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by toby 6y ago
> See, I've always heard Facebook makes the largest part of its money by selling data about its users. Categorically untrue. They sell advertising space. The data is used to target the ads, which are often paid for based on performa
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by toby 6y ago
I bought my TV from Costco, it has Roku built-in and I think it gets the same software updates. The full integration has some advantages, like having a single remote that stops the playback when I turn the TV off.
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by toby 6y ago
Whether it's for the essence or the achievement of a particular degree, getting a better job earlier in life has substantial effects on lifetime earnings. Whatever the credential gets you, for whatever reason, it's advantageous to
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by toby 6y ago
From Wikipedia: "Many high-profile actors refused to join SAG initially. This changed when the producers made an agreement amongst themselves not to bid competitively for talent." Tech companies have tried this in the past, now th
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by toby 6y ago
Worth nothing that Theranos wasn't public, there was no opportunity to short-sell. If there had been they might have been exposed much earlier and done a lot less harm. I knew several people who said what they were claiming was impossi
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by toby 6y ago
This article says that the Top 40 has dropped from 35mm to 30mm plays on a Wednesday. Then it says: "The decline is likely partially the result of an overall decrease in streaming after Covid-19 hit the US, due to the absence of people
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by toby 6y ago
Most of your examples are designed to prevent unqualified people from hurting others, the main exception being the regulated drugs one. This raises the question of whether a similar system could exist for investments. Do you think there cou
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by toby 6y ago
The SF Board of Supervisors has a lot of control over the supply and has used it to make it very hard to build anything. High prices are a direct result of low supply. I'm not sure I'd call it incompetence though, they are very
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by toby 6y ago
There's a great podcast about this: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/662/transcript To me the most interesting part was about how Tip O'Neill and Ronald Reagan were pretty close friends: "Then one day, I
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by toby 6y ago
A senior engineer (juniors would not have this level of access) risking their job and facing prosecution for an amount that would certainly be far less than their salary? That doesn't seem likely.
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by toby 6y ago
"well-meaning"? Are we still talking about the international student deportation order?
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by toby 6y ago
Sorry, what? How do international students, being an "insignificant" amount of the total, contribute to skyrocketing costs?
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by toby 6y ago
I was an international student (undergrad) and your impression is... well, it differs from mine. No need-blind admission (except at the school I went to, the others literally told me I was too poor) and no government funded student loans (m
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by toby 6y ago
I won't argue with your overall point, just to say that I don't think most people consider commercial air travel to be the least bit "romantic". It's a way to get somewhere, sometimes for work, sometimes to see fami
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by toby 6y ago
I agree with this generally. For most people I know in happy marriages it's not because they figured out exactly what they wanted and found "the one" -- as much as they love their partners there are probably a lot of people t
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by toby 6y ago
>> (it's since pivoted to a brewery run by active gang members) Would this be an appropriate place to share that story? Because I'm intrigued
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by toby 6y ago
Huge hit is a bit of an understatement... they've cancelled all future conferences, likely permanently
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by toby 6y ago
Wasn't the whole point minimal means-testing to get this done quickly? Plenty of small businesses would have had to lay off employees while waiting for someone to decide if the application was good enough. Construction is an interestin
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by toby 6y ago
Same. A matching site should at least seed with some content, I'm just staring at a blank screen.
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by toby 6y ago
Having done it I completely agree with you. There were a lot of frustrating hurdles over many years, but this was so much more than that and I'm really happy for the final ritual.
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by toby 6y ago
That's where I was naturalized! I had mixed feelings about being required to go to a ceremony even though all my paperwork was done, but in the end it was really special. On the way home I went to the Betabrand factory (which was on Ce
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by toby 6y ago
You're pretty much correct. Even in this thread there are people saying "oh the Gemini browser can decide whether to render inline images", which is exactly what Mosaic did. The main advantage this has is that it will not get
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by toby 6y ago
I assume I have aphantasia, since I've never been able to "visualize" in the way that other people seem to be able to. It seems to be strictly limited to visual imagery however. I remember lyrics / poems / quotes be
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by toby 6y ago
Oh also, it's not really a game but there's something called "Ritchie's Plank Experience". I'm afraid of heights and I seriously pulled the Quest off my head the first time cause I freaked out.
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by toby 6y ago
That's true, there are others where I'm legitimately frightened. I think of Beat Saber as a good first game.
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by toby 6y ago
Agreed, that's another easy one to jump into. Love it also.
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by toby 6y ago
Personally I still think beat saber is the best combo of easy to figure out plus completely engaging (i.e. you forget where you actually are)
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by toby 6y ago
Completely agree. I was wholly unimpressed with "VR" until I got a Quest and now I think it's a shame that 3DoF ever pitched as such.
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by toby 6y ago
Your argument from first-principles makes sense, but I just don't think a lot of us are comfortable living in a world where disabled people have to pay twice as much (or whatever the additional cost would be) for groceries. The fact th
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by toby 6y ago
https://www.coupdefoud.re/2017 I was camped right next to it, and I work with one of the people who built it.

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