froglets

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by froglets 3y ago
No one really knows the listenership stats for radio, the method used to come up with numbers is appalling.
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by froglets 3y ago
Here’s the source for The Rolling Stones article about it. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/us-start-blocking-tik...
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by froglets 3y ago
TikTok was already banned once by Trump. It was removed from app stores for new downloads but still worked if already installed. ETA: Here’s one article I was able to find about it buried under more recent ones. I’m not sure how long it was
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by froglets 4y ago
Is it just the tech industry though? It sounds like they invested too much of their deposits in mortgage backed securities, which doesn’t really have to do with tech?
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by froglets 4y ago
I think the title/article uses the word infection when they should be using disease.
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by froglets 4y ago
I had very noticeable withdrawal after 3 weeks of using opiates as prescribed for a ruptured disc. Stopped because I was pain free a few days after surgery to fix it, and felt like I was going to die.
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by froglets 4y ago
I googled how to turn pie crust into cookie dough today and nothing but those awful SEO recipe blogs. I really miss when search results were authentic content.
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by froglets 4y ago
Is there any reason they couldn’t keep the ad online or in a podcast?
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by froglets 4y ago
There’s also a growing number of podcasts you can only listen to if you subscribe to Amazon Music.
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by froglets 4y ago
Didn’t Apple already move to Ireland for the tax breaks?
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by froglets 4y ago
Voice assistants are still great for kids who are too young to read or google things. A child can ask google assistant how to prevent spaghetti sticking together and get a better answer than a lot of parents would give them. They are really
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by froglets 4y ago
There was an intj forum that was kind of like an off topic HN, but it went private years ago.
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by froglets 4y ago
There is an appeal to TikTok that I haven’t noticed elsewhere, but it is hard to explain. Content trends are like a game of telephone, so it’s interesting to see what creators choose to carry over into their own content and pass along. It’s
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by froglets 4y ago
My theory is that depression is situational and doing things changes our situation, hopefully to one that is less depressing. Thinking about things isn’t very helpful if you don’t actually do anything. Medications can help people think less
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by froglets 4y ago
My kids are younger and don’t have phones yet, so all we do is set tablet, pc, and console to screen time off during the time they are supposed to be sleeping. My 10 year old’s computer is set up at a desk we share in our living room, and
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by froglets 4y ago
UAE are building nuclear plants as well.
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by froglets 4y ago
This article doesn’t say whether the people were in contact with pet prairie dogs, but I think that’s how people usually catch monkey pox. We have a case in Massachusetts too right now and prairie dogs were banned as pets here because of an
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by froglets 4y ago
This is one of the most wholesome uses of location data I’ve heard about. There was a NYT article a few years ago about the data brokers who sell this info, and how easy it was to deanonymize if you know where a specific person is at certai
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by froglets 4y ago
If you don’t have an account to deposit a check into, you can usually take it to the issuing bank to cash it. I’ve done this many times at many different banks, the only place to charge a fee was BoA.