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whymsicalburito
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About whymsicalburito
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Comment #48545134
This is interesting and cool for entertainment, but it's extremely hard to picture using this as a replacement for an architect. We're building an ADU right now and the floorplan d…
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Comment #44760048
Do you ensure you have enough personas in the desired target area to get enough survey responses? Are there demographics you are not able to simulate at this time?
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Comment #44445799
I'm a little surprised by this comment because both dev mode and variables are the main ways I use Figma. Our design team creates the design and then the Devs use dev mode to imple…
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Comment #37511542
It's stack ranking for neighborhoods!
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Comment #30786468
You're right that there are definitely some bad actors for cancelling subscriptions, it's really crappy you've had to deal with that! I once had a recurring charge from rackspace t…
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Comment #30785687
When given the choice, I will always subscribe/pay/book directly with the company rather than use a 3rd party. If something goes wrong it's always easier to only need to deal with …
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Comment #26040180
Do you have any tips on good screeners or places to find these SPACs? I've never invested in them yet and don't know too much about them. Are they traded just like regular stocks?
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Comment #24367362
UC Irvine has one underneath the chemistry building https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/trigareactor/
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Comment #24137007
That's interesting. UC employees aren't classified as state employees, they are employed by the regents. CSU employees are state employees.
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Comment #22970248
100% this. I made a pretty large costco order with instacart yesterday and expected to pay 15% in fees and tip, but when the order came I saw the store receipt and they overcharged…
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Comment #22312114
Personally I really appreciate the photography and visual details of films and find that I feel I have to choose between reading the subtitles and noticing those intricate details …
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Comment #22238976
Unless you happen to have a magic crystal ball, it's a purely speculative gamble. Nothing about tsla's price is rational right now. The people who shorted yesterday probably though…
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Comment #21687716
All of the University of California schools (except for Berkeley and Merced) are on the quarter system. I really liked the quarter system. It really felt like professors couldn't w…
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Comment #21601730
What's the solution for unloading your car after a costco trip? How do I load my car for a camping trip? How do I unload lumber for my DIY home improvement projects? This project s…
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Comment #21383176
I had to build a hotel booking platform on Amadeus a few years ago and it was a nightmare to work with their API. It would frequently break or start returning differently formatted…
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Comment #21265197
Of course there are exceptions, but most homeschooled people I've met have displayed some sort of social deficiency. I wouldn't support a blanket statement that the solution is mor…
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Comment #21265175
I really enjoyed my public education, but I realize we happen to have very very good public schools in my city. I'm sorry your experience was so bad.
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Comment #21150651
I would be super stoked if I could find a house to buy in SoCal and only have to spend 50% of my income!
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Comment #21095426
There were even news sites that published articles about the original article AFTER the retraction was announced! The state of science reporting is very sad.
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Comment #20932221
Sleep tracking would be cool, but don't most users charge their watch at night?
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Comment #20888790
Are there tax benefits to exercising early? Hypothetically say I have some options with a pretty cheap exercise price, and I think the company will be taking on PE money in the nea…
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Comment #20825176
Yup every time I use my older personal laptop at home, I'm reminded by how much shittier the new keyboards are. They sound terrible and I never end up hitting the correct arrow key…
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Comment #20804619
And their stock is up in after hours... Doesn't seem to be much of a victory considering a bigger fine was already priced in.
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Comment #20748603
I don't feel like streaming quality is the biggest issue. Spotify's highest quality rate (for paid users) is pretty good, but the audio compression for streaming to a bluetooth dev…
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Comment #20475103
There's actually lots of companies that sell these. Google "kit homes"