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This. I struggle to see how higher savings by the wealthy can cause me to take on any more debt. Is the argument the wealthy use cash to invest in assets (houses), thus driving up the price and causing middle and lower class people to be forced to borrow more to buy a house?
The thought that it's potentially someone's job to consider these things makes me smile.
When starting up Tor, aren't you confronted with a message about not maximizing the window? I wonder how many users follow that and leave it as is.
Is there anything else that makes it not really effective?
Are there any catalysts to reverse our course?
That name didn't mean anything to me, either.
What makes it psychotic? I'd guess he really enjoys what he does. I hope to find something I enjoy that much and do it until I'm 90, too!
If I'm not mistaken, don't Mint Mobile and Google Fi both use T-Mobile infrastructure in the US?
Could you share your reasoning as to why this is Apple abusing its market position?
To me it appears that Apple is simply giving users control and transparency in what data is being used. I understand your point to be that because Apple is so large and controls a large market, they can't make changes like this? Correct me if I'm wrong, but if that is your point, then I would have to disagree. By this reasoning, what could Apple do that wouldn't count as accusing I its market position?
I have never really been a fan. I use it mostly to discover new books and track my reading and goals, which seems to work just fine. However, the Android app, which I use the majority of the time, is pretty bad. The Home tab is blank, with only a search bar and a button to "find your friends." Seems odd for the app to start there. I guess they are trying to push the social media features of it? I'm not interested in that.
On my previous phone (iPhone 6s), the app seemed to be much better designed, though it has been a while since I have used it. Honestly, my biggest gripe is that it's owned by Amazon. I generally try to support smaller retailers when making purchases, and would love to find another service that helps me track my reading and discover new books.
But the leather won't even soak up your tears.. ;_;
Could it also be that being screwed is a matter of perspective? I imagine in a non-insignificant number of the she-screwed-me-on-the-way-to-the-top cases that the alleged screwee is sour because he or she missed an opportunity or simply was not the better candidate for the promotion?
I'm not being a contrarian, but I think it's interesting how our biases and perspectives shape the way we understand things and situations. I've noticed people (myself included, no don't) trying to spin a situation to make them look or feel like a victim instead of admitting they were simply not as good as the alleged screwer. Not sure if I'm even stating this correctly, but maybe someone can help me elaborate.
I read that as "for sale," and was genuinely concerned for a moment that spam was being posted on HN. :D
I'm anxious to hear your review of the book posted in the article, after you've read it.
https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-analysis/2016/01/msn-ho...
Is this what you're referring to?
I get laughed at for listening to jazz.
There's an option in the settings somewhere that allows you to delete your account. That's the only way I could get away from it. Other than family dinners and the like. For those you may just have to suffer. :D
Many sites give you a recovery code of some sort that you can use to disable 2fa in the event you were to lose access to your authenticator app or texts.
In simplified Chinese: 哈哈哈！
In some situations, yes, but you can say yes and no. 是 (shì, roughly translates to "is" in most situations) and 不是 (bú shì, no is). It's definitely not as cut and dry as the English yes and no, and it gives Chinese kids hell when they're learning English (I taught there for 6 years).
Per the linked article in OP:
They recorded bits of informal conversation from 31 dialects across 5 continents and suggested that the word ‘huh’ (and its variants) is possibly a universal repair initiator that exists in all languages, performs the same function and sounds roughly the same across languages.
It is apparent that they were aware that it isn't pronounced the same in all languages (because of course it isn't), but that it's a possible universal repair initiator that sounds similar. The title of the article is linkbait, I agree, but the article explains better.
Is this conjecture or is there some truth to it? Got any reading or sources? Thanks.
What did you contact them for? Just curious as I've almost always heard they're like Google and impossible to get a human response from.
I'm in the same boat as you. It's exhausting to try to avoid these tendencies. How comfy it must be to give in and accept them with no further thought.
The most frustrating times are those moments when I fear I'll never root out all of my biases or tribalistic tendencies and become an enlightened human. But onward and upward, eh?
That was an interesting read. Thanks for posting.
It seems that the WT Social app hasn't been working for almost a year (according to Google Play Store reviews). I'm curious and will look further on their website. Thanks for making me aware.
I deleted my Facebook account years ago. I stayed with Instagram and Twitter, thinking I could just follow people in tech or other interesting people that would expose me to interesting news, etc, but I always found myself getting sucked back in to political news and other negativity. There is so much negativity on Twitter. It feels like the one-liners cause more contention because we can just make a quip about the other tribe - take that! - and receive quick praise from our tribe. I can sincerely say that not visiting Twitter or Instagram anymore makes me happier. I never gained much of value from it, at least not anything I can't find elsewhere.
Do you have a source for this?
I would love to know the physics here. I had a Xiaomi phone a couple years back that had a glass back and would do this as well. It's been a while so I don't remember details, but is it just because the surface it's resting on isn't completely level?
I understand your point completely. I just wonder how much negativity bias plays a part here. Do we remember these instances of employees being overlooked for promotion more so because they produce strong negative feelings? I'm sure there is some truth to what you say, as I've seen it too.
I imagine there is also some (likely several) cognitive phenomenon happening in the meeting where these employees are considered for a raise. If my boss were to ask me my opinion in front of everyone whether we should promote someone or not, as a middle manager I may be expected to have an opinion, even if it's helpful or not. I also may be tempted to share that one bad memory of that person (negativity bias could be at play here, as well) so that I appear to be insightful and observant.
It sure is exhausting trying to figure out humans, but endlessly interesting. It's just hard when I'm only an "armchair-everything" and lack the data and/or knowledge to figure us out.