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bigbadgoose

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    We need foot pedals for Dvorak/QWERTY switching _in charwise situ_ … virtuosos of the finger arts, please stand up. And modes, obvi prose v code. asking important question, can wha…

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    Comment #22440865

    This guy minimalisms?

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    Comment #22279631

    I have one named thoughts.txt, and one named notes.txt, to separate daily scrum list vs. random idea or thought list. shortcuts on the desktop and aliases for easy access. Also sta…

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    Comment #22275620

    Here's an interesting paper: https://www.brookings.edu/research/a-dozen-facts-about-immig... > Immigrants are 4 times more likely than children of native-born parents to have less …

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    Comment #22269070

    Ranked and unranked already exist to address your insight

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    Comment #22269051

    If you’re actually trying to do anything, and you are diligent, you’re really only competing with 10% of the pool. Now, you just have to beat 50% of your real competitors.

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    Comment #22256600

    People with enough gumption to upend their lives and leave everything they knew behind for an uncertain future … it's the "right stuff"

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    Comment #22247527

    In Korean cooking, there is a flavor known as "cool". Think thin, really heated broth, spicy with green pepper spiciness, the more nasal type (as opposed to red spiciness, more ton…

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    Comment #21763128

    JackFest!!

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    Comment #21639101

    During a recent discussion on this topic, this emerged with regard to "what is AI": A. System should, without prompting, identify areas of improvement and innovation B. Automated c…

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    Comment #21547047

    It's sad and brilliant how they look the other way while launching Amazon Basics as a trusted brand

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    Comment #21112061

    Because it is more cost efficient to use other means to the same end (votes)

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    Comment #20376379

    It's OK, even the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th deviations have their "normies"

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    Comment #20034871

    "Advertising exists to make you feel bad about yourself, then inserts product as solution"

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    Comment #19932113

    > We could have imposed a similar level of discipline on civilian nuclear power plant operators ... when commercial plants started being built in the US in quantity ... Three Mile …

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    Comment #19931958

    The issue is that failures are catastrophic, and not under your control. And while systems and protocols can be perfectly designed, human administration is the weak link.

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    Comment #19606399

    What about the touchbar?

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    Comment #19583214

    I slack them to myself, of course

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    Comment #19582136

    Persistence is it. Quitting, by definition, takes you out of the potential winners domain.

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    Comment #19553282

    I like having a static quarterly document, in a super easy to access place. It must be one page max and lay out the "theme" of the quarter and supporting initiatives. Every team we…

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    Comment #19482061

    sigh … the original AI koans never seem to get exposure. Lisp based, just deeper. Closer to the metal. http://catb.org/jargon/html/koans.html

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    Comment #19470859

    Per-group (URLs that operate within a 10% optimization range) cached css, generated by source tree + crawl + ongoing visit data? Edit, also pls send me a pony. Optimzations have a …

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    Comment #19470851

    I hold that solar energy is the optimal solution, and consists of 1/ capture, 2/ storage, 3/ transmission Focus on (1) is great, but (2) is the breaker of chains. Solving (2) at en…

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    Comment #19470790

    Rhymes with "quarterly stock reporting"