ShinyObject

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by ShinyObject 6y ago
Under FDR and the conditions of the great depression, labor was able to get a seat at the table. 1940s onward the ruling class (corporate executives and corporate-aligned members of the political class) worked to dismantle the great society
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by ShinyObject 6y ago
"group opposed to dictatorial Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro" Gee what great, totally-not-editorialized analysis from yet another military think tank pr writer.
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by ShinyObject 6y ago
This is actually a rather bad time to buy a high-end monitor because if you get one right now it will likely be outdated by the end of the year. If you want a monitor that can do all of the cool things at once (2160p, hdr, 120Hz+, freesync)
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by ShinyObject 6y ago
Similar thing happened to me. I've got an old gmail address with pop3 enabled that my main gmail account pulls emails out of. Hadn't logged into the old address in a couple years because everything was working. One day I decided t
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by ShinyObject 7y ago
Because uncoordinated individual action is ineffective against large scale problems, which should be obvious right now.
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by ShinyObject 7y ago
The researchers obviously have to keep the scope narrow in order to get numbers at all. That said, we should be aware that a tech nerd audience will find simple answers to complex non-tech questions appealing, and we should not over-estimat
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by ShinyObject 8y ago
There is a youtube channel that does detailed led bulb teardowns, for those who would like more of this sort of info. https://www.youtube.com/user/electronupdate
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by ShinyObject 12y ago
The Hitachi drives are Toshiba drives. The 3.5" desktop and server Hitachi drives are all manufactured by Toshiba. WD wanted to buy Hitachi's drive division so there would be a WD/Seagate drive duopoly, European regulators sa
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by ShinyObject 13y ago
This is very interesting. 128kbit is fast enough for Google Maps which is good enough for me. I know they said the free overseas data is only for contract customers but I wonder if they will allow us pre-paid people to add on the "pack
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by ShinyObject 13y ago
I agree with the points he makes and have had a similar experience. I have worked desk jobs with minimal movement for the last 10 years and getting into resistance training plus cardio has made a huge difference in the amount of energy I ha
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by ShinyObject 13y ago
"University of Phoenix...They are a company that makes it easy to get the same quality diploma that you would get at the local college." It damages the credibility of the author to make a statement like this. University of Phoenix degrees a
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by ShinyObject 13y ago
Perspective from a stone-cold atheist/philosophical-materialist that started daily meditation in recent months: there's nothing magical to it, but there is something to it. There are many different explanations as to "how it works". These r
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by ShinyObject 14y ago
Your pet hypothesis and mine are quite similar. Hey there pet hypothesis buddy. Once you get a good routine down, you figure out the best grocery stores for everything, find the best routes to and from work/school, punch a clock for half yo
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by ShinyObject 14y ago
I like this post a lot. It perfectly sums up why I quit reading Slashdot. There was a time when reading Slashdot posts could expose you to new ideas, real world examples of technical solutions, and other people trying to learn more. Now it'