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Comment · 3 months ago
My spotify homepage has had a "discover weekly" playlist for like 10 years. Found some nice things there, changes every week.
Comment · 9 months ago
Would be nice to also see decompression speed and maybe a photo as a bonus round.
Comment · 10 months ago
Comment · 1 year ago
Lowers heavy metals or something
Comment · 1 year ago
It's a summary of the title, but not of the article.
Comment · 2 years ago
Pournelle's iron law of bureaucracy: In any bureaucracy, the people devoted to the benefit of the bureaucracy itself always get in control and those dedicated to the goals that the bureaucracy is supposed to accomplish have less and less influence, and sometimes are eliminated entirely.
Comment · 2 years ago
I expected to experience something similar, but on reading, it's so over the top that my brain has no problem realizing it's a joke. Violent movies on the other hand I can't really enjoy much anymore.
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
>Are laws written by mediocre people hence full of loopholes?

Guy once told me his job was to write some law in Spain, or for the EU, or somewhere in between. He submits his writings to his bosses, who tell him (paraphrased): "it's too clear, too watertight. Go back and make it more ambiguous." So he did.

Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
Tangentially, in his linked page "hall of shame" https://jon-cld.s3.amazonaws.com/test/ahall_of_fshame_SSIMUL... , he argues humans prefer row A to row C. Personally in most cases I prefer row C. It may have less color accuracy, but is often a lot sharper, which in my eyes stands out a lot more.
Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
Funny, I quit this game after a couple of tries because I found it too hard. So even 6 year olds are better than me.
Comment · 4 years ago

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