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by corin_ 5y ago
They need to do more due diligence on the cause before announcing the cause, but they don't need to do more than confirm users are having problems to update the status page that problems exist. Even assuming they can't instantly s
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by corin_ 5y ago
Surely then a stalker just needs to be bright enough to make up a story like "I put it into my bag or wallet when I go out, and since I only have one tracker I often move it between them depending on if I have much cash." rather t
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by corin_ 5y ago
Why not spend an extra 10 seconds finding out if there's a topping you don't like and asking them to not put it on? Surely even quicker than picking it off, and less wasteful! But maybe you like nearly everything so you only have
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by corin_ 5y ago
A cardboard roach is not a filter, it's just a cigarette (or joint) holding/structural device. In the case of weed smokers, not having a filter is beneficial. Most cigarette smokers don't want to skip having an actual filter.
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by corin_ 5y ago
Your definition of "common" is out of step with most people's. It means not-rare, or widespread, for example jobs in trucking, retail, and tech are all common in America without that implying any of them make up 50% of the c
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by corin_ 5y ago
You're confusing the definition of a singular thing with the group of things. For example, apples are a luxury in that nobody needs them to live (and the same can be said of any single food source - and therefore whether or not we cons
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by corin_ 5y ago
Also from the UK, I've never heard a Brit say "zee" (unless quoting an American or talking about Jay-Z)
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by corin_ 5y ago
When driving I don't bother to use Siri for anything other than "call <person>" or "text <person>". The most hilarious example of how bad Siri is for me, is that literally 100% of the time that I'm
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by corin_ 5y ago
> I think your examples support the thesis that we're actually decent at discovering harmful effects, but we don't mind them. I think it's less that we don't mind them, and more that it unfortunately is a slow proce
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by corin_ 5y ago
I've travelled internationally maybe a couple of hundred times and never had my bags searched (that I know of, who knows for ones checked in at airports) until one trip a few years ago when I arrived back in UK and customs officers pul
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by corin_ 5y ago
From the article this thread is about ( italics emphasis added by me): > The researchers found a significantly increased risk of developing a symptomatic Omicron case compared to Delta for those who were two or more weeks past their sec
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by corin_ 5y ago
In the case of covid vaccines there's plenty of real world data and lots of governments, universities, etc. running different studies all the time. Pfizer would be stupid to fake some initial data because it would be very quickly found
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by corin_ 5y ago
> So when you get a booster (or a breakthrough infection) your immune system kicks into gear again but now it produces a broader range of antibodies. Would/could it not also be the case for exposure to the virus that doesn't
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by corin_ 5y ago
My point was that organising something and making it accessible to people doesn't have to mean "without doing so in the way that makes money".
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by corin_ 5y ago
Supermarkets organise food and make them accessible [to paying customers], as does (not with food this time) a private library. Sure their way of wording it makes it possible to read it naively as being altruistic, but technically I don&#x2
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by corin_ 5y ago
Actually I believe that in itself is a misunderstanding. Flu may be more likely than a cold statistically to hit someone badly, but it's quite possible to get the flu mildly, and it's quite possible to get really, really bad cold
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by corin_ 5y ago
A piece of advice I was given once and try to remember to follow is to, when commenting online, think "does this comment seem wrong if read out of context". For example you wouldn't have had to come back to explain the contex
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by corin_ 5y ago
It becomes second nature, but most people find it a bit of a challenge to learn - obviously not a particularly huge or impossible one considering how common it is for people to get the hang of it in tens of hours, but still a challenge comp
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by corin_ 5y ago
Is that a criticism, or a reflection of the fact that 20 years ago it was already pretty much perfect except for graphics limitations of the tech of the time? (Genuine question as someone who tried it as a kid 20 years ago but doesn't
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by corin_ 5y ago
If it's either a selling point of the car enough that the manufacturer wants to demonstrate it accurately, or if it's something enough people care about and want to see which car suits them better, then a third party could creat
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by corin_ 5y ago
Sure, but the complaint was written as it being annoying having to constantly unlock it for her to have access to it, not wanting to prevent her from having access to it.
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by corin_ 5y ago
From your blog: > Finally, here's what drove the purchase: I was taking a long car trip, and my wife was doing the DJ work using my device. Of course, every time she wanted to change tracks I had to unlock the device with my finger
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by corin_ 5y ago
Hypothetically if I became an actor tomorrow and were handed a "prop gun" for a scene, is it actually as simple as you make it sound to "check the chamber"? The only guns I've ever held were shotguns for a couple of
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by corin_ 5y ago
And you're defining "have a million dollars that you don't need to spend for 90 years" as not hard to achieve? Doable for some, even easy for some, but for the vast majority of people.... very hard.
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by corin_ 5y ago
That would cover the "pretentious seeming" aspect, but my main reason is that I already have too many things like that which I don't really need, and I don't live in a huge mansion to keep accruing random stuff like that
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by corin_ 5y ago
On the other hand, HN is full of people who a) type all day for a living and b) enjoy tech history and quirky things. I'm 31 and have used at least 2 typewriters in my life - obviously at no point did I need to for either school or wor
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by corin_ 5y ago
> You’re talking about accessing someone’s house here. I don’t know anyone that carries their passport around. I'd guess that a high majority of passport owners do indeed carry them around when they travel, and places such as airp
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by corin_ 5y ago
I downvoted your comment to demonstrate that I disagree with you. I've heard some good arguments against allowing users to show dislikes/downvotes as well as likes, but I've not heard your argument before and it doesn't
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by corin_ 5y ago
Not just almost, it originally was called that https://web.archive.org/web/20070405175109/https://news.ycom...
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by corin_ 5y ago
Do a search for either skywriting or air/sky tours, for a major city like NYC or SF, and you'll find companies offering planes and helicopters pretty low across the city for personal or promotional reasons. Not even that expensive

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