JacobJans

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by JacobJans 5y ago
The nature of some things require a monopoly or quasi-monopoly. In those cases, there is an argument for public ownership.
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by JacobJans 5y ago
In Canada, we had a longer gap between doses, which may be a factor in extending efficacy. There is also a robust booster strategy, though it does not get much attention here. Not sure how it compares, though.
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by JacobJans 5y ago
That is actually the definition of bad, inneffective advertising. Good advertising comes from a deep understanding of what people want to do, and then presents them with an opportunity to do just that. This is literally why Google is so val
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by JacobJans 5y ago
This adds so much clarity, in terms of where the most effective actions on climate change can happen right away, and where we still need more research.
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The Green Premium – The cost of going carbon free by category(breakthroughenergy.org)
1 points by JacobJans 5y ago|1 comments
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by JacobJans 5y ago
The only hope is massive political pressure on our leaders. If enough people force our leaders to force change on all of us, then we stand a half a chance. I wish this was a hopeful situation. It is not. If this were a war, we would be bad
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by JacobJans 7y ago
Leaseweb Virginia is having a major outage as well. Maybe it is related? https://www.leasewebstatus.com/incidents/updated-connectivit...
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by JacobJans 8y ago
Think about this: How many times in the past 24 hours did you unconsciously check your email, browse Facebook, visit a website, or check some other app? Do you ever find yourself looking at your phone, and not remember consciously deciding
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by JacobJans 8y ago
I don't get it. There have been fully-automatic, vending machine style espresso machines around for a long time. This seems to use technology suited for a different purpose; it's certainly a big robot, but it doesn't exactly
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by JacobJans 8y ago
I don't think that's the right logic. Say there are ten "events" that have had recessions follow them (or not). Each of these events happened 10 times. For the first type of a event, a recession happened just once afterw
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by JacobJans 8y ago
The great irony here is that people have no issue stealing data -- copyright theft is considered "normal" by many people. However, if it's your data, then maybe jail time should be on the table?
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by JacobJans 8y ago
That is not necessarily true, as industrial food companies increasingly push for larger yield per acre, they do not account for the objective quality of the product. They're looking to maximize their profit; and quality is just one met
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by JacobJans 8y ago
Many local news sites now have online subscriptions available. Combined with an ad blocker, it seems as though you can generally get a pleasant local news experience, while still supporting the publisher.
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by JacobJans 8y ago
This is a very immature view of advertising, that, unfortunately many advertisers share -- and it leads to scummy ads, with no eye on the long term relationship with the person viewing the ad. However, many ads are not deceptive in any way,
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by JacobJans 8y ago
Store bought almond milk also has additives that may not be good for you. Emulsifiers, thickeners, starches, preservatives, etc. For people with sensitive digestion, it may be safer to make it at home.
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by JacobJans 8y ago
Instead of downvoting, maybe answer my question.
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by JacobJans 8y ago
Why is copyright infringement tolerated on HN?
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by JacobJans 8y ago
The problem is that people want to dictate publisher's business models. > they’ll put out a single decent article a month, and you’re currently required to subscribe to everything to read it. > But you can’t make an informed paym
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by JacobJans 8y ago
Actually, you can now buy a Presto Card from machines. There are no more change collectors! And there are absolutely no more tokens. They just transitioned.
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by JacobJans 8y ago
> Why they can't just get machines for that? That's actually what they do in Toronto now. It's all "Presto Card" automated.
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Today is the 9th Anniversary of Tales of Maj'Eyal first line of code(te4.org)
1 points by JacobJans 8y ago|0 comments
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by JacobJans 8y ago
http://search.lycos.com/web/?q=+JsonAPI+parsing+performance&...
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by JacobJans 8y ago
It seems to me there is always an "except" with Linux. Even someone, elsewhere in this thread, said the developer edition of the XPS worked flawlessly, "except..." -- and that is a laptop that comes preinstalled with Lin
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by JacobJans 8y ago
Do you have a smart phone? It's not any different. Edit: But it also constantly tracks your location and has a built in camera.
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by JacobJans 8y ago
> On the other hand, people in US enjoy freedom to exchange ideas on whatever they want, except politically incorrect topics in public. This is not true; there are many common instances of this happening, Every Single Day.
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by JacobJans 8y ago
I think it's pretty amazing the number of government services most people spend almost zero time thinking about, and yet, benefit from nearly constantly in their day-to-day lives. I think, in general, this is one of the attributes of
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by JacobJans 8y ago
> there is always a disconnect This is incorrect. There are plenty of efficient, well run government institutions and projects. There are also plenty of inefficient and badly run (for the consumer) market-based companies.
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Investigation of generic ‘cartel’ expands to 300 drugs(washingtonpost.com)
2 points by JacobJans 8y ago|0 comments
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by JacobJans 8y ago
Probiotics are generally too much of a "magic bullet" -- if you're serious about changing your microbiome, the most effective way is through dietary changes. What you eat is ultimately the vast majority of what your gut micro
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by JacobJans 8y ago
There is something about the Facebook platform that encourages thoughtless distribution of incorrect and violent ideas. I don't say this lightly; a certain subset of users seem to get hooked on the propogation of "viral crazy,&quo

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