jachriga

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by jachriga 1y ago
"Journalism" has to compete with the likes of TikTok these days in terms of information availability, and TikTok (and it's infinite scrolling ilk) are not subject to the same principles that traditional journalism has been. I
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by jachriga 1y ago
Doesn't matter how they wrote it, they put their name on it so it should be treated as if they wrote it themselves.
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by jachriga 1y ago
(Universal Summarizer by Kagi) Title: How Long Can SSD Store Data Unpowered? Year 2 Update - The video provides a two-year update on SSD data retention tests conducted by HT Wingnut, focusing on SSDs left unpowered. - Four inexpensive 128 G
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by jachriga 2y ago
Not that it's a perfect source, but reddit lawyers used to describe the difficulty of proving entrapment by laying out two requirements: (1) you wouldn't have committed the crime if the instigator wasn't law enforcement, and
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by jachriga 2y ago
Specifically re: git, I think a more fair comparison (than deep git vs. shallow git knowledge) is about learning how to use automation tools vs understanding the processes that they automate. Case in point, there is an employee in my office
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by jachriga 2y ago
In the "How to work for Mr Beast" leak, the "no doesn't mean no" section absolutely boggles my mind. For decades (probably centuries!), the phrase "don't take no for an answer" has always been a commo
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by jachriga 2y ago
They only hit the 80/20 because of the account-keeping shenanigans allowed by the PBM/manufacturer/plan negotiations. It would not surprise me if the rebate system were completely done away with and health plans had to spend
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by jachriga 2y ago
PBMs finally being on the chopping block is 20+ years overdue, and the American public have consistently refused to accept that drug manufacturers aren't solely responsible for high drug prices. Having worked with the JDRF in the past,
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by jachriga 2y ago
My (recent) experience with Kayak is that when you do finally pick a flight to book, it only redirects you to the carrier site where you book it manually. This was once for United and once for Delta. Is that interaction maybe carrier-depend
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by jachriga 3y ago
> If criminals would behave themselves, there would be less demand for "law enforcement". I don't think you realize you're arguing against all laws here? Criminals don't behave themselves, so we make laws and pun
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by jachriga 3y ago
Why do all of the PalWorld dedicated server repos I see have a crazy amount of stuff going on? I run my friend group server using a 27-line Dockerfile[1], and that could even be compressed a bit without losing any functionality... [1] http
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by jachriga 3y ago
I worked at Lexmark around the time they tried this as a strategy. They sold a $300-400 inkjet printer whose (black) ink cartridges were priced at $5. It doesn't work, because the consumer is shortsighted and greedy and often self-defe
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by jachriga 3y ago
> “We love people sharing Netflix whether they’re two people on a couch or 10 people on a couch,,” Hastings said. “That’s a positive thing, not a negative thing.” > To illustrate this example, he spoke of how a parent may share their
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by jachriga 3y ago
> It’s still crazy to me how one group can have a chain of incorrect assertions, but then continue to make new ones without any self awareness. This is the nature of "I have a viewpoint that must be true at all costs." It'
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by jachriga 3y ago
Those sort of arguments are always made in bad faith. Is it surprising that <arbitrary infectious disease> was lower during the pandemic, in the midst of unprecedented lockdowns and mask mandates ? Absolutely not. The same goes for a