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by wizzard 6y ago
When I updated my old MBP to Catalina it was pretty ugly as well. There were a couple of points where I thought it was stalled, or it would reboot multiple times back into the same exact screen and it seemed to be failing, but it did eventu
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by wizzard 6y ago
Some great thoughts here, but I just wanted to clarify that Chewy.com does warn you via email several days before autoships happen. (I've been using autoship for close to a year now.)
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by wizzard 6y ago
If you're as diligent as you say then it's probably not an issue, but hearing people state this so confidently always reminds me of the Febreze story: https://priceonomics.com/americans-thought-they-smelled-fine...
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by wizzard 6y ago
Process management, not project management.
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by wizzard 7y ago
Everything is easier in ACNH. Even though I’m making much faster progress, it’s not as satisfying.
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by wizzard 7y ago
Alternatively, they could have paid IBM a billion dollars and still gotten an app that didn't work. At least they saved some money?
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by wizzard 7y ago
That article is about a “surface treatment” for solid objects, like Vantablack. OP is talking about screens — I believe they are referring to OLED true black.
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by wizzard 7y ago
I believe OLED technology is what OP is referring to. The pixels can turn off individually in order to create true blacks.
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by wizzard 7y ago
It sounds like she doesn’t necessarily see new colors, she just can distinguish far more colors in things that look monochromatic to the rest of us. It’s not that the rest of us can’t see lime green, but we don’t see it in a pebble or tre
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by wizzard 7y ago
I assumed it was an exaggeration, like 48 hours with a break to sleep, because how could OP even know for sure that it was truly 48 hours without break if the guy was at home? I'm still suspicious whether it was actually 48 hours strai
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by wizzard 7y ago
Someone works long hours sometimes and therefore they're probably bipolar? What?
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by wizzard 7y ago
> The reason why many managers fail to see and address this problem is that they are used to looking at communication and assume it's a good thing. Because they see activity. People are attending meetings, talking to each other, the
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by wizzard 7y ago
Re: 1), you also have to place the cursor before you can grab it and move it. You used to be able to place it precisely in one step using a long press to get the the magnifying glass, but now that selects the word under your finger instead.
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by wizzard 7y ago
It's definitely a convenient excuse if you just want to be lazy. I certainly can't imagine how any Nest developer could abuse my private data any worse than Google already does. God forbid any third party should find out -- with m
45.
by wizzard 7y ago
How so? I bought into Nest long before it was bought by Google. Should I have been able to predict all this somehow?
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by wizzard 7y ago
Not only do they now force you to have a Google account and Google Assistant (via Android or Google Home) to take full advantage of your Nest now, but they also pretty much gutted the API in the name of "privacy." Ironic. I was lo
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by wizzard 7y ago
I was confused about this too. I think the win here is that the machine is small enough to actually fit in a fast-food restaurant. Plus, they're planning to branch out from pizza.
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by wizzard 7y ago
Can the machine detect three identical plates stuck together? Just curious. My most hated parts to separate are a flat dot on top of a regular dot. Second runner-up is the 1x1 plate on top of a dot, which is common in the Minecraft sets. I&
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by wizzard 7y ago
I calculated a similar deficit in another comment, although the "x calories in a kg/lb" number is just a guideline. Any explanation involving water weight, digestive tract contents etc. would be nullified by the time period.
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by wizzard 7y ago
If they were eating 5,000 calories a day every day before starting the diet (without being a serious athlete), their starting BMI/weight would have been much higher.
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by wizzard 7y ago
Borderline obese is not that high a bar. At 6'3" an "obese" BMI is 240 lbs. Just for fun, let's use that popular "3,500 calories in a pound" estimate. You'd have to run a 2,750 calorie deficit per day
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by wizzard 7y ago
Yeah, that's about 2.5 kg (5.5 lbs) per week. Might be possible/healthy if you're starting at 500 lbs, but based on the stats we know that's not the case.
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by wizzard 7y ago
I don't necessarily object to the generalization that mothers are more involved and concerned. What I find objectionable is implying that this quality of mothers has ruined childhood. The "dads who think like moms" comment al
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by wizzard 7y ago
It's not an exaggeration. Try reading through the article this person recommended for another interesting perspective on mothers and girls.
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by wizzard 7y ago
> For much of this, we have over-involved, over-concerned mothers to thank (and a bunch of dads that think like moms). What a hateful, sexist notion to put in the middle of an otherwise articulate comment.
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by wizzard 7y ago
Maybe I’ll try to steer them towards that. We tried roller coaster tycoon but the learning curve is pretty steep.
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by wizzard 7y ago
Roblox games are 95% garbage in my experience. Apparently there are a few good ones, because somehow they are allowed to sell merch in toy stores — but those are certainly not the ones my kids encounter. All I ever see them play is some var
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by wizzard 7y ago
I remember reading an article about the MAX fiasco that stated something about how all software engineers working in aeronautics could be assumed to be senior and extremely capable. I wondered how they could be so sure, with companies like
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by wizzard 7y ago
Based on her response, do you think it was a joke to her? Can you be absolved of slander or inciting riots if you say you were just kidding?
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by wizzard 7y ago
I listen while cleaning, while exercising (mostly running), and while doing yard work.

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