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We live in an era where attention matters more than reality. Chronically online CEOs are aware of this. Om Malik has been writing about this recently, especially regarding OpenAI /…

There is a large, growing Russian diaspora and many writers/artists create works in exile. The language helps if you want to understand the millions who left their homes out of pri…

He appears to be making that point for the entirety of the interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i-ys9faa74

Search "from:stephenm insurrection": https://x.com/StephenM/status/1974647432299327904

Thanks for the transparency + analysis. I've been a happy Fastmail customer for 11+ years and will continue to be so. Everyone wrote that their experience with FM support has been …

I am the OP. I admit my second message was terse, but the correct social media response for a critical outage is "we're looking into it". Not "if you want support, go here". Like I…

I visited in May. When I left, at blue dollar rates, 1 USD = ~1040 Argentinine pesos; today, 1 USD = 1415 pesos. Ie, 35% inflation in 2.5 months. [1] And every month, the governmen…

I had EVO ICL done ~10 months ago. My contact prescription was -7.25 left / -6.75 right with thin corneas so I wasn't a great candidate for LASIK. Weighed costs of ICL vs PRK and o…

Canceling The Economist was the worst experience of any periodical, by far. You were right not to continue. Recently canceled and (from transcript) it took 18+ minutes chatting wit…

I've settled on this over the years: play -c 2 --null synth brownnoise reverb bass 6 treble -3 It's close to the myNoise brown preset, IMO, if a little bass heavier.

I use stylish to apply my own (quick and easy) dark mode to hckr news: @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) { body { background-color: #444; color: #ccc; } .entries a:hover { backgr…

California CC tuition is not representative of the rest of the country. In-state tuition for a full-time (15 credits) student at Salt Lake Community College is currently ~2100 per …

I built a text annotation tool recently, first in React before rewriting it in Svelte. I found React's virtual DOM annoying, esp. when dealing with text selections + wrapping those…

I initially preferred JSX ("it's just Javascript"), esp. with Svelte oddities like `$$props`, but after working with Svelte templating for a while I now prefer it due to things lik…

This seems pretty clearly not about nostalgia or technology. Nothing signals "don't talk to me" like plainly visible earbuds. I used to wear a pair, with nothing playing, when walk…

How is Gallup calculating risk? As far as I can tell from their appendix, they're using total hospitalizations / total US population. Ie, 2.6mm hospitalizations / 330mm population …

It's a new feature (few months old). Look for the + icon in top nav. https://twitter.com/MattNavarra/status/1408068652495097862/p...

Suicides were down (in USA) for 2020: https://www.axios.com/suicide-decreased-in-2020-pandemmic-me...

Searched for and couldn't find the 0.4% tax, which tax are you referring to? And for others, the incoming 2022 tax is a 0.58% payroll tax. From WA directly: "Washington state does …

Govtrack tracks this and compiles report cards that (mostly) reveal what you're looking for, e.g., its reports on Bills Introduced, Bills Out of Committee, and Laws Enacted [1]. Th…

Calico Energy | https://calicoenergy.com/ | Remote (offices in Seattle and Chicago), must be US-based (citizen or green card) We're creating a utility data platform to help buildin…

The former secretary of DHS stated this week that DHS's Federal Protection Service (the forces deployed in Portland) are mostly private contractors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v…