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andsoitis
29,346karma·9,774submissions·May 6, 2022
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Show us the numbers that substantiate this framing. Also, if it is “rolling sequence of bubbles”, isn’t it more just like foam that self-corrects rapidly without major crashes? Put differently, isn’t …
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> how AI threatens natural resources for billions. The article rests on the claim that water usage of data centers on continent X threaten water availability for humans on continent Y. I hope you c…
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> Having said that, I would love if Apple would create a phone with a physical keyboard. There are several 3rd party keyboards for iPhone. From compact to larger. Have you tried any and what do you…
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It is a worse HCI for the reason I mentioned; I predict tiny market share if still around 5 years from now.
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Physical keyboard combined with a touch screen (which you need because you don’t have a joystick or mouse), doesn’t make sense because it eats space you can’t reclaim. A virtual OSK is invoked context…
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> US monopoly money has value mainly because of petro dollar. A currency’s value reflects confidence in the economy issuing it. The dollar is backed implicitly by the size, productivity, and stabil…
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> that doesn't mean China doesn't have an enormous amount of leverage and influence. Explain?
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> proliferation of technologies that give ever smaller numbers of people with smaller amounts resources the ability to impact billions of people did you mean greater number of people with less re…
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Previous discussion (3 days ago): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49266879 My submission got flagged, so may the odds be in your favor! I think it is an interesting story.…
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> It’s why minimum wages are stupid Disagree. The spectrum of potential economic contribution by the population is too wide to give a humane life to everyone. So it is moral to provide a baseline b…
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I didn’t say that I don’t want visitors who aren’t proficient in the language. I love to travel to places where I don’t understand the language. What exhilarates me even more is going to places where …
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Leaders lead. Managers manage. It is something you do , rather than your title. Some leaders are also great managers. Some managers are also great leaders. But not all managers are leaders.
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… all those people who have been tagging their friends in their photos…
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> I sort of wonder is there a "true" way to represent color? Would an intensity over frequency curve do it? There’s no single “true” way because color isn’t a fixed property of light itse…
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> This why I oppose national healthcare. I don’t want to pay for other people to get healthcare. I don’t want people to get higher wages for jobs in retail or restaurants because I don’t want to pa…
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Those system requirements! > PowerPC-based RS/6000 workstation, > AIX Version 4.1.5 or AIX 4.2.1 > AIX Ultimedia Services/6000 2.1.4 (or higher), > Audio sub-system and speakers,…
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the suffering humans cause through meat eating. if there's a universal consciousness, she's not happy with us.
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I also don't watch DoorDash to pay that fee, because that just means it comes from me and other DoorDash users, with more coming from more frequent customer. So this activist is really saying to …