laomai

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by laomai 1y ago
From a consumer perspective, ideally it’d be clothing retailer adjacent: find outfit online, you become the model. However, not sure if desirable for the industry as many people might buy and not return items online with the aspiration they
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by laomai 1y ago
Related story, In the US, so YMMV: I tend to try to pay in advance when I order so I don’t have to wait 5-10 minutes to get a bill, then have them run off as I grab my payment method of choice, to wait another 5-10 minutes to actually pay.
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by laomai 2y ago
Clever idea. I like it. Maybe visualization of the brackets could be improved a bit. The overriding problem for me was the nonstandard keyboard. Would love to be able to use my device keyboard
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by laomai 2y ago
Reminds of the old Gbbs days :-)
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by laomai 3y ago
Laws should have built-in expiration dates so they would be forced to be renewed/refactored every period to expand robustness or trim cruft.
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by laomai 3y ago
Is there any kind of usb device that you can put between your usb port and a usb stick that would limit the device to charging or just reading the usb device (but not writing to the computer)? Or was the digital condom idea just for sh*ts a
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by laomai 3y ago
Based on my own genealogical research, you can’t expect exact fidelity over time once you go back 120 years or so. From my Irish side we haves back and forth over recorded name, baptism records, common names, nicknames and what all. Not to
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by laomai 3y ago
My go to. +1
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by laomai 3y ago
Maybe I’m reading this wrong: - ask people to get creative and give ideas for worst possible outcomes from use of AI and ways to prevent it. ..then give them a ton of credits for using said AI? .. well the first thing on my mind would be tr
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by laomai 3y ago
Why do I feel like we put more effort into vetting/interviewing employees than political candidates in the US? Say we had to choose candidates like we choose employees, we should have: - individual tests for the employee (actual aptitu
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by laomai 3y ago
I think the proper first place to look is Hernando De Alto’s class Mystery of Capital… most entrepreneurs are small gray market businesses. They can’t grow because they lack access to capital because of the extra-legal nature of the busines
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by laomai 3y ago
I don’t understand why anyone is going to Threads at all. I mean, post Drop Facebook and all, why would you go back into the Zucks social arms?
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by laomai 3y ago
Not a plug, but I subscribe to the newspaper.co. It’s kind cool in that it: - removes/neutralizes words that tends to flavor articles toward any particular position and focuses mainly on factual non-emotional type language. - sends blu
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by laomai 3y ago
The ultimate beneficiary is the owner since his business model makes an assumption on tipping to employ waitstaff and run a "viable" business. Business models that rely on tipping to cover basic business model costs should be reco
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by laomai 4y ago
Yet keeps legal eagles in business :-/
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by laomai 4y ago
Looks awesome! Very easy to read! Can't wait for an Obsidian plugin! :D
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by laomai 4y ago
Become a substitute teacher first. I've heard good STEM substitutes are hard to find. (and frequently rebooked) It'll also a low bar way to test out whether you enjoy teaching, and which age range you prefer to teach.
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by laomai 4y ago
I’ve heard it said on some podcast that race cropped up as an intentional structure to obfuscate class distinctions: - post slavery, many formerly enslaved people had better skills than poor white people - to prevent poor white people from
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by laomai 4y ago
Based on his experience, we should require all newly elected politicians to go into space. ;-)
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by laomai 5y ago
Regarding some of the conversations about programming something to obey the law or obey human convention: - it’s tricky because the people on the roads expect human convention and drive for that - as long as there is a mix of humans that dr
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by laomai 5y ago
Just because we can doesn’t mean we should. Narrower market phones by OEMs sounds like it’ll lead eventually to the ‘Easter phone’ or ‘mothers days phone’ — rampant consumerism with bad experiences that wind up in a garage sale, thrift stor