threwawaysoff

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by threwawaysoff 6y ago
Well, consider the Simpsons' comic book guy: high-IQ but essentially unproductive. He represents that smart-weirdo stereotype. In terms of envy and anti-intellectualism, it's convenient to lump most tech people, including producti
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by threwawaysoff 6y ago
Occam's razor. Inventing conspiracy theories isn't helpful.
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by threwawaysoff 6y ago
I ditched Linode years ago because it just wasn't that great. AWS if I need ephemeral boxes (I used to be an enterprise on-prem AWS consultant), but I run most everything on a home 96 EPYC core, 512 GB, SSD, HDD (ZFS) box running KVM,
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by threwawaysoff 6y ago
Virgin, if they get investment, strategy, and ambition. In Heathrow, they said more than "hello" to and knew so many vendors and regular workers, and even showed me how to find flights across carriers on their terminal. They were
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by threwawaysoff 6y ago
Btw, an aircraft that may revolutionize the viability of regional and charter flights because of its low capex and opex costs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Celera_500L Mentour Pilot's assessment: https:&#x2
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by threwawaysoff 6y ago
Yes, it was basic. And self-esteem head-pats don't do much for me except arouse a feeling of being patronized and raise suspicions. All-in-all, this doesn't seem to do the clients justice if they don't throughly test to see w
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by threwawaysoff 6y ago
Another story source (2007): https://www.damninteresting.com/spies-on-the-roof-of-the-wor...
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by threwawaysoff 6y ago
TB raised a huge red flag when they said "[I] received one of the highest scores on the quiz they ever saw." I immediately thought: they tell this to everyone, this is some sort of deceptive tactic, and I cannot trust them. I neve
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by threwawaysoff 6y ago
Oh hey, it's the pickup artist guy. lol.
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by threwawaysoff 6y ago
The problem is nearly all white-collar people in the SF Bay Area are stingy and blind to the plights of anyone else besides themselves. If this weren't the case, there wouldn't be so many homeless people living on freeway on-ramp
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by threwawaysoff 6y ago
The car driver doesn't fall far from the factory.
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by threwawaysoff 6y ago
OR6A2 https://www.genenames.org/data/gene-symbol-report/#!/hgnc_id...
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by threwawaysoff 6y ago
< 8% indicates official hipsterdom.
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by threwawaysoff 6y ago
I noticed a large decline in friendliness, and it was one of the reasons why I moved out of California; Chico to the SF Bay Area were basically the same. And, new mail people eventually wouldn't even acknowledge my presence. It seems l
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by threwawaysoff 6y ago
worldwide 30%, give-or-take https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7091696
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by threwawaysoff 6y ago
Quality > quantity. Personally, I don't see the value in much fiction unless it is exceptional. Instead, I would prefer to read notable works of nonfiction as well as extremely controversial ones that influenced history.
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by threwawaysoff 6y ago
Unpopular opinions and facts that will be automatically discarded, downvoted, flagged, and chastised into oblivion because they are contrary to prevailing dogma: 1. Women's access to the job market competes with men, and takes away men