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Tao331
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Comment #31152644
That's the "pay someone else to do it" option. It's this way because "archive and then forget about it" isn't really a thing. It turns out an archive that is not maintained is no a…
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Comment #31152580
> Everyone is destructed in the end anyway. Is this true? How do you know?
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Comment #31145321
I can't remember the last time I used an office restroom.
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Comment #31145302
I wouldn't be surprised if restaurants found a way. I've seen folks go to great lengths to "marry" half-empty ketchup bottles.
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Comment #31140121
As Foxmilk's talking lion tulpa, I can confirm the post is mostly BS. He/she (I can never tell because you all look the same to me) doesn't even know I'm on HN.
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Comment #31140061
> there are self-interpretations that seem pretty self-destructive That's the counter argument to your previous assertion. A self-interpretation is wrong if it destroys the self. B…
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Comment #31139960
It's r/tulpas without My Little Pony
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Comment #31139949
I don't think it's necessarily what I'd call narcissism. We look back on history and see people championing causes and things for real victims, e.g. the civil rights movement. I th…
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Comment #31137679
> Ethereum uses uint256 for many things to avoid having to do floating point math. Wow. I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to Solidity, so it hadn't previously occured to me that it…
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Comment #31137142
I'm positive that most people who mean the former will backpedal, provide conditions and loopholes, or become outright angry and start calling you a nazi if you make them actually …
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Comment #31137089
What's so bad about it? If someone says they are against banning books, asking "what do you mean by that?" may not get you an honest response due to the claimant not necessarily co…
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Comment #31137019
> Elie Wiesel's Night I read that during my junior year in high school. It was the last straw that launched me into a depressive episode that wrecked my grades for the year that ma…
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Comment #31136843
If you want to see the list for real, here it is: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/search?booklist=booksunbanned
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Comment #31136601
It seems to have had a big cultural impact.
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Comment #31130288
It just happens, apparently. Here's a decent rundown: https://www.ifixit.com/Wiki/What_to_do_with_a_swollen_batter...
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Comment #31130213
> let's make it harder for the people who have to clean up after security incidents Uh oh, sounds like you might have to actually do your job too!
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Comment #31128435
> I really, really doubt almost anyone had racist or problematic visualizations in their mind. Reminds me how we used to have Backlog Grooming meetings, but we had to change the na…
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Comment #31128186
Can you please not use the word s____? My ancestors were Slavs, and when I see the word it is a painful reminder of how they were treated as property by Romans who bought and sold …
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Comment #31128094
I prefer sovereign and vassal. No one has called me out on it.
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Comment #31128058
But isn't the name Amazon inherently exclusionary, and one of the oldest distorted stereotypes? The mote in the employee's eye vs. the log in the company's eye
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Comment #31127976
How about "motherboard/fatherboard"? If we just use that everywhere they'll all be happy. No fatherboards will feel left out. Mother-of-pearl can just be nacre, and I don't know wh…
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Comment #31127796
> Cutting phrases like “whitelist/blacklist” ...out of our vocabulary... addresses years of habitual bias in tech terminology Vice, you are not helping. Unless your ancestors had l…
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Comment #31126784
I've been using a Zoom meeting of just myself, locked, audio and camera off. Worked like a charm when I needed to discharge a swelling battery.
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Comment #31123991
I think your real anger should be directed at the studios that aren't fairly structuring your benefits and compensation, as well as the union that is not getting these for you.