elektor

I recommend that you copy and paste the Amazon link to https://reviewmeta.com/ and https://www.fakespot.com/ to see how many of the reviews are actually legit.

Last year I bought a set of cheap Bluetooth headphones on Amazon which I use on a daily basis. It's obvious they have an affiliate program because I often seem on those daily deal roundup posts that a lot of tech blogs now have.

Recently, I've been getting emails from the vendors asking me to leave a review in return for a free product. Here is a copy and paste of one:

Dear Customer,

Thank you for purchasing our (HEADPHONES). Are you satisfied with the Bluetooth headphones that you bought? If there is any question or concern regarding product quality, please don't hesitate to contact us first.

If your (BRAND) experience has been everything you hoped it would be, share it with the world! Meanwhile, to express our sincere thanks for your kind support, we are more than happy to send you a (FREE PRODUCT) for free if you are willing to leave us a review since this would be very helpful for other customers who are also interested in this product.

If you are interested in a (FREE PRODUCT), please get back to us with the screenshot of your review.

Note: you can click the link below directly to leave your positive review: (LINK TO AMAZON TO LEAVE REVIEW)

Please rest assured that we’ll arrange (FREE PRODUCT) to you ASAP after we receive the screenshot of your review together with your shipping address.

Any questions, please kindly let us know.

Have a nice day!

Press F9 when you're on Firefox to get a good reading experience.

Do people derive pleasure from these AMAs? Gates seems to reply with the same platitudes and non-answers to the point where its hard to tell if it’s him or the BMGF publicist.

The global fertility rate is 2.4, well above the 2.1 needed to stabilize the population, which is already over the carrying capacity of the planet.

Love the concept!

Some feedback on the website: The image of the man on a laptop sitting in the dark gives off an eerie feeling and reminds me of those cheesy stock images of hackers wearing a ski mask. A man sitting in a well lit room and smiling may be more welcoming to a potential applicant.

In 2014, the Institute of Medicine released a thorough analysis on graduate medical education that argued there was no doctor shortage, and that we didn’t really need to invest more in new physicians.

The system isn’t undermanned, it said: It’s inefficient. We rely too heavily on physicians and not enough on midlevel practitioners, like physician assistants and nurse practitioners, especially because evidence supports they are just as effective in primary care settings. We don’t account for advances in technology, like telehealth and new drugs and devices that lessen the burden on physician visits to maintain health.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/08/upshot/a-doctor-shortage-...

This is definitely simpler, thank you.

Is it then possible for an Aaron Schwartz/ Sci Hub character to then download all of the available books and make them available on the internet?

You cannot determine someone's age by the fact that they have/use a credit card. Teenagers can have credit cards.

From the article:

Before opting for coal, the school looked into using liquid natural gas, wind and solar, bio-mass and a host of other options. None of them penciled out, said Mike Ruckhaus, a senior project manager at the university.

I have a similar experience. I prefer the Cash App because it's visually more pleasant to use and I don't have to publish to the whole world that I paid my roommate $5.76 for lunch. That said, everyone in my circle of friends uses Venmo and I've turned off all of the social aspects so it works just fine.

I use this app. So far, it blocked 1108 data trackers and 3 locations trackers.

From the article: President Trump promised the typical American household a $4,000 pay raise as he pushed for his tax giveaway to the rich. The reality, however, is that from December 2017 to December 2018, real wages for average workers have gone up by just $9.11 a week.

While I agree with Schumer and Sander's viewpoint, I think it's a little disingenuous to compare a per year value to a per week value.

I don't imagine this will go over very well with most people.

However, headlines like this are a good reminder to practice good social media hygiene; I've been careful about what I post and have a habit of deleting old Facebook posts from my teenage days.

Very cool. Are there any sites already using this platform?

This is pretty cool. The one factoid that stood out to me was everyone flocking to listen to SAD! by XXXTENTACION the day after he was assassinated.

I'm surprised this wasn't the case with Mac Miller's death, although maybe it did it just didn't top the charts.

Long overdue. Maybe in a few months I can watch a Joe Rogan podcast video without tainting my YouTube recommendations for the next year with Ben Shapiro-style clickbait.

What CO2 meter did you buy?

Growing up in California, I assumed the bottle deposit system was a federal thing. Moving to North Carolina and seeing people causally throw away glass bottles into the trash was definitely a cultural shock for me.

Kudos to Oregon for doing this.

Agreed, I think the way its prepared definitely matters.

For me, I think the Impossible Burger seems "better" because I've only had it prepared by restaurants whereas the Beyond Burger I've mostly made myself from the grocery store.

I know you're trying to be snarky but minimaxir has done a lot of great work with data science and visualization, particularly with his Reddit analysis.

Verizon is the parent of Oath (and therefore owns TechCrunch)

You should give the Impossible Burger a try as well, it's even more meat-like and has a great taste. Both burgers recently announced 2.0 versions of their products so there's a lot of excitement in the field of plant-based meat.

Wonderful work, Rohan! I love it when tech and charity come together like this.

My questions:

1) Is there any assistance that your service can provide to students who have student loan debt, particularly those from predatory private institutions?

2) Have you had any conversations with the group, RIP Medical Debt? They have a similar goal of helping those in need, they've abolished $120 million in medical debt for about 60,000 Americans(https://www.ripmedicaldebt.org/about/). I think it would be great for you to connect, even if it's just to be on each other's radar.

This is my current routine:

I have about $5,000 coming into my checking account every month, which I then use to pay rent and several credit cards with % cash back bonuses. Whatever is remaining for that month, I transfer to Ally's 2.2% account.

Unless I'm misunderstanding your point, I don't think I would be better off switching to this card because my checking balance is volatile and is usually close to zero.

I'm perfectly happy with my Ally 2.2% savings account+ numerous cash back credit cards but this would be a neat card for someone switching over from Wells Fargo/BoA with their atrocious .1% savings accts.

Are there any good resources for filing your own taxes?

I’ve always relied on family members and want to take a crack at it.

Likewise, some science and history-based subs are doing well. I think large subs need heavy moderation to work.

Theres a new Reddit alternative that's open source, Tildes.

https://blog.tildes.net/announcing-tildes

I've been on it for a few months and would recommend it.