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by will_pseudonym 6y ago
This notion that we could be the last generation to not beat death, was the subject of a Mitchell and Webb comedy sketch that I find quite funny. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt6nwvGJiN8
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by will_pseudonym 6y ago
Most likely, that person isn't merely faithful but also in the midst of an acute psychotic break. And, yeah, they're going to be able to come up with some quite creative interpretations. The ideas you'll hear from these folks
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by will_pseudonym 6y ago
I couldn't remember what "DE/WM" meant. If anyone else is in a similar situation, they stand for "desktop environment" [0] and "window manager" [1] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x
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by will_pseudonym 6y ago
Thank you for the reference of the "Cassandra" metaphor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra_(metaphor) It's something which I have struggled with. Not that I think my ideas are all prophetic, or ign
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by will_pseudonym 6y ago
My guess at the phenomena going on: The visibility of of technologically illiterate people is higher than ever. The number of people who are technologically literate is also higher than ever. The proportion of people in digital spaces who a
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by will_pseudonym 6y ago
I don't think that should be illegal. I don't even know whether or not it is illegal currently. I posted what I wrote just because the extreme example came to mind, and it gave me a laugh. To seriously answer the question: I don&#
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by will_pseudonym 6y ago
That makes me imagine The Sopranos, and the mob telling the staff of the strip club how important this law not passing is (or vice versa), and how the implication of not voting for it isn't necessary to say out loud. There's a g
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by will_pseudonym 6y ago
That's odd for social media to do, but not "odd"* for Netflix/Hulu/Amazon Prime etc to do. It's interesting which camp they thought they were in. * I do find it odd and not a good idea for those entities to dis
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by will_pseudonym 6y ago
How much choice did customers of the Bell System have? There was nothing stopping another company from stringing wires across the country and building their own telephone network separate from the Bell System. But they don't just have
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by will_pseudonym 6y ago
It's been a long time since I was a new user to Discord, so I didn't remember what steps I had to take to get started. The process you described sounds super similar to the low friction involved with getting started on IRC!
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by will_pseudonym 6y ago
The free service is really featureful, and people really like the "accoutrements"† that you get from Nitro as well as supporting the server(s) they like. Linguistic tangent below if you are interested: ----------------------------
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by will_pseudonym 6y ago
Technically the act of requesting and obtaining a loan would involve a hard inquiry on your credit report. [0] It isn't a huge ding and only lasts for about 2 years (and trails off in impact over that time period), but if you did so re
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by will_pseudonym 6y ago
With the full quote, the statement not to buy masks makes sense. There is no context that "They are NOT effective in preventing general public from catching #Coronavirus" makes sense outside of lying to the public, or gross inco
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by will_pseudonym 6y ago
Experts haven't exactly done themselves any favors. -------- "Seriously people- STOP BUYING MASKS! They are NOT effective in preventing general public from catching #Coronavirus" U.S. Surgeon General, February 29, 2020 [0] --
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by will_pseudonym 6y ago
I would assume he was referring to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_affair , where the "unchecked misinformation" was heliocentrism .
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by will_pseudonym 6y ago
Any remedy for "Follow Topic" spam from Twitter? It is so frustrating to have a company ruin a product you were previously so happy with.
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by will_pseudonym 6y ago
I sold computers and computer accessories at a big box store, and there was an HP rep that would sometimes hang out in the printer aisle to answer questions and evangelize HP printers. I remember he told me a story of how, when HP printers
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by will_pseudonym 6y ago
I've seen this milk for years in the US Midwest, usually displayed not refrigerated: https://horizon.com/organic-dairy-products/organic-milk/shel...
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by will_pseudonym 6y ago
This reminds me of the joke: Three logicians walk into a bar. The bartender asks: "Do you all want a drink?" The first logician says: "I don't know." The second logician says: "I don't know." The thir
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by will_pseudonym 6y ago
"No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame."
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by will_pseudonym 6y ago
em500, I gave it a go at explaining the rationale in this comment I made below: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24643272
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by will_pseudonym 6y ago
pyhtel, I gave it a go at explaining the rationale in this comment I made below: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24643272
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by will_pseudonym 6y ago
The rationale for opening 999,998 doors in my example versus the 1 door left, is that in both examples, Monty Hall opens every door except the one you're on, and 1 other door. It happens that in the normal Monty Hall, if you open every
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by will_pseudonym 6y ago
I am incredibly curious what he meant by "science-political reasons."
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by will_pseudonym 6y ago
On the topic of the Monty Hall problem, what helped me "believe" it more was if you change it to 1,000,000 doors, still with only 1 car, and the rest goats. You choose 1 door. The host then opens up 999,998 other doors, which all
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by will_pseudonym 6y ago
From Wikipedia[0] ... It became famous as a question from a reader's letter quoted in Marilyn vos Savant's "Ask Marilyn" column in Parade magazine in 1990 (vos Savant 1990a): Suppose you're on a game show, and you&#
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by will_pseudonym 6y ago
Another way to think about it using the square board concept would be to figure out how many ways you can get not the result you're looking for, and take 36 minus that number for the number of possible squares out of 36 squares. So g
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by will_pseudonym 6y ago
> Kafka's "The Process" This is also known as "The Trial"[0]. Just a fantastic, brutal work. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trial
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by will_pseudonym 6y ago
Leave it to Gene Parmesan to school me. Can't believe I missed that. :)
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by will_pseudonym 6y ago
My prediction is that they will be by the next generation. In Guardians of the Galaxy for example, the obsolete-but-nostalgic format is the cassette tape and Walkman. The CD and Discman will fulfill that role in 20 years, if not sooner.

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