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looeee
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Comment #20306059
1% is a pretty bad rounding error, you might want to look into some better accounting software.
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Comment #20306012
What it will take is for the US to start prioritizing human rights, at all? I mean, they're currently running concentration camps for children at the Mexican border, in their own c…
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Comment #20292174
Do you have some statistics to back that up? Without statistics it's pretty just s much meaningless about how kids these days are lazy... A complaint which every generation has mad…
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Comment #20292142
Betteridge's law: for any headline ending in a question, the answer is 'no'. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headli...
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Comment #20283690
> In fact, that’s how the world was before the advent of nation-state AKA the Golden Age fallacy
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Comment #20278335
> 1 sat/byte What's a sat?
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Comment #20251319
> I'm sure it needs plenty of energy So much that it has its own power plant, as far as I know. Environmental issues aside, pretty cool to stand there in swimming trunks when it's …
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Comment #20234604
How did you get involved with that? Did you just phone up and offer your services?
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Comment #20203373
I'm gonna guess that they have very little to do with inches in the real world, and will in fact display at different lengths on different screens.
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Comment #20203322
Or if it's to do with curing aging, cancer, HIV, or heart disease.
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Comment #20194497
> even in the United States The United States has become an oligarchy over the last few decades. It's basically the worst Western country that you could use as an example of freedo…
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Comment #20188195
This is called the Roman Room technique: https://m.wikihow.com/Remember-Lists-of-Words-With-the-Roman...
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Comment #20188172
The Egg is the most famous story based on that idea, I think. http://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg_mod.html
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Comment #20173373
It's simple. Avoid them, just as you should avoid processed meat. Easy less processed food, and lots of fruit, veg, fiber, and protein from whatever source you like. That's the key…
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Comment #20172165
> While I have no urge to eat food for its ability to imitate meat (so I’m not the target audience anyway) That's a very short sighted view. This isn't about vegetarianism. It's ab…
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Comment #20155517
That's a pretty obscure reason to say that smartphones suck though. If you need more computing power, buy a tablet or a big battery pack, or use a laptop. Hell, log into a remote s…
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Comment #20155459
> Modern phones have big enough screens Not all phones have big screens. Not all people want phones with big screens, and even though it's the current fashion that may change in a …
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Comment #20155445
This argument doesn't work, especially on a societal level. Tech companies are spending millions on researching how to make people addicted to their apps, and it's working. If you …
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Comment #20106923
You can also do this with a single email address and the + symbol: jimmy+facebook@gmail.com jimmy+twitter@gmail.com jimmy+hackernews@gmail.com all go to jimmy@gmail.com
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Comment #20021091
> Even here on HN which is so user friendly. Except on mobile. The UI elements are tiny, try closing ten comments without clicking the timestamp by mistake at least once.
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Comment #20010006
Personally, I'm totally fine with that lost investment. Especially since it's likely to be temporary.
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Comment #20009996
> even though we are not any kind of data collection company Are you collecting data on your customers? If you are, then one of the things your company does is data collection, eve…
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Comment #20009976
If you look for evidence to prove yourself right, then you will find it. Even if you're wrong.
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Comment #19947531
I mean, that's great and all. But I actually want people to use my website.