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by xnyan 6y ago
> How is this supposed to be an argument? I agree, if heard that kind of argument then I would think it was ridiculous and narcissistic. My personal experience is that people often argue in this way, and if I’m being honest if I don’t ca
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by xnyan 6y ago
You’re lucky if you work a place that even sends you an email when they make unilateral changes to the software that’s running on employer-owned hardware. Everywhere I’ve been has a management engine running with highest privileges that doe
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by xnyan 6y ago
For servers, I would never consider anything but linux. As a desktop OS, Windows gives me a great experience. I’m lucky enough that I don’t have the performance problems that others describe. Games. Hardware compatibility without configura
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by xnyan 6y ago
Brokerage firms are backed by banks, and if a brokerage firm was somehow small enough that they couldn't provide the liquidity to cover the trades, then the banks backing them are on the hook.
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by xnyan 6y ago
There is so much going against them it's hard to see how they can make it work. Gamestop is a mall/strip mall operation which already means they are suffering from the massive over buildout of retail that ran wild until the crash
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by xnyan 6y ago
>blindly shovel money at problems. Strawman fallacy. OP specifically said we need to appropriately fund teachers such that they don't need to buy school supplies out of pocket. >I'm not proposing solutions Fair enough. Some
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by xnyan 6y ago
I know around 20 people who have gotten the vaccine and this is consistent with what they experienced too. Most of them reported some flulike symptoms that were somewhat worse than the flu shot.
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by xnyan 6y ago
From the US Center for Disease Control: What to Expect after Getting a COVID-19 Vaccine. Common side effects include Fever, Chills, Tiredness, Headache [0]. This is not unusual for some types of vaccines, however my spouse is a medical prof
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by xnyan 6y ago
It's marketing copy, not some sacred text they are desecrating. Their goal is to be a little silly and maybe elicit an emotional reaction, judging by your reaction it seems like it worked well.
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by xnyan 6y ago
Ok let’s practice. I’m the government. I order you to post the following “I don’t think the government should be able to order Twitter not to delete tweets” If you don’t want to post that, why should Twitter be forced to do so?
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by xnyan 6y ago
I'm confused, are you arguing that if I host a popular website, the government should be able to compel to promote ideas I disagree with? How is that not worse than the current situation?
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by xnyan 6y ago
I'm not a superfan of lawyers, but they got 110 out of 650 millon or a little over 16% of the total settlement. For 5 years of work and the very real risk of getting nothing if they lose, that sounds reasonable to me.
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by xnyan 6y ago
>badly biased in areas relating to leftist ideology Leftists could and do stay say that your opinions about their ideology are right-wing biased. What makes your statement more accurate than their position?
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by xnyan 6y ago
I can't get in greenwald's head but if I had to make a judgement, I agree with you. The intercept decided not to publish greenwald's piece because the sourcing was too thin (in their opinion and mine, I get it if others don&#
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by xnyan 6y ago
Agree. Try to be a good person and be honest. Treat your hygiene as important, clean up your home and maybe think a little bit about some clothes that look nice on you. That's all you need to do.
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by xnyan 6y ago
>easy to eat double your metabolic needs Or more! When I started losing weight, my target was 1600 kcals a day. I learned that I was eating 1600+ calories __every single meal__, plus snacks. Pasta is the devil y'all.
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by xnyan 6y ago
>It is not "pedantic" It's quite pedantic. I'm the same way, here's an interpersonal relationship tip I've had to learn: If someone calls you an asshole, you can't say "No, I've thought about
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by xnyan 6y ago
>Do you honestly not see an obvious difference between a phone and an Amazon wired device intended to record and remotely analyze what's happening in the room? Do you honestly not see that there's no fundamental difference betw
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by xnyan 6y ago
What are some examples of risk not taken that have lead to falling living standards? My understanding of the data is that living standards have fallen because wages for most workers have been fairly stagnate since the 70s while the price th
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by xnyan 6y ago
I'm not saying it's right, in fact I will state the opposite - content creators are getting shafted on royalties - but it's always been this way for music and books and all content. Most content creators got a shitty deal on
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by xnyan 6y ago
Rights holders have been trying to get rid of sites like the pirate bay for more than a decade, and if anything PB is easier to find and more reliable to use than ever before. If they really want change, it's time for them to dispassio
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by xnyan 6y ago
Nobody is trying to change your mind, it's just that most people disagree with you.
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by xnyan 6y ago
I live in a small ruralish area (it's not uncommon for my neighbors to have horses and cows, backyard chickens are a dime a dozen) and at least 50 miles from the nearest amazon distribution center. Our "neighborhood" is 14 ho
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by xnyan 6y ago
So, fun story. I did not know this at the time, but I then (and now to much lesser degree) had pretty significant sensory overload/over-sensitivity issues particularly with light. I vividly remember being taken to Cary Town Center by m
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by xnyan 6y ago
>is a great way of eventually bricking the box. The LAN interface on my ISP mandated box frequently fails along with whatever else is going on with the modem. Even the reset button fails at times, though not as often. Cutting power is li
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by xnyan 6y ago
I did some construction work at this mall in college. Of the many many problems, natural light is probably number 1. It's an absolute dungeon, dark and oppressive. I don't see how you fix it besides blowing it up and starting over
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by xnyan 6y ago
In college, I pulled a gas line through 30 feet of existing retail space at this very mall for a retrofit asian bistro. It's an absolute dump, no natural light, sprawling and fundematly unfixable early 80s bad mall architecture. I have
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by xnyan 6y ago
Obviously anecdotal but from my experience of having done a bit of tech support for many friends and family members, this kind of content is extremely popular. By this kind of content, I mean what I consider low-effort memes, jokes and gifs
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by xnyan 6y ago
>"in case you missed last week, let us explain again" netflix, amazon and etc (even self-hosted solutions like plex) often have "skip the intro buttons" which I think is a good solution to the problem of complex plots
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by xnyan 6y ago
Maybe confusing, but it's standard at this point. See RockPi and OrangePi.

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