techiferous

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by techiferous 8mo ago
> Instead of consuming other peoples interpretation of stoicism I decided to go as close to the source as feasible for me. Good for you! Everybody has their own "twist" on Stoicism, and that's fine. You have to find your
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by techiferous 8mo ago
Don't forget how they found a way to squish closed caption information into analog broadcast. The electron beam traces a path on the CRT display by drawing the odd lines from top to bottom (which draws half the image) and then the eve
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by techiferous 9mo ago
> I'm considered old here, in my mid 30's, The 30s is the first decade of life that people experience where there are adults younger than them. This inevitably leads people in their 30s to start saying that they are "old&q
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by techiferous 2y ago
Same! I use ST for my to-do list and personal wiki, with custom highlighting and commands, and VSCode for coding.
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by techiferous 6y ago
LinkSquares | linksquares.com | Software Engineers, Software Architects | Boston, MA | Full-Time | OnSite or Remote (Eastern Time Zone preferred) We are a fast-growing startup that uses AI to analyze legal contracts. We have a lot of exciti
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by techiferous 6y ago
LinkSquares | linksquares.com | Software Engineers, Software Architects | Boston, MA | Full-Time | OnSite or Remote (Eastern Time Zone preferred) We are a fast-growing startup that uses AI to analyze legal contracts. We have a lot of exciti
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by techiferous 6y ago
Power implies the ability to cause change. When you say "real" power I think you might have some specific kind of change in mind. What kind of organizational influence are you considering "real" power?
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by techiferous 6y ago
> those with actual power The power that comes with a job title or position is actually quite limited. And it also calls into question as what exactly is meant by power. Personal power (getting your way?) or creative power (putting fort
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by techiferous 6y ago
LinkSquares | linksquares.com | Software Engineers | Boston, MA | Full-Time | OnSite or Remote (Eastern Time Zone preferred) We are a fast-growing startup that uses AI to analyze legal contracts. We have a lot of exciting new projects in th
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LinkSquares Raises $14M in Series A to Make Its AI More Powerful(americaninno.com)
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by techiferous 7y ago
I found it both useful and interesting. To each their own, I guess.
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by techiferous 7y ago
I interviewed here recently and know some of the leadership and employees. My sense is that this is a high-quality, well-run engineering team. The office space is really nice, too.
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by techiferous 7y ago
After watching this Tom Scott video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nh_vxpycEA I bought this CO2 monitor: https://amazon.com/gp/product/B00MB93CK8 It worked quite well and showed that I don'
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by techiferous 7y ago
Moving toward walkable cities (investing more in pedestrian, bike and public transit infrastracture and less in car infrastructure).
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by techiferous 7y ago
> Houses cost what people are willing to pay for them. And when people stop paying what is being asked, the price goes down. I follow that. Is there a delay in the system anywhere, though? For example, does it take a few years for the pr
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by techiferous 7y ago
You're not wrong. But for those of us who want facts and insight instead of entertainment and opinions it would be nice for it to be more obvious where to find that.
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by techiferous 8y ago
You'd love visiting Vermont. They banned billboards in 1968.
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by techiferous 8y ago
> Drivers were so much more hostile to bicyclists before these were introduced. I'm not sure that driver attitudes are the primary cause of cycling deaths. Lack of visibility might be one, though.
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by techiferous 8y ago
> USA fails miserably at "interesting and beautiful" part. > Grid system makes it super boring > Architecture (in downtowns) is straight up horrible Sounds like you've never been to Boston! Come on over, you'll
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by techiferous 8y ago
Because we view animals as resources to be used for our ends. Cognitive dissonance is at play.
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by techiferous 8y ago
I've found YouTube to be a benefit. My daughter is four and we've been watching a few videos together on an almost daily basis since she's been about two. She never watches videos alone; we're always together. We end
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by techiferous 8y ago
I did. Multiple times. I do not want to relive the experience of trying to get my money back. I also don't want to support the growing tendencies of companies to not care about customer complaints until they hit social media.
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by techiferous 8y ago
Yep. They still owe me the $80 or $90 I paid for a kit. I followed up with them multiple times and never got a resolution. This was a couple of years ago.
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by techiferous 8y ago
Other edge cases include: Amish buggies, rotaries in Boston, Syracuse's upside down traffic light (green is on top), etc. The possibilities are endless; how can you test them all? Humans are really good about adapting to novel situatio
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by techiferous 8y ago
Such a powerless attitude. And these things are presented as if they are objective truths that one day programmers will eventually "figure out" rather than a subjective, and very disempowering, perspective.
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by techiferous 8y ago
And > 90% of America's wild blueberries come from Washington County, Maine.
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by techiferous 8y ago
I was totally expecting the cure to be a gym membership. Exercise is still the gold standard of care for managing type 2 diabetes.
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by techiferous 8y ago
Hello from Boston! Come see how gridlocked all modes of transportation are during the day and suddenly this idea will shift from the "that's impossible" category to "how can we make this possible" category. We'
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by techiferous 8y ago
It's common on Reddit.
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by techiferous 9y ago
> we'd find our "genuine" selves Maybe think about it this way: what are your very _deepest_ values? The things that you think make a life worth living? That's starting to touch your genuine self.

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