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by untog 7y ago
Unfortunately there are no good answers for this on mobile.
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by untog 7y ago
> Having the width include the border because that is how a physical box works has to be one of the all time stupid design decisions of all time. ...no? If I want two side by side divs, I could give them width: 50%. But with regular box-
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by untog 7y ago
It’s in there: > The final nail in the coffin was that after the release of Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft decided to tightly couple new Internet Explorer releases to Windows releases. So they dismantled the Internet Explorer team and in
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by untog 7y ago
Strongly agreed. If I recall HN also has some built in functionality that downranks posts when the comments on it come in at high volume, indicating some level of flame war. I get the motivations behind both, and in some situations it works
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by untog 7y ago
I disagree. An example that immediately comes to mind is the 737 MAX grounding. People very experienced in flight systems and the way the Boeing software is designed appeared (from where!) with some absolutely fascinating insight that I hav
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by untog 7y ago
It's worth clarifying that this is from 2014/15. The New York Times bought Wirecutter in 2016, and Lam isn't CEO any more. The site doesn't hide that it makes money from affiliate links: https://thewirecutter.
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by untog 7y ago
> made it harder to do business in UK If you want to export/import out of the country then you're going to need to follow all EU guidelines anyway. So all the UK has done is remove itself from the decision making process of rul
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by untog 7y ago
It would be better if every employee had a regular check in with a mental health professional. Google don’t need to decide anything. “Forced” makes it sound very authoritarian, but yes, requiring such checkups as a condition of employment w
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by untog 7y ago
If you can watch a video of a person being murdered and not feel any emotional response I seriously suggest you see a mental health professional.
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by untog 7y ago
> I don't see how a one sided content moderation can invoke much emotions What?! These people are watching videos of extreme violence, child pornography. You don't think it can "invoke much emotions"?
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by untog 7y ago
For one, this is something existing employees are being told to sign. So they've been working at a job liable to give them PTSD for quite some time, and only now is the company acknowledging it... via a legal disclaimer they're fo
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by untog 7y ago
I'm not sure either, but things like this: > The PTSD form describes various support services available to moderators who are suffering, including a “wellness coach,” a hotline, and the human resources department. (“The wellness coa
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YouTube moderators forced to sign statement acknowledging job can give them PTSD(theverge.com)
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by untog 7y ago
> Remember the imore folks making thumb-reach illustrations that showed the 3.5" iPhone had the optimal size IMO they’re still right about that. It makes me very sad that no phone manufacturer takes smaller handsets seriously these
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by untog 7y ago
"move fast and break things"
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by untog 7y ago
That page doesn't say they store it? In any case, the government having this data and a private, for profit company having this data feels like two quite different things.
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by untog 7y ago
It's worth pointing out that the installer doing this is a business-only installer. So while, yes, it is removing the user's preference, it is also a corporate tool for enforcing corporate policies on corporate machines. The issue
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by untog 7y ago
Pretty much every news site does, otherwise it won't get ranked by Google News. Example: https://search.google.com/structured-data/testing-tool#url=h...
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by untog 7y ago
More crucially, no web site! App-only services like this infuriate me. For something as crucial as the state of my money I absolutely want to use my laptop from time to time. Start with a (responsive) web site, then add apps as necessary. T
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by untog 7y ago
> Housing works as an investment because everyone is in on the scheme. Does that not apply to most investments? The stock market, aftre all, only works as an investment because everyone is in on an elaborate confidence game.
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by untog 7y ago
Yeah, that just sounds like a short term punt.
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by untog 7y ago
Same. Many fond memories of HL1 and playing Counterstrike over dial up. HL1 drew me in in a way that Unreal never did... it was hyped beyond belief and was technically incredible, but the game itself felt flat. Half-Life on the other hand
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by untog 7y ago
Yes, you’ve made a choice: you chose the algorithm. You didn’t choose the product, though.
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by untog 7y ago
> an Amazon's Choice banner For those who don't know: despite having a name that implies curation, Amazon does not choose "Amazon's Choice" at all. It simply indicates which product is most popular, based on revi
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by untog 7y ago
On the flip side: high taxes means access to things like public transportation, meaning that you don't need to own and maintain a car. And crime rates in NYC, at least, are at absolute historic lows. The firearms part of your statement
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by untog 7y ago
Who's to say that they aren't? Seems like you could do that and talk to the House when invited.
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by untog 7y ago
> People would have children for emotional reasons even if society does not intervene. Yes, but the success of those children is still a societal concern. You want some of those children to be a new generation of doctors, teachers, etc.
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by untog 7y ago
Oh, I've used them! I just really don't think they're a startup by any definition. Founded in 1986, 30,000 employees, 1,000 locations. And they aren't offering a benefit platform, they're running actual daycare loca
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by untog 7y ago
> What does raising children have to do with society? Decision of having and raising a child is a fundamentally personal, not societal decision. Of course it isn't. Every society needs an up and coming younger generation as the olde
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by untog 7y ago
Not every problem is startup shaped. > think a benefits platform that allows companies to offer daycare as a benefit Companies could offer daycare as a benefit today if they wanted to. It isn't their benefits platform holding them b

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