paublyrne

I believe that there are many in between the two extremes you mention for whom the draw of connection is far from benign, which is why I would not be so dismissive of addiction concerns.

> Why would anyone want to spend time trawling obscure library database systems only to find the library doesn't stock the right books or that someone has taken it on loan for an unknown period of time ?

You're setting up a bit of strawman, I don't see anyone arguing the internet is inferior to the library, but that library usage (for example) doesn't trigger the dopamine release cycle in the way refreshing a frequently changing webpage does.

If it's already not allowed to use data in this way - thus the fine - what purpose would allowing and revoking the right to do so serve. It's already prohibited.

I'm in a train station in Berlin right now and every billboard is Apple.

> Citation needed?

Op is making a bet not a claim.

I don't see how it's so traumatic for the engineers involved, unless the company culture in Fastly is really awful and there are punitive repercussions, or attempts to pin responsbility on individuals rather than systems, which I doubt.

Many here have been responsible for web service outages albeit on much smaller scales, and in my experience it feels awful while it's happening but you quickly forget about it because so does everyone else.

> If it weren't for the value of the bundle I'd likely not care as much though.

Surely being paid to use Spotify would represent even better value.

> Is it for people that are exposing themselves to potential carriers in unsafe ways?

It's this largely. The most obvious group in the UK are MSM men. It has to be taken more or less all the time by people who expect they may have encounters in which they could potentially be exposed, similar to the birth control pill.

We're too tired to get upset about things.

> It has produced poor people easily to be able to store their wealth something that they can both afford and isn't constantly being debased

I can't get excited about people too poor to have access to banking putting their money into something as severely volatile as crypto currency.

There is room for new financial companies supporting mobile banking and banking in the developing world, but I don't see why crypto needs to be involved.

I don't see why it couldn't be removed from a future release after a period of deprecation.

There is a lot more to making good quality recordings then having good equipment. There's arrangement, mic placement, room acoustic treatment, mixing and EQ, mastering.

> Also, if your waking hours are say 0800-2300 then you can easily work late and move your leisure time to the morning without changing your sleep schedule.

Not necessarily. Early birds like me find it difficult to work in the evenings, despite being technically awake. I find it way easier to get up early than to stay up late, which can actually feel like torture sometimes.

As for the split, I've read it's more like 10% for each extreme with the majority in the middle, though I can't find a reference, and I suspect it's very hard to actually know.

I would assume the criteria is what mixture of denominations will require the least regular servicing. An area where the average daily withdrawal is high - ie a wealthy area - will run out more quickly if it's giving out small denominations, but in an area where smaller amounts will quickly be unable to provide the requested amounts if they're serviced with mostly higher ones.

Not sure where this number is from. One of the main challenges of vaccine takeup in France and Germany (including health staff) is more about having a preference for the higher efficacy vaccines over the AstraZenica.

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Not sure if this the case yet. Any examples? But I can see it becoming the case in the future ...

> I'm sorry, in future I will humbly accept the advice of the self righteous with a doff of my cap

They are not the only two options. Parent just suggested sharing your perspective without the aggressive tone and expletives.

You should be still able to log in with the same email with user/password, without being asked for a new permission.

Not a parent, but I was a child, and want to give my perspective from my memories learning my father's profession; writing.

We always had computers typewriters around the house, and I was fascinated by the look, smell, and sound of my father writing. And I just began doing it myself, probably with a small amount of guidance from him around the mechanics.

I ended up getting pretty good at prose by the time I was 9 or 10 and wrote a novella when I 14 (which was thankfully never published or distributed!). I don't write for a living but the skills stayed with me and of course have been very useful in all kinds of avenues.

I think, though, that if I had been encouraged to do 90 minute learning sessions with my father, I wouldn't have been so interested. There was a joy in finding my own path into that world, and if/when I do have children of my own this is something I will keep in mind that there's a fine line between sparking interest, and trying to force an interest.

They're both paid by taxes ultimately, as the digital license fee is mandatory, so I don't see much difference.

> Below is a list of 50 celebrities which the DeathList committee has selected for their likelihood to pass away during 2020.

Never heard of this before. Seems kind of an incredibly unpleasant thing to build.

> This feels twee and goofy, at best. Not sure why it's on the front page.

Because it's twee and goofy.

Many of the words used are rarely seen without a prefix.

Disgruntled, for example is a common word; gruntled is not.

The birth rate in India is not particularly high, at 2.x, and my anecdotal experiences of travelling and working there is that younger couples prefer to have fewer children, only 1 or 2. Of course the population is already large, but that's unlikley to get much smaller in the short to medium term, so is hardly a useful suggestion.

It's likely this will change next year when Australia lifts quarantining. It will be considered an acceptable risk given that most people will not be vulnerable to it.

I don't turn it on until at least 8PM. TV on during the daytime hours is somehow depressing, unless it's some sort of live event.

> If the option was a mac with privacy vs a mac without privacy but $10 cheaper

OP was comparing the Kindle with ads discount to an imaginary Mac without privacy discount.

> Whilst I agree with the sentiment, it does occur to me just how many kindles I see with ads.

True, although the price difference for the Kindle is about 20%. If the discount on a Macbook Air was similar, I'm sure it would be well subscribed.

Agree that can be an issue. Often it's not worth the energy doing that. But without the linter there's a good chance you'll end up discussing the formatting in code review which doesn't really benefit anyone.