unionjack22

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by unionjack22 8mo ago
I think in a state with a single boomtown(Seattle) this goes doubly true. Productive and competent people with agency opt for tech or tech adjacent vs local/county/state government. Seems it will continue provided the cost/be
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by unionjack22 8mo ago
For such a tech and adv. manufacturing dependent state, WA certainly has pushed some conspicuous and myopic regulations since 2016. With the coming income tax creep, seems we’re marching towards the bloat of California sans any of the benef
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by unionjack22 9mo ago
Comments like these, aside from the brilliant technical answers and dives, really highlight the value of HN. What a lovely Sunday read I shall have—I’ve been getting distracted by the phone and world news. Reading Baudillard and Debord shou
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by unionjack22 9mo ago
I'm not arguing the point you're making. I'm saying that these discussions on these sorts of things on chat boards populated by privileged western nerds and conspicuous progressives have little merit and are merely a reflecti
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by unionjack22 9mo ago
Need to get this comment to the top.
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by unionjack22 9mo ago
>this was probably a combination of 3/75 Ranger Regiment and/or RRC, Delta/CAG, 24th STS, and probably 1 or more SEAL teams based on the sub movement. If you're going to flaunt nerd speak then just say JSOC.
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by unionjack22 9mo ago
Here's a trick I've learnt to get an authentic view of events like these, a nice way to parse through the keyboard warrior and ivory tower voices and noise is to hear what Venezuelans, the millions of Venezuelan migrants, and the
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by unionjack22 9mo ago
Dr. Levin’s work is so fascinating. Glad to see his work referenced. If anyone wishes to learn more while idle or commuting, check out Lex Friedman’s podcast episode with him linked above
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by unionjack22 9mo ago
I hope someone much smarter than I answers this. I’ve been noticing an uptick platonic and neo-platonic discourse in the zeitgeist and am wondering if we’re converging on something profound.
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by unionjack22 10mo ago
I’m really curious about the amount of screen time and news/social media consumption of these groups. I assume it’s a couple standard deviations above what’s healthy.
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by unionjack22 10mo ago
It’s absolutely insightful for adults as well. Especially when paired with the other horsemen of the attention apocalypse “Dopamine Nation”, “Irresistible”, and “The Shallows”. Returned my treatment of the internet from “the thing” to just
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by unionjack22 11mo ago
It can be both. The further away I get from social media and its singular narratives where it’s always “this ONE thing” form of causeality, the more I realize the mechanisms and causes can be multimodal and compound upon on another.
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by unionjack22 11mo ago
I(1992) keep it because my younger family members(Gen Z>) refuse to use anything else to communicate.
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by unionjack22 11mo ago
If anyone wishes to use this study as a catalyst to shift one’s attitude, then I highly recommend dropping the dopaminergic doomloop apps like Reddit/Bluesky/X/tiktok/IG. Your life will be better for it. Snapchat can sta
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by unionjack22 11mo ago
Vitamin D, red light therapy, insulin attenuating response of a walk, immunological benefit of allergen exposure, cognitive noise reduction and rest response of walks in forests. Man keeps trying to bring the outdoors inside.
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by unionjack22 1y ago
Oh yeah, it’s both funny and understandable how we’ve swung from the mania of huel-esque techbro belief of nutrition to the current holistic eating “beef tallow” and no-seed oils movement. I think we realized guzzling slop alone is spiritua
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by unionjack22 1y ago
This adds nothing to the conversation but seeing the lively discussion here on hn about lifting, exercise, and studies is quite rewarding. Good to see technical folks passionate about their health and fitness.
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by unionjack22 3y ago
I bought the 256gb version with the intent on using it as a new and novel medium to rebuild my app building skills from conception to end after half a decade in the enterprise space. I have to say it met my expectations and for whatever gap
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by unionjack22 4y ago
As an elder millennial, it really doesn’t seem like a last gasp. These academic attempts are perfect for conspicuous signalling at no cost and such signals usually get repeated by my generation and zoomers. What I’m trying to say is that ba
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by unionjack22 6y ago
My anecdotal experience suggests this seems to be a Cali phenomenon. In Seattle, even with our insane number homeless, addicts, and the uptick in crime this year, we’ve had only a handful of attacks against our Asian citizens. All of which
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by unionjack22 6y ago
It’s really frustrating how simple and true this is yet difficult to brand and market correctly.
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by unionjack22 6y ago
I’m curious whether there’s data showing the age breakdown of the perpetrators and victims in these cases and whether the rise of Hindu nationalism contributed to an increase.
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by unionjack22 7y ago
This headline does a disservice to his statement. He addressed the need to tax wealth, including generational wealth, as well as incomes. The nature of the latter will be contentious in WA given the fact that the area has a high COLA, is te
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by unionjack22 8y ago
An EKG is done via a 12-point lead at specific areas of the body. At the moment, there is only one ECG sensor on the watch. When I told my SO who is currently in medical residency, the look on her face was of pure horror. I think to physici
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by unionjack22 9y ago
>"What is the difference between a psychological and psychiatric problem? I've never seen these terms used in the same context you used them anywhere in medicine" You really ought to stop pushing your uneducated opinions a
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by unionjack22 9y ago
We do. In fact we make them redo their 3-4 residencies and following that, dangle the promise of a Green Card after seven years and send them to the god forsaken underpaid rural shitholes American trained doctors have fled because of the in
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by unionjack22 9y ago
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/health-expenditures.htm The US spent 3.2 trillion on health care in 2015. 100 billion is 3.12%. It doesn't seem like that big of a problem. This article is just capital scapeg
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by unionjack22 9y ago
Seattle needs to aggressively address the ridiculous single-family zoning issues before we end up like the Bay Area. The city's only real advantage over San Fran/Palo Alto is it's relative affordability for tech workers and t
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by unionjack22 9y ago
*luxury high-rise and mid-rise condo buildings And those developments have been concentrated in a few areas barely zoned for such. The vast majority of the city is zoned for single family buildings not townhouses/low-rises/mid-ris
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by unionjack22 9y ago
Seattleite here, If the city would build for density and take some steps to address the speculation and foreign asset arbitrage going on in the housing market, then this debate would be moot and we'd be back to brooding and awkwardly a

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