ikr678

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by ikr678 7d ago
Cynical take: A single photo to now consume up 50mb of cloud storage, adding to the demand for more data centers that supported the creation of this authenticity issue in the first place.
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by ikr678 7d ago
Maybe the incentive are at the individual level, not the company level. How do you justify your salary/bonus as the TV product team manager by making the same product year in year out? If you have KPI's for new features or cost sa
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by ikr678 8d ago
I like friction in my life, and intentionally add it back in where I can for this reason. It isn't me 'profiting' from having more free time, it's usually companies managing to find new things for me to fill my free time
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by ikr678 10d ago
Took a few weeks off, couldnt deal with the headaches, went back to one cup every 2-3 days of measured espresso. No more getting anxious and worked up about small things and picking fights with my partner. When you are trying to have none,
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by ikr678 10d ago
How much caffiene do you consume? I had just been prescribed a script for an ssri for generalised anxiety, was scared of the side effects, decided to try cutting out coffee instead. Anxiety gone. I was only having 2-3 filter cups a day, pro
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by ikr678 15d ago
about page - senior editor is a board member of Mercatus Group which is Koch funded
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by ikr678 16d ago
Telstra are one step ahead of you and encouraging an ingress style territory control game with the payphones. https://www.telstra.com.au/exchange/what-is-payphone-tag--th...
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by ikr678 17d ago
In most corporate environments, the average worker isnt maximising to performance criteria, they usually are maximising their ability to stay employed, pay their mortgage and support their families. If developing unmeasured skillsets isnt v
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by ikr678 23d ago
Not just clinics, but mainstream skincare and cosmetics companies have been doing topical peptide products for the past 10 years. You can get a peptide serum from a drugstore for ~$30.
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by ikr678 28d ago
At it's peak, I found Pandora's recomendation algo vastly superior to Spotify
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by ikr678 29d ago
The people criticizing use of management consulting are not usually the same people who make the decision to use management consulting.
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by ikr678 29d ago
I've seen the opposite happen (most competent person applying for promotion passed over because they are too hard to replace in their current role), but not incompetent people being managed up. What (to me) is more common - unfireable
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by ikr678 1mo ago
The cost isnt zero, previously you were exercising your brain and spatial awareness, you've now offloaded that critical thinking. Repeat this often enough in all areas of your life and you'll start to see impacts down the line on
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by ikr678 1mo ago
Neither, but my coworkers are apparently unable to carpool to a lunch spot 5 mins away that we visit every 2-3 weeks without setting nav first.
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by ikr678 1mo ago
If the trade off is excellent battery life (low hardware capability) vs emojis, most people are going to pick the battery life.
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by ikr678 1mo ago
I suspect popularity of sims like this is because of people who cannot be candidates for ATC roles - either have family or lifestyle restrictions that prevent them relocating or doing shift work, drug dependencies or medical issues, or cr
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by ikr678 1mo ago
Many commenters seem to be focusing on men having to be 'strong protectors' but I think it's more superficial than that. For most hetero relationships, a tall/well built male partner helps to make you feel small/pet
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by ikr678 1mo ago
Corporate America is trapped in a race to the bottom - if you do the 'right' thing and say, don't negotiate hard for tax breaks from the host city or get some sort of predatory preferred pricing from the utilities providers t
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by ikr678 2mo ago
The few places I have seen book nooks like this, they end filled up with religious literature which is usually not the intent of the person who started it.
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by ikr678 2mo ago
I'm now in a team where I don't particularly like any of my coworkers due to all the things they have shared over the years which has accumulated in a persistent ick about all of them. I can work with them fine, I just don't
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by ikr678 2mo ago
I see it quite often in reddit threads that appear in my google search results for obscure technical/hardware issues. The original helpful comments were probably provided by switched-on users of whatever subreddit, and those same users
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by ikr678 2mo ago
Common advice where i am from is to alternate between acetaminaphen/paracetamol and ibuprofen based otc painkillers. One, it reduces your opporunity to overdose, but also some evidence they work better together.
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by ikr678 3mo ago
Default 'Do Not Disturb' on android still lets heaps of notifications through. Additionally, when I do have my phone silenced completely, (or on an airplane without wireless), I still find myself reaching for the phone and checkin
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by ikr678 3mo ago
The mystery is regulation. Other countries have better regulations in this space (re-selling rules, anti-scalping rules, anti monopoly regulation, fee caps, general consumer protections). If you want to disrupt ticketmaster, you need to vot
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by ikr678 4mo ago
I remove mine after about a year. You keep saying storage isnt an issue, but having a large digital footprint is just more baggage to manage in future. I want to let these conversations/relationships evolve and change over time, I dont
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by ikr678 4mo ago
Its not a communication overhead, it's that business owners want to maximise their returns on their fixed operating costs subject to the 5 day limit. One extra staff member in a traditional office is extra software license, extra seati
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by ikr678 4mo ago
I find the magnetism from these types of people is seeing someone violate your social norms (usually for gain) in ways you had never considered, and getting a tantalising glimpse of what might be possible if only you weren't so timid&#
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by ikr678 4mo ago
'Only one country should export culture, for economic efficiency' is the kind of take that the Norweigians (and everyone else) would like to protect themselves from.
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by ikr678 4mo ago
The pedagogy suggests that you retain more when you also have a spatial element to what you are reading - eg you recall not only what the text was but where exactly on the page you read it, and perhaps also how far through the book it was.
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by ikr678 4mo ago
Cheap labour is one part of it, but also if you were a wealthy foreigner looking to get residency/citizenship, there are a few visa classes for 'business owners' who met certain job creation/investment thresholds. Car wa

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