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I don't consider that a normal nor a healthy opinion. I'd choose happiness over money. Sure there is some level of money that's so low I wouldn't be happy but that just again means…

Is a paying github user it's not the lowest touch option. For me they just bill me on the card I'm already paying them with so easier than paypal.

What does "touchless" mean? Who cleans the place up each day? Who maintains the building? (cleaning the toilets, fixing broken doors and windows, and other general maintenance) Who…

No, I'm only trying to claim that a government run farmers market is not incorruptible nor likely would it be any more fair. Interestingly the link above is not to a government run…

That reminds me of the difference between Japanese travel guides and US travel guides. Most travel guides in the US look like Lonely Planet, Frommers, etc. A big book of words, par…

How is that evidence it's efficient and incorruptible? for one, there's a limited number of stalls. It certainly wouldn't be shocking if whoever bribed the government coordinator t…

How about 2 AI developing a language to be able to speak to each other https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064177/

I read that as some creative way to use Scrapple for diagrams and went to check out what it was. Imagine my disappointment that it was just some poorly named software and not actua…

> What's the purpose of your math? To show that $100b in reserves may not be that much if you need to keep the company afloat for 168k people.

Mostly I do. Anyone can be a coal miner. Just show up and start digging. I'm not saying coal miners don't have their expertise and maybe their salary would go up if no one wanted t…

CEOs general work harder than workers. They're on 24/7. I don't think I'd ever want to be a CEO of a company as big as Google. They have to deal with 100s of teams as well as 100s …

Just off the cuff guessing but 12000 people cost $1.2 to $4.8 billon a year Google has 180k people, minus 12k = 168k. That means their burn rate is 16.8 to 84 billon a year I'm spe…

tagging is 99.9999% a bad thing. I challenge you to walk down Mission St in san francisco and find a single instance of Bansky level commentary. Also, I don't define what Bansky do…

So they're the ones I need to punch in the face for "pull-to-refresh"? (jk) Actually though, I absolutely hate that Chrome iOS has pull-to-refresh. I've never in my life wanted to …

> You become confident by taking on challenges, repeatedly coming out on top, and providing your brain undeniable evidence you are who you say you are. It's not enough for many peo…

reminds me of tagging. easy to do property destruction costs 100x to fix

sf is worst for car break-ins. organized crime drive down the street with one person walking and looking in cars. if they see something they bust the window, grab the stuff, hop in…

There are millions of vegatarians that like meat like products. See the 100s of products made from things like wheat gluten that Buddhist monks have been eating for 1000s of years …

which one did you try? impossible burger was great for me. beyond, not so much

and their are billions of people who like cooking and pounding vegatables into goo and then adding 10 to 30 spices to make yummy curries

I'm on 6 services. It hasn't been different on any of them. The odds that all 6 have the same bug seems unlikely.

I really hope it is because I get maybe 1 person every 8 months to write back so if the average person has so many dates they need an app to track them all that's just seriously de…

For a body, with bones, since they can't stretch. All you need is rotation at each joint. You can get away with 10/11 bits per axis. So for a full body you should be able to compre…

The worst experience for me is trying to play videos in the google photos mobile app (or the website). It can take 1-2-3-4 minutes (or never) for it to finally play a video I uploa…

In Japan they introduced pocket ashtrays as fashion. 1000s of different kinds, different brands, etc. I don't know if it had any impact but it was an interesting idea. https://www.…