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ndiscussion··on Twitch Bans ‘Simp’
Do you really think this was done to reduce sexual harassment of male fans?

I think it's more likely that Twitch takes a cut of all simp donations, and they don't want the stream to ever stop.

ndiscussion··on States bring action against Google under federal and state antitrust laws [pdf]
If this is actually true, it has huge ramifications.

Google and FB have become two of the largest companies in the world. Why? Because they have an exclusive lock on digital advertising.

And remember the illegal non-poaching agreements?

Google might look a lot more like Yahoo if these two scandals never occurred. What would be a fair punishment? I am thinking a fine to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars.

ndiscussion··on Private Kit: Can we slow the spread without giving up individual privacy?
I believe that is what they refuse. I refuse it.
ndiscussion··on Amazon raises overtime pay for warehouse workers
A steamy shower should not set off a smoke alarm. Perhaps it has a higher false positive rate.
ndiscussion··on Airbnb racks up hundreds of millions of dollars in losses -- WSJ
file a chargeback
ndiscussion··on Skepticism after Windows 10 search failure
Try holding windows key and pressing the number that corresponds with the order of the pinned item.
ndiscussion··on Ever-growing cars: why they keep on getting wider
I removed the driver-side door grab/armrest in my NA. Gives me about 3" extra room. Perhaps that's possible on newer models?

I popped off a couple plastic panels, unscrewed the bolts, and it came right off. Then I attached a loop of cloth with a washer so I could close the door.

ndiscussion··on “China's Tesla” NIO slashes thousands of jobs as losses mount
Where can I find a breakdown of the TCO like this? Is there any source?

I would think that Tesla TCO would be through the roof once the cars start aging.

It's one thing to have the dealership fix every little thing under warranty - quite another to pay $5,000 to have your sunroof fixed because it requires a special encryption chip.

ndiscussion··on Inflammation's Hidden Role in Weight Loss
Ah yes, finally, the one weird trick that explains why my pants don't fit anymore. In mice.

Yawn. Wake me up when there's some real proof that improper diet and exercise have no negative health implications. I'm anxiously awaiting with my doughnuts.

ndiscussion··on Advertising Is a Cancer on Society
You can have it - just don't expect me to pay for your coronary. A long and painful death that costs millions. Was it worth it?
ndiscussion··on Employee happiness and business success are linked
If it's so valuable, why are they living paycheck-to-paycheck?

I'd say that their skillset is defacto not valuable enough for their wellbeing.

ndiscussion··on Giving Up TV for a Month Changed My Brain
Perhaps you live in a bubble of remarkable people.

Try listening to conversations between coworkers, people in coffee shops, and at the grocery checkout.

Most people operate their lives like a smartphone has conditioned them to: never pull relevant information, only receive what's pushed.

ndiscussion··on Giving Up TV for a Month Changed My Brain
Repeat after me: I am an outlier, therefore my outcomes should also be outliers.

It's a bit self-indulgent but I've found it increasingly true the more I relate to, erm, non-outliers.

ndiscussion··on Owning a Pet Is Good for Well-Being
Oh? Who's covered... the people with allergies, or the people who need a dog to work? I wasn't aware. Do you have any evidence for this?
ndiscussion··on Artists getting evicted in Detroit
Happening in Portland too. Wonder which will drive the yuppies out first - the boredom of New Los Angeles, or the bad weather.

They seem to like the New Los Angeles as long as they can tell their friends they live in Portland or Detroit. So I'm betting on the weather.

ndiscussion··on Hospitals Block ‘Surprise Billing’ Measure
Not the op, but I believe your statement is also a massive oversimplification.

Increasing taxes raises the cost to the individual, but it also raises costs for all their neighbors, and results in community improvement (ideally).

Is investing an attack on your financial interests?

ndiscussion··on The Gap Between Rich and Poor Americans' Health Is Widening
Perhaps it should be pursued. Actually yes, I think it should.

But I think the article is trying to imply that it all has to do with wealth as a cause, not wealth as a substitute identifier for a host of healthy habits.

The healthy habits are not expensive, but mostly rich people seem to adopt them.

ndiscussion··on The Gap Between Rich and Poor Americans' Health Is Widening
please see that we have 23x type 2 as type 1 in the US: http://diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/statistics/
ndiscussion··on The Gap Between Rich and Poor Americans' Health Is Widening
edit: type 2 Diabetes is a preventable condition, please see my parent edit. Even if it wasn't preventable, apparently only 20% of the disparity is due to unequal healthcare.

We don't need better health care. We just need people to care about their health.

to the people commenting that t1 is not preventable.. yes. I know that. I also know that type 2 is 23x more common in the US so it's really a nitpick imo: http://diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/statistics/

ndiscussion··on The Gap Between Rich and Poor Americans' Health Is Widening
Being healthy is cheap as can be, but the gap is indeed increasing. One need only spend 10 minutes at their favorite discount grocer checkout line to see why.

I'm not sure what the answer is, but it's very sad. Why are we destroying our bodies?

edit: this quote is getting at it, but seems to ignore the real problem.

> Research shows that health care accounts for only 10% to 20% of overall health outcomes

> when patients living in public housing have problems like pest infestations or lead paint, their team finds them attorneys to hold their landlords to account.

> Such approaches, Moore says, can address social determinants on a local level. But they need to be implemented more widely.

Do we have many people dying from lead and pests nowadays?

To me it seems like we've adopted the uber model for health in the United States. Free market and damn the externalities. Resulting in a nice profit transfer from the working class to Mondelez et al.

ndiscussion··on 2020 Honda E Has 148 HP and More Than 221 LB-FT
> is this some sort of intentional thing to limit demand

A very interesting theory I had not heard. I love Honda. My jaw dropped when I saw that design. Maybe in 5 years :)

ndiscussion··on Patrick Collison's Bookshelf
I understand why People of Twitter might want to read his whole library, but what do you find interesting about this personally? To me it just looks like a random list of book titles.

At least contrasted to a resource like this: https://sivers.org/book

ndiscussion··on White House weighs encryption crackdown
I think you may have misread the parent, they're saying that people LIKE the fact they're not enforced.
ndiscussion··on Evernote Blows Up the ‘Fail Fast’ Gospel
I've also found Evernote's core functionality to be an unreliable piece of shit. Almost any time I edit a note on two devices (even hours apart, always online devices) I get a big nasty merge conflict.

Actually, no I don't. I get two copies of the file, with no merge helper.

https://jasonkincaid.net/evernote-the-bug-ridden-elephant/

ndiscussion··on Jony Ive to form independent design company with Apple as client
"It’s not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works." - Steve Jobs

I have loved most of Ive's designs, but it's clear to me that he needs a bouncer to keep him in check. RIP.

ndiscussion··on Why are pedestrian deaths increasing in the US?
Not sure if you're trying to justify the jaywalking here, but if you want to live through 2020, I suggest looking before you leap.
ndiscussion··on Everything everywhere is securities fraud
You defer to the most powerful. Right now you bow down to the United States. If the United States doesn't care about your case, you bow down to China. And if they don't care, you bow down to Russia.

If they don't care, best of luck to you... you're on your own.

ndiscussion··on Why is Stack Overflow trying to start audio?
How We Make Money at Stack Overflow: 2016 Edition: Quality ads. "...we don’t want to use an automated system that selects some ads for us. We looked at this. It didn’t allow us the control we required to maintain the level of quality we want to maintain."

How We Make Money at Stack Overflow: 2019 Edition: Taking money from Microsoft and Google fingerprinting our users 100+ ways

source: https://stackoverflow.blog/2016/11/15/how-we-make-money-at-s...

ndiscussion··on I was seven words away from being spear-phished
A sufficiently good one does, grammarly being the most well-known example I'm aware of.
ndiscussion··on Things I learnt the hard way in thirty years of software development
That's exactly what the post is warning against. It's really hard to explain without a concrete example, but basically, I would make two functions:

get_full_message and get_partial_message or something like that

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