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by vehemenz 4y ago
Yep. I did this for about 30 years before I learned the correct way (from that site, no less).
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by vehemenz 4y ago
Smoking is more prevalent on the lower end of the household income scale, so any other lifestyle factors that correlate with income (too many to list here) will contribute to poorer health outcomes for the demographic in general.
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by vehemenz 4y ago
Yes, but the smoking demographic may experience higher cognitive decline in general due to other lifestyle factors not caused by inhaled particulates.
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by vehemenz 4y ago
Look everybody, this guy is smarter than Bertrand Russell!
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by vehemenz 4y ago
First, can you explain how you came to interpret my particular statement as a universal one? It doesn't seem like a good faith reading. If you doubt that a Chrome monopoly results from Chrome on iOS, that's an argument you can mak
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by vehemenz 4y ago
If you are in favor of Chrome on iOS, then you are in favor of a Chrome monopoly, or you don't understand how browser monopolies work. Or maybe you weren't around during the browser wars (a lot of < 30s on HN).
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by vehemenz 4y ago
> The purpose of a movie is to give the illusion of motion. Argument?
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by vehemenz 4y ago
See how you qualified your use of "improvement" with "technical?" The parent post did not, which is why I commented.
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by vehemenz 4y ago
Better for whom or for what purpose? Remember, we are using value-laden terms here. The parent essentially said higher frame rate is better because higher frame rate is better. There are many reasons for which higher frame rate is worse. 2x
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by vehemenz 4y ago
I'm not sure what you think "objective" means, but typically it means independent of experience. When you say "objective improvement," in what sense, independent of experience, is higher frame rate better? Obviously
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by vehemenz 4y ago
The article only touches on this in the last paragraph, but another challenge is translating the language to serve multiple purposes. The canonical texts never serve one purpose. They need to have an allegorical/exegetic component for
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by vehemenz 4y ago
Home address establishes transparency and that the applicant is a real person (usually). I agree it doesn't matter for hiring purposes beyond that, but I've found home address to be a good indicator of a non-generated resume.
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by vehemenz 4y ago
I mean mostly yearly professional conferences and staying active in those respective organizations. It could be that SF is just an outlier due to the competition and that so many are transient.
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by vehemenz 4y ago
We could be talking about different things, but networking at conferences and professional events has been productive for me. I'm talking real-life socializing here, not LinkedIn. You can size people up quickly and determine whether th
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by vehemenz 4y ago
I entered the job market in '08 and agree overall, but I will add a few caveats from my personal experience: > If you get hired via a staffing agency, you could be cut at any time arbitrarily. I once got laid off 24 hours after sign
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by vehemenz 4y ago
What is your take on the "Apple prison" metaphor? I hear this a lot, but I can install whatever I want on my Mac and have zero issues doing what I need to. It's true that iOS is a walled garden. I suppose if you have serious
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by vehemenz 4y ago
If you're working in a place without power, in remote areas, older buses/trains, construction sites, etc., 2-3x battery life is a godsend.
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by vehemenz 4y ago
You're using the term "own" in a non-standard way to make your point. When you buy a Mac, part of the deal is that it runs macOS. However, you still own the Mac. You can loan it to others or sell it. You can sleep with it und
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by vehemenz 4y ago
It's an unpopular view, but I agree. As a touch typist who doesn't eat at my computer, I never experienced the key sticking issue. I use the HHKB full time now, but if I had to use the stock keyboard, my first choice would the 201
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by vehemenz 4y ago
I don't mind the new organization of System Settings.app, but the search field is extremely slow and doesn't always return a sensible top result. I was skeptical of it at first, but I think it was probably the right direction, ass
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by vehemenz 4y ago
Cool. That's all optional, is it not? I was talking about HN, not optional third-party addons. You're right about "powerful users", but notice that my point was in the context of individual sub-forums (in the context of
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by vehemenz 4y ago
"Social media" is a neologism in the context of internet forums. Most of the standard features aren't present. There are no followers, no private messages, no notifications, no phone app. Compared to Reddit or IRC, there are
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by vehemenz 4y ago
Possibly, but you may be underestimating the degree to which the App Store hampers the average user from getting the applications they need. Users think it's easy to use, yes, but they don't know enough to know better. Homebrew&
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by vehemenz 4y ago
This is a reasonable response, but good faith should go both ways. Am I operating in good faith if I ask everyone if they are Sunni or Shia for some ulterior motive, assuming they are Muslim? What about astrological signs? I'd argue no
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by vehemenz 4y ago
I agree, but in the sense that Mac super users understand the limitations of the App Store and would rather not wade through the crapware, poor search, and lack of selection due to the App Store's sandboxing policy. I don't think
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by vehemenz 4y ago
Or at least 1920x1200. It's amazing how much 16:10 helps on a small screen.
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by vehemenz 4y ago
Plenty of people think things are coherent that, upon conceptual analysis, collide into a reductio ad absurdum around every corner. There are honestly so many problems with it, but let's go off the top of my head: - Self-identity: Ther
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by vehemenz 4y ago
The phenomenon regarding "gender identity" is real, but the underlying concept is incoherent, as I've said. This doesn't stop anyone from studying it, just in same way people study moral theories or theology.
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by vehemenz 4y ago
Instead of implying an argumentative fallacy has occurred—I don't see it—why not present your own points in a counterargument?
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by vehemenz 4y ago
Technically yes, but for the vast majority of English speakers, pronouns supervene on gender.

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