thomasmiller_

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by thomasmiller_ 2y ago
I like to recommend Ivan Turgenev's "Fathers and Sons" as it gives a contemporary critical view of the nihilistic and utopian ideologies that shaped Russian intellectual discourse of the 1860s.
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by thomasmiller_ 2y ago
Iglesia El Rosario, located in San Salvador, is a beautiful Brutalist structure.
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by thomasmiller_ 3y ago
Japanese railway workers in 60's and 70's were issued the Citizen Homer Second Setting. It's big feature was hacking seconds ( https://www.fratellowatches.com/citizen-homer-second-setting... ). I'm fortuna
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by thomasmiller_ 3y ago
I would also recommend Red Dead Restoration ( https://www.youtube.com/@RedDeadRestoration ). The creator occasionally dips into ASMR territory but the restorations sometimes double as chemistry lessons.
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by thomasmiller_ 3y ago
There is no need to eject when creating custom modules and the API for writing modules is fairly decent. Not entirely painless but miles better than a vanilla RN approach. We make extensive use of development builds and it's the featur
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by thomasmiller_ 4y ago
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by thomasmiller_ 4y ago
That Dealbook interview seemed more of a "We don't know what we're talking about so we can't ask you the hard questions" thing.
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by thomasmiller_ 4y ago
I think this is very good analysis with respect to Twitter. I suppose I'm really interested in how firms do their free speech vs. profitability cost-benefit analysis with respect to markets and environments where speech is restricted.
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by thomasmiller_ 4y ago
From the same discussion: https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/04/16/what-are-co...
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by thomasmiller_ 4y ago
I'm curious why these discussions sidestep the fact that a company has a fiduciary duty to maximize shareholder value. It is understandable, from a shareholder perspective, to not want your investment's brand next to potentially u
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by thomasmiller_ 5y ago
Right, it's less draconian than outright prohibition and while the illicit trade will surely exist, for most people the default bias will (probably) be there.
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by thomasmiller_ 5y ago
Probably an unpopular proposal, but higher taxes on alcohol?
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by thomasmiller_ 5y ago
I wouldn't describe it as a particularly "progressive", "neo-puritanical", or "fringe" belief. Tyler Cowen advocates for abstaining from alcohol. While Matt Yglesias doesn't go as far as abstention, h