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andsoitis

29,367karma·9,780submissions·May 6, 2022
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> An NFT marketplace is a similar to gambling or derivatives. Derivatives have real utility.
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Tenure at Netflix tends to be longer than at other tech companies. https://developerpitstop.com/how-long-do-software-engineers-... …
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In the North American context, a "staffer" is a member of staff of an organization, especially of a newspaper. I think reporters are using staffer because that's what they call employee…
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If the CEO of my company prodded me about a feature I work on, I think that's actually a great opportunity to build rapport.
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> The relevant question is, whether a powerful state is right to impose its values (which it, undoubtedly, holds in high esteem) on other states. I thought we were talking about Amazon, not a state…
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> Sure, right now we accept plastic and plasticisers everywhere around us. Which is crazy. And quite probably contributes to the great hormonal disruption and the trans craze. Interesting intuition…
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> It's not the role of a retailer to promote a particular political agenda. Standing up to an authority that declares some lives less valuable than others (e.g. gays, women, having slaves) is …
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If this was a story about blood diamonds and not gay lives, I think the tone / shape of the discussion thread would be different.
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They said: "Some things are simply wrong. This is one of those things. If one’s worldview disagrees, then theirs is simply incorrect on this matter." Similar concept but different issue: Do …
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> I wonder if this will benefit startups that are more bootstrap style. Does less funding necessary for anticipated future growth imply less damage during a recession? If future cash inflows are mo…
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I just wanted to apologize to you for not taking the time to assess your work. As others pointed out in this thread, that was jerkish behavior.
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Thanks for your perspective. FWIW, my comment was made in good faith to help the author create a better impression with folks who are steeped in those two technologies. At the same time, I can see how…
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Please render JavaScript and TypeScript correctly; it isn't Javascript or Typescript.
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> The difference between Lucid and Pascal is that with Pascal by default nothing changes whereas with Lucid everything changes by default. I don't understand what this means. It could be more …
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> Well management technology? 100% a-political. "Wells" as in water wells? Or wellness management?
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> What I'd really like is a continuously scrolling calendar to help with long-ish term planning (3-4 months). The iOS calendar works this way (if I understand your use case properly). At the t…
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Pinterest is one of those sites / apps that I think could be so so much better from a product and UX experience point of view. I just don't know that they have folks with the right perspecti…
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> The Tesla bear will counter that this is merely to keep up appearances I would be very surprised if Tesla optimized for optics here.
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I wonder how you get to a point where you have nobody in your life who shares views, interests, etc.
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An industrial revolution (or, more generally, other scientific developments) are not necessary to the story and not typical of the fantasy genre. Paraphrasing from Wikipedia: Unlike science fiction…
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I used to live on the Peninsula. I think the Bay Area as a whole is pretty bland compared to LA.
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The article talks about the protective phenotypes hypothesis, which basically says that animals with physical or chemical traits that confer protection (e.g. armor, spines, shells, or venom) have slow…
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Does this actuarial table support your claim that chance of dying is stable at 50% after 80: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html …
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