wbrasky

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by wbrasky 7y ago
I was in the process of a job search while working at a foundering startup back in December. Interview processes were paused over the holidays and scheduled to resume in early January. Jan. 2, first day back at the old job, I was laid of
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by wbrasky 7y ago
I read that as "Paid lunches"
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by wbrasky 7y ago
The Lykov Family have been well-covered. VICE had a decent piece covering the sole remaining member: Agafia. Their speech did somewhat devolve, and children born out in the taiga had developed their own cooing pidgin that they spoke to ea
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by wbrasky 7y ago
Insulin pumps (and their cannula; not a "needle") are installed 24/7. They can be "suspended" and the insulin delivery hose unhooked, but they are generally there, and active, at all times. Likewise, a CGM (contin
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by wbrasky 7y ago
> The tendency to seed cloud formation is well documented
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by wbrasky 7y ago
"termidity" What exactly does that mean?
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by wbrasky 7y ago
WTF did I just read?
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by wbrasky 7y ago
You're right, it's far far worse now.
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by wbrasky 7y ago
why has the title been changed from "covers" (which is what they were) to "stamp" which is a less specific form of what they were? Why are we not just using the article title?
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by wbrasky 7y ago
probably because that was such a needlessly snarky reply.
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by wbrasky 8y ago
Welcome to capitalism.
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by wbrasky 8y ago
Why on earth would someone use an expensive, patent-encumbered drug when there's regular Ketamine that can do the same thing?
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by wbrasky 8y ago
I mean, it's a minor quibble, but ripoff would make sense. Usury does not, in any way. It's simply a misuse of usury.
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by wbrasky 8y ago
> But from €9.6 to €185 is an increase of 1827% or 19.27 times more. To me that's usury. I don't think that word means what you think it means.
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by wbrasky 8y ago
naming anonymous functions can provide some clarity in stack traces however
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by wbrasky 8y ago
Ann is Carl's widow. McFarlane has championed his work and was big driver (and I believe financier) of the new Cosmos.
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by wbrasky 8y ago
citation needed
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by wbrasky 8y ago
instead of a raspberry pi and all that entails, might I suggest a simple outlet timer
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by wbrasky 8y ago
I am equally baffled by people's love of throwing money at cars. When I needed a "new" car two years ago, I asked my mechanic what sort of car they would want from a reliability/value standpoint. I was told Subarus or
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by wbrasky 8y ago
"The sound is a form of feedback. On modern laptop keyboards there is so little feedback that every bit counts. The sound is like a reassurance. It’s your computer telling you, yes, you did indeed hit that key." Oh, feedback like
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by wbrasky 8y ago
That would make sense if you could meaningfully recycle filters, like you can glass bottles. This would end up being a false economy subsidy more than likely. No thanks.
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by wbrasky 8y ago
This is an oft-repeated falsehood. The majority of cryptos I have looked at (the big, non-pre-mined ones in particular) are not and will not be for many, many years. They are disinflationary. They experience inflation at a decreasing rat
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No Good Deed(medium.com)
1 points by wbrasky 8y ago|0 comments
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Reinventing the Wheel(medium.com)
1 points by wbrasky 8y ago|0 comments