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by yafbum 3y ago
? I'm not talking about the suburbs of Seattle, check out maps of rural areas of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, Texas, Nebraska, or even the plains in the east of Washington state, most of the rural roads are running primarily North&#
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by yafbum 3y ago
Same in the US. But only if you were actually going there, not if you're just describing what's around you!
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by yafbum 3y ago
Maybe in the US and other places that have a grid system as their main road planning principle and route naming principle? In Europe, where roads tend to follow the terrain more, I've not really heard this.
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by yafbum 3y ago
In medicine there is one obviously very important perspective, and in theatre two. But mariners still need words for relative left and right directions all around them, like "the preferred channel is to the left of the buoy" (the
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by yafbum 4y ago
> After continuing this makeshift treatment for a couple of weeks, I improved to a point where I was completely and stably symptom free.Since then I’ve been working with Dr. Jeremy Rossman to put this mechanism on paper, so that it can b
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by yafbum 4y ago
I don't think it would be an upgrade at this point yet. Bard / LLM lacks precision in ways that are pretty important when carrying out the user's wishes.
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by yafbum 4y ago
I'd like to know more about the chip designer who, perhaps unwittingly, created the alarm-filled soundscape of most American cities https://youtu.be/tmCnleSBAIg . Would love to know more about the composition process th
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by yafbum 4y ago
Both types are engaging in product definition work without a second thought to how to do it. Even the second type does it without asking themselves what users would actually enjoy or prefer (depending on what the product goals are), and sou
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by yafbum 4y ago
That's a good point
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by yafbum 4y ago
> It's telling that your comment is currently 2nd ranked. Fwiw i think only because it's relatively recent. Not a lot of upvotes currently. > It comes across generous "there are bright math kids everywhere" but rea
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by yafbum 4y ago
I am puzzled by the article's spin on this, which really centers on the fact that this original proof was authored by two teenage African-American girls from the South , as if the interesting thing here was not so much the proof itsel
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by yafbum 4y ago
E-scooter rental companies, not e-scooters. Big difference!
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by yafbum 4y ago
I agree that it's the government's role but I think you can look a bit beyond the law itself, which is often hard to get right, especially in very fresh new domains. Some nice behaviors can be induced by mere fear of government in
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by yafbum 4y ago
It did not die for real until much later. As one data point, YouTube was still using flash as the default player on some old browsers and embedded players in 2015 [1]; it dropped support only in 2017 [2]. [1] https://www.theverge
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by yafbum 4y ago
Time, juridiction, and witness cooperation lined up for this one. The alleged crime happened 8 years ago by now. Some more recent misdeeds might still yield more indictments. The jurisdiction is New York state, where Trump's status as
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by yafbum 4y ago
Right now it looks just like an emulator - not based on the description, but based on it being only available right now as a free developer edition "not suitable for production use". Wondering how pricing will work for the real de
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by yafbum 4y ago
As an EV owner, I completely agree that they are better cars to drive for most people. Handles better, cheaper to run, more fun to drive, and range isn't an issue unless you drive all day to far places. But Until the infrastructure and
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Ask HN: What does FDIC do when not rescuing a bank?
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Tempted to blame Adam Neumann
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by yafbum 4y ago
I heard it more as, can I as an actress just get to the part where I act, and skip the just-stand-there-for-an-hour part getting my face captured. Taking parallels - I don't know if many developers complain when compilation times go do
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by yafbum 4y ago
How does the overall cost of infrastructure compare, at the end of something like this? How fast does the move back pay off in terms of ROI?
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by yafbum 4y ago
> I think that in life the small things matter a lot. +1 to this, especially small, durable things that you use often . I currently regret buying certain kitchen instruments for function over form. I've known since I bought them
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by yafbum 4y ago
I once had a bad infected ingrown nail from using clippers, doc told me use scissors, and I haven't looked back since. No infections, no clippings flying all over, and less of a need to file because you do the whole nail, along its nat
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by yafbum 4y ago
I haven't really been in the market for a non-Apple laptop for a while (previously had to buy MacBook bc of specific software), so this gives me a great idea of what to watch out for when I get my next laptop. Thanks a lot!
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by yafbum 4y ago
> Uhm, allocating money to a budget doesn't create great products anymore than wishing very hard for something before blowing the birthday candles. I didn't claim that it was sufficient, but it is necessary. > It's the
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by yafbum 4y ago
On the other hand, there's a lot of great tech (including, I think, the iPad pro and Apple silicon) that just wouldn't exist if the bean counters hadn't said yes, it's a good idea to invest a few billions of dollars into
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by yafbum 4y ago
What do you mean by shitty peripherals?
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by yafbum 4y ago
You forget to consider, in your blame list, the people who created the unstable situation in the first place. If I put a pencil on a table, balanced on its tip, can we find which puff of wind to blame when it falls? The bank's leadersh
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by yafbum 4y ago
It's weird that SVB, or any one particular bank, would be "playing a pivotal role in serving the startup community". Loans are loans. The stories coming out about SVB "sticking with the founders through tough times"
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by yafbum 4y ago
I'm still hoping it stays that way. That'd be a fantastic direction for works in the public domain.

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