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No one thinks advertising works on them. That's why it works on them.

I think philosophy has to find gaps in what science can do in order to justify its existence. Some things are untestable -- what are we supposed to do with those things? There are …

Yeah, I think chromebooks are halfway there -- but like chromebooks still have CPU's and an OS. I guess I was thinking that the network connection could be, for instance, to a wind…

Yeah, I've used like Citrix desktop before at my job, but I'm still using a computer to connect to that. I was thinking just a screen that just has the basic ability to connect to …

I like thought experiments like this. Sort of along these lines, I've been wondering more why we don't make displays that just connect to a cloud hosted VM instead of PC's -- the e…

Crypto-social platforms promised to solve this -- but we've seen how that's gone.

Who is "they"? Did you not have product teams writing clear business cases for everything you work on? Like if a developer doesn't understand why something is important it isn't go…

I never thought it had its basis in genetics, though that is pretty interesting. At least from what I remember in reading Albion's seeds it was the result of distinct cultures. I t…

I had a Prof in college who wrote a book about the US being 4 sections since its founding, he called them folkways https://www.amazon.com/Albions-Seed-British-Folkways-cultura...

Reasonable and accurate comment. "I've been a member for a while now"... guy paid 20 bucks, one time, thinks he's part of an elite outdoors club.

Do you work for REI or have a business relationship with them?

Well, specifically, one that I remember was a solar charger. I couldn't exactly go outside and let it sit in the sun all day to see if it worked before buying. What set me off was …

I've had bad experiences with their garage sales, buying products that say "too heavy" or "didn't like fit" but are just broken. Like at least give products a look over, especially…

France, Italy, Spain, people more commonly drink espressos, cafe au lait.. I've found cold brew or sometimes even decent iced coffee harder to get. "order coffee and a croissant, b…

Please. Europe doesn't even have cold brew coffee