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by twentythree 2y ago
I got an FTP account, mounted it locally with curlftpfs, and use SVN on the mounted filesystem. Quite trivial, really.
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by twentythree 2y ago
Guaranteed 98.9% positive feedback ( https://xkcd.com/325 )
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by twentythree 3y ago
> Running a site for others to download movies doesn't bother me. > being a snake to go defraud a company to steal the hard work of others so your own illicit company can turn a profit off said labor by others irks me. I'm s
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by twentythree 5y ago
Diane Greene left Google over two years ago.
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AllRGB: Images with one pixel for every RGB color(allrgb.com)
4 points by twentythree 6y ago|2 comments
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by twentythree 8y ago
> cost savings compared to life imprisonment Minor nitpick: it's actually more expensive to execute someone than to imprison them for life, mostly because of the increased legal costs.
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by twentythree 8y ago
That's interesting, do you have a source for that? A quick Google search turns up aircraft, machinery, and agricultural products (and doesn't mention garbage), but I'd be curious to learn more.
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by twentythree 8y ago
> 2.3. Don’t name your variables for their types What's the best way to handle a situation where you use two different types for the same data? e.g. var usersMap map[string]*User var usersList []*User
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Invisible no longer: Google’s shadow workforce speaks up(medium.com)
2 points by twentythree 8y ago|0 comments
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by twentythree 8y ago
> No bus lanes that I'm aware of, or at least few enough that a multiple-time visitor didn't see them, so buses are stuck in general traffic. No bus lanes, but buses aren't just stuck in general traffic. Portland has a sys
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Upwork Files for IPO(techcrunch.com)
1 points by twentythree 8y ago|0 comments
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by twentythree 8y ago
The third variant of the problem (where one prisoner is allowed to make one change, which can guarantee that every prisoner survives) is the one I heard first; I like that problem because it seems even more counter-intuitive, but also makes
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Line Simplification (2012)(bost.ocks.org)
1 points by twentythree 9y ago|0 comments
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by twentythree 9y ago
I love the concept of "a system where people have value independent of their productivity." I worry that the increasing focus on a meritocracy (especially in tech) ignores the fact that it devalues anyone who for whatever reason -
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by twentythree 9y ago
In flag football, you generally don't have linemen in the traditional sense; there's no blocking allowed, and the quarterback is protected by a count instead of his blockers. The American Flag Football League is one of the organiz
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by twentythree 9y ago
Richard Sherman, one of the top NFL players and also a Stanford grad, is very outspoken about this, and agrees with you: https://www.si.com/2013/10/23/richard-sherman-seahawks-concu... . His argument is that a
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by twentythree 9y ago
Completely agree with this; not only are you more likely to share a common origin or destination, but it also becomes an opportunity to meet someone new within your network.
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Tesla Announces New Long-Term Performance Award for Elon Musk(ir.tesla.com)
2 points by twentythree 9y ago|0 comments
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by twentythree 9y ago
There's a trailing quote: try https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15899383
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by twentythree 9y ago
According to [0], it seems that "whoever" would be correct here. > Rule 1. The presence of whoever or whomever indicates a dependent clause. Use whoever or whomever to agree with the verb in that dependent clause, regardless of
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by twentythree 9y ago
The Week ( http://theweek.com/ ) does a fantastic job of this. They summarize the main issues of the week from the viewpoint of a variety of politically-diverse sources, and there's a lot of non-US news in there as well.
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by twentythree 9y ago
> they're particularly well-tailored to picking up candidates who are hard to find by resume alone Interesting -- can you explain more what you mean here? Referral programs are often criticized for reinforcing biases, since people r
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New law bans California employers from asking applicants their prior salary(sfgate.com)
6 points by twentythree 9y ago|1 comments
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by twentythree 9y ago
I'm sorry I can't find a link to the study right now (I'll add a link if I find it), but one of the most fascinating lectures in my college linguistics class was about swear words, and this exact question. The lecturer claime
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by twentythree 9y ago
That's not a fair comparison; Kaepernick would have been cut had he not opted out. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/05/31/john-lynch-4... "We gave him the option, ‘You can opt out, we can r
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Google Debuts Hangouts Meet and Hangouts Chat Services(fortune.com)
3 points by twentythree 10y ago|0 comments
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by twentythree 10y ago
Demand response [0] is an interesting solution to the electrical grid problem; utilities will pay customers (usually large commercial customers) to use less energy during periods of peak demand (which allows the utility to build fewer plant
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by twentythree 10y ago
> it isn't as if driving has been anything close to free Driving isn't free, but the costs you mention are all part of the cost to the person choosing to drive. That person has presumably incorporated these into their decision
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by twentythree 10y ago
Most of the comments here talk about how terrible advertising is. Obviously, malware disguised as ads is a bad thing, and I understand the arguments for preserving our attention spans as well, but is there a space for good ads, which benefi
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by twentythree 10y ago
It might be unhelpful to the users who know how to take advantage of the current system, but hopefully the net impact will be greater price transparency, which helps consumers in the long run; people will pay more for things which cost the

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