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thatsamonad commented on Is remote work bad for the economy? fractional.work/p/is-remo... · Posted by u/svsaraf

bequanna · 3 years ago

Right, and in my experience urban retail is often high cost, low quality. Some of the dirtiest stores/restaurants you see are in urban centers.

They could get away with this because they had a captive group which was previously forced to be in that location with relatively few options.

thatsamonad · 3 years ago

> Right, and in my experience urban retail is often high cost, low quality. Some of the dirtiest stores/restaurants you see are in urban centers.

This may depend on your area but this hasn’t been my experience. I used to commute into downtown Portland for work and we had a great selection of options for lunch and happy hours, a plethora of food cart options which were great and affordable, and a number of decent bars where you could meet a friend for drinks afterwards.

Now I work from home in the suburbs and, while I wouldn’t trade being remote for anything, the food options here mostly consist of bland fast food and chain restaurants. One of the things I miss the most is grabbing a decent lunch with a coworker and breaking up the monotony a bit.

thatsamonad commented on Caroline Ellison, CEO of Alameda Research, pleads guilty to seven offences theguardian.com/business/... · Posted by u/Animatronio

Hamuko · 3 years ago

Did Madoff have a criminal record before he got hit with 150 years?

thatsamonad · 3 years ago

I don’t believe so, but the judge sentenced him so harshly because the amount involved was astronomical, exceeding the maximum amount specified by federal sentencing guidelines for fraud ($400 million at the time)[0]. Also, many people lost their life savings and the fraud lasted for nearly 30 years and the judge didn’t feel that Madoff did everything he could to mitigate the harm caused by his actions.

[0](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/0...)

thatsamonad commented on Ask HN: What's the best gift you've ever given/received for less than $50? · Posted by u/ianyanusko

thatsamonad · 3 years ago

My spouse bought me a Chemex coffee brewer years ago. It makes significantly better coffee than a standard drip brewer and I use it pretty much every morning. It’s not as easy as pushing a button or using a K-cup, but there’s something slightly meditative about the process.

thatsamonad commented on Why do all these 20-somethings have closed captions turned on? wsj.com/articles/why-do-a... · Posted by u/malshe

badrabbit · 3 years ago

Not in that age group but I can't imagine not having cc on. I was hooked when watching anime and foreign movies but even with english movies they only have an upside. You don't have to guess what word they said or how someone's name is spelled. Loud scenes where you can barely hear them is one but also when you have characters that have accents or switch to a different language it helps (you don't get distracted by the sudden need to read cc).

You have to get used to it but it only takes a few tries.

thatsamonad · 3 years ago

I’m also not in that age group (I’m late 30s) but I’ve been watching TV and movies with closed captioning enabled since I was a kid and have found that it helps my comprehension of what’s going on with plot lines, etc, immensely. Maybe I’m just a stronger reader than listener, but I’m at the point where I vastly prefer to watch movies at home rather than at a theater because I can have CC on by default.

I’ve also always had CC on for my kid and they’re an excellent reader. I don’t have any concrete evidence for it but part of me thinks their strong reading skills are partly due to that.

thatsamonad commented on Metal Archives 20th Anniversary metal-archives.com/news/v... · Posted by u/mountainplus

gitrog · 4 years ago

If there is anything like the Metal Archives for electronic music or rock music (actually any genre) out there, I'd like to know about it. It's simply the greatest music encyclopedia I've come across, albeit entirely focused on metal.

As much as I appreciate Discogs and RateYourMusic, they tackle different things and don't really function as encyclopedias, the former functioning more as a catalogue and the latter as a way to track and list your favourite albums.

Edit: Looks like this post resulted in a hug of death over on metal-archives.com!

thatsamonad · 4 years ago

It’s not totally an archive per se but I discovered this site for electronic music when it was originally a Flash application: https://music.ishkur.com/

thatsamonad commented on Solar canopies on parking lots e360.yale.edu/features/pu... · Posted by u/CharlesW

D-Coder · 4 years ago

If a large company (let's say Walmart) offered free recharging for EVs in their parking lots, that might bring more customers in. Your car needs an hour for recharging, might as well be right in front of the store.

thatsamonad · 4 years ago

The Walmart near us has a set of EV chargers in its parking lot that offer free charging for up to 2 hours. I bought my first EV earlier this year and I’ve definitely visited that Walmart more than I ever would before because it’s convenient to get a quick charge in and grab a few groceries, etc, I might need anyway.