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by threefour 2mo ago
And yet, it brightened my day
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by threefour 5mo ago
“Trillions of dollars flow through the human hand,” Agrawal says. “To me, this is the biggest problem in the world to be solved.” They need to work on their messaging. "Human hands are a problem" is going to make enemies. Perhaps
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by threefour 2y ago
True, I'm just saying I don't think that's where the problems originate. In my practice, I'll try a Jedi mind trick, e.g. "Trying to [state larger goal] makes a lot of sense. An even more effective way to do that is
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by threefour 2y ago
The OP blames "various idiot web 'designers'" for problems, but in my 30 years of being a web designer I have yet to meet one designer that wants to cause these problems. It's usually people responsible for generati
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by threefour 3y ago
I was born with one kidney, a condition called renal agenesis. I’m 53 years old and in perfect health. Doctors don’t recommend any particular action. As an aside, I’m also Buddhist so if the kidney goes I’m going with it. This obsession wit
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by threefour 4y ago
It's free.
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by threefour 4y ago
Have you seen https://www.walkscore.com/ ?
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by threefour 4y ago
This is how I justify the purchase of guitars and bicycles.
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by threefour 4y ago
As long as the states pay for it. If some people insist on living in the desert, the rest of us shouldn't have to pay for it. Civilization happens elsewhere.
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by threefour 4y ago
On the topic of getting things done, I’ve applied a bit of software development skills to making music. Instead of creating an increasingly growing body of works I focus on a smaller number of “products” that I improve on over time. I get s
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by threefour 5y ago
The most influential person in architecture and software whose influence is difficult to point to.
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by threefour 5y ago
For me it required both dietary and psychological techniques to deal with feelings of hunger. - During my morning fast if I'm hungry I'll mix two tablespoons of psyllium husk with water and drink it. Fiber helps you feel full and
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by threefour 5y ago
If you’re curious why it won’t melt: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/traveling-to-the-s...
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by threefour 5y ago
Also see: https://www.outsideonline.com/health/wellness/sunscreen-sun-... "...what made the people with high vitamin D levels so healthy was not the vitamin itself. That was just a marker. Their vitamin D lev
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by threefour 5y ago
There's a saying that for every trend there's an anti-trend. I do wonder when we'll reach a critical mass of subscription services such that a preference against subscriptions in general becomes a trend.
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by threefour 5y ago
We know how well that worked for Symbian.
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by threefour 5y ago
Another musician here... I thought it was awesome what these Argentinians were doing when I moan about the processing power of my oldish MacBook Pro. And I was impressed with the phrasing of the raps. But of the two examples I clicked throu
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by threefour 7y ago
I wrote a case study of BMW's iDrive a few years ago, apparently it's still relevant https://www.fastcompany.com/1665496/when-rebooting-a-project...
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by threefour 9y ago
I wrote a complete case study on Google Wave here: https://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Fail-Learning-Experience/dp/19...
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by threefour 9y ago
Imagine a world where people only bought bespoke suits. You go to a tailor and are measured and pick out your fabric and wait a few weeks. Then you pick up your suit. It's perfect. You pay $5000 and take it home. Most of us don't
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by threefour 10y ago
If you have to use a command line to install it, it's not for designers and PMs.
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by threefour 10y ago
Let's not forget when Consumer Reports attacked the iPhone 4 because of the antenna issue. That model went on to set sales records. If we're looking for a signal about the MacBook Pro's success, sales numbers may be a better
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by threefour 10y ago
Sad. I can remember 20 years ago when I was a SysAdmin lusting after HP machines because they were built better than anything else, the quality of the case and components was unquestionably superior.
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by threefour 10y ago
That actual inspires confidence for me. I expect the opposite -- for HP's marketing people to scrub out anything that isn't positive, and the fact that they're being honest here is refreshing.
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Squirrels tail behavior suggests frustration is a path to solving a problem(thekidshouldseethis.com)
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by threefour 10y ago
It's working for me: MacBook with 10.11.5 and Safari 9.1.1.
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by threefour 10y ago
Awesome stuff. On reflection, it makes you wonder why Google didn't offer this when they rolled out AMP.
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by threefour 10y ago
This agency takes content from Howard Stern about Louis CK's site in order to promote themselves, and then doesn't link to Louis CK's site so we can see for ourselves what it's all about. That's what I hate about th
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by threefour 10y ago
Exactly: automated investing is crowded, but our holistic analysis is different. Besides LearnVest, there's PolicyGenius ( https://www.policygenius.com ) who does a good job evaluating your need for individual insurance produ
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by threefour 10y ago
That's true, states do regulate insurance including licenses for sales. And there's some Federal regulation too. The tension between commissions and neutral financial advice is an important issue. Sometimes advisors disclose their

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