We live in an era where attention matters more than reality. Chronically online CEOs are aware of this. Om Malik has been writing about this recently, especially regarding OpenAI / Altman [1], but you can see it…
There is a large, growing Russian diaspora and many writers/artists create works in exile. The language helps if you want to understand the millions who left their homes out of principle, but they are not the "enemy".
He appears to be making that point for the entirety of the interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i-ys9faa74
Search "from:stephenm insurrection": https://x.com/StephenM/status/1974647432299327904
Thanks for the transparency + analysis. I've been a happy Fastmail customer for 11+ years and will continue to be so. Everyone wrote that their experience with FM support has been good, but I've been even luckier: until…
I am the OP. I admit my second message was terse, but the correct social media response for a critical outage is "we're looking into it". Not "if you want support, go here". Like I said, I do not have time to hunt for…
I visited in May. When I left, at blue dollar rates, 1 USD = ~1040 Argentinine pesos; today, 1 USD = 1415 pesos. Ie, 35% inflation in 2.5 months. [1] And every month, the government claims unbelievably low inflation:…
I had EVO ICL done ~10 months ago. My contact prescription was -7.25 left / -6.75 right with thin corneas so I wasn't a great candidate for LASIK. Weighed costs of ICL vs PRK and opted for the former (mostly recovery…
Canceling The Economist was the worst experience of any periodical, by far. You were right not to continue. Recently canceled and (from transcript) it took 18+ minutes chatting with an online rep. They made sure I knew…
I've settled on this over the years: play -c 2 --null synth brownnoise reverb bass 6 treble -3 It's close to the myNoise brown preset, IMO, if a little bass heavier.
I use stylish to apply my own (quick and easy) dark mode to hckr news: @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) { body { background-color: #444; color: #ccc; } .entries a:hover { background-color: #666; } .c00 { color: #ccc;…
California CC tuition is not representative of the rest of the country. In-state tuition for a full-time (15 credits) student at Salt Lake Community College is currently ~2100 per semester. At Denver Community College,…
I built a text annotation tool recently, first in React before rewriting it in Svelte. I found React's virtual DOM annoying, esp. when dealing with text selections + wrapping those selections with elements, etc. Svelte…
I initially preferred JSX ("it's just Javascript"), esp. with Svelte oddities like `$$props`, but after working with Svelte templating for a while I now prefer it due to things like property shorthand and event…
This seems pretty clearly not about nostalgia or technology. Nothing signals "don't talk to me" like plainly visible earbuds. I used to wear a pair, with nothing playing, when walking around the city. Worked like a…
How is Gallup calculating risk? As far as I can tell from their appendix, they're using total hospitalizations / total US population. Ie, 2.6mm hospitalizations / 330mm population = ~0.8% risk of hospitalization. This…
It's a new feature (few months old). Look for the + icon in top nav. https://twitter.com/MattNavarra/status/1408068652495097862/p...
Suicides were down (in USA) for 2020: https://www.axios.com/suicide-decreased-in-2020-pandemmic-me...
Searched for and couldn't find the 0.4% tax, which tax are you referring to? And for others, the incoming 2022 tax is a 0.58% payroll tax. From WA directly: "Washington state does not have a personal or corporate income…
Govtrack tracks this and compiles report cards that (mostly) reveal what you're looking for, e.g., its reports on Bills Introduced, Bills Out of Committee, and Laws Enacted [1]. The 2020 report cards should come out…
Calico Energy | https://calicoenergy.com/ | Remote (offices in Seattle and Chicago), must be US-based (citizen or green card) We're creating a utility data platform to help building managers / utility admins understand…
The former secretary of DHS stated this week that DHS's Federal Protection Service (the forces deployed in Portland) are mostly private contractors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfJPLAZNNkc&feature=youtu.be...…
What's the timeline of media outlets figuring this out? Fox was downplaying / claiming this was a hoax as late as March 10 [1], whereas other outlets woke up early February (eg, the WaPo headline in your screenshot is…
Agree with your point (that raw % of hospitalizations is misleading), but it's 2-4% of total positive cases, not 2-4% of those admitted to hospital.
Total beds is an incomplete picture. Stanford hospital appears to run at 88% capacity [1] and Seattle's Harborview operates at 95% capacity [2]. 1 - https://stanfordhealthcare.org/content/dam/SHC/about-us/bond... (page…
We live in an era where attention matters more than reality. Chronically online CEOs are aware of this. Om Malik has been writing about this recently, especially regarding OpenAI / Altman [1], but you can see it…
There is a large, growing Russian diaspora and many writers/artists create works in exile. The language helps if you want to understand the millions who left their homes out of principle, but they are not the "enemy".
He appears to be making that point for the entirety of the interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i-ys9faa74
Search "from:stephenm insurrection": https://x.com/StephenM/status/1974647432299327904
Thanks for the transparency + analysis. I've been a happy Fastmail customer for 11+ years and will continue to be so. Everyone wrote that their experience with FM support has been good, but I've been even luckier: until…
I am the OP. I admit my second message was terse, but the correct social media response for a critical outage is "we're looking into it". Not "if you want support, go here". Like I said, I do not have time to hunt for…
I visited in May. When I left, at blue dollar rates, 1 USD = ~1040 Argentinine pesos; today, 1 USD = 1415 pesos. Ie, 35% inflation in 2.5 months. [1] And every month, the government claims unbelievably low inflation:…
I had EVO ICL done ~10 months ago. My contact prescription was -7.25 left / -6.75 right with thin corneas so I wasn't a great candidate for LASIK. Weighed costs of ICL vs PRK and opted for the former (mostly recovery…
Canceling The Economist was the worst experience of any periodical, by far. You were right not to continue. Recently canceled and (from transcript) it took 18+ minutes chatting with an online rep. They made sure I knew…
I've settled on this over the years: play -c 2 --null synth brownnoise reverb bass 6 treble -3 It's close to the myNoise brown preset, IMO, if a little bass heavier.
I use stylish to apply my own (quick and easy) dark mode to hckr news: @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) { body { background-color: #444; color: #ccc; } .entries a:hover { background-color: #666; } .c00 { color: #ccc;…
California CC tuition is not representative of the rest of the country. In-state tuition for a full-time (15 credits) student at Salt Lake Community College is currently ~2100 per semester. At Denver Community College,…
I built a text annotation tool recently, first in React before rewriting it in Svelte. I found React's virtual DOM annoying, esp. when dealing with text selections + wrapping those selections with elements, etc. Svelte…
I initially preferred JSX ("it's just Javascript"), esp. with Svelte oddities like `$$props`, but after working with Svelte templating for a while I now prefer it due to things like property shorthand and event…
This seems pretty clearly not about nostalgia or technology. Nothing signals "don't talk to me" like plainly visible earbuds. I used to wear a pair, with nothing playing, when walking around the city. Worked like a…
How is Gallup calculating risk? As far as I can tell from their appendix, they're using total hospitalizations / total US population. Ie, 2.6mm hospitalizations / 330mm population = ~0.8% risk of hospitalization. This…
It's a new feature (few months old). Look for the + icon in top nav. https://twitter.com/MattNavarra/status/1408068652495097862/p...
Suicides were down (in USA) for 2020: https://www.axios.com/suicide-decreased-in-2020-pandemmic-me...
Searched for and couldn't find the 0.4% tax, which tax are you referring to? And for others, the incoming 2022 tax is a 0.58% payroll tax. From WA directly: "Washington state does not have a personal or corporate income…
Govtrack tracks this and compiles report cards that (mostly) reveal what you're looking for, e.g., its reports on Bills Introduced, Bills Out of Committee, and Laws Enacted [1]. The 2020 report cards should come out…
Calico Energy | https://calicoenergy.com/ | Remote (offices in Seattle and Chicago), must be US-based (citizen or green card) We're creating a utility data platform to help building managers / utility admins understand…
The former secretary of DHS stated this week that DHS's Federal Protection Service (the forces deployed in Portland) are mostly private contractors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfJPLAZNNkc&feature=youtu.be...…
What's the timeline of media outlets figuring this out? Fox was downplaying / claiming this was a hoax as late as March 10 [1], whereas other outlets woke up early February (eg, the WaPo headline in your screenshot is…
Agree with your point (that raw % of hospitalizations is misleading), but it's 2-4% of total positive cases, not 2-4% of those admitted to hospital.
Total beds is an incomplete picture. Stanford hospital appears to run at 88% capacity [1] and Seattle's Harborview operates at 95% capacity [2]. 1 - https://stanfordhealthcare.org/content/dam/SHC/about-us/bond... (page…