mdifrgechd

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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
This is silly - it's more about the mismatch between the custom of buying a person's time and paying for the outcomes an employer is looking for. The flip side of this is that employees are stealing from their employer whenever th
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
There used to be a great pic online showing all of the different timelines as swimlanes to show how they were all connected. Here: https://d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net/wp/wp-content/images/p...
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
Judging by the replies a lot of people agree with those concerned citizens. I hope that the majority are terrified by this. It is one thing to recommend masks for legit health concerns, but it's a very slippery slope that we've al
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
> The escalators I take to work are filled with the same desperate faces and vacant eyes I feel staring through me on the subway, except instead of standing still, they’re bounding up it, subconsciously aware that below their feet is yet
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
If they cant support themselves, they should find something people do want to pay for. The universe doesnt owe the website creators a revenue stream.
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
I think there is also an element of short term vs long term reward. Things that are more likely to be worth paying for often are harder and longer term in some way (like university or even reading a novel) while ad delivered content general
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
I think part of the tension is that advertising (and other data harvesting) attempts to monetize content that has virtually zero value for a lot of people: take any of the articles on a typical HN front page - right now the top two are &quo
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
The timing of this is funny because I literally only switched to a mac from linux a month ago. I may be an outlier but I prefer the "polish" and user experience of ubuntu to apple - I find the unity gui to be easier to navigate an
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
It looks good to me! One suggestion I did not see was to be able to add hair color and complexion. Some of the suggestions I had I would not have gone with because of mismatch with my skin & hair.
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
This whole discussion is a good reminder why any analysis is always subjective. If there is an actual fault in the underlying numbers, fine, but what I see reading the thread is people finding ways to justify why the data is incomplete, the
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
And lots of media fed panics also only become clear in retrospect, e.g. Y2K.
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
Market value is hypothetically based on present value of future earnings, not immediate value to society. Unless Moderna's business plan is to ransom humanity to extract the most value possible from covid, it should not be surprising t
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
Just because you believe that there is some benevolent authority that we can just "give up liberty" to an everything will be ok doesn't make it the only opinion, even if it's easier to think about. It's easy to see
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
Normally I'd ignore that, but yes, that's the classic argument to try and short circuit real debate by making us think that one death anywhere is worse than small actions we can take. I disagree, just like I think we should be abl
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
I think the biggest flu shot proponents have been given a much greater voice with covid and would not want to back down from it now.
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
Exactly. In all of the mask discussions, there should be more focus on the kind of life we want and less on the science of masks. I think it's pretty obvious that masks have immediate infection control benefits, and always will. But it
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
Its interesting to me that for most of modern history, the value of performing arts like music was in the performance. Then recorded media were invented and there was a fleeting moment in the 20th century when distribution was controlled, a
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
Yes I agree with you, I have had some songs I like disappear too. But with a subscription model, I can stop paying them when the value isnt there anymore. A good example is that I cancelled Amazon prime this year because with add-on items a
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
That seems orthogonal to my point that what spotify achieved, for me at least, was being a better value for money than copyright infringement. It's worth $10 a month to have all the music accessible in one place. The licensing agreemen
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
I just want to mention that what I like about Spotify is I dont have to bother figuring this kind of thing out, because it provides music I want to listen to at a price that is completely reasonable.
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
What you're describing is true for most "business intelligence"
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
> Manuka is a versatile sugar substitute that’s lower on the glycemic index,” he says. “It won’t spike your blood sugar levels immediately in the way white sugar does.” The sugar in honey is roughly a 50/50 mix of glucose and fructo
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
Agree 100% with you but would add that from the perspective of a lot of business people, the bar for expert is actually pretty low and however far over it you are, they dont actually get any more out or you because they don't know what
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
Nothing wrong with this roadmap but I'd suggest that this and similar ones are squarely in the "trade" category of formation, where the focus is on a large number of practical topics instead of a more solid grounding in the f
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
For most low value sites e.g. inc.com type random news that ask me to sign up to continue, I just dont use them, because the value they provide is lower than how I value creating an account. The same is true for recaptcha, I usually just do
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
So people should only want things they personally like to do to be legal?
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
I was thinking closer to common behaviors that are known to be unhealthy... drinking pop, not exercising, whatever. If someone is trying to kill themselves I think its different and they should get help. But we cant be hyperbolic about what
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
Personally I find marijuana smoke way more irritating than cigarette smoke, at least second hand outside. Maybe I'm reading too much in to your comment, but with cigarette smoking there is a lot of the "if you want to destroy you
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
I agree with you that it is very obnoxious and super rude to be doing in an area close to other non-consenting people. I also think that a law about where you could smoke would inevitably be abused and not serve anyone: for example, is it r
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
So previously they were illegal and you bought dried mushrooms from some guy in a pool hall (maybe I'm dating myself). Its hard to imagine that legalizing them is a step back. People automatically see legalization as an excuse for more

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