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Jeff Bezos revealed his secret to Amazon’s success 25 years ago: ‘I asked everyone around here to wake up terrified every morning, their sheets drenched in sweat’ ( www.cnbc.com )

Back in the 90s, Jeff Bezos went on record as hoping his employees would wake up on the wrong side of the bed—for the greater good, or for the customer at the very least....

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the “self made” billionaire who started Amazon with $300K from his parents and more from his friends

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most of us have some morals about how much we’re willing to abuse the workers that did all his work for him …

Camo is hard to photograph, and not for the reason you think! (Main cam vs Selfie cam colors)

First up yes I'm a camo nerd. Metal Gear Solid 3 awakened something in me! Anyway every now and then I take different camo patterns into the woods and take photos as a reference to help people choose what works best for them. This one, Pencott Wildwood looks way too brown in most photos. Check it out!...

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  • phone cameras generally default to auto white balance which is good for snapshots, not so good for color accuracy
  • trying to get raw files out of phone cameras is not completely impossible, but the images are almost always processed into JPEGs
    • the main camera is going to boost saturation and contrast (make your image “pop”)
    • selfie camera is going to focus on “flesh tones”, so less saturation boost (or you look sunburnt) and less contrast boost (smooth out wrinkles and acne)
  • if you really want to focus on color accuracy over perceptual color, get hold of a gray card or color checker and plan on doing post-processing in something like Lightroom, Darktable, digiKam, RawTherapee or the like
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“Texas power grid” + “normal Texas summer heat” + “surge pricing” …

Fix for the capslock slow response

This is an issue that I know for a fact that is not specific to plasma, but I came here to ask for help since I run Plasma and I'm hoping that there is something I can change on the DE to fix it. Caps-lock is very slow and causes THis ISsue, and it is driving me crazy. I'm the person who can never learn how to use the shift to...

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on a side note: Xah Lee notes that speed typist Sean Wrona finds it faster to do the sequence Caps, letter, Caps than the chord Shift+letter

Boy Scouts of America changing name to more inclusive Scouting America after years of woes ( apnews.com )

Another positive step in the right direction for an organization rife with brokenness. There's a lot I don't like about the organization, but this is something a love--a scouting organization open to young women and the lgbtq community. The next step is being inclusive of nonreligious agnostic and atheist youth and leaders. As...

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an organization founded on scouting boys: Part One, Part Two

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and learning from the Catholic church how to protect and hide abusers

Top Republican says party base "infected" by Russian propaganda ( www.newsweek.com )

Russian propaganda pushed by the Kremlin has “infected” part of the Republican base, a senior GOP congressman has said, as indications grow that a vital U.S. military package for Ukraine will come up for a vote with U.S. lawmakers this month....

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also known as redlining – nominally illegal but almost impossible to enforce (assuming anyone in authority even tries to enforce) …

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technologyreview.com/…/dna-tests-for-iq-are-comin…

basically warning of a possible Gattaca like scenario where your prospects are determined by the purity of your DNA

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  • Linux Mint is pretty much the stock recommendation for newcomers to Linux – straight forward, no big surprises
  • and Steam for your games – with Proton, there’s very little that won’t run under Linux in one way or another nowadays
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you’re just supposed to lick that AIPAC boot, not deep throat it …

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lake turnover – in spring and fall, water temperatures equalize enough that water near the bottom moves up to the top taking the smells of algae along with it – usually only lasts a week or two each time

EDIT: safety issue – keep your water heater at 140°F or higher to prevent Legionnaires’ disease

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  • you get it more often in temperate climates, with hot climates, there’s usually not enough temperature shifts to push turnover
  • the algae or “pond water” smell is distinctive, if you haven’t noticed it before, then likely something else happening this time
  • agree with the other answers, pick up a testing kit off Amazon – your body can handle a lot of mineral content, but you don’t want to risk biological contamination
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