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by xenocyon 7y ago
Yes, it's a shame to see this kind of thing on HN. But perhaps I shouldn't be so surprised.
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by xenocyon 7y ago
I understand permanence is hard to achieve, but why do you claim it correlates with for-profit as opposed to nonprofit motivations? A subjective look at the world suggests that institutions which have preserved artifacts (including digital
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by xenocyon 7y ago
As others have pointed out, the source code isn't endangering the user(s). Nonetheless, I agree with you. The writer appears emotionally swayed and flattered by the request, like a protagonist in a WWII-era young-adult novel ("You
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by xenocyon 7y ago
That's a bit of a tautology, isn't it? Of course sufficient drive begets the requisite capital, since any amount of drive which fails to beget the requisite capital is, by definition, insufficient :)
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by xenocyon 7y ago
> nor am I condoning this Nobody's questioning the legality. The question is whether it should be condoned. Private censorship is legal, but IMHO it can be unethical, especially when the balance of power is so far askew. An employer
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by xenocyon 7y ago
> 98-99% of non-covid deaths that are just as tragic and heartbreaking I think this belies a lack of understanding of COVID's growth curve. Early numbers were low compared to other diseases, but the exponential nature of the spread
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by xenocyon 7y ago
Can you be more specific? This article and the others I have seen from WP haven't been unduly sensational. Perhaps you are talking about op eds rather than news articles? (I have often felt that newspapers should do op eds in a differe
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by xenocyon 7y ago
Besides the "us vs them" attitude with regard to journalists, HN is often strangely nationalistic as well, so that makes for a double whammy in this case.
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Some things are a zero sum game, some aren't. Vaccine IP is absolutely in the latter class. You want everyone in every country to be vaccinated, and you absolutely don't want to be poisoning and derailing this universal goal by ta
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by xenocyon 7y ago
I think this is a significant part of why identifying frauds is hard: normal business phone practices are often surprisingly scam-like (e.g. asking to provide verification info when they are the ones calling). So not only do frauds imitate
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by xenocyon 7y ago
Presumably you have never interacted with a doctor :-)
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by xenocyon 7y ago
Answering my own question: the URL to use to force using the web browser instead of the download is: http://zoom.us/wc/join/{your-meeting-id}
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by xenocyon 7y ago
I'm pretty new to Zoom. It always seems to take me a while to get to the option of using the web browser instead of the executable. Is there an easy way (e.g. URL structure) to force the web-browser-meeting and skip the download dialog
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by xenocyon 7y ago
It has to do with their housing: very crowded, squalid conditions; such basic things as water to wash hands being carefully rationed to cut costs. (Source: NPR/PlanetMoney: https://www.npr.org/2020/03/25/
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by xenocyon 7y ago
Food isn't just about calories. Fresh fruits and veggies are desirable for good health. Even a small garden producing a small amount of tasty, fresh produce forms a good complement to shelf-stable rice, dried beans, etc.
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by xenocyon 7y ago
Admittedly clueless question: what does 'brrr' mean? (I'm not a software dev and idioms that may be obvious to others are unfamiliar to me.)
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Why is an empty shampoo bottle so easy to knock over?(aapt.scitation.org)
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by xenocyon 7y ago
IMHO, at toddler age it's not possible to simultaneously work as childcare provider / preschool teacher and software engineer (or anything else for that matter). That's why we have childcare workers. I agree with the comm
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by xenocyon 7y ago
Newsom's CA estimate is roughly the same percentage as the nationwide estimates by the CDC: "Between 160 million and 214 million people in the United States could be infected over the course of the epidemic" ( https:/&
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by xenocyon 7y ago
Cilantro is the Spanish word for coriander. My speculation is that cilantro/coriander leaves entered the American mainstream via their use in Mexican food, which is why the Spanish word stuck when it comes to the leaves. But I could be
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The Masque of the Red Death (1842)(gutenberg.org)
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by xenocyon 7y ago
Your first paragraph makes clear why freedom of the press is necessary. Expelling journalists is a strike against freedom of the press.
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The Case for a Social Distancing Wage(newrepublic.com)
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That is precisely the problem.
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The reason for the doom and gloom is this weird system we have wherein the strength of the economy is based on human belief in the strength of the economy. Because of this circular relationship, positive feedback events can occur very quick
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On the psychological effects of solitary confinement: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/what-does-solitar...
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by xenocyon 7y ago
Rather than criticize public health messaging for being at odds with popular political positions, shouldn't we put the onus on popular politicians and parties to embrace whatever health policy is best suited to public health needs?
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It turns out nobody really trusts the "free market" :)
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by xenocyon 7y ago
I hear this sentiment repeated a lot, but is there any evidence that this kind of "reverse" active managing works better than passive investing?
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Foodora couriers are eligible to join union, labour board rules(cbc.ca)
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