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841.
by xxpor 5y ago
And people wonder why nobody wears suits any more
842.
by xxpor 5y ago
Thank God! (seriously, every time I read an article from them I get distracted/nerd sniped by their diaeresis use...)
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by xxpor 5y ago
>Humans have incredibly complicated writing systems Not only that, there isn't even agreement about what's correct all the time! >it doesn't understand how to spell a bunch of common English words like naïve or café, pr
844.
by xxpor 5y ago
You can't split the assets in the target date fund to be tax efficient.
845.
by xxpor 5y ago
>Curious why you would need to coordinate trades been taxable and retirement accounts? If you treat your retirement and taxable accounts as one big pot of money, you want to place assets to take the most advantage of the retirement accou
846.
by xxpor 5y ago
That's honestly an incredible indictment of today's web, isn't it?
847.
by xxpor 5y ago
Multiple people have said they prefer not getting surprise PDFs. Could you elaborate on why? It's never something I've ever thought about. PDFs open in the browser now for most people, so it seems like it shouldn't make much
848.
by xxpor 5y ago
Do you mean outside of the US?
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by xxpor 5y ago
There's two kinds of projects: Those who care about ideology And those that want things to actually work and get stuff done. The second group is the one that wins all of the users. Of course, there's room for both types of project
850.
by xxpor 5y ago
Isn't Guix just nix with guile?
851.
by xxpor 5y ago
I protect my family by making the world a better place/supporting structural solutions to problems. Not by pretending I'm going to be a hero by shooting someone that just wants stuff. Unfortunately for a lot of folks on the right,
852.
by xxpor 5y ago
Not when google is a US company.
853.
by xxpor 5y ago
IME, that's my biggest complaint. Even plain text emails take 2+ seconds to load.
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by xxpor 5y ago
I think the reason why it's so easy to get an illegal gun is because the legal gun market is so large, which supports manufacturers existing in the first place. If tomorrow guns were banned, and we melted down every existing handgun in
855.
by xxpor 5y ago
That's exactly my point. For the average person, it's not a net win to have that gun around. The chance you'll be the victim of a random occupied home invasion is VERY VERY small.
856.
by xxpor 5y ago
There's a huge gap between the US and utopia. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
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by xxpor 5y ago
People are incredibly poor at risk estimation. Just having a gun in your home for self-defense is a net negative, because of the risk of accidents and how much easier it becomes to commit suicide. But for a lot of folks, their gun ownership
858.
by xxpor 5y ago
In the immediate aftermath, or long term? And to follow up, what's the probability that the US still exists in its current form after the immediate short term? Even as someone that would support repealing the 2nd amendment entirely in
859.
by xxpor 5y ago
Why not florida?
860.
by xxpor 5y ago
No wonder they grow all that lettuce in Yuma. Seems extremely stupid from a long term perspective, but what do I know. I'm just a software guy.
861.
by xxpor 5y ago
>hey could have made an incompatible IPv5 which was exactly like IPv4, except with additional address bits. That exists, it's called enhanced IP or something. I'm having trouble finding it now since it's been a few years,
862.
by xxpor 5y ago
Ah that's a good one!
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by xxpor 5y ago
I had the same thought. I think it's more Slavic vs Germanic/Romantic. "sv", without a vowel, doesn't exist in any word I can think of. However, in Russian, consonant clusters like that are pretty common. See also,
864.
by xxpor 5y ago
Adblock/ABP != uBlock Origin
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by xxpor 5y ago
It's because it's DDR5. Not worth it at that price, IMO. DDR4 has gotten incredibly cheap.
866.
by xxpor 5y ago
Sure, but if you're looking for the lowest risk thing that's paying at least CPI inflation. A lot better than cash under the mattress (or a savings account for that matter...)
867.
by xxpor 5y ago
Not exactly what you're looking for, but in the US I series bonds are currently paying >7%. The biggest downside is you have to hold them for a year. The other issue is you're limited to buying $10k in a calendar year.
868.
by xxpor 5y ago
There's nothing nefarious about it. The government doesn't want people hoarding cash, because it means the money isn't supporting the economy.
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by xxpor 5y ago
I think the every 6 month minor release cycle Windows and Ubuntu have converged on is probably the right one. You can't actually do enough stuff in a year in something like an OS to justify a major version upgrade.
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by xxpor 5y ago
They represent the risk. Apache may write the software, but the commercial companies are the ones that actually deploy it and touch sensitive data. Also, IBM owns Red Hat so I don't really agree with the premise.

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