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by parennoob 7y ago
> as they don’t clean as thoroughly as wet wipes IMO Once you have a bidet, your regular TP is equivalent to a wet wipe. If you're using the ones that are almost cloth-like strength, those really shouldn't be flushed down most
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by parennoob 7y ago
This isn't entirely a trivial absurdity. One of the biggest things I hear about traveling in China (and Japan) is that you're expected to carry your own toilet paper everywhere. An analogy would be – someone from a non-tipping cou
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by parennoob 7y ago
As an aside: Toilet paper is an ancient, inefficient, and doubtfully hygienic way of cleaning your backside in the modern world. Start using bidets instead of this nonsense. The TP can still be used for drying purposes.
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by parennoob 7y ago
I can't even pass as white, and I'm still excluded from most diversity programs because my race (South Asian) is overrepresented in tech. However, overrepresentation in tech in Silicon Valley does not necessary translate into soci
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by parennoob 9y ago
Blockbuster and Netflix did not sell perishable goods. Now I could buy the argument that the supermarket chains just won't be able to attract the appropriate talent to deliver an experience rivaling that of Blue Apron (or Amazon, if
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by parennoob 9y ago
> I would happily pay 80% taxes if I knew that when I needed it most the welfare state would have my back, but I know that it won't. This crucial point of yours seems to have been missed by the author of the article. I wonder if tha
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by parennoob 9y ago
Also these places aren't good at the things they (sometimes) claim to specialize in. The wings at Buffalo Wild Wings are not better than the wings at a random bar. Maybe millenials care about these things because we want value for our
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by parennoob 9y ago
Good point! I missed that and focused on the emphasized Boolean test, which is the first time I have seen any code in the NYTimes.
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by parennoob 9y ago
EDIT: My comment completely missed that there were 100 lines of identical code noticed as well. Leaving below for context. ------- Does anyone else find the example cited in the article rather flimsy? Out of 450, two students incorrectly us
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by parennoob 9y ago
> In 2015, regulators realized that diesel Volkswagens and Audis were emitting several times the legal limit of nitrogen oxides (NOx) during real-world driving tests. This means that they can detect emissions levels during real world dri
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by parennoob 9y ago
SF-isms (I understand NIMBY is also used outside SF) don't map perfectly across oceans. Suffice it to say that people living in slums in India can have a lot of political clout. For example, once a large slum pops up in an urban area
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by parennoob 9y ago
> Hospitals have to work with proprietary devices -- for example, retinal scanners etc, many of which only have Windows drivers. Then the tenders for buying those devices should state "Devices that work with $YOUR_FAVORITE_DISTRO wi
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by parennoob 9y ago
This. While I have come around to the concept of "It's probably better if more people learn to code", I rarely see other parts of the company so eager to share their knowledge. In particular, I'd like more training on la
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by parennoob 9y ago
> take home homework and other things that blow up the 2.5-hour mark I would think "take home" implies you take it home, i.e. do it in your own time. I don't know what your undefined "other things" are. > The
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by parennoob 9y ago
I find it quite useful! My username should explain why :)
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by parennoob 9y ago
This is a good point, and why I didn't include the positive psychology point in my list – because it is a genuinely different thing.
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by parennoob 9y ago
I will bet that most of the comments in this thread are from people who have never lived in rural India. I have, and will tell you the real reason. It has little to do with literacy or education. It is because (warning, this is going ironic
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by parennoob 9y ago
I agree, I think that a lot of the points seem to serve only to pad the article length and are not actionable for most people. - Surround yourself with great people - Consider changing where you live - Save money - Look for ways to become m
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by parennoob 9y ago
> The interesting thing with Remote is that most companies these days "allows remote" as part of their package. This question goes for the original post too -- but how many of these are truly remote? i.e. I can work for the m
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by parennoob 9y ago
> How do you impose a "robot" tax? Do I get taxed every time a neural net tarts up a photo on my Nexus? It would have to be a balancing act. My guess is "probably not", because mass-producing modified photos wasn&#x27
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by parennoob 9y ago
> Robots are easy to demonize in the US You can't demonize robots, they are non-living. If anyone is being demonized, it will the corporations who are moving from human to automated labor in order to cut costs. If 670,000 manufactur
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by parennoob 9y ago
Could anyone in the know comment on whether their invite-only nature contributed to this? I have wanted to have Deck Network ads on my sites forever, but there was no real way to do so. They seemed to be restricted to inviting only Apple-th
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Why Your Dog Can Get Vaccinated Against Lyme Disease and You Can’t(legacy.wbur.org)
3 points by parennoob 10y ago|1 comments
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by parennoob 10y ago
This is an argument that I have yet to see being addressed to my satisfaction. If recent raises / salaries in the tech industry outside of Silicon Valley are any guide, companies love to save money on salaries. So I honestly have no
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by parennoob 10y ago
There are ways to filter content without breaking user privacy. For example, you could restrict access to the Internet altogether, and suggest that your users only get what they need from your internal corporate network. See how incredibly
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by parennoob 10y ago
It's not that surprising when you look at this: http://stateofobesity.org/adult-obesity/ A lot of states with the highest life expectancy are among the least obese states. That means there is something about the l
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by parennoob 10y ago
Maybe because it is more of a clear-cut case of sexism and workplace intimidation, than, say, ones about “watching your co-workers hula-hooping” ( https://techcrunch.com/2014/03/15/julie-ann-horvath-describe.
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by parennoob 10y ago
Yeah, that phrase serves zero actual purpose. That, combined with the sloppy language in the rest of the paper makes me doubt the scientific detachment of these people.
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by parennoob 10y ago
Do any of these keyservers perform email verification? It would go a good way towards some kind of verification that a user's GPG key corresponds to their email. Otherwise, anyone can generate a key with any email address and push it
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by parennoob 10y ago
Your example actually highlights the problem with cable. There is no way to get – say, only HBO, ESPN, and no CNN. Cable would force OP to buy 37 useless channels whose content is being subsidized by people paying for the 5 channels they ac

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