throwawaycuriou

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by throwawaycuriou 5y ago
There is more than the most recent Iraq war. There is Vietnam (Gulf of Tonkin) and the Spanish-American War (USS Maine sabotage). Several others. It's not disingenous and it's not discrediting _any_ future allegation, but to appro
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by throwawaycuriou 5y ago
It wasn't until flying into Seattle that this east coaster learned of oreGONN. Which is surprising because I'd always pronounce the game title that way. In any other context I'd say oreg'n. In general east coasters lean
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by throwawaycuriou 5y ago
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing? I remember an Amiga version which had a mode where had a crude visualization of racing other cars as you typed.
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by throwawaycuriou 5y ago
The irony you manufacture doesn't hold. Yes, these products are cheap (currently free) no small part due to the market aberration caused by the tracking and advertising. But it's not certain that they would go away if advertising
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by throwawaycuriou 5y ago
If you've access to a virtual reality headset, you might enjoy SynthVR: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1517890/SynthVR/
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by throwawaycuriou 5y ago
The author's reflections after stopping using emoji: "In the end, I found myself adding a lot of exclamation marks, "hahaha", and writing more sentences to better communicate my mood. The need to better convey my message
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by throwawaycuriou 5y ago
Related charting and analysis of this going awry: https://wolfstreet.com/2021/07/05/todays-unicorns-have-bigge... Did we learn the wrong lesson from Amazon?
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by throwawaycuriou 5y ago
Slow down for this. Every word worth savoring. Is, or was, getting at savory.
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by throwawaycuriou 5y ago
Thanks for the source. Something I'm confused by: this article seems to credit Maoris for discovery of Antarctica long before Europeans, but they didn't arrive in Aotearoa (now-New Zealand) till the 14th century, and the paper cla
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by throwawaycuriou 5y ago
Thanks for the full context. Much of the reaction here is due to his mistake of placing 'If I were a Jew' when based on the rest of the essay I'd estimate he meant to say 'If I were Israeli'. Had he done so the tea
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by throwawaycuriou 5y ago
is it plausible humans initially hated the taste of alcohol and suffered worse hangovers, but in a manner of a few thousand years descend from ancestors who selected for high euphoria and strong livers.... all because alcohol was healthier
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by throwawaycuriou 5y ago
JavaScript is not a scripting language for Java.
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by throwawaycuriou 5y ago
Not perpendicular, just unaligned.
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by throwawaycuriou 5y ago
first I've seen it but my initial thought is that he does not think probable as much as I do that a great filter may exist in the practicality of interstellar travel. if so, it's not a buzzkill to find pangolin skeletons on mars.
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by throwawaycuriou 6y ago
Yet the regime that regardless of sexual orientation prevents free travel without checkpoints suspecting terrorism of all...
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by throwawaycuriou 6y ago
And the maximal delta between all 7 billion humans and the minimal version of many, let's say 3, makes such a statement unhelpfully limited in scope, while implying a controversy of thin air
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by throwawaycuriou 6y ago
the excellent writing style feels anachronistic. like a form that wouldn't be done quite so if it were done today.
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by throwawaycuriou 6y ago
You are correct about its inclusion but how home asset inflation is measured is arguably faulty - more akin to an 'implied rent'. https://wolfstreet.com/2021/03/11/house-price-inflation-in-c...
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by throwawaycuriou 6y ago
The red stapler that won a bronze medal.
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by throwawaycuriou 6y ago
Whatever value you think you are finding on LinkedIn is negative value. Anyone of value is too busy producing value to give an eff caring about the epitome of a dead social network.
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by throwawaycuriou 6y ago
You may be getting thrills out of this disclosure but like sibling comments I recommend you delete these submissions. It is not painting you in a good light.
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by throwawaycuriou 6y ago
if I can ask something specific to an accordian player, I fell in love with a band called Swap. swedish fiddles with British guitar and accordian. do you recommend anything like it?
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by throwawaycuriou 6y ago
I understand the confusion around Stadia pricing tiers, but if you buy a game on the service you can play it without any monthly fee. It's comparable to the lease you make with Valve with the expectation of Steam being around forever.
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by throwawaycuriou 7y ago
how has that silver been spent?
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by throwawaycuriou 7y ago
https://godotengine.org/
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by throwawaycuriou 7y ago
try privacy.com one off credit cards with fixed limits. use them for each service that may bill you again.
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by throwawaycuriou 7y ago
Fascinating that you could also read that as executing, as in putting to pasture, said misguided strategy. Not sure that reading would be very true though.
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by throwawaycuriou 8y ago
Thanks for that scenario. Those potential ramifications are significant. In that specific case, one could imagine ponying up for a steep same day ticket from Thailand to keep up the ruse. One would expect there would be innumerable psycholo
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by throwawaycuriou 8y ago
Related question I've always been too shy to ask until now: assuming you work whatever US hours expected and perform at a high level and are regularly reachable, in this situation what are the stakes and implications (as a US citizen)