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lprubin

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About lprubin

www.smoothconversion.com

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    Comment #39918671

    Looks interesting. Can you go into more detail about why you like this better for large/complex tasks compared to GH Copilot?

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    Comment #32594430

    My biggest problem with dealing with call centers is actually the technology. For some reason every time I talk with Amazon or Google call centers, every 10th second or so drops ou…

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    Comment #32266879

    Did these sponsors just start contacting you inbound or did you do cold outreach?

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    Comment #30845143

    How is it abusable if you're only blocking the domains for yourself?

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    Comment #30646564

    Can anyone explain the dip in power usage between 11am and 4pm? Why would less energy used between those hours?

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    Comment #29909976

    There is an interesting exploration of this in the Altered Carbon universe. If people can become functionally immortal, will they inevitably grow tired of societally acceptable pur…

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    Comment #29016282

    If you like that type of documentary, I recommend another called "Standing in the Shadows of Motown" about the mostly anonymous studio musicians who played on a ridiculous number o…

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    Comment #28435762

    The original question was "How do you get teachers, garbage collectors, plumbers, nurses, all sorts of manual workers ?" Those people all have some amount of money they can afford …

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    Comment #28435518

    If you compensate the developers' losses in revenue with tax breaks, how does it shrink the supply?

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    Comment #28435442

    Wikipedia has a really interesting world list of "Planned Cities" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_community ) It also has a decent rundown of modern American ones ( https:/…

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    Comment #28435368

    I'm curious to hear why you think it doesn't work. I'm not necessarily disagreeing, just would like to know more.

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    Comment #28435085

    One idea is an expansion of a law already on the books in many cities. When you create a new building / housing complex (which will be 100% in a new city), you require X% of units …

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    Comment #27941053

    There are many other types of sea vegetables such as Nori, Spirulina, Dulse, Wakame, Chlorella, and many more. Spirulina in particular has an amazing nutritional profile. And while…

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    Comment #27518132

    https://future.a16z.com/feed/

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    Comment #27222423

    Getting an Oculus Quest 2 jumpstarted my workout regime after my gym closed during lockdown. I look forward to my workout time so much now. I got a $15 off brand silicon face cover…

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    Comment #27109482

    I believe MLB management agrees with you because they're considering testing moving the mound back a foot which would give hitters more time to react and should help balance the st…

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    Comment #27109099

    I completely agree that modern analytics has made baseball more boring. More strikeouts, more pitching changes, less stolen bases, more walks, and more pitches per at bat all make …

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    Comment #27008318

    Do you have any advice or resources for "learning to read the market"?

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    Comment #26905563

    Beyond Meat and Impossible Meat are imitation meat made with plants, aka "Meat Substitutes". This company is what's known as "Lab Grown Meat" where the end result is basically meat…

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    Comment #25273439

    This article says there are "over 10,000" engineers working at Google: https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2017/07/31/is-working-at-... This Wikipedia entry says there are 3.87 mill…

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    Comment #25221862

    > Both Greenland and Bermuda can blame their expensive packages on geography and uptake, but what about the United States? At $50.00 on average and coming in in 119th place worldwi…

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    Comment #25163228

    Nice, you have the foundation there which is great. I'd also recommend making the faq table of contents into clickable links.