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FreeTaxUSA's Binding Arbitration Agreement(freetaxusa.com)
22 points by ciwchris 13d ago|5 comments
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by ciwchris 13d ago
I've often seen FreeTaxUSA (TaxHawk) as the recommended service for filing taxes, to avoid the shadier practices of other tax services. I was recently notified that FreeTaxUSA's default position will be binding arbitration, which
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by ciwchris 4mo ago
I had the same experience and feeling. I've also experienced this elsewhere. TIAA was essentially sending me marketing emails I couldn't unsubscribe from. My financial manager with sympathetic and communicated my frustration to th
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by ciwchris 6mo ago
I recently came across the idea of Universal Basic Capital (UBC): "granting every person a meaningful ownership stake in productive assets from birth." UBC would be enormously difficult to implement, as well as have its own weakne
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by ciwchris 1y ago
Using the Gemini CLI the first thing I tried to do was "Create GEMINI.md files to customize your interactions with Gemini." The command ran for about a minute before receiving a too many requests error. > You exceeded your curr
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New transformer arch emulates imagination and higher-level human mental states(techxplore.com)
2 points by ciwchris 1y ago|1 comments
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by ciwchris 1y ago
"Inspired by recent cellular neurobiological evidence linking neocortical pyramidal cells to distinct mental states, this work shows how models (e.g., transformers) can emulate high-level perceptual processing and awake thought (imagin
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by ciwchris 1y ago
There's a link for Linux at the bottom of the download page, which directs to the releases in GitHub
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by ciwchris 2y ago
This question came up on Soft Skills Engineering[1]. To cut through the noise it's more important to have a blog or a project you contribute to which you can point to. And then yes, whiteboard type of questions which unfortunately are
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by ciwchris 2y ago
I can't help but wonder whether the problem is subjective, to each person and what they need to accomplish at the time. What is cognitive load and indirection to one at one time is a simple abstraction to another at another time. And s
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by ciwchris 2y ago
One of my favorite pieces I've read. I keep revisiting it throughout the years. I feel it deserves to be shared again. It is perhaps even more moving and relevant today.
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Hello World for the Next Generation (2016)(gigasquidsoftware.com)
1 points by ciwchris 2y ago|1 comments
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by ciwchris 2y ago
I also looked into this topic for several years due to my insomnia issues. Ultimately it took forming a new relationship with sleep for me. To let go. Easier said than done. An online CBT-I class helped me make this shift. I later read the
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by ciwchris 2y ago
I was a paying user to both Standard Notes and Proton. I, however, moved away from Standard Notes and my subscription renewed without notice. I contacted them and they reversed the transaction without hassle. I continue to pay for Proton. D
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Advocating for the Future of the Open Web(changelog.com)
2 points by ciwchris 3y ago|0 comments
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by ciwchris 3y ago
Good to know. I'd like to learn about the process you had set up and the number of moving pieces it required. Have you written about this process? Can I read about it somewhere?
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by ciwchris 3y ago
When we focus on our differences does that lead us to feeling lonely? Is that a reason for the trend in depression? If so does it mean we need a more balanced view, one that also reveals to us what we have in common with others?
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Perma: Positive Emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, Accomplishments(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by ciwchris 3y ago|0 comments
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by ciwchris 4y ago
I struggled with the same. I tried all sorts of practices, "sleep hygiene", supplements and devices. What I eventually learned is that frequently what's need is changing your relationship with sleep. I couldn't find a CB
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The rise and fall of JavaScript frameworks(changelog.com)
4 points by ciwchris 4y ago|0 comments
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by ciwchris 4y ago
I've never successfully established a journaling habit. I'm giving it another try with your app. Maybe if I don't have the motivation to write I'll at least take a photo to keep the habit going. I really like the discree
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Ask HN: Are companies becoming increasingly pushy? If so why?
145 points by ciwchris 4y ago|124 comments
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by ciwchris 4y ago
The personality archetype practice is intriguing. That will be fun to experiment with. Thanks for sharing.
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by ciwchris 4y ago
That sounds similar to the idea of 1 Second Everyday, https://1se.co/
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Ask HN: Artistic Forms of Journaling
9 points by ciwchris 4y ago|6 comments
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by ciwchris 4y ago
I found the same thing when I went to renew my US passport on state.gov > The following desktop browsers are supported on this site: Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Safari (macOS only).
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Engineered Mattress Tricks Your Body to Fall Asleep Faster(cockrell.utexas.edu)
2 points by ciwchris 4y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Anyone ever consider bringing a coding exercise for the interviewers
68 points by ciwchris 4y ago|88 comments
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Google is pulling the plug on Assistant Snapshot(9to5google.com)
2 points by ciwchris 5y ago|0 comments
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Feedful is a opinionated, fast, jamstack RSS reader(github.com)
1 points by ciwchris 5y ago|0 comments

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