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I would also like to second the recommendation of checking out James Hoffmann's YouTube channel! He made me appreciate filter coffee and brew a V60 everyday!

It could be dosage and timing. Coffee also affects my sleep but I need it to fight off my depression to some extent. So I have found one cup (250ml) early in the morning doesn't af…

Usually it will have to do with purchasing power parity. The low pricing in one country doesn't translate to low pricing in another country, especially with digital goods. Things a…

My point was that 'social representation' and 'economic inequality' are related. They don't have enough social representation in social institutions because of economic inequality …

The merit(score) of a student is dependent on factors other than the student's aptitude such as the financial status of the family, guidance received at young age etc. The students…

Right. I see how my wording can be wrong. I saw some comments (in this thread and some others) that seems to be of the opinion that USA has not benefitted by embracing globalizatio…

USA has embraced globalism and benefitting from it. American middle-class wealth has moved to upper-class rather than to outsiders. "The recent stability in the share of adults liv…

A 'news' article is different than an 'opinion' article. Most news reports contains statements backed by verifiable sources/references/evidence. In general, a 'news' article is and…

I used to be a skeptic of MSM in general but started reading/following NYT and some other major news outlets about an year ago to challenge my own mindset. From what I have seen, t…

> India has no independent press The statement is cynical. Has the government tried supress journalism the hurts it? Yes Did the courts side with journalists? Yes, in some cases. I…

I agree. I went from long time news-junkie phase to no-news phase to just-enough-news phase. Being a citizen in a democracy is an active process and the active part doesn't have to…

Recently, I can't help but think this way everytime I see controversial comment/post in HN and reddit. Maybe TikTok is not collecting data and operating ads in any way worse than F…

Obama commuted the sentence of Chelsea Mannings. So may be there was a better scenario for Snowden? But we can only speculate at this point. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/17/us/p…

It's very similar to programming, right? I guess we can generalize it to any specialized skills/expertise. Use it or you start losing it.

Stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld mentioned in an interview that he still goes to comedy clubs to perform every week. Obviously he isn't doing it for the money. It's the process of …

At least on Android, apps can be side-loaded. This is about Apple to some extent.

The site[1] where the video is actually hosted has the image you described as the avatar of the uploader. Could it be the reason? 1. https://asciinema.org/a/qvNlrFrGB3xKZXb6GkremjZ…

Decision to build a chat app might seem wrong now in hindsight but this could have been a strategic move (as hinted in original comment). Look at their competitors in Asia (all-in-…

Just looked into setting in my phone and doesn't have Dark Mode but I tried the Color Inversion. It's enough!

Although may not be as effective as uBlock and other tools, Firefox's incognito mode has some protection against trackers (Content Blocking set to Strict).

I haven't taken these courses yet but Automata Theory is in my todo list. These are offered through Stanford Lagunita (Stanford's implementation of openedX) * Compilers: https://la…