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by electricviolet 5y ago
An integration test is a type of software test that makes sure different parts of a system work properly together. So HBO has some integration tests that make sure their system can send email properly. The way it does this is by sending som
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by electricviolet 6y ago
It's funny, I usually have the opposite experience. I try to use DDG as much as possible for ideological reasons, but I find myself coming back to Google search most of the time because I get better results.
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by electricviolet 6y ago
Absolutely, but you write like we don't have startup CEOs doing stupid immature things [1] frequently... [1] https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1026872652290379776
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by electricviolet 6y ago
Not sure about anyone else, but I lose my sense of smell regularly when I get a cold. (Not due to being stuffed up -- even when I inhale through my nose I smell nothing.)
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by electricviolet 6y ago
Does this not happen to most people with regular colds? For at least the past 5-10 years, I've noticed that whenever I get more than a very mild cold, I completely lose my sense of smell for a few days. (I'm talking 100% loss, l
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by electricviolet 6y ago
Why do you only care about the lifestyles of people living in developed countries? Also, even if we decide that we don't care about 4/5 of the world, increased flooding and wildfires are already affecting hundreds of thousands of
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by electricviolet 6y ago
Can you imagine the misery and chaos if someone on the flight desperately needs the restroom and there isn't one?
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by electricviolet 6y ago
I've heard it called the foot-in-the-door phenomenon. https://www.simplypsychology.org/compliance.html
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by electricviolet 6y ago
In many (most?) European languages the day is spoken before the month. e.g. le dix-huit août, deux mille vingt
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by electricviolet 6y ago
> Being a driver isn't predicated on mistakenly calculating your odds of winning big Not exactly, but there are parallels. Most drivers don't take into account the costs of wear and tear on their cars, which can be significant,
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by electricviolet 6y ago
A couple of years ago, the Quebec government introduced additional restrictions on ridesharing companies. Uber got up on their soapbox and said they were pulling out of Quebec. The government called their bluff and basically said "Okay
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by electricviolet 6y ago
MLM companies continue to be popular, despite the fact that the majority of people lose money by participating. I agree that portions of the left can be paternalistic sometimes, but that doesn't mean Uber and Lyft aren't exploitat
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by electricviolet 6y ago
It sounds like the main issue you're addressing is that mortgages need to keep getting paid. New York City suspended mortgage payments however, so how were they able to do that without causing all the problems you're describing?
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by electricviolet 6y ago
Most of the people for whom $700/month for health insurance is unattainable are not spending $700/month on car payments. There's bound to be some overlap, sure, but let's keep the focus on the fact that expecting everyon
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by electricviolet 6y ago
It's possible they're exaggerating to get a good sound bite to get people on their side -- "medical information" could refer to health insurance enrollment forms, and "financial records" could refer to paystubs
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by electricviolet 6y ago
They lose their status when the school goes online, since they are not currently enrolled in in-person classes. They will probably have to apply to reinstate their status in order to return. Even if those applications are likely to be accep
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by electricviolet 6y ago
If your internet provider dynamically assigns IP addresses, they may have been downloaded by people who previously had your current IP address.
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by electricviolet 6y ago
you've got a typo there, one of your millions should say billion
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by electricviolet 6y ago
Journalists are ethically obligated to keep sources anonymous once they have promised anonymity. They are not obligated to offer anonymity to every source.
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by electricviolet 6y ago
For the record, the WH response is false -- the red triangle is not a symbol used by antifa.
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by electricviolet 6y ago
I'd be curious if you could link to something that shows that usage. I've never seen this symbol associated with antifa anywhere.
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by electricviolet 6y ago
I don't think it's fair to say this "definitely" isn't Robinhood's fault. They deliberately market to beginning traders and make these kinds of complex trades available to them. If they're going to do that
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by electricviolet 6y ago
Oh yeah, I agree with you. I was replying to the above commenter about the Jetbrains subscription system and trying to understand how it differs from a pay-to-upgrade system.
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by electricviolet 6y ago
But this only works if you're releasing a new version every subscription period -- and in that case, it's equivalent to upgrade pricing.
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by electricviolet 6y ago
Ok, maybe this is where our disconnect lies -- I also have friends who consider themselves "sluts" and have a lot of sexual partners, but for most of them it's coming from a very intentional place and brings them a lot of joy
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by electricviolet 6y ago
Do you have any specific citations? This is an area where it's very difficult to show cause and effect (since you can't exactly do a randomized controlled trial) so I would be skeptical about drawing conclusions that lowered relat
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by electricviolet 6y ago
Have you considered that those who prefer monogamy and those who prefer sleeping around / being a "slut" simply have different personalities? Just because your monogamous friends are happy and fulfilled doesn't mean your
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by electricviolet 6y ago
I don't know much in this area so I might be wrong, but wouldn't first sale doctrine not apply to software as a service?
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by electricviolet 6y ago
It would be easy for them to put a clause in their contracts with third parties that forbids them from reselling it to the police. Not necessarily saying Microsoft will do that, but they could do it if they're committed to this.
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by electricviolet 6y ago
Same here. I can't subscribe to dozens of newspapers, but I'd happily pay even 50¢/article, if the payment process were seamless.

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