nickburns

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by nickburns 19d ago
I only meant the artful term is 'goodwill' and not 'good will'.
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by nickburns 19d ago
You mean some kind of perceived personal convenience through the uneven-handed profit of others and at the expense of everyone else. Trying to check why your card was declined at a checkout—while still standing at said checkout? Troublesh
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by nickburns 20d ago
Lawyers (and bean counters) call it 'goodwill'. One word.
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by nickburns 20d ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_of_the_children
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by nickburns 20d ago
Reddit is a cesspool of mediocrity and groupthink. Hope that helps.
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by nickburns 3mo ago
Larry Sanger once called me "butthurt" just before welcoming me to his e-mail "killfile". I forget the context completely, but to this day it stands as one of my proudest young Internet troll moments.
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by nickburns 3mo ago
You're right, it's not ambiguous. It's literally incorrect.
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by nickburns 3mo ago
Yeah, no.
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by nickburns 3mo ago
> But what made this summer's episode unusual was its persistence. But, but—it's not summer in the Nothern Hemisphere yet.
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by nickburns 3mo ago
If it ain't broke!
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by nickburns 3mo ago
More strange. Stranger. This is strange. Stranger? Who are you?
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by nickburns 3mo ago
So subscribing to NYT somehow changed your stance on online privacy? Color me confused...
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by nickburns 4mo ago
Ah, great! I 'took a shot in the dark' there. Glad it 'panned out'. ;)
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by nickburns 4mo ago
'Bread *and butter'. The English expression requires the second part—but otherwise fits perfectly in your well-stated point, with which I wholeheartedly agree. Source: AAL.
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by nickburns 4mo ago
TFA discusses at-length how APNs and FCM are necessary intermediaries regardless, effectively creating a technical duopoly on 'push'. We all agree it would've been preferable for things not to have gotten this way, but here
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by nickburns 4mo ago
> You think there might be some sort of interaction between both facets there? With the exception of one trying to extract currency from the other, in exchange for something of dubious value—no.
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by nickburns 4mo ago
But, but— convection !
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by nickburns 4mo ago
Anyone not already using KeePass (or KeePassXC) has been doing it wrong for at least a decade. KeePass2Android Offline and KeePassium on mobile.
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by nickburns 4mo ago
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by nickburns 4mo ago
This thread contains a significantly higher concentration of dumb than the typical front page post. Gee, I wonder why.
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by nickburns 4mo ago
You know 'space' is a vacuum, right?
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by nickburns 4mo ago
> Does lifting weights count as vigorous though? In my own experience, no. Strictly cardio. The number of squats you'd have to do to constitue even five minutes of vigorous activity is practicably impossible. Lifting weights could c
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by nickburns 4mo ago
Calling it 'the gym' sort of conflates its two distinct sections: the one containing cardio equipment, and the other containing strength training/bodybuilding equipment. So-called 'work capacity' aside, there's
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by nickburns 4mo ago
Consider the speed/vigor with which one does something, whatever it might be. It can be quite the range.
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by nickburns 4mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolic_equivalent_of_task
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by nickburns 4mo ago
Can you elaborate on "basic competency issues", either in the case of Boudin's office and/or other high profile reformist prosecutors? Is that just a polite way of calling them dumb, à la what the kids are calling a &#x2
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by nickburns 4mo ago
Okay, okay... * enables JavaScript for explorer.samismith.com *
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by nickburns 4mo ago
You identified as Swedish, and then shifted the goal post to the country where you (apparently) currently reside. What's your point again? Something about all Americans whether they live in the US or not? Are you trying to be incoheren
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by nickburns 4mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen#Applications
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by nickburns 4mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_ban

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