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Twenty-One Miles – How far from a road you can get in the lower 48(ryansajdak.com)
3 points by jtsnow 19d ago|0 comments
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by jtsnow 2mo ago
Hardly dangerous. The same disclaimer put on the Anti-Defamation League website applies here: > All the symbols depicted here must be evaluated in the context in which they appear. Few symbols represent just one idea or are used exclusiv
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by jtsnow 1y ago
I wonder if unconventional writing styles are becoming the signal for deliberate content. If text is too polished– or even using certain punctuation– can lead to readers questioning whether AI assisted in the creation of the text. A quick s
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by jtsnow 1y ago
This seems highly revisionist. Cancel culture isn't just about boycotting or being selective about what one consumes. It's not even about holding people accountable. It's about destroying people and tearing them down in order
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by jtsnow 2y ago
Wouldn't modifying current behavior be sufficient to justify the existence of pain? The mechanism can be a useful adaptation even if a single organism cannot learn. Maybe the default state of bacteria is pain and they can only relieve
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by jtsnow 2y ago
In addition to supporting GameCube discs, the Wii had physical ports for plugging in GameCube controllers and memory cards. So, not much of a stretch.
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by jtsnow 2y ago
Netflix shipped DVDs from 1997 to 2023, predating Redbox by 5 years. This is essentially how we got to streaming. GameFly still ships movie and game discs as a service.
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Why are most sofas so bad?(dwell.com)
783 points by jtsnow 3y ago|739 comments
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by jtsnow 4y ago
Interesting data! And very different from the anecdotes presented in another top HN discussion today, detailing fierce competition with software engineer job postings receiving 100x the number of applicants compared to just a few months ago
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by jtsnow 4y ago
"So why is reading books any better than reading tweets or wall posts? Well, sometimes it isn’t. Sometimes, you need to put down your book, if only to think about what you’re reading, what you think about what you’re reading. But a bo
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by jtsnow 4y ago
SimCopter and Crazy Taxi are older titles that come to mind.
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by jtsnow 4y ago
Red Notice
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by jtsnow 4y ago
Also worth reading are Red Notice and Freezing Order by Bill Browder.
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by jtsnow 5y ago
Nation Geographic's Trafficked has a fascinating episode on the stolen car market. The episode follows cars that are shipped out of the port of New Jersey to Ghana and documents just how organized the operations are. https:/&#x
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by jtsnow 5y ago
There are some good arguments that current hospitalization metrics are misleading and underestimate the healthcare workload. Delayed treatments or patients who cannot access treatment may be a more useful metric to measure how overwhelmed a
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by jtsnow 6y ago
Conservatives are running the hardest hitting anti-Trump ads this election year (see The Lincoln Project). Conservatives are split into 3 groups: Trumpers, those hoping the Republican party will just return to its roots after Trump, and tho
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by jtsnow 6y ago
Ioannidis continues to push this evidence-based approach, but I have not yet seen an adequate response to critics such as Nassim Taleb or Yaneer Bar-Yam. They argue that one doesn't need raw evidence to act if the statistical evidence
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Guide to Exercise at Home(darebee.com)
1 points by jtsnow 7y ago|0 comments
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Read the European Court Ruling on Magnitsky(hrw.org)
2 points by jtsnow 7y ago|0 comments
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by jtsnow 7y ago
Point ( https://point.com/ ) is another company in this space.
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by jtsnow 7y ago
Or as Bill Browser described it: "This whole exercise was teaching me that Russian business culture is closer to that of a prison yard than anything else. In prison, all you have is your reputation. Your position is hard-earned and it
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Rules of Engagement for Social Media Influence Operations(defusingdis.info)
1 points by jtsnow 8y ago|0 comments
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by jtsnow 8y ago
Agreed! The labs are very informative and fun. One of my favorite undergrad courses used this book/labs ~10 years ago. Glad to see it is still being used!
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by jtsnow 8y ago
Depending on the rates and down payment, it's not uncommon to need >10% gains in the invested difference for the 30-year to beat the 15-year mortgage. The 15-year mortgage has proved to be much more advantageous in my case. See htt
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How to Fix Stagnant Wages: Dump the World's Dumbest Idea(forbes.com)
4 points by jtsnow 8y ago|0 comments
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Selling Code(chromatichq.com)
1 points by jtsnow 8y ago|0 comments
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Pentagon Creates ‘Do Not Buy’ List of Russian, Chinese Software(defenseone.com)
5 points by jtsnow 8y ago|0 comments
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Lemonade Stands Legalized in Utah(fee.org)
1 points by jtsnow 8y ago|0 comments
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by jtsnow 8y ago
Utah has passed legislation to protect lemonade stands and other childhood businesses. This has spurred weekend child entrepreneur markets. See https://fee.org/articles/lemonade-stands-legalized-in-utah/
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by jtsnow 8y ago
Yes, the Strong Towns organization has a unique perspective on this. They make a convincing argument that local governments in the U.S. are trapped in a "growth Ponzi scheme." [1] Without continuous growth, most of them will never

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