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Obscurity4340

1,178karma·1,750submissions·November 15, 2022
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Shortcuts is a really good start for getting him to think algorithmically without sweating the actual code writing yet and still getting satisfying results to show for it. Its really colorful and tact…
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Can you share a few of the most personally impactful?
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Only when it works for them. The Lord, in his infinite wisdom, makes it rain for the rich and rain on the poor alike.
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Weirdly one of few uses cases of consent they actually care about
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> I'm not sure what "powerful" means here. Reminds me of all the perfect phone calls that have been going on as of late.
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It rains on the righteous and the wicked alike
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Not to mention the fact its not dealt with in high school as a compulsory credit (where all the knowledge, physical, and beaureaucratic resources are provided rather than the private hell the system h…
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I feel like there has to be a way to optimize for economy the same way you can similarly write a program/code snippet that accomplishes a specific output in as few lines and operations as possibl…
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> ...no way to have low power mode permanently Actually, this is indeed possible. Create an automation with the trigger "Low Power mode switched off" and add a single "turn low power…
3y ago·view thread
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Yeah, the whole "We need Google" schtick is not aging well. I wish they would partner with, I dunno, like Brave or even start their own search engine and follow a similar model, they're…
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Please pay Kagi then, it would be a better world online and offline if we started rewarding the good-faith actors for once. That you're already willing to cough up for it is encouraging, just tak…
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I consider the fact that people use it like TV to be a problem. YouTube (at least the way I perceived and used it) was a thing where your friends tipped you off for what to watch or look for or you ne…
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Where would this leave Elon Musk and his possible servicing of Putin? He'a got money so I know he'll be fine but still kind of shocked such a high-profile government contractor can get away …
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Skateboards are a mortal enemy of vertebrae
3y ago·view thread
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I'm on the rocks about it.
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That's the problem with Google: even when you're the customer, they can't stop treating you like the product to be vivisected and distributed amongst the lowest bidders.
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I'm damn impressed that they seem to be the first to implement Chrome and Firefox plugins for WebKit.
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The community-building/maintaining aspect of religion is actually appealing to me, as a non-believer. It has the potential to be very pro-social (when it realizes that you have to attract people …
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I've always thought there should be a class in high school related to Law where you simulate being criminally charged and have to do a mock-engagement with "the system" including field …
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Could I pm you at some point. You've lit a small fire in me, it seems
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That's actually what I meant, poor wording on my part. I just meant they are usually present together rather than one or the other.
3y ago·view thread
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SiteRipper's a great tool for this.
3y ago·view thread
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A and B are rarely non-comorbid so not sure that tracks
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I wonder if just tagging everything hierarchically would be a superior approach to this. Sometimes feel like I'm wasting my time doing so much "traversing"...
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Do you really only plan ahead 1 year at a time? Seems like an enormously inefficient use of one's time to lily-pad their housing year to year.
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Yes, like the thing where cereal boxes compare without milk and WITH milk, except for "recommended serving" and whole unit/volume
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Definitely, the info should be for the unit size/volume. Also alcohol should have the label as well. People should know how many calories are in their drinks. The serving size can be relevant (wh…
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