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c22
·2 days ago·discuss
Mostly Comic Sans.
c22
·5 days ago·discuss
Percolate?
c22
·5 days ago·discuss
Did we read the same source? The closest thing I saw in there to anything he said was:

> When discussing how he would distance himself from racist groups, Mr Schnatter said that Colonel Sanders, the founder of KFC, had never faced criticism for using the N-word, Forbes reported.
c22
·7 days ago·discuss
Kind of like how the vast majority of weight loss in animals happens via exhaling.

Weirder still is the realization that all the air is just trapped light.
c22
·11 days ago·discuss
So? Anyone with a badge can wreck your life with zero consequences, even if they're a pipsqueak. Many of these individuals absolutely hate being looked at the wrong way.
c22
·11 days ago·discuss
Some time ago I realized it was actually helpful to set up multiple workstations so the place I go to write code isn't the same as the place I go to browse hn and watch youtube.
c22
·11 days ago·discuss
Sometimes people bring me things that are broken 'cause I like to fix stuff. They always say "it was just working!"
c22
·13 days ago·discuss
This is how it's always been. The law just produces another axis of strength that is easier to gatekeep.
c22
·26 days ago·discuss
> Try an Cap-O-Matic Space Pen.

I prefer the Clutch, works better with my arthritis:

https://www.spacepen.com/shop-space-pens/style/all-pens/clut...
c22
·last month·discuss
https://archive.org/details/TWTK_WIN
c22
·last month·discuss
Perhaps it's a consequence?
c22
·last month·discuss
Same for me, but I stopped counting my McDonald's visits after 25...
c22
·last month·discuss
I think it's possible to be a fast learner and not have ADHD.
c22
·last month·discuss
I guess if I am one of the landlords, or if rents are very reasonable and competitive I prefer the former. However, if it becomes the case that I am having all of my productivity extracted by rent seekers and I no longer have agency over my own life then the benefits of stability get downgraded and I'm much more willing to roll the dice.
c22
·last month·discuss
This could be great if the rest of the chassis was filled with batteries.
c22
·last month·discuss
Huh, I've always been suspicious of folks claiming the opposite.

For the downvoters, have you ever tried to explicitly map your externalities?
c22
·last month·discuss
If you try to time the market and you sell at the exact peak you still have to time the market again and buy back at the correct bottom. If you miss either of these you're likely leaving long term performance on the table.
c22
·last month·discuss
In Linux changing the MAC address can be done simply on the command line, so I'd probably just write this functionality into a bash script that I'd call before ifup.
c22
·2 months ago·discuss
When my first-born was six I walked around with her to all of the neighbor's houses and we introduced ourselves. We informed them that my daughter would likely be moving around the neighborhood independently, perhaps on occasion with her younger brother. I gave them my phone number and told them to call any time.

In addition to having no problems with Karens or the CPS we were able to identify the other houses that had kids in them and a band of independent neighborhood kids playing with and looking out for eachother quickly became the norm in our community.
c22
·2 months ago·discuss
> ...an unusually open minded computer teacher.

I've heard this story several times before and I, myself, had an unusually open minded computer teacher as a youth. I'm beginning to suspect this attribute is is not so unusual amongst computer teachers as has been assumed.