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by volkk 9y ago
Have you ever been in a situation where all you want is for it to be no more? I have, and while I haven't actually considered suicide, few thoughts have definitely ran through my mind wondering "what if I just didn't exist an
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by volkk 9y ago
Slightly off topic, but I am so thankful for firefox's reader. The amount of annoying ads blinking/flashing is enough to drive me up a wall
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by volkk 9y ago
furthermore, you can combine your fingers/toes in specific unique combinations. it's foolproof
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by volkk 9y ago
The difference being that you're not engulfed in all of that for hours/days at a time like you are with today's technology. It doesn't constantly follow you around to the dinner table, to your school, to the toilet. 15 y
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by volkk 9y ago
Does it matter what kind of exercise we're talking here? Cycling is different from simply lifting weights. Does achieving a certain heart rate matter? Or is it achieving a certain level of muscle to fat ratio?
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by volkk 9y ago
i just wonder how that will affect the people (i.e me) that get very nauseous in cars, especially when looking down/reading something. i dont know the science but its a lot worse when it's stop and go traffic. can self driving car
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by volkk 9y ago
valid points for sure
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by volkk 9y ago
i don't see how a whole new company can exist to fill in the gap of what airbnb's price slider filter can fix in 2 seconds
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by volkk 9y ago
good thing that chances are you're not in charge of anything major (hopefully)
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by volkk 9y ago
well, the difference being in your example, is that the extra money goes into the black box of the government. whereas a CEO increasing wages for his employees will be directly evident in their improved lives. there's no bureaucracy ty
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by volkk 9y ago
This is for Firefox. "Copy Image Address" for Chrome.
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by volkk 9y ago
just started taking an online intro course to deep learning. really hoping that i'm not simply wasting my time and that if i actually want to one day pursue it, that i won't need to have a PHD in this field
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by volkk 9y ago
i don't disagree. but what's more important? personally i'd vote on people being able to be heard. however, those messages are diluted or hidden if massive amounts of bots are spamming something else
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by volkk 9y ago
> 3). ban fake accounts / tie in a real human behind the account. 100000 fake users means a lot less to me if i'm an advertiser than 10 real people. so i posted this in another thread in response to twitter, and it got kind of
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by volkk 9y ago
there seems to be a twitter discussion happening with regards to authoritative/oppressive governments subpoenaing twitter to get a user's identity if that were to happen for voicing an opinion that isn't in line with the regi
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by volkk 9y ago
not just of their local environments, but of the entire planet?
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by volkk 9y ago
this seems to be the way to write if only to make a dollar. what about people that want to actually write quality? you mention chasing success, but success is obviously subjective. for me-- if i wrote some mumbo jumbo for 13 year olds about
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by volkk 9y ago
Sure, that's sort of what I meant in terms of openness. I don't expect them to leak their secrets in some public memorandum, but I expect them to be fully transparent with the representatives that we elect. However, the question i
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by volkk 9y ago
Surely there's a middle ground? Plenty of good companies allow for fun experimentation. However, I also wouldn't say that switching to a new language or frame work that may boost long term productivity and hiring effectiveness is
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by volkk 9y ago
Sort of a catch 22 there, right? You expect integrity, but without honesty/openness, how do you hold them to it?
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by volkk 9y ago
you know, i just went straight to patreon to check out their writers section and they have a bunch. i wish more writers would take advantage of this tool. i actually also just went to check out some of the writers on patreon. first name tha
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by volkk 9y ago
i don't know, i wouldn't call this magazine a joke. I think the quality of the writing is top notch, and the level of the topics is extremely interesting. i don't disagree that what's going on financially is pretty repre
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by volkk 9y ago
not all encryption techniques-- off the top of my head, only RSA (algos that depend on prime number factorization)
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by volkk 9y ago
my guess is that it depends on what kind of person you are and how good you are about keeping in touch. your mileage will vary. if you live like you essentially died instead of simply moved, then you'll have no friends. but if you invi
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by volkk 9y ago
that's what i was implying
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by volkk 9y ago
ha. except perhaps they're the unlucky ones because they chucked out a great engineers resume and the engineer is actually the lucky one ;)
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by volkk 9y ago
well i never said anything about bitly's load, but the ability to write readable tests is a skill in itself. same with caching strategies, etc
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by volkk 9y ago
I feel like two hours for something like this is still too little if you want to actually see a ~relatively~ prod level app. The business logic is obviously straight forward, but starting a new app, adding unit/integration tests, (mayb
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by volkk 9y ago
i dont disagree but i dont imagine anybody aside from techy 20-30s something from using this or even hearing about it.
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by volkk 9y ago
except blue apron is generally in tech hubs where an average delicious meal is probably ~15$ although i would still argue that 10$ for the meal plus the time to cook it is still more expensive than paying the $12-15 to order something from

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