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by vlod 6y ago
> Suffice it to say MLK can hardly be said to represent the sentiments of all black Americans, let alone all Americans. Let's not even say that, he was just a person who was trying to communicate how we should treat each other. It&
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by vlod 6y ago
> Everyone isn't. My point is that there are IMHO a lot of people complaining about this (here on HN) but I don't see a lot of concrete solutions that are actionable. > you also aren't helping address any issues others
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by vlod 6y ago
It's probably next to impossible to imagine an end goal. There will always be 'crazies'. I assume that most people would like to be treated by their characters. If everyone just started doing that, wouldn't the world be
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by vlod 6y ago
I've read about this before (some fancy orchestra, not sure if it's the same one as you've mentioned) and I went to one of those "Let's get more X in technology" speeches. They had some crazy complicated ways t
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by vlod 6y ago
Here's Coleman Hughes in an abbreviated version: https://twitter.com/coldxman/status/1305959575930142723?lang... This is the first time I've heard of this push-back. I always thought that the words of Ma
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by vlod 6y ago
>Maybe it's a generational thing Probably, I've been in the US for ~20 years.
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by vlod 6y ago
Being from the UK (living in the US now), I've never used the term 'hey guys', with my English accent it would sound like I'm being a fake or trying to hard to be hip. Likewise, there's not a chance in hell I can pu
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by vlod 6y ago
I don't even know where to begin.... :/ "An Original Banksy Has Been Burned and Turned Into an NFT" https://decrypt.co/60070/an-original-banksy-has-been-burned-...
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by vlod 6y ago
This is probably obvious, but you might want to get your yearly checkup at your doctors (GP). They'll probably take a blood sample and check 'levels'. Might give you a clue on how to proceed.
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by vlod 6y ago
Not an authoritative source just a fyi, the forksoverknives [0] (informative film if you've not seen it) site: - Whole foods describes natural foods that are not heavily processed. That means whole, unrefined, or minimally refined ingr
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by vlod 6y ago
I don't know where you get your definition of a vegetarian. Eating meat 1.6% means your NOT a vegetarian, it just means your 'mostly' vegetarian. I'm not saying there's nothing wrong with people eating meat, but mos
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by vlod 6y ago
Depends what kind of death you're trying to avoid. :) BMI is not the 100% indicator of being healthy. i.e. you can still be 'skinny as a rake' and be type-2 diabetic.
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by vlod 6y ago
I think I read what would our poor great-great-grandparents think of the food we eat today? What did they eat, meat rarely (they couldn't afford it all the time), mostly vegetables (mostly home grown), salad-stuff, beans, maybe fruit a
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by vlod 6y ago
Plant-based food generally means whole grain, minimally or unrefined. The things you mention wouldn't fall under that category, just vegetarian junk food.
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by vlod 6y ago
I don't believe 'plant-based diet' means 'vegetarian'. Generally plant-based, means whole, unrefined, or minimally refined ingredients. i.e. french fries, oreos are all vegan but are refined.
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by vlod 6y ago
I think it's worth understanding why someone is a 'veggie'. For me it was for standard 'moral' reasons and so eating junk food is still acceptable. Eventually I picked up the health reasons angle (and discarded al
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by vlod 6y ago
That's a broad stroke you're painting! Maybe a lot of people want to try and be a 'vegetarian' (I dunno to sound cool?), try it for 3 months and fail constantly. These aren't vegetarians, just pretentious. I've
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by vlod 6y ago
Non paywall: https://archive.is/4RC7x
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by vlod 6y ago
If you want to know more about Bill Gates and what he's been up you might like this Netflix 3 part-er: "Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates" https://www.netflix.com/title/80184771 I think what
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by vlod 6y ago
It's surprising how stuck in the house during the pandemic does to finishing side-projects or creativity! :) Just read that bebo is potentially coming back: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-55912988
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by vlod 6y ago
You can pry my "hangouts" from my cold dead body.
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by vlod 6y ago
I get frustrated how long it takes to get my ideas onto paper, so I write really-really fast, mostly giving up quality for speed. I find if I conscientiously try and write slower, it markedly improves.
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by vlod 6y ago
Sounds like a great greasemonkey/browser extension project! :)
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by vlod 6y ago
see my comment above for: archive.is link
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by vlod 6y ago
Hmm.. I don't get a captcha for archive.is. (Just tried on FF and Chrome) Do you have any wonky extensions?
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by vlod 6y ago
https://archive.is/yUWvC
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by vlod 6y ago
https://archive.is/MvfD5 Sounds terrible, is it really this bad? I've always wondered why I always meet Texans on the Colorado ski slops.
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by vlod 6y ago
>With the COVID-19 vaccine, right now I think it would be political suicide to accept a 30% daily loss rate on expired vaccines, even if it meant we vaccinated people twice as fast. There would need to be a higher vaccine supply availabl
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by vlod 6y ago
>but they clearly have no pull or influence or backchannel despite our tech scene thinking they do. These aren't some crappy organizations that do 'deals' to get their objectives. There's really (afaik) two ways to ke
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by vlod 6y ago
I think you can set your profile as 'looking for work' and then wait for the herd of recruiters saying they loved your profile (without actually like reading it) and offering you jobs in technologies that aren't mentioned on

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