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sutterbomb··on Off-Facebook activity
So you must have a recommendation for a card that charges lowest reasonable rate?
sutterbomb··on Kansas City is first major city in U.S. to offer no-cost public transportation
These undesirable aspects are at least partially a result of the same fuck the poor mentality. In countries that actually care for their populations, homeless and otherwise, this problem is far less severe.
sutterbomb··on Crows could be the smartest animal other than primates
I was staying in a hostel in the Philippines and they had a pet crow that would greet you, but he'd also fuck with you - or at least me. He'd say "Come here" over and over until I went over to him, then he'd turn away from me when I got there. As soon as I turned back away he'd say "come here" again. Funny little shit.
sutterbomb··on The Lesson to Unlearn
They’re often selecting applicants before growth is a factor, no? Surely there are hacks to this process
sutterbomb··on Benjamin Libet's argument against free will is being questioned
The concept of free will has tremendous implications for oursocio-policial world, such as in criminal justice or even taxation.
sutterbomb··on Sorry, we can't join your Slack
Working on two or three projects concurrently over the course of two or three weeks is not the same as multi-tasking. If you’re expected to immediately respond to things and have multiple projects going, yes that’ll be trouble. But if you’re able to pace your own work, and respond in hours/days, you can be more than capable of holding more than one thing in your head.
sutterbomb··on WeWork CEO gives back $5.9M from 'We' trademark after criticism
> the smartest move

interesting definition of "smart" you're using

sutterbomb··on Amazon Is a Monopoly
The devil usually knows a thing or two about what they speak of.
sutterbomb··on What If Consciousness Comes First?
I don't think that focus or attention is equivalent to consciousness. Subconscious != unconscious != no consciousness
sutterbomb··on Earbuds are bad for your hearing
I have mild tinnitus and am 90% certain it came from my summers growing up and mowing lawns with shitty earbuds cranking shitty rock music off a shitty “skip proof” CD player Walkman kinda thing

Wish I had ever even considered that might not be good for me

sutterbomb··on What does it mean when a product is “Amazon’s Choice”?
Almost definitely not the case. My product had the badge for awhile and our whole category is too small to warrant Amazon’s attention.
sutterbomb··on Amazon Is Poised to Unleash a Purge of Small Wholesale Suppliers
Nobody has full described what's going on, so let me try. There are four categories of things sold on Amazon:

- A) Amazon house brands

- B) Amazon retail

- C) 3rd party seller, fulfilled by Amazon (FBA)

- D) 3rd party seller, fulfilled by Merchant (FBM)

Amazon house brands are the things like Amazon Basics, or a host of other brands that are owned by them even though they're not explicitly labeled as such. Retail is the traditional retail model described by last user, Amazon buys inventory from other companies and then handles sales & fulfillment. FBA is sort of the consignment model, where Amazon doesn't own the inventory but they handle fulfillment. FBM is basically the Ebay model - Amazon is just facilitating the marketplace, taking customer payment etc, but the merchant is responsible for shipping/logistics.

They're going to scale back the number of companies they buy from for retail (B), and those companies will have to use C or D or stop selling on Amazon altogether.

sutterbomb··on A Psychedelic Renaissance
Not sure how you’re defining formal, but the typical route is basically an apprentice model. Find a practicing shaman and work with them.
sutterbomb··on A Psychedelic Renaissance
Treatment that is 100% effective when properly administered but has a 5% chance at being properly administered is still not a very good treatment. These two routes are not mutually exclusive.
sutterbomb··on A Psychedelic Renaissance
The reality is that they’re currently out of reach for most people, and the only shot at increasing adoption comes with legally sanctioned institutions to help deploy them safely.
sutterbomb··on A Psychedelic Renaissance
But you do want to point out to strangers that you’re above sharing your photos.

It’s easy to be super cynical about everyone’s motivations, and it’s turtles (or signaling) all the way down

sutterbomb··on Why the U.S. Chills Its Eggs and Most of the World Doesn't (2014)
The criteria for clickbait can't be "some people may already know this". Congrats for having all this knowledge before reading the article though.
sutterbomb··on Why the U.S. Chills Its Eggs and Most of the World Doesn't (2014)
Is that really a clickbait headline? I mean sure it’s phrased as a question, but you can’t just put a whole lede as the headline.
sutterbomb··on Bad Habits Creeping into Your Writing?
Eliminating unnecessary words works wonders.
sutterbomb··on Amazon to Shut All U.S. Pop-Up Stores as It Rethinks Physical Retail Strategy
Their in house brands are a large and growing part of the marketplace, so it's not quite right to claim they're moving away from being a direct retailer. Perhaps "retailer of other brands" is where they're moving away from but even that I'm not positive there's been any meaningful change of late.
sutterbomb··on Slack Says It's Filed to Go Public
Have to start that clock sometime
sutterbomb··on Apple leaves Facebook offices in disarray after revoking app permissions
Stock price is trailing indicator
sutterbomb··on When a Bike Company Put a TV on Its Box, Shipping Damages Went Down (2017)
I can’t imagine a world where I’ve spoken with dozens of delivery drivers.
sutterbomb··on Pamir Highway: An epic drive on the roof of the world
Awesome, glad to hear. I plan on going this summer. The shared costs - did you find other travelers yourself, or the drivers just fill up their 4x4 like a shuttle would anywhere else? Any other tips or thoughts that I might not find in Lonely Planet etc?
sutterbomb··on Dealing with past trauma may be the key to breaking addiction
Yea I think some people can be quick to label discomfort as trauma nowadays. Like you said, if we’re going to expand usage of a term to include whole swaths of experience, the term itself becomes less meaningful.
sutterbomb··on iPhones are hard to use
Other than the jiggling that’s the exact same method as iOS, unless I’m missing something.
sutterbomb··on iPhones are hard to use
Thanks, fair examples. How is home screen arrangement handled in android?
sutterbomb··on iPhones are hard to use
Can you give some specific examples? I’m so thoroughly baked into iOS that I don’t notice these potential issues.
sutterbomb··on Fake review factories that run on Facebook and post five-star Amazon reviews
I’m an amazon seller with our own brand of products, and many of our 1 star reviews are fakes by the competition. For awhile we also had a bunch of returns and Amazon temporarily closed our listing because of the poor performance. When I looked into it the addresses on those orders were to a variety of different motels in Alabama. People are shady af and it’s frustrating trying to do business legitimately.
sutterbomb··on Business card-sized Japanese phone bucks the giant-phone trend
This doesn’t seem very plausible to me. Still a world of difference between small phone and watch. I just don’t think there’s a big enough market for small phone users who won’t buy the next available size that more people are happier with.
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