mamurphy

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by mamurphy 4mo ago
>No, vagueness gets me much more upset, but there's just nothing to write about in those cases. I think this hits on the spirit behind GP's point. Clarity, leading to an article like the one posted, gets more people upset. The
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by mamurphy 2y ago
I remember reading a stat on reddit that 10% of users upvote and 1% of users comment. So if my memory is (near) accurate, that's very common behavior.
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by mamurphy 2y ago
Yes; another example: https://stevekrouse-staticwordle.web.val.run/eyJhbnN3ZXIiOiJ...
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by mamurphy 3y ago
Another commenter posted the archive page. No comment on whether this "made it ok," but some of the other photos show the hooks being used in a different context, more like a nanny cam. This one ( https://web.archive.org
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by mamurphy 3y ago
I, in turn, was reminded of the (quite fun, for 1 play-through) 2016 game about mining oil: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turmoil_(2016_video_game)
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by mamurphy 3y ago
This tweet has the cartoon: https://twitter.com/Benioff/status/549339156854214656?lang=e... I also found it at the New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/cartoon/a16995 I am unsure of the orig
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by mamurphy 4y ago
See also the independent company energy sage ( https://www.energysage.com/ ). They provide what seems like a similar service, and have an active referral network in some markets. I got several quotes through them (though deci
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by mamurphy 4y ago
The "That’s it!" at the end gave me a nice chuckle. Fun article, quite involved it seems.
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by mamurphy 4y ago
Ironic that Manu's immediately previous blog post from 2022.04.27 is titled "Not Going Anywhere" ( https://ma.nu/blog/not-going-anywhere ).
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by mamurphy 4y ago
The relevant reply: https://www.reddit.com/r/smallbusiness/comments/wa1zob/comme... >We sold a cheap van in the company name. I was 100% straightforward about this with Stripe. I would happily reverse
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by mamurphy 4y ago
> This is what happens when clients have the lowest bidder mentality. Your conclusion is completely at odds with this quote from the article: > WebAgency quoted the highest rate of anyone I interviewed, but their portfolio best matc
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by mamurphy 5y ago
Nils's blog post[0] that I found linked here[1] from here[2]. I found that last link from the google search (Nils Maier blog post Firefox extension). [0] https://www.downthemall.org/the-likely-end-of-downthemall/ [
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by mamurphy 5y ago
Do you have any sources your can share or more info about this? I Googled and the first result was "Under delta, supply chain strains, Toyota slashes production."[0] Many similar results[1][2][3]. Six months ago they were getting
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by mamurphy 5y ago
This comment, including the part about Europe, prompted me to research this issue a bit. I Googled 'European homelessness' and came across articles[0][1]that suggest that while there are a few cases of success in cities like Helsi
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by mamurphy 5y ago
Another comment in this thread prompted me to research a bit. While building expensive housing is probably fine, it seems that the cities with the most success have adopted a housing first[0][1][2] policy. Building cheap housing (and housin
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by mamurphy 5y ago
jquery was downvoted but I recall articles like this ( https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/17/21070848/eu-apple-europea... ) with the EU trying to ban any "non-standard" connector. Maybe non-standard
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by mamurphy 6y ago
I was bored so I clicked on the key proof in your profile and it says it's been revoked.
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by mamurphy 6y ago
what spiked the graph in November 2012?
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by mamurphy 6y ago
My armchair thought: what if the CEO said "wow, Yegge is right, we've gotten really off trail here. you need to show leadership in maintaining a 3+ year old system at Google for promotions?" Could that happen and would it wor
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by mamurphy 6y ago
are you suggesting they had any alternative if they wanted to pursue iPhone customers?
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by mamurphy 6y ago
Is there any special evidence to suggest this service will exist a year from now?
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by mamurphy 6y ago
>I'm 33 and still in academia, I'm allergic to competition, scores, rewards, prestige I had been under the impression that academia was mostly very competitive to be able to get career (tenure track) positions. Are you not aimi
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by mamurphy 6y ago
I can't seem to read anything at all about pricing without signing up. I don't want to share my Google/Github account with you before seeing pricing information. The "see Brick in action" video also doesn't pla
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by mamurphy 6y ago
This reminds me of the recently-posted Trail Router[0] for jogging mapping. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23802317
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by mamurphy 6y ago
That reminded me of the https://autonomousweapons.org short horror film, Slaugherbots[0]. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CO6M2HsoIA
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by mamurphy 6y ago
Do companies enforce every single time? No. Can they try to enforce, and win, if your manager is upset, dislikes you, or is just a bad manager? Yes. Do they ever enforce? Sure do[0]. Do you have any data about this or could you find any art
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by mamurphy 6y ago
>as far as your comment goes: nope. Amazon cannot afford a legal battle for each and every one of their employees. Also Amazon knows they’re going to look really stupid if they do go the route of suing you. Only case where I have seen NC
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by mamurphy 6y ago
>easily make the argument A lawyer near you just had a delighted vision of profits. Amazon can afford a $XX,XXX-$XXX,XXX legal battle over your non-compete, can you?
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by mamurphy 6y ago
>There are no "close-call mistakes" in the situations which have caused outrage I agree with you on that! As I said, "the clear cut ones pull at our heartstrings because they are so egregious." The problem as I see it
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by mamurphy 6y ago
Any person of conscience wants 0 (or at least less, moving towards 0) police brutality. I also think most people would avoid taking a job where they could be judged and imprisoned for a close-call mistake (that the jury believes was) made m

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