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oldtownroad

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    Comment #39583077

    The article is fiction. The company launched less than a year ago. The founder claims that the company has had more than 100 clients, in less than a year? Pure marketing fiction — …

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    Comment #39498469

    An optimistic outlook is that we have the knowledge and resources to adapt to a changing environment without loss of life. A realistic counter to that is if we were able to utilise…

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    Comment #39319558

    Either you’re misunderstanding closet to mean a built-in wardrobe or… I don’t know what other explanation there could be. American closets (i.e: a whole room of 100+ square feet, d…

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    Comment #39284856

    You’re arguing that a younger audience would never care for what critics have to say, in which case, Pitchfork was doomed to die regardless of the choices they made: if you’re not …

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    Comment #39273667

    Audm was an article narration service which was eventually acquired by the New York Times. The service is now part of the NYT but still narrates articles across many publications —…

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    Comment #39248866

    it’s trivial to avoid. Do not accept instructions outside of the standard instruction channels. The only reason this scheme works is because of bad processes, bad training or a cul…

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    Comment #39230070

    Why are they a violation of the tourist status? A tourist is someone who brings money in to the local economy, that’s why tourists are coveted. If a person visits Japan for a week …

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    Comment #39229913

    That’s not true. The jurisdiction that your business operates in doesn’t change depending on where you’re located. If you’re running a business without a business entity (why?) the…

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    Comment #39229878

    A digital nomad visa serves an important purpose: it allows someone to stay in the country longer than as a tourist. The existence of a digital nomad visa bolsters the understandin…

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    Comment #39229790

    I’m asking because I visit Japan on a tourist visa and I have never encountered this rule. I’d like to learn more about it from official sources. The purpose of a digital nomad vis…

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    Comment #39229429

    Can you share the tourist visa regulations for Japan that say this? I haven’t been able to find any. Thank you :)

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    Comment #39229352

    “The most similar existing status is usually used by tourists, does not allow work and allows a maximum stay of just 90 days” I don’t think that’s correct. A tourist visa doesn’t a…

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    Comment #39138984

    https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Security/Subdom...

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    Comment #39069554

    I mean small relative to big artists, not small in absolute numbers. If you have less than 1k streams you probably have less than 50 listeners which is basically nothing. A (relati…

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    Comment #39069377

    People say this but don’t understand the reason artists don’t make much per-listener on Spotify etc. is because of their record deals, it’s nothing to do with Spotify. If you’re an…

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    Comment #39054848

    The music of today is built on the music of yesterday and so on and so forth. The top 100 of 1970 has very little variety when compared to the top 100 of 2023. There’s 5 decades of…

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    Comment #39054674

    the top 100 is more varied today than it was at any point in history.

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    Comment #38978404

    Don’t charge based on profile visits: you’ll punish people for utilising the service and you’ll create a negative experience when someone reaches that limit. People should choose t…

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    Comment #38839852

    We have so much lower hanging fruit to tackle first that doesn’t even require research: what’s the point in extending your miserable life a couple more miserable years? Adding a de…

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    Comment #38743933

    The headline is technically accurate but miscommunicates the conclusions we should draw. The subjects sniffed women’s “emotional” tears but the control was an odourless liquid. The…

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    Comment #38737119

    He’s a compulsive criminal, he was able to continue committing crime despite being restricted from accessing a computer. He wasn’t confined to an institution because he did a crime…

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    Comment #38379098

    OpenAI is more religion than company. Sam could be a deeply flawed leader and still have extreme loyalty due to what OpenAI has achieved under his leadership. The people at OpenAI …

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    Comment #38298268

    You’ll need an SSN to open most credit cards, it’s very difficult to get a credit card without residency. The business banks that specifically cater to overseas founders (like Merc…