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by treypitt 7y ago
regulatory capture by oil & gas companies, big ag, big pharma are also responsible for 401k growth
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by treypitt 7y ago
"The sun never sets on the British Empire" it was up there historically with Rome and Alexander's conquests (although the latter may not have constituted a bona fide empire)
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by treypitt 7y ago
This also happened with cars during the Toyota Prius scandal. For a thorough and entertaining treatment, I recommend RadioLab's "Bit Flip" episode https://www.npr.org/podcasts/452538884/radiolab
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by treypitt 7y ago
in my experience this is by far the less likely scenario, but I would like to hear from OP whether his initial work contributed to the ultimate decision
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by treypitt 7y ago
aren't header files quite useful for yourself and especially other devs as a quick summary? I've found myself wishing my IDE would automatically make a header file equivalent for my python code (VS Code actually does this, but giv
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by treypitt 7y ago
should this have been "e.g." or is this really the main thing needed to respect hierarchy?
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by treypitt 7y ago
To supply a supporting anecdote: as a cis male, I'm consistently served ads for female-products like tampons on Instagram, presumably one of the "smartest" spies out there
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by treypitt 7y ago
Doesn't this assume all service providers are morally and legally good? I would restate the principle as, "you're morally and legally liable for the misdeeds of a service provider with which you've contracted in accordan
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by treypitt 7y ago
In addition, recall that due to some US areas' mandate of "clean garbage" occupying some proportion of landfills, some of the clean recyclables also get dumped in landfills.
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by treypitt 7y ago
Agree. those two lines become one in 37 via standard "breakpoint" function
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by treypitt 8y ago
"Bash for windows" are you referring to WLS?
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by treypitt 8y ago
wow, this is totally different than my experience. i'm a privacy advocate who defaults to DDG, but I find myself forced to use Google for many technical queries because DDG rarely handles anything except obviously answered searches. si
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by treypitt 8y ago
>trying to blame ANY of the people of Wisconsin at this point are just attempts at deflection. Clearly the fault lies with Walker and his cronies. ...what about the voters?
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by treypitt 8y ago
national institute of health?
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by treypitt 8y ago
bit of a chicken or egg problem. if facebook/instagram wasn't on the App Store, how many people would switch phones __immediately__?
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by treypitt 8y ago
who owns Ubuntu?
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by treypitt 8y ago
ruthless pursuit of profit risks alienation of its customers? good point though. I'd be shocked if >10% of Chrome users use uBlock Origin, in which case it's probably worth it (for their shareholders). Remember that advertisers
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by treypitt 8y ago
setting up a dedicated linux box to run pi-hole is a lot harder than installing a browser extension (but I agree it's awesome)
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by treypitt 8y ago
Maybe this is unique to sports? Do other fields exist where a BB-esque expert is totally incapable of practicing? The greatest movie critics probably can't direct or write for crap, but they're not commenting on how the movie was
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by treypitt 8y ago
If they understand their friend's work deeply, doesn't that imply they've done something comparable themselves?
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by treypitt 8y ago
Anyone have experience with Boxcryptor? Haven't tried it since a few years ago ( https://www.boxcryptor.com/en/ )
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by treypitt 8y ago
why would you do ML in JS?