hpliferaft

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by hpliferaft 6y ago
Oh please. OP offered a position and asked a simple, direct question. That is customary here. Your bloviation about great writing offers nothing except a great example of a style you won't find in the New Yorker.
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by hpliferaft 6y ago
I tried reading Moby Dick several times and gave up because I felt a similar reaction to the prose. I finally opted for an audiobook version that was reviewed well for its lively narration. I loved it and subsequently bought a copy to rerea
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by hpliferaft 6y ago
If you take 30 seconds to Google you'll find a bunch of sources that indicate the low percentage of men in nursing is nuanced. It's not just toxicity or gatekeeping. Examples: "Research indicates that ideas of masculinity pre
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by hpliferaft 6y ago
Truly one of the best acting duos in history.
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by hpliferaft 6y ago
Yesterday I read an article that claims an opposite of elite panic -- working class denial? -- of the virus is happening in my city [0]. The thesis is that a community (euphemistically termed a "subculture") of older African Ameri
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by hpliferaft 6y ago
I was a happy Adguard user for several years but found that some ads have come through lately. I did some research and switched to Blokada, which works well--sometimes too well; I have to temporarily deactivate it to use certain apps when I
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by hpliferaft 6y ago
Any company that sells to people inside their homes is doing great. Games and content providers, video conferencing software, restaurants that do food delivery, Amazon.
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by hpliferaft 7y ago
Nice!! I use a ton of tables in the react apps I make on the job, so I'm excited to try this out. Thanks for making it open source.
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by hpliferaft 7y ago
It's clearer now, definitely. This was in the late 90s and both my parents were humanities academics. I ended up getting a master's in English and taught essay writing for a while. Many decisions later, I work as security analyst
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by hpliferaft 7y ago
I went to a bootcamp with an ISA. I'm thankful for the temporary relief it offered, but I'm almost positive most of the students in my cohort don't have coding jobs right now. I'm convinced the low admission standards (&
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by hpliferaft 7y ago
Love the trope. I read a story in either Asimov's or Analog in the late 80s that featured this. I'd love to read it again. Any sf superfan out there know the title offhand?
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by hpliferaft 7y ago
React/AWS lambda/AWS DynamoDb+S3 for prototyping CRUD variations. Anything else would depend on the app's features.
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by hpliferaft 7y ago
And if you enjoy Ways of Seeing in all its retro-critical glory and need MOAR, check out Robert Hughes's The Shock of the New: https://youtu.be/J3ne7Udaetg