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by float4 5y ago
I wasn't getting through because my domain was "domain". When I changed it to "gmail" it was fine.
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by float4 5y ago
> Nobody is getting hooked on paying people to pour concrete. So you think sex work is illegal / made very impractical in so many countries to protect the customers?
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by float4 5y ago
Atrocious that such a trivial case cost you so much money that you actually lost (not strictly, but it must've felt like a loss). My dad is currently suing has past employer (the state). It's taken two years so far and they try to
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by float4 5y ago
What is the roadmap for localisation? I tried some queries that should give localised results, but they yield terrible results (just like DDG does).
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by float4 5y ago
This has been known for years, at least in Europe. German article from 2018: https://www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/handel/das-ist-ein-riesengro... Edit: people replying seem to think that I'm saying that: 1. only A
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by float4 5y ago
A lot of products are returned in used state, or have very slight use marks like scratches, tiny dents, protective foil that's been removed, etc. These items therefore can't be resold as new. Finding out exactly which items are an
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by float4 5y ago
There's the privacy-utility tradeoff in data anonymisation, but most algorithms focus primarily on privacy. There usually are no parameters that promise any kind of utility, only parameters that promise privacy. In this case it looks l
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by float4 5y ago
> By default this means the day and month of birth and your initials, unless you share those among many other citizens. In that case, more data may be added This sounds like k-anonymity, in which case the k is usually made public. Any id
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by float4 5y ago
> novice users are terrified of it. When they make a mistake, many would rather delete and re-clone the repository than try to fix it In my experience most beginners use a GUI like Atlassian Sourcetree or the Github desktop client. It&#x
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by float4 5y ago
Most people will want visual feedback on the thing they write on, e.g. tablet or whiteboard.
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by float4 5y ago
> even the best parents can have horrible kids I agree completely, but my statement doesn't contradict yours. I said: bad parent implies bad child. You say: good parent does not imply good child. These statements do not contradict e
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by float4 5y ago
- "Don't worry about bugs, worry about your program crashing." - "Don't worry about extreme weight gain, worry about cardiovascular disease." - "Don't worry about your bad parenting skills, worry abou
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by float4 5y ago
I see this criticism often, but the program focuses a lot on proper form, starting with relatively light weights, and only increasing weights when you can complete all sets, so I don't really agree with it. However, I do agree that if
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by float4 5y ago
> The secret is to show up. Every day. Just keep stacking those good days. This is just not true. The most popular beginner weight lifting programs are comprised of ~3 workouts a week of ~30-60 minutes each. There's a reason for tha
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by float4 5y ago
I'll make it simple for you: do Starting Strength. Three 45 minute workouts per week, 3 exercises per workout (you have to do all 3 of them, so no choices to make here). There's a reason why this is, by far , the most popular cho
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by float4 5y ago
Virtually everyone will tell you to just do Starting Strength or Stronglifts 5x5. Both are fine, both require 3 workouts a week of ~45 minutes each. If you're willing to monitor your diet a bit and stick to the program, then you'l
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by float4 5y ago
Shout out to Stripe for translating all their web pages! When an HN post sends me to a Dutch page, it's always Stripe. 100% of the time.
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by float4 5y ago
People complain about his book a lot, as is their right, but the finger tapping experiment was actually conducted by Walker's team and the scientific paper[0] has been cited over 500 times. [0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#
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by float4 5y ago
It's not about the pandemic or luck. It has to do with strategy, more independence etc.
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by float4 5y ago
That tweet is three months old. No way YC bans someone over a three month old tweet (unless they only discovered the tweet recently, which I doubt). I'm betting there's more to this story.
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by float4 5y ago
Your friend's SPF 50 ingredients list[0]: Aqua, Diethylhexyl Adipate, Ethylhexyl Salicylate, Pentylene Glycol, Decyl Oleate, Diethylamino Hydroxybenzoyl Hexyl Benzoate, Polyglyceryl-4 Diisostearate/Polyhydroxystearate/Sebacat
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by float4 5y ago
Three things that helped my reasoning skills and rationality: - programming / applied maths; - being forced to memorise ~20 logical fallacies in high school; - growing the hell up and learning that being right just doesn't matter.
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by float4 5y ago
Apple lossless goes up to 24bits at 192KHz, which is over 4mbps. I believe bluetooth 5.x only supports 2mbps, although I'm not sure. According to wikipedia, Apple did file a patent in 2019 for high bandwidth low latency audio streaming
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by float4 5y ago
Wow, you're clearly smarter/wiser than the author and people who upvoted this story. Thanks for letting us know!
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by float4 5y ago
Wasn't that just caused by heavy smoking?
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by float4 5y ago
Cardano
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by float4 5y ago
Do you play an instrument? I have a feeling that I can type quickly (well over 100wpm) because I play the piano as well.
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by float4 5y ago
> If you were just getting too mad at stuff they got therapy for that CBT being the most popular kind. In CBT you detect negative emotional reasoning, categorise it, and refute it by coming up with a more rational response. See the patte
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by float4 5y ago
I'm about to start working (in tech) soon, and I know the exact same thing will happen to me. Just don't know what to do instead.
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by float4 5y ago
> Also I feel like most women want it, because it's what everyone asks of them. To me it feels more like a classic case of mimetism: all beautiful / successful / happy / rich people have a diamond ring, so most women

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