whinythepooh

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by whinythepooh 7y ago
No SSL. Requires JS. Thanks, but no.
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by whinythepooh 7y ago
Zhenotdel reinstalled
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by whinythepooh 7y ago
The article is written by a political activist. Might as well include solar activity and locust plague map to demonstrate how much the world is on fire.
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by whinythepooh 7y ago
Those are slow earthquakes that can be ignored https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_earthquake Also there are already hurricanes in the map legend. Nobody would notice a little earthquake during a hurricane.
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Ask HN: Sould we equip all children with an extendable stop sign?
2 points by whinythepooh 7y ago|2 comments
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Ask HN: How to verify that measures against climate change work?
4 points by whinythepooh 7y ago|1 comments
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by whinythepooh 7y ago
Also school plants into children some biases that later used by authorities for divide-and-conquer. E.g. the school told me that I belong to some ethnicity and that there are other ethnicities I should know about. As a child I couldn't
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by whinythepooh 7y ago
I was homeless and a stranger gave me an apple. I washed it and sold for $.01. I used the proceeds to buy 2 dirty apples, washed them and sold for $.02. Then I learned that my grandma died and left me with $1M inheritance.
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by whinythepooh 7y ago
> Profits continue to be shifted to tax havens, especially Bermuda, Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. The US just can't do anything to these countries. Too far from the Middle East. The US can't do anything to the compan
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by whinythepooh 7y ago
> I'm not saying the whole n-as-a-service culture is a bad thing. Is is not a bad thing, it is a horse @#$*! It smells with rentier capitalism and serfdom. Especially IP and copyright which is just a global cenzorship in disguise. L
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The More Gender Equality, the Fewer Women in Stem (2018)(theatlantic.com)
5 points by whinythepooh 7y ago|2 comments
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by whinythepooh 7y ago
> STEM in early education being unfriendly to children from underrepresented backgrounds > hostile university culture in male-dominated CS programs > biased hiring practices > non-inclusive work environments Is there any actual
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by whinythepooh 7y ago
> If someone is a "normal" consumer, a hospital patient, etc. I don't think the conversation is the same anymore. That's the thing. Crime-prevention is a plausible excuse. "Normal" consumer's data is ma
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by whinythepooh 7y ago
For SaaS I agree but subscriptions for stationary bike, for food, for printer ink, for traktors, etc.
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by whinythepooh 7y ago
> You can make subscriptions work if your intentions are good I am afraid investors only care about growth. First they are going to grow untill no more subscribers. Preferably the company will have monopolistic position by that time. The
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by whinythepooh 7y ago
https://www.zuora.com/2018/12/09/how-subscriptions-are-remak...
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by whinythepooh 7y ago
Here is an alternative link in case someone cannot read the article because of paywall https://www.zuora.com/2018/12/09/how-subscriptions-are-remak...
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by whinythepooh 7y ago
> Remember there’s a time and place What is the time and place to discuss politics? Apparently I can only discuss it in my head, with myself. Why don't politicians, activists, media, celebs and other propaganda tools just stop discu
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by whinythepooh 7y ago
> What do people really feel? They probably feel being stalked. They must be anxious and paranoid. > On a final note, the few people in US that scoff at surveillance are the same people who line up to get $1600 smart phones Like they
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Subscriptions Are Remaking Corporate America (2018)(barrons.com)
42 points by whinythepooh 7y ago|62 comments