wwtdtgotiatl

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by wwtdtgotiatl 3y ago
It took ten years to find Osama Bin Laden, which we can fairly assume had a lot more resources directed at it. You seem to falling into this common trap of intel agency omnipotence when we have plenty of examples to the contrary.
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by wwtdtgotiatl 3y ago
Who went to jail or faced sky sort of justice for the sub-prime mortgage crisis and subsequent harm it caused?
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by wwtdtgotiatl 3y ago
Why would techies be less susceptible to bias compared to the general population? That statement itself seems like it would be a cognitive bias.
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by wwtdtgotiatl 3y ago
Used engine oil is definitely carcinogenic. https://roadmaponcarcinogens.eu/facts/used-mineral-oils/
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by wwtdtgotiatl 3y ago
Funny because I've been hearing this almost fortnightly on reddit and freelance forums for a few months now. And the big middleman platforms siding with the client. Some people prefer their anonymity, especially when they are put into
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by wwtdtgotiatl 3y ago
> I can always tell — your app is being uninstalled. I find this very hard to believe given how many big apps are written in flutter and life is made a lot harder without them. Very weird hill to die on too.
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by wwtdtgotiatl 3y ago
> desirable city Sydney has topped net internal migration for years now. It's desirable for everyone who doesn't live there, actual locals are getting out at a ridiculously high rate.
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by wwtdtgotiatl 3y ago
So Florida but without an actual Disneyland?
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by wwtdtgotiatl 3y ago
There's also the part where it starts punching holes in your firewall without even a peep about it to the user.
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by wwtdtgotiatl 3y ago
IT workers have a union in Australia. https://www.professionalsaustralia.org.au/
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by wwtdtgotiatl 3y ago
That is so ridiculously wrong it barely deserves a reply. The US is ~3 per 1000 NOM, its not high at all whether we are talking advanced economies or global South
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by wwtdtgotiatl 3y ago
Do you condone this attack too: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Samuel_Paty What level of violence is too much in response to being offended by someone else's words or nonviolent actions? Many in the Isl
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by wwtdtgotiatl 3y ago
> or don't start a company to make money off of money laundering Funny because real estate agencies across the western world rake it in without fear.
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by wwtdtgotiatl 3y ago
> tens of thousands of dollars worth of GPUs that become obsolete quickly I sold a 4yo gpu for more than I bought it for not long ago. It's the only thing in a pc that doesn't depreciate much these days, besides maybe the case.
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by wwtdtgotiatl 3y ago
> proposed he contributed $3000 to a political campaign against gay marriage, 6 years prior to losing his job for that reason
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by wwtdtgotiatl 3y ago
Utterly bewildering statement by the VP Guis in here: > she found it odd that an American would be offered 0% interest while borrowers in poorer parts of the world were being charged up to 70%, according to the estimates posted on Kiva’s
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by wwtdtgotiatl 3y ago
Really starting to feel old here because to me that's one the most legitimate and accurate titles in the industry.
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by wwtdtgotiatl 3y ago
Sounds absolutely great, since when is having a surplus of basic needs a bad thing? if a country produces too much food, water or electrity everyone thinks its great, but somehow housing is different? What would majority of NYC residents w
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by wwtdtgotiatl 3y ago
Firefox on android allows you to inspect source. You need to prefix the url, ie. view-source:https://news.ycombinator.com/
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by wwtdtgotiatl 3y ago
Original creator of freenet has reworked the entire model and has a beta up and running. It's not focused on censorship resistance but instead decentralisation. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36007984
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by wwtdtgotiatl 3y ago
Smarmy reddit-esque comments like this don't belong on HN. Please read the guidelines. As for numbers: > In April 2023, Brave Browser reported 57.27 million monthly active users. > There are more than 21 million monthly active us
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by wwtdtgotiatl 3y ago
Please drink a verification can for 5 more tweets.
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by wwtdtgotiatl 3y ago
vscode has one built in ctrl + shift + v
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by wwtdtgotiatl 3y ago
> A USD tethered coin offered by a major institution Do any banks want to hold 100% reserve accounts? What do they get out of it? Very few narrow banking offerings available worldwide today.
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by wwtdtgotiatl 3y ago
$15 is under minimum wage in many parts of the US
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by wwtdtgotiatl 3y ago
> yet the lab itself did nothing to help during the pandemic. Which people in this thread are somehow believing as truth instead of the bald-faced propaganda it is. Do you actually think a virus research lab in the epicentre of an outbre