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gadabout

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    Comment #44490011

    > Recently I heard Neil Degrasse Tyson saying that people came up with averages more recently than with calculus. It's not something people find relevant naturally. Whoa now. That …

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    Comment #43117294

    > I am not going to look for a source right now but I would venture that since the 1960's were part of the industrial era that food was even more expensive before the creation of t…

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    Comment #38207458

    I remember proto-Lockitron when it was a bunch of parts laying around a loft studio off College Ave. Hope you're doing well! -Sam

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    Comment #27937323

    Agree, also podcasts in that genre are often more about "story telling" (which requires - dun duh dun - backstory), but articles do not. I do not mind 5 minutes of backstory on a 6…

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    Comment #24529285

    I mean, my boss - who is the central hub for a lot of communication - can not live his life this way unless he finds a new job. Obviously that is a choice he has made but either wa…

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    Comment #24520635

    Culling down notifications was a life-changing action for me. Like you, I turned off almost all notifications. My only notifications were texts/calls from people that depended upon…

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    Comment #24518441

    I understand your message and don't disagree, but I think choosing Alex Jones as an example for this message is crazy given that he has literally made his life's work giving a voca…

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    Comment #24512406

    > He has guests from all spectrums, I believe it's healthy to listen to all sides and debate them on their merits. One could easily argue that Joe does in fact not debate many of h…

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    Comment #24432896

    You keep assuming that the manager is only delegating via Slack pings, which is not my experience at all and also not what mumblemumble specified. The best managers know what the a…

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    Comment #24284972

    I hate the vessel used for this article and would prefer it to be not something 2 clicks away from spending money. That said, I thought the article's upsides outweighed the possibl…

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    Comment #22538315

    I am not defending HN/YC here, but the user's noted irony is referring to TFN, located at the-tls.co.uk, not talking about HN/YC.

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    Comment #22476849

    I do everything you said with one additional combination from a Project Manager focus point: When someone voices a question/objection/important comment during a meeting, I will usu…

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    Comment #22426423

    Maybe I'm being dense, but how would that work without potential risk or inconvenience to the user?

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    Comment #22303415

    I've used Pythonista on my iPad and I adore it. The physical keyboard is a personal must-have, but the experience is great otherwise.

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    Comment #22299746

    Same experience for me. One huge upside is how great the Firefox mobile browser is (as an Android phone user; unsure for iOS). Having uBlock + Dark Reader on my phone has felt like…

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    Comment #22075244

    Curious, where does 40% come from?

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    Comment #21216581

    This seems like a purposely antagonistic comment? The user was stating how freedom is much more entangled into our everyday purchase and use of our devices. Also, what happens to y…