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by z2 7y ago
"All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations. It simply is. Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I've said before, bugs in amber." -Kurt Vonnegut, S
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by z2 7y ago
The other missing piece to that reality exists too--directional speakers.
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by z2 7y ago
From my understanding, even for nationals, the system is more like a binary blacklist at the moment, where a default on a large debt will result in a court adding someone to that list. As a foreigner visiting recently, I was more affected b
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by z2 7y ago
I wonder if the use of these same gases for canned air is at all significant compared to its use as a refrigerant. Regulators seem not to care if people squirt off KGs of the gas to dust off keyboards!
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by z2 7y ago
Not sure why others seem to disagree, but kow-tow indeed conjures up fu manchu-esque images, a sort of comical or repugnant representation of groveling associated exclusively with Asian culture. Exactly as you say, it's not necessarily
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by z2 7y ago
Totally agree on experience--hardware competitors were $3000+ systems with terrible interfaces resembling DVRs from the late 90's. It seemed for corporate conferencing, the competition was sort of diffuse, with many being rigid and exp
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by z2 8y ago
Wow, that was totally unexpected! Thinking back (circa 2013), I wonder what video quality lessons he got out of that particular set-up. From what I recall, we had something awful: 1) Presenter computer plugged into some sort of video captur
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by z2 8y ago
Curiosity as well. At a live presentation I went to a couple of years back, his laptop couldn't connect to my company's projector. The first thing he said was along the lines of, "Fascinating! I've never come across this
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by z2 8y ago
More generally, is there any thing that can be done for companies in this situation or is growth outside the cash cow impossible? Can they spin off the new project into a subsidiary to lessen the effects of the mothership's risk and RO
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by z2 8y ago
Let's say permanent residency for the family has a value, say $100,000. Can one make a scheme where multiple people pool their money together into a fund, which goes under the name of the lucky EB-5 investor? The EB-5 investor pays $10
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by z2 8y ago
https://pb.cambridgema.gov/pb4bikecounter That's kind of cool! At a glance, also kind of expensive at $90,000 for 3! A quick search shows the hardware costing around $5,000 each.
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by z2 8y ago
Ignorance of rules seem to be part of the issue. Using bike lanes (in Cambridge!), I've had turning drivers honk or yell nasty things at intersections as I went straight through, not knowing they are required to yield. Drivers are trai
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by z2 8y ago
Could you please clarify if you mean all 1 billion Chinese nationals, their government, people anywhere of Chinese ethnic origin, or Chinese-domiciled companies and their workforce in general?
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by z2 8y ago
That budget seems to be always nonnegotiable, despite the occasional media outrage. Realistically, how can US voters change this? As an aside, the US is the only country I've seen give military personnel priority boarding for civilian
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by z2 8y ago
To hazard a guess, it should be up to to security/risk experts and the like to monitor and determine where the threats come from, set policies, and deny access accordingly. It shouldn't be up to citizen watchdogs to yank computers
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by z2 8y ago
Thank you! Overall it has been a positive experience :) This is my first time dealing with 'the public' and I'm likely overdue for the lesson that one can never (and shouldn't) make everybody happy.
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by z2 8y ago
As someone who has published a free app for fun, I've learned that due to any mix of entitlement and ignorance, anything you put out there can make some people emotionally angry. I'm still learning how to move on and accept that t
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by z2 8y ago
Agree with what you're saying, but anecdotally, I just don't live enough in the moment to appreciate spending an extra couple thousand dollars on a flight for 10 hours or so of business class comfort. It's nice if a bathroom
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by z2 8y ago
Ouch that's unfortunate and I can imagine the impossibility of a refund if the wrong card in a wallet of compatible cards is charged... I had a good experience with London's tube tracking my contactless CC usage properly though (f
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by z2 8y ago
NYC and Boston are also working on accepting contactless NFC payments through phones and credit cards that support it. Chicago already does, so it feels like we are headed there! Japan standardized to a countrywide compatible payment system
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by z2 8y ago
It's a loaded newspaper: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Epoch_Times
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by z2 8y ago
I totally agree with what you are saying, but to nitpick/go on a tangent, the direction of information flow may matter too. From what I understand, the Little Red Book was more of a symbol or product of the cult of personality and hyst
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by z2 8y ago
You could on Android add a dummy, unprivileged account under your name and rename your real account "Guest" or something. Not that this stops a motivated person, but it may placate a border officer who really just wants to thumb t
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by z2 8y ago
It may be more like saying they support open source in the same way companies rushed to say they are green, for their image. The plethora of VPs is partly a sales thing, so that every client gets to meet with a VP. Just like how every sales
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by z2 8y ago
I'm not involved in research, but recall that ethics review specifically looks for beneficence towards participants, the notion that participants themselves have risk minimized, and that one cannot pursue information to their detriment
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by z2 8y ago
Overnight trains are wonderful for traveling and saving a night's hotel. I used to take sleeper cars in China for distances that made sense (e.g. board at 9pm, arrive 7am). Some with shorter distances even optimized on sleep so that th
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by z2 8y ago
My guideline has been to love people, not institutions. Not through any fault of the institutions, but rather through physical reality, they can only be as dedicated to their members as a person can be to individual cells in their body.
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by z2 8y ago
A lack of language/cultural barriers would work well for those who go to mainland China. 5-10% of Taiwanese currently reside on the mainland, due largely to China granting long term resident status (with full rights to work and public
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by z2 8y ago
There's an article I read recently on this very subject. Apart from social networks, it argues that even a platform like Airbnb is much stronger because the network is broad by design, with travelers coming from far away. https:/
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by z2 8y ago
Step 2 for people with passports issued by developing countries: Allocate a month to visa applications, interviews, biometric checks, gather documents and letters, then take a mini vacation to a city that has consulate services for the targ

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