office_drone

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by office_drone 2y ago
If it doesn't work, we can always go back to the pre-finance retirement model - raise lots of kids and live with them during a 'retirement' in which you continue to work as much as possible.
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by office_drone 2y ago
This was a bombing of military personnel by parties at war. That is, by definition, not terrorism. This action has been acceptable for as long as bombs have existed.
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by office_drone 2y ago
Ballistic missiles, being ballistic, have limited accuracy. It's also easier to detect them (flying higher and with larger radar signature) and tell where they're heading.
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by office_drone 2y ago
That just means that certain permits may be needed, and only in two countries out of the bird's natural range of two dozen.
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by office_drone 2y ago
> When they feed on grasshoppers and strawberries, Upland Sandpipers are “truly delicious.” In our era where foodies exist and some number of them have effectively no spending limit, I wonder if any business raises sandpipers for use in
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by office_drone 2y ago
This reminds me of the story of the Taiwanese radioactive homes, where 2000 homes were built with radioactive materials. There was a prediction that a lot of the inhabitants would die of cancer, and that didn't really happen. https:&#
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by office_drone 2y ago
Given the way the world is going, I'll predict that the death of the IAT won't come from recognizing its scientific flaws, but rather from racism becoming more acceptable.
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by office_drone 2y ago
https://archive.is/1jr1B
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by office_drone 2y ago
With all the talk of the impending fertility crisis, I very much believe that WFH helps significantly. 1) It makes parenting easier by letting the parent be more present. 2) It allows parents to buy houses with more bedrooms and more greens
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by office_drone 2y ago
https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/inno/stories/news/2...
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by office_drone 2y ago
https://archive.is/RiuFM
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by office_drone 2y ago
> Public hunting of barred owls wouldn’t be allowed. The wildlife service would designate government agencies, landowners, American Indian tribes or companies to carry out the killings. Shooters would have to provide documentation of tra
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by office_drone 2y ago
If a judge finds that the lawsuit was frivolous then their exorbitant lawyer fees are now yours to pay.
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by office_drone 2y ago
Because there's no legal basis to sue them.
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by office_drone 2y ago
A lot of what you said is accurate, but then the ideal play would not be to shut down non-core projects, but rather to sell them or spin them off into their own companies. ...which partly-happened via licensing in the article, but they didn
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by office_drone 2y ago
That doesn't track. As long as the project is generating at least a single dollar (TVM-adjusted) and you're not constrained on resources (SWEs, labs, etc.) that could be reassigned to higher yielding projects, that's all the
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by office_drone 2y ago
Yes, articles on Ben Johns suggest his income is 5% winnings and 95% endorsements.
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by office_drone 2y ago
Fun fact: If current birthrate trends hold, in 200 years approximately 100% of the American population will be Amish.
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by office_drone 2y ago
That's crazy. I'm tempted to register whichCLR.com which will contain a single link to download the latest .NET runtime.
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by office_drone 2y ago
> Would have been nice to see the scan of the original paper. That doesn't seem to be available online. However, there is a scan of another Hughes story from a year later that they posted from their archive. (Pictures on page 4) ht
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by office_drone 2y ago
If you, like me, are wondering "has anyone just run it through a mass spectrometer to see what the ingredients are?" the answer is yes, they have. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIbDP0TF_70
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by office_drone 2y ago
I found interesting the Ask HN comment counts on who's hiring/wants to be hired: May 2024: 742 / 422 (1.76) May 2023: 502 / 366 (1.37) May 2022: 835 / 274 (3.05) May 2021: 919 / 235 (3.91) May 2020: 685 /
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by office_drone 2y ago
> In the past, efficiency and optimization were less critical. Successful businesses and wealthy individuals could afford to indulge. However, today’s businesses aim for efficiency, optimization, and indefinite scaling. Apocryphally, a L
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by office_drone 2y ago
> I guess the author hasn't paid attention to the rise of the mega-yacht or having personal jets. If you also don't think that the wealthy live in opulent real estate, then I've I'm not sure what rock you've been
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by office_drone 2y ago
> Labor costs. It’s relatively expensive to build ornate masonry buildings in high-wage economies. Overall, this is a good thing. To back this up, here's a quote from people who are building a new ornate masonry building: "We o
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by office_drone 2y ago
Here's another simple explanation: Sticking out makes you a target. People in 1024 -> This dazzling new cathedral is a testament to the majesty of God and a point of national pride. People in 2024 -> This indulgent new cathedral
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by office_drone 2y ago
While that would be nice, this writing excerpt from ~2000 years ago suggests that it's deeply ingrained in people: Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how
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by office_drone 2y ago
Indeed. It's not the ink content that led to Am J Clin Pathol. 2014;142(1):99-103. saying: "The mean age of death for tattooed persons was 39 years, compared with 53 years for non-tattooed persons (P = .0001). There was a signific
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by office_drone 2y ago
Yup. The namesake of 'algorithm'.
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by office_drone 2y ago
Reminds me of "square Kufic" and this book https://jeffe.cs.illinois.edu/teaching/algorithms/

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