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by treerock 8y ago
A bigger issue is probably the headings not fitting in the page column. https://screenshots.firefox.com/fsetQcI74tLZbwkd/betterwebty... [Edit: I probably should switch off webfont blocking when checking an article on f
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by treerock 8y ago
Probably impossible to say, but I'd guess you'd have diminishing returns. So economic growth in a poor country will have much greater benefit than the same level of growth in a rich country.
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by treerock 8y ago
I'm curious. I've read a few (mostly fictional) accounts of early companies, and the drive for profit seemed stronger (if anything) than it is now.
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by treerock 8y ago
r.e. the 100ms, some references are given on this stackoverflow question. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/536300/what-is-the-short...
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by treerock 8y ago
Seems to be less than half the US rate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-r...
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by treerock 8y ago
If you didn't steal anything, what would the charge be?
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by treerock 8y ago
Looks like 'Grey' was mostly used in quotes, whereas the author would use 'Gray'. I'd put it down to copy-pasting. The spellings are both widely used apparently. http://grammarist.com/spelling/g
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by treerock 8y ago
Just had a look at the source and found this. /* Yeah, there's some shitty code here. There are some things that shouldn't be done. I did them. Sometimes, I had my reasons. Sometimes, I was just being lazy. But guess what? Yo
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How to Use Bureaucracies(lesswrong.com)
2 points by treerock 8y ago|0 comments
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by treerock 8y ago
I'm guessing another way of saying "ducks in a row"? https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/have+ducks+in+a+row
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by treerock 8y ago
In my experience, the cars in the slow lane are often going well below the speed limit. So you could easily have self-driving cars, driving at the speed limit, in the passing lane. I'm curious if they would be programmed to 'move
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by treerock 9y ago
That's not my experience. There seems to be subreddits on every conceivable topic, and you can subscribe to whatever variety you want and you'll get a wildly varied range of views/politics/whatever. There are even '
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by treerock 9y ago
> I wonder if the payout is at the time of the report, or at the time of a conviction or even indictment? The article suggests the technician was paid even though the charges were dropped. >It was previously reported that the technici
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by treerock 9y ago
You think slaves had equal opportunities to others, but still ended up/choosing to be slaves?
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by treerock 9y ago
Useful to get an overview. I tend to delegate a lot of this to 'whatever bootstrap does'. Does anyone know if bootstrap fits neatly with any of these methodologies?
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by treerock 9y ago
> He seems more of a background figure who does best focusing on the issues he cares about, and not so much of a leadership type. He's Labour's Deputy Leader.
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by treerock 9y ago
Seems like a problem that What3Words is trying to solve. https://what3words.com/partner/nipost/
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Google has been tracking Android users even with location services turned off(theguardian.com)
3 points by treerock 9y ago|0 comments
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by treerock 9y ago
I've been using Discover Weekly for a few years now and haven't had that problem. The only annoyance that it sometimes adds a song I already have saved (and therefore have no need to 'discover').
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by treerock 9y ago
I would question the last one. Stupid people with an education can cause havoc. Possibly related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_von_Hammerstein-Equord#Cl...
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by treerock 9y ago
Mainly I saw there were number next to each option. I therefore expected to be able to hit the same number on the keyboard to make that choice, but it wasn't working. I believe this is what they call a false affordance[1]. [1]: https:&
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by treerock 9y ago
I'm not sure many IT Engineers are professionals (as in members of a professional body that they have to answer to, with training, licensing and code of ethics etc)? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profession#Charact
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by treerock 9y ago
Looks fun. I really want keyboard controls though.
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by treerock 9y ago
There is a walkthrough available. https://egamebook.com/vermin/v/ifcomp/ifcomp_submission/Insi...
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by treerock 9y ago
Thanks for that. It's pretty bad that the BBC posts more information in a tweet than they do on their new article.
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by treerock 9y ago
I'd recommend Cloud Atlas. It's like 6 very different books in one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Atlas_(novel)
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by treerock 9y ago
A bit late but... There is nothing in the article saying that they are doing this on behalf of the president. Nor that they are 'starting a register'. In fact it says 'any information prosecutors find unrelated to the rioting
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by treerock 9y ago
No. I think you are reading that incorrectly.
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by treerock 9y ago
To my mind, Reader View removes most of the 'icing'.
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by treerock 9y ago
Not sure how you think this was 'justifying rich old people running the world', rather it seemed to be justifying getting money to cover social care for old people, from the value of their house (after they die). It's also in

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