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AI company trolls San Francisco with billboards saying "stop hiring humans"(arstechnica.com)
3 points by zenbob 2y ago|0 comments
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by zenbob 2y ago
Seems like an aging population explains most or all of the post-2000 downturn, no? We're currently at a 20 year high of the 25-54 age group's employment: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS11300060
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The Minimal Phone pairs an E Ink screen with a QWERTY keyboard and Android(liliputing.com)
9 points by zenbob 3y ago|2 comments
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by zenbob 3y ago
As someone who frequently books campgrounds at the county, state, and national level, Recreation.gov provides by far the best user experience for browsing sites on a map and viewing calendar availability that I've encountered. Its fees
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New York Times Launches Telegram Channel for Russia-Ukraine War(nytimes.com)
3 points by zenbob 5y ago|0 comments
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FedEx asks U.S. for permission to install anti-missile lasers in its cargo jets(nbcnews.com)
15 points by zenbob 5y ago|0 comments
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Is Time Working for or Against You?(applieddivinitystudies.com)
1 points by zenbob 5y ago|0 comments
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Hong Kong University Pulls Down Monument to Tiananmen Massacre Victims(wsj.com)
6 points by zenbob 5y ago|0 comments
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by zenbob 5y ago
I replaced my Fitbit Versa with a Garmin Vivoactive 3 Music and have been a huge fan. Many day battery, GPS for runs etc, can play music and podcasts from the watch.
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Switching from Microsoft Edge gets more annoying in Windows 11(arstechnica.com)
65 points by zenbob 5y ago|31 comments
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High-End Gaming PCs Banned in Six US States(nichegamer.com)
88 points by zenbob 5y ago|105 comments
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Are We Much Too Timid in the Way We Fight Covid-19?(nytimes.com)
5 points by zenbob 6y ago|0 comments
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The Case for One More Child(plough.com)
3 points by zenbob 6y ago|1 comments
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Costco Convinces Brands to Cannibalize Themselves(napkinmath.substack.com)
1 points by zenbob 6y ago|1 comments
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U.S. Virus Plan Anticipates 18-Month Pandemic and Widespread Shortages(nytimes.com)
5 points by zenbob 7y ago|0 comments
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by zenbob 7y ago
As someone who used it frequently before and after, it’s not really much better or worse. The primary user impact I’ve noticed is that the ui is more “modern” (ie has more spacing between everything)
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PG&E electricity shutoff confirmed for nearly 800k Northern CA customers(sacbee.com)
19 points by zenbob 7y ago|7 comments
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by zenbob 7y ago
OneNote has this: "OneNote can search typed text, handwritten notes, and words that appear in inserted images." https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Search-for-Notes-in... But it won't help your
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How Big Was Sunday’s Protest in Hong Kong? These Aerial Images Show You(nytimes.com)
3 points by zenbob 7y ago|0 comments
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Netflix Fights to Keep Its Most Watched Shows: ‘Friends’ and ‘The Office’(wsj.com)
3 points by zenbob 7y ago|2 comments
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Amazon and Google settle feud, bring YouTube back to Fire TV devices(arstechnica.com)
17 points by zenbob 7y ago|5 comments
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Microsoft: Yeah, we make Office 2019 and Internet Explorer, but don’t use ‘em(arstechnica.com)
2 points by zenbob 8y ago|1 comments
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Skype for Web Abandons Firefox and Safari Support(support.skype.com)
17 points by zenbob 8y ago|3 comments
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by zenbob 8y ago
iOS has "Request Desktop Site" as an option in Safari. Is view as desktop something other than that?
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by zenbob 8y ago
I wonder if the student loan/debt bubble will hit these towns hard (if it turns out to be a bubble). Spending on higher education seems like its gains are unsustainable.
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Using Speculation to Enable Low-Latency Continuous Interaction for Cloud Gaming [pdf](microsoft.com)
1 points by zenbob 8y ago|0 comments
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by zenbob 8y ago
Is there any argument why Taiwan should be treated as anything other than a normal, independent country? I know that China wants to claim sovereignty, but a want is not an argument. I don't mean this as a rhetorical question--I am curi
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by zenbob 8y ago
Perhaps there is disproportionate negative attention placed on the tech industry these days, but it is still reasonable to write an in-depth article like this that only focuses on one specific offending industry.
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BBB gives fake Hamas “business” an a rating, charges for higher ratings(abcnews.go.com)
7 points by zenbob 8y ago|0 comments
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by zenbob 8y ago
$67 million a month * 12 = $804 million. I am assuming it is a monthly increase.

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