litmus

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by litmus 2y ago
First world problems. Failed state immigrants will kindly remind you that what you really need is a Backup Country, you just don't know it yet.
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by litmus 2y ago
chef's kiss This guy and the person that quit the bullshit industrial complex 6 months ago should get together and launch a startup. Better yet, we should all go and join Jeremy Howard's answer.ai pro bono. Besides being miracul
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by litmus 3y ago
TIL: The so-called "South Pole Station" is at 9300 feet, which I never would have guessed. Though the side effects ascribed to it seemed a bit extreme (routine bloody nose during sleep?). Also thought it was amusing that there&#x2
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by litmus 4y ago
It's been stated multiple times in this thread that he can't walk away just by paying $1B. If he wanted to only offload $8B TSLA stock and not buy the company, why put that possibility way more out of reach by waiving due dillige
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by litmus 5y ago
(2006)
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Odd Timing: Tarkovsky Films Dropped from IMDB Top List Despite Higher Ranking(old.reddit.com)
5 points by litmus 5y ago|0 comments
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by litmus 5y ago
Basically unleashes a rant on Substack and its CEO for proposing he shut down his youtube and patreon channels and move to substack "for free".
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Tim Dillon Roasts Substack's Sleazy Proposal [video](youtube.com)
3 points by litmus 5y ago|2 comments
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by litmus 5y ago
Great to see Herzog on the list. Highly recommend "Werner Herzog, A Guide for the Perplexed", which is a great collection of musings in his own words about life and art, including various anecdotes related to both. Probably one of
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by litmus 5y ago
"of all time" is often too strong of a qualifier for me. I would say "talks that I want to rewatch the moment they come to mind." Charlie Kaufman's Bafta Lecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRfXc
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by litmus 6y ago
Yes, I’m curious about this as well even though its an imperfect world where there probably isn’t an ideal, free environment for expressing their opinions. But if the alternative is staying furloughed then their opinions are of interest reg
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by litmus 10y ago
because when the going gets tough, the tough get going in the pants. Also when I see that other guy in some tv show or movie, I'm like "Cujo!". I still have it somewhere on betamax.
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by litmus 10y ago
This is also true in my experience when writing unit tests that are forced as part of the process. I've seen situations where unit tests were prioritized over glaring critical bugs. Sure in an ideal world you would do both but life is
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by litmus 11y ago
Someone please explain to me Emergency Management Directors (men) --> Probation Officers (women), overwhelmingly beating out teachers and secretaries. wat.
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by litmus 11y ago
At first I thought it would be silly too, but think about it: these guys are buying a car, why not give the iwatch and iphone free with the car, its only about a grand. If it all goes according to plan, the number of people who insist on us
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The Heavy Kite(thefcstartmovie.com)
1 points by litmus 11y ago|0 comments
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by litmus 11y ago
To be clear, I wasn't trying to claim McInnes or Flanagan weren't anti-feminists. In fact I introduced the term in my response because I thought it was a more accurate description than "misogynist". In American culture a
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by litmus 11y ago
I don't think he's a homophobe. In order to call him that you'd have to cast a very wide net. As for the anti-feminism [1] or misogyny, some of the same points he makes in more provocative tones are made by the like of Caitly
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by litmus 11y ago
My thoughts exactly. The writing has gotten stale without adding real substance--with a few exceptions obviously. But in general they've sacrificed form without adding meaningful content. They had an issue on Somalia a while back where
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by litmus 11y ago
the interview with the hell-banned founder (Gavin McInnes): http://canadalandshow.com/podcasts/vice-oral-history
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by litmus 11y ago
yeah, they had me until he clicked on the search button with his mouse.....yeah, his mouse. who the hell does that? It's just not rhetorical, is there any one out here that clicks the search button on google instead of hitting enter ri
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by litmus 12y ago
I'll get the ball rolling with "The Sixth Stage of Grief Is Retro-computing" https://medium.com/message/networks-without-networks-7644933...
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Ask HN: Best longform articles you've read in 2014
7 points by litmus 12y ago|6 comments
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by litmus 12y ago
I'm not a sea captain or anything, but I find it interesting that there is little reference or comparison to S-57/S-63 data (vector-based nautical chart standard maintained by the International Hydrographic Association) in either
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by litmus 12y ago
Subject-wise it still can be edgy at times, but I still miss the Gavin McInnes days (the pushed out co-founder)[1], despite him resurfacing kind of predictably as a Fox News regular. The writing in the magazine itself has mellowed since the
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by litmus 12y ago
this incidental interview with stephen fry and robin williams is kind of poignant, not in small part because of the difference in the exterior behavior of two interesting bipolar personalities and the way fry effortfully tries to forgive wi
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by litmus 12y ago
From the offhand "if you have a secret, patent it" remark, are we to gather that one secret is that Peter Thiel believes in patents?
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Ask HN: How many devs worked on Heathcare.gov 2.0?
1 points by litmus 12y ago|0 comments
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by litmus 12y ago
Somebody stating their views based on past experiences interacting with the community the authors are part of is something other readers might be interested in. See the post by "226jg5" below.
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by litmus 12y ago
I also was worried that there was something wrong with my reading comprehension. To me, one of the most critical parts of the essay seemed the most weakly written, namely the "Encouraging greater diversity in the workspace" sectio

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