dustinblake

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by dustinblake 3y ago
We already have something far more insidious in the United States - Credit Ratings. Not only are the tendrils woven so thoroughly into nearly every aspect of modern life, they are run by for profit corporations with zero transparency and ac
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by dustinblake 3y ago
I walk, a lot. I've been extremely happy with shoes made by Camper - especially their higher end lines - I have several of their Pelotas (not the lite version) with the oldest nearly 20 years old... and they are still all in great shap
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by dustinblake 3y ago
The most important thing with shoe longevity is to not wear the same pair every day. Buy two and switch between them - or better yet, get three pairs - and rotate. Give them some time to rest, air out, dry out, etc. between wearings. They w
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by dustinblake 4y ago
I agree that San Francisco has idiotic zoning and an overactive planning department that caters to the whims of NIMBYs. And there's plenty of big tech still here, more than enough, really. Idiotic policies, sure, sometimes, however, th
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by dustinblake 4y ago
Actually, the notch fits right in with Apple's design decisions. Apple loves to have a simple, black and white line art icon for products that allow you to instantly know it's an Apple product. Think original Mac/Plus/SE
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by dustinblake 5y ago
I’m not a fan of Thiel at all, but the “offensive” article in Gawker actually made me empathize with him. It’s the most flattering thing written about him, and it made me briefly consider him to be human. Those feelings were short-lived.
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by dustinblake 7y ago
Why are we assuming that it was Twigg’s actions that caused her mother to kick her out? It’s just as likely (if not more) that her mother was crazy and/or abusive, and at the very least it was not a traditional family experience—they w
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by dustinblake 8y ago
I went to check out BookFusion, which at first glance, seems like an interesting idea. Unfortunately, I could not find anywhere on your site that indicated the cost associated with an individual user account. (Free to signup, of course, but
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by dustinblake 9y ago
You might find one of the Notational Velocity forks to be exactly what you're looking for: http://notational.net http://brettterpstra.com/projects/nvalt/ (nvALT adds Markdown support and a few int
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by dustinblake 9y ago
That government is wasteful has been a rallying cry from Reagan onward. Republicans have gleefully been cutting waste since then, so we’ve had nearly four decades of intense scrutiny of government waste. There is very little left! While eac
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by dustinblake 9y ago
Isn’t that something Georgia should be proud of! /s I’ve never understood why people in those sorts of places are so excited about such regressive laws.
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by dustinblake 9y ago
The postal service is not taxpayer funded! Yes, they are indicated in the Constitution, and they must service each and every little town, and they must go to Congress to gain approval for rate increases, but they are not supported by an
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by dustinblake 9y ago
Sure, a business can cease to operate—that's a risk that seems pretty clear cut and understandable. Or, if the business completely changes and doesn't offer that type of product or service anymore. If the lifetime offer was for un
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by dustinblake 10y ago
There's a major problem with term limits. Let's say we fix the House of Representatives so that instead of constantly having to run for (re)election with two year terms, we change them to 4 year terms but limit them to 2. Ignoring
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by dustinblake 10y ago
And the only reason why the ban doesn't encompass those countries (Saudi Arabia, UAE, etc.) is because Trump has business dealings there.
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by dustinblake 10y ago
It comes down to the curation. Those books were the result of one or a few people consciously deciding what was important to include. They made value-based decisions to decide what would make the cut. Constraint forces choices which lead to
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by dustinblake 10y ago
Current (and previous) generation Paperwhites have the same resolution as the Voyage and Oasis. I have a Paperwhite and the screen is fantastic. I'd love hardware buttons for page turning, though. While the Oasis is expensive, if you a