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Hnrobert42
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About Hnrobert42
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Comment #49221704
This point is very useful to me. I consider myself a pretty good engineer and a not so good entrepreneur. Maybe I'm not so good at it because I find it far more interesting to thin…
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Comment #49221634
By my analogy, I meant that the author has chosen a hard road. They can be steadfast in their belief (one with which I am sympathetic), but the proof is all around them that things…
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Comment #49221595
> Will my kids be an ethnic minority in their own country in the next generation - and if so, what's that going to be like for them? What about this is an essential concern for you…
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Comment #49221581
That is an indisputably rough list, and I'm sorry that's your conclusion. It's tough being here and feeling powerless to stop it. Beyond voting, campaign donations, judicious choic…
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Comment #49221522
Isn't the US also approaching a peak? https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-POPULATION/AGING/gdpzao... There's so many ways to slice the data, I'm not sure there's an apples-to-appl…
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Comment #49191033
I feel for the author but they are the digital Amish driving a horse down a paved road.
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Comment #49159561
I'm confused by the US conservatives' full court press for fossil fuels and against wind/solar. I believe it's mostly about protecting existing money/power structures, but I don't …
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Comment #49138385
I urge people to not read this. Once you do, you will see all documentation will as the flawed and confusing mess it is. Ignorance is bliss!
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Comment #49133301
Where does it stop? Should it include edits with a digital camera? What about black and white? I'm not trolling. I'm thinking about how you practically define what you are proposin…
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Comment #49118914
Anyone can post stories to HN.
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Comment #49116312
I disagree, but I at least appreciate the correct use of that expression.
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Comment #49064592
Is the high success rate because they are good at winning or good at picking winning cases? Does that 90% include plea bargains?
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Comment #49005285
Whoa! You don't know where they are from. Given time zones, it's likely they are from Europe
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Comment #48987407
FWIW, it works great in Firefox focus on an iPhone 16 Pro.
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Comment #48966980
Having made training videos, doing a voice recording is a huge pain in the ass. So easy to flub and have to edit or re-record. Hard to maintain even pace. I haven't tried AI genera…
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Comment #48957489
I console myself that this is why I never got fabulously wealthy. That brilliance is no guarantee of wealth. You need luck, too. But the truth is, you also need to do the work. I u…
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Comment #48956987
Yes! This is how you do humor. Demand precision. Dissect all the things!
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Comment #48954617
No. If a site doesn't want to comply with the state, they can geoblock. That's what pornhub does.
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Comment #48924600
Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance, if you are looking for a solid resource.
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Comment #48915500
> Every tech company building out datacenters would pay in a heartbeat to add commensurate power to the grid. The cost is not an objection. Yeah. I'm going to need a source on this…
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Comment #48880591
Do you believe the example given was evil? I believe they are wrong not evil. That's what I mean that I will not be a cynic.
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Comment #48880553
You mean like how you wrote "anti-White" and "black"? Ignorance and strong opinions is a bad combination.
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Comment #48877275
In all cases where I was presented with an unreasonable non-compete, I either negotiated it away or scratched it out before signing. I know not everyone has that luxury, but if you…
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Comment #48872000
I use Firefox Focus on mobile which blocks ads automatically. This was a cool site, so I thought it only fair to visit it with ads permitted. My god. I didn't even know autoplaying…