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by type-r 4y ago
I think this is a limited view. OPEC/OPEC+ controls about half of worldwide oil production and yet we can see how big of an impact production cuts that they make have on the price of oil. What we're seeing here is the same thing -
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by type-r 4y ago
It's interesting how differing the opinions are for Tesla's autopilot naming. In that case, people seem to really care that it's not accurate.
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by type-r 4y ago
If you're self assessing work to be mostly bullshit, you need to change your job. Soul sucking corporate job vs. great solo startup is a false dichotomy (on both sides).
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by type-r 4y ago
most users aren't paying for Google Photos. sounds to me like they're accurately estimating the value.
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by type-r 4y ago
I vastly prefer content be cloud based. Ever since Spotify came out, I've never downloaded music illegally again -- it's just so much better and more convenient. Can't imagine going back to what.cd days and having to download
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by type-r 4y ago
you'll probably go a crusade either way. what a weird focus anyway, feels very "eat the rich" style when the earth doesn't care where the carbon comes from.
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by type-r 4y ago
>You could get shot down 50 times in a row You're treating it here like this is no issue, but do you actually know anyone that can take that many rejections in a row and not have it impact their mental state? Even if you know it&#x2
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by type-r 4y ago
If I think it's actually a good idea, I tell them I'll happily accept a pull request. I've had dozens of feature requests but only once has someone actually taken me up on this. If I don't think it's a good idea, I&
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by type-r 4y ago
Does he support it publicly? I'm not really aware of anything noteworthy other than when he came out a decade ago. Not saying it's necessary but I wouldn't characterize him as an LGBTQ activist.
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by type-r 4y ago
Disagree. I've found living this way is actually quite nice. What am I going to do about these "global events" anyway? I can't impact them so I don't see why I should worry about them. I'll just deal with their
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by type-r 4y ago
Couldn't agree more on the "go into the real world" point. It's insane to me, I can be on a dating app swiping through tens or even hundreds of profiles and never get a match. Yet I'm almost guaranteed that if I try
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by type-r 4y ago
> Outside of online dating where are you even supposed to meet women now? I see women saying all the time they don't want to be approached in public. I would be careful with letting a few anecdotes from a minority of women drive you
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by type-r 4y ago
Active Recall looks compelling but it makes me uncomfortable that it says "try for free" but there's no mention of pricing that I could find. What's the planned business model? As a user of Anki for multiple years now, l
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by type-r 4y ago
> "channel your inner middle-aged white man who'd feel entitled to ask for more". (Note that this is a statement said in jest, based on research that men are more likely to ask for raises, and doesn't have any racist
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by type-r 5y ago
Thank god they at least didn't get those other policies passed.
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by type-r 5y ago
> Force everyone to solve the problem entirely by reducing CO2 emissions. I know it's not the point of the post but that's not the only other option. We can also keep CO2 emissions high, or even increase them. We just need to r
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by type-r 5y ago
Can you go into more detail on the ethical obligation an engineer has regarding rigorousness of code review? How does neglecting code review to interview elsewhere compare to neglecting code review to get other features out for the same emp