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by thunky 3y ago
The real problem here is the idea that it's somehow wrong to prefer to marry someone with money. And because that is seen as a morally bankrupt position, we then need to jump through hoops to justify their preference with a "gener
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by thunky 3y ago
I don't know either, but I'm not the Discord target audience. I've tried but it gives me a headache like a Vegas casino. I'd rather see something simple and plain (and functional) like phpbb.
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by thunky 3y ago
What I wonder is why would anyone that cares about archiving/search would choose to use Discord?
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by thunky 3y ago
What do you find preferable about clicking the next page link vs having it appear without a click?
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by thunky 3y ago
> Ok, let's make China pay. But what exactly should they pay for? Monetary payment isn't the only way to make them pay. I'm less concerned about the lab leak itself and more concerned with China's behaviour that follo
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by thunky 3y ago
I think the problem is that devs believe they need to create a unique snowflake app every time, each with it's own special sauce. Visual basic was different because there was only one way to create a button, so no way to over engineer
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by thunky 3y ago
> The Apple Vision also attempts to solve a problem: Create a computing interface that interacts with the real world. You're not describing a problem though. That's like saying: "Mr Coffee designed a new coffee maker that
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by thunky 3y ago
> It’s getting those people to put them on beyond the initial honeymoon period that’s seemingly the issue And that's a huge issue because it means they're likely never going to buy a face computer again until the form factor dr
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by thunky 3y ago
> They are trying to create a computation and entertainment focused AR device. That is new. It's not that new. It's very similar in use case to Meta, which many also think is a major airball.
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by thunky 3y ago
Imagine we develop a robot that is about to perform difficult physical tasks better than a human can. Is that good news for the plumber you know? Probably not unless he (and millions of others) are able to figure out how to survive when the
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by thunky 3y ago
> the website is stunning I"m assuming you're talking about the website you see after you sign up? Because I don't see much on the linked website. And the examples page is just a few images with text that is too small (for
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by thunky 3y ago
> I am contributing and trying to get the best outcome So doing the job you were hired for is being passionate ?
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by thunky 3y ago
> For some reason, retail investors look at the price when buying a car, but not at the price of a company when buying a stock. This because these are very different processes from the buyer's perspective: A retail stock investor pr
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by thunky 3y ago
> You are probably right but man, isn't this so very disillusioning? Look at it this way: Your boring, cushy tech job only exists because the industry as a whole is grossly inefficient. That's why so many people are doing nearl
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by thunky 3y ago
> So it certainly was "worth" that when the transaction happened. Right, but it's also fair to say that in retrospect that the "worth" at the time of the transaction was incorrect since it was based on an estimat
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by thunky 3y ago
It shows how easy it is for your communications to be misinterpreted, which in some contexts could cause problems despite your intentions.
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by thunky 3y ago
This is a good example of why being a decent person may not be enough to keep you out of trouble.
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by thunky 3y ago
I agree your example of a salary adjustment is fine, no deceit there. The deceit comes from pretending to be qualified for a fundamental job requirement that you'll never meet (the requirement to work full time). A better example is ap
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by thunky 3y ago
This sounds like a bad idea. You don't want the employer to waste your time, so you should try not to waste theirs. If you want to work for them you should go in assuming they're not trying to deceive you either.
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by thunky 3y ago
> I think the chances of an actual default are extremely low It could only happen if our political leaders are incredibly stupid, reckless, and self serving. So I wouldn't bet against it. The fact we're even talking about it ri
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by thunky 3y ago
> Humans in general cannot 'time the market'. To think that you can is a fool's errand. OP wasn't trying to time the market. They had a liquidity issue and needed cash. > Therefore, the fact your stocks are down is
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by thunky 3y ago
> It’s not like that’s the primary ad for iPhones It's the ad they blast all over TV, so I'm not sure what you mean. It's also a month old with 20M youtube views. It just seems a bit hypocritical to criticize Google's
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by thunky 3y ago
> it shows pretty much nothing You would think that the commercial is an opportunity to convince people why they should want to buy the new phone. The only selling point they show the color yellow. To me this only demonstrates that the
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by thunky 3y ago
Unlike Apple commercials that are filled with technical details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S8L7t2tu0U
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by thunky 3y ago
No, but it's easy to fast forward through them. Or just don't watch videos that are littered with sponsors ads and maybe creators will do it less.
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by thunky 3y ago
The struggle I have with project generators is that you can only run them once. If you didn't think you needed the billing module when you ran it but later you find that you need it, the generator is of little use. You end up running i
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by thunky 3y ago
Your links don't reveal growing complaints , they're just complaints people posted to Reddit. Of course there will be tons of complaints, Amazon is huge. Picking out a few of them is meaningless.
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by thunky 3y ago
I don't see anything in your quote or link that suggests that Intel was anything but a money making venture. To "develop some product or technology which no one has yet done" makes that pretty clear to me. And they didn'
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by thunky 3y ago
Yeah it's to the point where in many cases you're better off not even bothering with a primary care doctor. The quality of care is no worse at urgent care and you can typically make a same day appointment with the doctor if your c
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by thunky 3y ago
You have it backwards: > The purpose of Intel is to manufacture chips. No, the purpose of Intel is to make money. > If the only true end goal of every corporation is to make money, then eventually we would eventually end up in a finan

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