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anExcitedBeast

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    Comment #46205316

    To gently push back, there are absolutely accountants and roofers who dedicate their free time upskilling or in adjacent hobbies. Many (perhaps most?) other fields have are confere…

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    Comment #44445346

    They make long articles to maximize ad exposure and SEO. It's good faith --they're doing what they have to to make money with the underlying tech ecosystem-- but it's not a good ou…

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    Comment #43205455

    The celebrity crypto phenomenon has spread to world leaders on three continents. Tracking the pattern seems worthwhile - open to suggestions and thoughts.

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    Comment #31076451

    I LOVE this. I'd love a correspondence mode so I can play over the course of a few days (or even PBeM if you wanna go old school).

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    Comment #31031115

    I'm sorry you're dealing with this. Maybe it's time to rethink how you spend your working attention. Impact can drive fulfilment. https://80000hours.org/

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    Comment #20770642

    At the risk of taking the fun out of this, you can recover "failed" text. After you fail, close the tab. Then restore the closed tab from browser history. Your text should rest ahe…

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    Comment #17206249

    >Assuming that "rich" means "don't need to work at all, for the rest of your life, to keep a roof over your head and food on your table," none of what you listed require being rich…

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    Comment #17153898

    Oxford has a project on impactful careers you might find interesting. https://80000hours.org/

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    Comment #13385560

    Theology is a broad term and includes the anthropology of religion, history, and philosophy. Many atheists study theology in good faith.

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    Comment #12815247

    > Tip: if you care about maximizing the quality of your dietary supplement, research and buy each ingredient individually, and then mix it all up yourself. That defeats my primary …

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    Comment #12736084

    Every political research product is funded by someone with an agenda. GAI, Brookings, Cato, Heritage, take your pick. Funding should always be considered, but is not cause to disco…

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    Comment #12313452

    In Android, you can disable App notifications. That may accomplish what you're looking for.

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    Comment #12305943

    Everyone understands the merits of data-driven design. There is heaps of merit. No point to further discussion. Everyone does NOT agree on the ethics of force-feeding this model on…

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    Comment #12174396

    I noticed IR services are not listed on your website. I hate to be this guy, but you don't want to offer IR/forensic services if you don't have experience doing exactly that. Your …

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    Comment #12174253

    This incident isn't over. You must fully scope the incident, and the only way to do that is to hire outside help. If the breach leaks and it's found that you haven't properly respo…

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    Comment #11575002

    Sure, but piracy where everyone gets paid.

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    Comment #11541560

    I know they have no incentive to do this, but it would be nice if they let you configure alternate VPN providers. This is a really clean VPN UX.

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    Comment #11423398

    "JavaScript must be enabled in order to use the bytejail website." Good way to keep stubborn technical users from learning about your project, whatever it may be.

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    Comment #11174186

    For the sake of dealing with better numbers, about a third of that figure is suicide. And very, very, very few gun deaths are by rifle. Last year ~9k people were shot in the US - ~…

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    Comment #10938100

    I spent a few months in Australia last year. In Queensland, I heard a lot of Aussies say "no drama's" in the same context.

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    Comment #10894635

    Probably because of the first part ("...doing some of the coolest most innovative big data parsing that there is"). "Creeeeeepy" companies tend to offer good pay to do cool work wi…

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    Comment #10889390

    The article is littered with lines which don't reflect reality, but do reflect the sentiment of IP lobby. Reeks of "Save the American Inventor" astroturf.