unhelpful results on the first attempt, takes more than a few ms.
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by tempestn 6y ago
And now we know why most of the time dang posts these comments, he more explicitly states that they're working on a better pagination solution, and this is a temporary measure until then...
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by tempestn 6y ago
tl;dr: also leave your furnace fan in the on/recirculate mode rather than auto. -- Also if you have a central furnace, leave the fan in the on/recirculate mode, rather than 'auto'. The power usage of modern furnace fans
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by tempestn 6y ago
Before the draw every set of numbers has the same probability of coming up. Your expected win differs on the uniqueness of the numbers you choose though, so you might as well choose unique ones. Yes, of course you can say ex post that you s
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by tempestn 6y ago
Certainly I agree that if someone is in real financial hardship a gift of cash is going to be better than a gift card. As for the more general case, my anecdotes differ from yours—I expect that there are plenty of people who fall into both
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by tempestn 6y ago
The problem with that is, when someone receives cash, they will often feel the responsible thing to do is save it. Pay down their bills or add to their investments or whatever. Or even if they don't need the money, just adding it to th
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by tempestn 6y ago
> It’s worth noting that is a common pattern of colonialism: to divide the colonized people against themselves along arbitrary, existing lines and elevate an arbitrary group, aligning the interest of that group with the interests of the
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Tesla to Enter S&P 500 at Full Weight in December(wsj.com)
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by tempestn 6y ago
That's a fair take. I was mostly reacting to the other top level comments I saw here.
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by tempestn 6y ago
Whatever one thinks of that though, aren't those good reasons not to disable javascript?
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by tempestn 6y ago
I must say, I don't understand the disable JS movement. I browse with JS on, and uBlock Origin to block ads. It's rare that I have any javascript-related problems in my web browsing. On the other hand, I definitely use a number o
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by tempestn 6y ago
I really don't think that's true. For one thing, anything beyond static content sites are just not going to work. And even content sites could well be unusable without their layout CSS. I really don't see the point in subject
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by tempestn 6y ago
It's a code block icon - what's strange about it?
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by tempestn 6y ago
Generally credit card companies consider lottery purchases to be cash advances, if they allow them at all.
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by tempestn 6y ago
I don't think the post is meant to be taken seriously.
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by tempestn 6y ago
The metric system, since it's all based around base-10 counting, tends to operate in decimals. So you wouldn't normally talk about for example a quarter cm; rather you'd have 25mm. In the imperial system working in fractions
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by tempestn 6y ago
I just meant in imperial, it's common to use fractional measurements. IE 1/16", or 1/4 cup or whatever. Doubling or halving those fractions, especially repeatedly, is simpler than with metric measurements. IE taking 1&#
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by tempestn 6y ago
Yeah, I meant repeated halving or doubling. So for example if you start with 1, and keep dividing by 2, in base 10 you get 1, 0.5, 0.25, 0.125, 0.0625, 0.03125, etc. In base 8, 1, 0.4, 0.2, 0.1, 0.04, 0.02, 0.01, 0.004, etc. Much simpler.
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by tempestn 6y ago
That's a cool idea, but even that rate would probably be too fast. The piano I bought for a few hundred bucks on craigslist is 113 years old this year and still going strong. Good pianos last a long time.
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by tempestn 6y ago
Can we switch from base-ten to base-eight while we're at it? That'd be far more painful, but also hugely beneficial in the long run. For one thing you could use the metric system everywhere while maintaining the ease of halving an
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by tempestn 6y ago
They also only looked at a single election where Republicans outperformed polls across the board. If you look at the 2016 election, 538 was more bullish on Republicans than betting markets, and came out ahead.
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by tempestn 6y ago
I don't know what to say besides that I disagree with almost every single aspect of what you wrote, on either a factual or a moral basis. Often both. Honestly though, we're so far off that I think itemizing everything I disagree w
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by tempestn 6y ago
Or to any other latitude.
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by tempestn 6y ago
Tools like this one might be better at highlighting the flaws of map projections, but I don't see how anything could be better than a globe at showing the true relative sizes and shapes of countries, since it shows them as they actuall
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by tempestn 6y ago
"Produce proper evidence" - excellent advice. Would be nice if the president himself followed it.
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by tempestn 6y ago
Yeah, I think that's a separate category. I've tried to engage with a number of Trump supporters, as I'd really like to understand how reasonable, ethical people could vote for someone I see as so despicable and dangerous. Ob
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by tempestn 6y ago
What specifically do you like about the USMCA vs NAFTA? Do you feel it was worth the alienation of Canada as an ally? What advantages do you feel have been gained in trade with China? Wouldn't it have been more productive to work wi
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by tempestn 6y ago
The frustrating thing is, Amazon could do this kind of analysis themselves. I mean, it's a similar problem to what Google faces with people trying to game search results, or get spam through filters. And while they obviously struggle a
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by tempestn 6y ago
You replied to a comment about products being lost in the mail.
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by tempestn 6y ago
Your experience with USPS or whatever has zero relevance to whether the next person is going to receive their package. If the seller isn't helpful resolving the issue, leave them a negative review. But it makes no sense to review the

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