unbalancedevh

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by unbalancedevh 3y ago
That wasn't "bothsidesing" the issue. Whatever your current political opinion, the potential is still there for abuse by either party, and there's room for improvement in the process. The point still stands.
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by unbalancedevh 3y ago
By "Warming potential" I guess you mean "contributes more towards global warming," not "I feel warmer with natgas heat"? I had a heat pump in an apartment many years ago, and the big down-side to me at the time
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by unbalancedevh 3y ago
Yes, CI/CD. It would be nice to know in the first paragraph that the article isn't for me, instead of having to read 1/3 of the article and then infer it, or even keep guessing what it's about. Sometimes that's fi
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by unbalancedevh 3y ago
It really bugs me when authors use acronyms or abbreviations without expanding what they mean. It tells the reader, "I didn't write this article for you, so don't bother trying to understand it."
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by unbalancedevh 3y ago
I'm not sure that sabbaticals solves the problem, though. The problem, I think, being that people are retiring at the same age but living longer and expecting better, more expensive, health care. Somehow that needs to be paid for. I
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by unbalancedevh 3y ago
Ha-ha, that website can't even figure it out: > How To Use Damper In A Sentence The rain put a damper on our plans for a picnic in the park. ... Examples Of Using Dampener In A Sentence The rainy weather put a dampener on our outdoo
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by unbalancedevh 3y ago
I think they could have improved the effect if they'd had Gibbs start moving the mouse around and clicking when he first stepped up.
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by unbalancedevh 3y ago
This reads like an episode of Black Mirror.
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by unbalancedevh 3y ago
Cities viewed as homeless-friendly get overwhelmed with homeless people. A balanced approach is required; and as with all balances, they periodically tip one way or the other due to uncontrollable factors (or incompetent controls) and need
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by unbalancedevh 3y ago
Play HOMM3 or Bloons TD5. I'd be embarrassed to admit how many times I've played them.
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by unbalancedevh 4y ago
> there is no overlap in the Venn diagram of "searching for a package" and "searching for information about a package". I don't know, if I want information about something, it seems pretty reasonable that I might
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by unbalancedevh 4y ago
I loathe mouse buttons that are integrated into the touchpad. Is it possible to get a keyboard/touchpad for this with separate mechanical mouse buttons?
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by unbalancedevh 4y ago
I had to use it in the 90s for a job I had at an automotive OEM.
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by unbalancedevh 4y ago
> the very worst name you can give any product is "Atlas" I always thought the worst name was "Next Generation ...", which quickly becomes kind of silly when it's time for the revision after that.
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by unbalancedevh 4y ago
A living wage isn't what's just enough to stay alive, it includes what's required for a satisfying life (my words, not part of any definition). If you look in the source data from the article, expenses are broken down into ca
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by unbalancedevh 4y ago
The "Living Wage" is significantly above the poverty level wage. If you follow the link in TFA to the source, it shows both.
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by unbalancedevh 4y ago
I have to admit, I'd love to be able to modify the software in my microwave to disable the incessant reminder beep. But I'm not sure I agree in general that it companies shouldn't be able to copyright their own software, or
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by unbalancedevh 4y ago
From TFA: "But the transmission of these exposures doesn’t stop there—the epigenetic effects of these exposures may be transmitted from one generation to the next, not just from the mother but possibly from the father too. It may be d
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by unbalancedevh 4y ago
This "cashing in" isn't really anything new or different from what we expect elsewhere. If it costs money to get healthcare, and there's value in being able to delay paying for it, then it makes sense that there will be
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by unbalancedevh 4y ago
To "treat someone with kid gloves" means to treat them gently or with special consideration.
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by unbalancedevh 4y ago
> all you need to do to instrument it is attaching a camera and mic to your face It's funny that this is a reasonable thing to say.
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by unbalancedevh 4y ago
I don't understand what the point was of having both listings, one with the normal spelling and one with the phonetic spelling, each with their own audio. I'd expect the audio clips to be based on their respective listing (and I
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by unbalancedevh 4y ago
When are the lights used, if not at night?
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by unbalancedevh 4y ago
> in your nihilistic worldview where humanity going extinct is no big deal, what drives you to do your every day things? Having a nihilistic worldview doesn't mean that a person doesn't have the same drives, emotions, desires,
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by unbalancedevh 4y ago
> 2A as written doesn't just cover firearms. It covers 'arms.' Like nukes and cruise missiles. That's a matter of interpretation, especially since weapons like those didn't exist when the 2A was written. What rea
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by unbalancedevh 4y ago
> Try to figure out why the meeting is happening before you’re in the meeting. Any meeting invitation should make it clear what the meeting is for, so people can come properly prepared. And for group meetings (obviously not an executive
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by unbalancedevh 4y ago
By describing it in other ways, I imagine: "How many apples do you have?" "I don't have any."
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by unbalancedevh 4y ago
> e.g. "let's meet" and "let's sync" convey very different implications, to me I think the author was just using that as a set-up for the rest of the article, and that the point was that the corp-speak versi
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by unbalancedevh 4y ago
In my many years since graduating college, I've never known anyone who would think less of someone for not drinking alcohol. At most it would have been a passing curiosity. Designated drivers have been a thing for decades. Non-alcoh
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by unbalancedevh 4y ago
> After all, who would want to logout of HN?! We definitely don't need more "dark pattern" implementations to artificially keep users logged in when they don't want to be. It's annoying to have to scroll around

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