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triplesec··on New online accelerator – to combat coronavirus world and aftermath
Thank you for pointing it out so succinctly: this HN post does indeed smell highhly of serious self-bromotion
triplesec··on Ask HN: Why is Bluetooth audio always so bad?
ok, but then you can't reply to dead messages, so you must have some kind of magic button!
triplesec··on Ask HN: Why is Bluetooth audio always so bad?
it's really weird, because most of your (apparently perfectly ok) comments are dead, but some not, like this one.
triplesec··on GDPR Enforcement Tracker: List of GDPR fines
To be strictly accurate, English uses 'full stop', and American English uses 'period'.
triplesec··on China’s new ‘social credit system’
And that is not a problem in most countries. Jaywalking as a 'crime' was invented by the car lobby. https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26073797
triplesec··on A DIY Cruise Missile (2004)
This is probably the best book on how the professionals had fun building rockets back in the day. It's a gread read, and full of useful practical chemical engineering advice and cautionary tales. You might find PDFs, but you can also buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/Ignition-Informal-Propellants-Univers...
triplesec··on At 18 Stories, Mjøsa Tower Is World’s Tallest Wooden Building
One answer to the robust question is to build an eco house, perhaps partly underground. You want sustainability? Aim for more than structural integrity, but how it related to its environment and social structure.

Here's a clickbaity-but-useful-article showing some different designs, and the Welsh Preseli community is particularly interesting for there sharing of designs. A quick google will find you lots of resources for all budgets.

https://www.homedit.com/10-spectacular-underground-homes-aro...

triplesec··on Flight to China turned back after airline forgets to remove Taiwan reference
Looks like I misread the post, thinking it said Taiwan was not a country. Not quite as terrible but still not ideal, freshly-created accounts for such.
triplesec··on Reddit is raising a huge round near a $3B valuation
Then surely you just don't subscribe to that subreddit. I don't like the Trumpy subreddits and their horribleness, but, sadly, I can't see why I should stop them.
triplesec··on Search is on for Google workers leaking secrets
it appears to be the same thing in your comment, because you say that because there is a law people have a responsibility. And that responsibility to the law becomes a moral responsibility according to the way I have read what you say that makes sense as a response to the original comment. If you would like to explain it some another way then please do!
triplesec··on Search is on for Google workers leaking secrets
Of course, this is classic authoritarian behaviour manipulation by the management. Stop people doing the just and correct thing by punishing everybody, so that the rank and file start to believe thatthe question of leaking should be seen in terms of their own working conditions. And they start to watch other people and turn against whistleblowing because it makes their own lives less interesting at work. This makes for more peer-to-peer surveillance in the interests of the authorities. The workers themselves start to align themselves hegemonically with the authorities, quite possibly against their and their society's interests.
triplesec··on Search is on for Google workers leaking secrets
Upholding an ethical morality is not the same as following the law. The law frequently does not follow the values or mores of the people themselves. And often even if it is close it lags behind in time and it is only the actions of people contrary to the law which changes it. So, I believe that your claims are unsound. Indeed it is irresponsible to follow an unjust law comma because then you will just be reinforcing injustices. See the American civil rights movement for good examples of this.
triplesec··on Yes, You Should Walk Your Cat
These data only refer to island ecosystems like Australia. And this is all nonnative species, not just cats. This is entirely irrelevant to the issue of urban and suburban cats in the United States.
triplesec··on Yes, You Should Walk Your Cat
Do you have a source to back up that claim? Australia has specific problems with cats, but apart from that, without evidence to the contrary, i don't see cats as any more problematic than other wildlife. There are more pressing issues to do with birds, mostly involving loss of hedgerows and tree habitats from 'development', and climate change.
triplesec··on An Amazon revolt could be brewing as tech giant exerts more control over brands
This is counterintuitive, appalling, and the reason I'm not going to buy any such orders again. This HN posting has enlightened me enormously. For 'customers', it's such an appalling decision, and one which if European country regulation would have been implemented would probably be deemed illegal
triplesec··on The little black book of scams (2016)
These TV shows are very educational about this, especially the Real Hustle, which was a documentary demonstrating how to avoid scams in real life situations. I'm sure you can find them on some streaming service as repeats.

The Real Hustle https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0791615/

Hustle https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379632/

triplesec··on An Amazon revolt could be brewing as tech giant exerts more control over brands
Do you mean, if I try to avoid fakes by buying from a seller I trust, i might get inventory from the one I was trying to avoid? This makes zero sense!
triplesec··on An Amazon revolt could be brewing as tech giant exerts more control over brands
Do you have some kind of evidence that this happens? This is something I'd imagine Amazon was good at ensuring doesn't happen
triplesec··on Microsoft Is Worth as Much as Apple. How Did That Happen?
How can you be so sure about that? Many otherwise very viable companies go bust because of current account issues. $250m is a lot of current account.
triplesec··on South Koreans lock themselves up to escape prison of daily life
Can you suggest some better-informed sources for us? I'd be very interested in more nuanced available sources
triplesec··on The neglected benefits of the commute
I beg to differ. There are so many things you haven't heard yet. Oen strategy my friends use successfully is ask friends on social media for their recommendations around a topic or topics, or generally what they like in podcasts and radio.
triplesec··on The neglected benefits of the commute
yet car commuting is great for radio, and podcasts.
triplesec··on In UK universities there is a daily erosion of integrity
Universities in the UK have turned into administrator-heavy (as in the US) property development companies made to enrich the administrators and top brass, it seems. Here's a story that hints at the issues (UCL and others have been doing this a lot) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/25/studen...

While looking for this, I also found this, (slightly off-topic, but somewhat salient) which makes for sobering reading. https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/bnk3vm/vices-most-evil-un...

triplesec··on In UK universities there is a daily erosion of integrity
Could you please explain your Whitehall (prsumably Civil Service) rhetorical question? I don't follow, and I suspect it's a little brief for others also.
triplesec··on The Cambridge Analytica scandal isn’t a scandal: this is how Facebook works
This response is the 'I was only following orders' response
triplesec··on Making music using new sounds generated with machine learning
I have it on very good authority (a fine music engineer friend) that this ten year old project still remains the standard for an AI music generator. And look at the people who used it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartmann_Neuron
triplesec··on Nathan Myhrvold, Myth Buster
A more common frame is Nathan Myhrvold, Patent Troll - https://psmag.com/magazine/a-patent-boogieman-with-the-poten...
triplesec··on Surprising Things About School
Pullout: "We had one student on the edge of homelessness, was $400 short on bills and almost had to quit because of that. I personally loaned him the money, and his income moved from $10/hr to $70k+/yr. It only took $400, but he didn’t have anywhere to get that from. Insane."
triplesec··on Efficient Hot-Water Piping (2013) [pdf]
This is interesting: I never knew that was the reason. Downwards for summer to fan you, I presume..? but upwards in winter why? Or am I backwards here?
triplesec··on Continuing frequency deviation in the Continental European Power System
This is untrue given the examples in the article such as oven clocks
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