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by rkho 1y ago
> Edward Benjamin Zitron (born 1986 or 1987) is an English technology writer, podcaster, and public relations specialist. He is a critic of the technology industry, particularly of artificial intelligence companies and the 2020s AI boom.
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by rkho 2y ago
> I often think about how unreasonably great the regulations around “Unsubscribe” links in emails are. > There really seems to be no loophole or workaround despite there being huge incentive for there to be one. My spam folder constan
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by rkho 2y ago
How many collective human lifetimes have been eliminated by security theater?
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by rkho 2y ago
A lot of those big box retailers have long opened up their digital storefronts to the "marketplace" concept too. Best Buy, Home Depot, and Walmart are the first three that come to mind.
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by rkho 2y ago
> College isn't just a place that teaches you how to do a job Sorry, what? This statement feels like the exception, not the norm for most people who have attended college.
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by rkho 3y ago
As an aside, this website has one hundred and sixty seven trackers and loading them caused my CPU temperatures to spike so high that my fans kicked into high gear.
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by rkho 3y ago
I lost a lot of weight on ketosis several years ago but could not maintain the diet and gained it all back shortly after. Since then I've found something that works better for my body that I can sustain which keeps some of the principl
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by rkho 3y ago
I fired my local hospital earlier this year. I had to get a biopsy and I did not receive my results in a timely manner because my specialist's office decided they needed to play phone tag with me instead of just sending me the results
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by rkho 3y ago
I am! I pay for apps and IAPs if they're useful.
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by rkho 3y ago
Hello! I apologize for this being extremely out of context but five months ago on one of my comment threads you recommended Takayama Showa-Kan and I wanted to let you know that I visited it last month and loved it (and Takayama as a whole).
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by rkho 3y ago
"Historic" has been a pretty popular adjective these days used to overstate the significance of a statistic or fact. From the FBI's own data[1], which is used as the main citation of this post, these were the homicide rates p
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by rkho 3y ago
I flew ZipAir earlier this year and I liked how they handled boarding. Their "full flat" (the Business section) boards at any time because the seats are to the left as you enter the plane, but the rest of the cabin begins boarding
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by rkho 3y ago
I'm still not sure where this $5k number came from. The description says: > REVR could cost as little as $5k without rebates and can be installed in under a day. What are the conditions in which it "could" cost this amount
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by rkho 3y ago
If I were looking for a job, I would gladly pay a couple hundred dollars to use this. There is real value in a streamlined way to track all of my applications' statuses like this. I've used lists on Asana with custom categories in
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by rkho 3y ago
Seems like an American version of capsule hotels that have been prevalent in Japanese culture for decades.
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by rkho 3y ago
It turns out that PayPal's stablecoin contract allows them to freeze holders from transacting, amongst other things: https://twitter.com/0xCygaar/status/1688592430315036672 The USDC contract also allows for t
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by rkho 3y ago
https://twitter.com/0xCygaar/status/1688592430315036672 PayPal's stablecoin contract allows for the freezing of funds in any given address.
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by rkho 3y ago
> An mp3 player was in every kid's jeans pocket before the ipod was even announced This is a strange statement. I grew up in the Bay Area and a CD player was in my hands/in the back pocket of my backpack for the longest time. I
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by rkho 3y ago
I don't see anything in OP's post nor the linked "why I built it" that would suggest ActivityPub or federation. What are you seeing that suggests that these terms are missing?
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by rkho 3y ago
> There was nothing in GP's comment stating anything covered by your hyperbole. You're right, I was lashing out at the general vitriol in every comments section involving cryptocurrency. GP, I'm sorry you caught a stray. &
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by rkho 3y ago
I agree. We've had physical cash and the postal service for centuries now. Platforms like Patreon, Subscribestar, etc. are also solving nonexistent problems. We can already pay artists by mailing them cash or a check, there's no r
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by rkho 3y ago
So nerds don't exist in crypto? Because that's another loaded statement.
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by rkho 3y ago
So you made a prediction and presented it as objective fact?
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by rkho 3y ago
> This is a community created for scammers by scammers Provide deterministic evidence.
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by rkho 3y ago
You can purchase access to phone numbers for the purposes of verifying accounts. While phone numbers are a method to prevent easy sybil attacks, it is not effective when dealing with a determined actor.
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by rkho 3y ago
> Not once have I “passed” a take home interview I have had the exact same experience. They have always been a complete waste of time for me and I have since adopted a policy that any takehome challenges = automatic close the loop for me
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by rkho 3y ago
I received my Bluesky invitation a few weeks ago, and from what I can tell Bluesky in its curent state is full of people sharing screenshots from Twitter and complaining about Twitter. It doesn't feel vibrant to me at all. If anything,
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by rkho 3y ago
Also (d) please do not take this purchase as consent to enroll me in a perpetual drip marketing campaign
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by rkho 3y ago
Replying to this comment once more in case anyone else is interested. I believe the museum in reference is Takayama Showa-kan in Gifu prefecture[1]. Originally I found a Showa Museum in Tokyo[2] but the aesthetics of the one in Gifu were mu
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by rkho 3y ago
Thanks, I'll check that out next time I find myself in Japan. I also really liked the Shitamachi Museum in Ueno, similar aesthetics there.

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