The short of it is that most natural sounds product a root tone plus a varying amount of related tones above it. Our ears hear the root tone, and the other tones above it are what give the sound its uniqueness. That's why a guitar, a clarinet and 3 singers can produce the same note while sounding distinct.

Birds seem to produce a natural sound without a lot of the related tones above it. Their sound is, relatively speaking, much purer than most other natural sounds. That's very unique.

[0]: https://youtu.be/Wx_kugSemfY?t=95

ESPN, Hulu and Cruncyroll issue thepop up. Consider the reach of those 3 apps alone compared to the bottom 500k.

It's natural for users to engage less and less over time. However, holding the community to a certain standard keeps users from outgrowing the submissions and discussions. No one is too old, too mature, or too "smart" for earnest discussion.

> That was not intended to be read as a literal quote...[It was intended to] paraphrase instead of literally copying words (esp. if there's no good short sequence of words to borrow), but quote marks are still used. I wish we had a better notation for this. I'm sorry to have caused confusion.

[0]: https://writingcommons.org/article/inserting-or-altering-wor...

Comments that hit -1 can still recover. Comments rarely recover after -3 or so. The only counter is for the commenter to edit and call out readers for frivolous downvoting.

The USDA just wants to prevent wide-spread food borne illnesses that are easily preventable. Hence why the small scale experiments where someone eats chicken only cooked to 155 turn out successful all the time.

Note that this isn't to discredit what you're saying. I just wanted to point out that there's more to the guidelines than the parroted parts.

Errors. A screen full of errors barfed everywhere. I look at the repository for some basic debugging, and without some serious dedicated time, I can't fix the issue.

This is why people don't want to fiddle with a Pi for these things. Time is dedicated to get the system up, but you're not given any kind of guarantee that it will work out of the box.

Sure, I could tail someone for two weeks, flash their email and SMS data, and flip through publicly available images of them. Or I can get a bunch of digital data points like GPS, wireless APs, and the actual emails and SMS data. Computers and databases make it trivial to sift through this data.

The average person likely doesn't understand how deep digital profiles can go. They think that because they use incognito to look up birthday gifts and porn, everything that's private stays private. What about when screen sharing a work presentation and there's a banner ad for cancer or addiction treatment? What about months of funeral care ads after searching for what to do after a parent or child dies?

People think that advertisers are wasting money since they see ads for the same purchase made a week prior. They'd be devastated if health insurance providers partnered with Visa or a tracking network to extract a "health risk" profile.

The podcaster emails the company talking about his dissatisfaction. The response was something like, "We understand your frustrations. Even if there's no issue, you can send it back for a refund." The podcaster realized that nothing was actually wrong. The product worked as advertised. It didn't break. It didn't arrive damaged. There were just unfulfilled expectations. I want to say that he responded by thanking them for their time but a refund wouldn't be necessary.

This guy inadvertently took up support time for an issue that wasn't really an issue. If you mix this scenario with entitled people or hobbyists who are very particular about minor details, sellers may spend lot of time on supporting very few customers.

There are numerous articles on why this impromptu remote environment isn't the same as traditional remote environments. Are people turning on their camera during meetings? Are people actually responding when talked to during meetings? Is there some type of plan outlined for team members who have kids in virtual school or are unexpected caretakers? Have teams been given the proper collaborative tools to work together remotely? Are working hours being respected?

There are lots of things people didn't think about when places went remote. The problem is that they never went back to address them either.

Note that I tried this exactly 1 time.

It doesn't help that when you come to HN or Reddit releasing something, the comments are quick to point out other competing products in a seemingly snarky way.

"I use X. It has that feature plus these other ones. Why would I switch to yours?" I get the spirit of why someone would say that, but it's really hard to read tone in a forum post.

I don't know, man? Don't?