EpicEng

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by EpicEng 7y ago
> It's really just that simple. it's really not, and it certainly isn't when you speak in terms of revenue instead of profit.
602.
by EpicEng 7y ago
Right, that's totally how people will reason about a date that doesn't exist. This is why the other side of the business can't stand talking to some of us.
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by EpicEng 7y ago
Why? If McDonald's is overcharging than the competition is going to beat them out. The market will select them out, problem solved. Regardless, they're free to increase prices as they see fit. your proposal wouldn't stop anyt
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by EpicEng 7y ago
And then fewer people will buy Big Macs. Market forces in action.
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by EpicEng 7y ago
In the real world, credibility matters. Most of us aren't going to fact check everything a journalist says, let alone conduct additional research to find what they may be omitting . I have no idea if what this person is saying is true
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by EpicEng 7y ago
>Instead of working and paying for her own health care There was no choice. She couldn't afford to pay for healthcare with the new job. What would you have done?
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by EpicEng 7y ago
>Yeah, I eat the seeds ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Ha, well more power to you brother. >And yeah, assuming the rest of your diet is healthy, eating a few apples won't make you diabetic. The problem is a broader lack of knowledge about what is
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by EpicEng 7y ago
>How many people... take the seeds out of their oranges ...Everyone? Are you saying that you eat the seeds? What? Either way, no one is developing diabetes because they eat three peeled apples on a daily basis. C'mon.
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by EpicEng 7y ago
>why not brutally enforce cut down of sugar in sweet items (including softdrinks, ice cream, chocolates, cakes, etc.) by 50%? To he11 with the taste - sugar is as bad as cocaine when it comes to addiction. No it's not. >Not onl
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by EpicEng 7y ago
Where does that statement come from? I'm not saying it's wrong, but it's not exactly an opinion. The problem with (refined) sugar is that it's in damn near everything (processed foods anyway).
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by EpicEng 7y ago
...again, his definition of 'reasonable' is what's off here.
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by EpicEng 7y ago
That's great for you, but we have plenty of evidence that the patch doesn't work for a lot of people. It's also expensive. It didn't work for me because I enjoy the act of smoking.
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by EpicEng 7y ago
>It’s hard to get enthusiastic about something deadly and noxious We have no idea if it's "deadly". You skipped a few steps there.
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by EpicEng 7y ago
It's used in asthma inhalers as well (of course, minus flavorings and with stricter quality controls.)
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by EpicEng 7y ago
I vape and I'm with you in that we cannot just assume it's benign. You do have to be careful of some studies which have shown things like Formaldehyde though as the conditions (far too hot, burning cotton, etc.) we just wrong. Tha
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by EpicEng 7y ago
>Not nearly as much of a win as not inhaling any smoke or vapor at all though. Of course, but that's not a practical expectation for most smokers. We have decades of evidence showing that quitting is HARD and that many (most?) will
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by EpicEng 7y ago
iirc THC was being used by a number of people affected, but they haven't yet gone as far as saying that "almost all these cases of vaping related hospitalizations are from vaping THC".
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by EpicEng 7y ago
Wow you went through quite a few edits before the reply link popped up for me. I didn't take anything out of context. The entire reply was > So Google employees are supposed to just shut up or leave? >An important question, I th
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by EpicEng 7y ago
Amazing: A whole three downvotes! No way more than two people are reading this comment section at the same time.
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by EpicEng 7y ago
I'm so confused... We're talking about speaking out on political/social issues at work. My position is that I'm fine with it (and I think Google should support it to some extent) assuming that it is relevant to the acti
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by EpicEng 7y ago
>Oh yes, they absolutely are Well, yeah... of course there are instances of that. None of those are examples represent "social change". When you talk about protests in the NFL in the context of this thread, anyone who doesn&#x2
622.
by EpicEng 7y ago
This is completely wrong. dang - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17996858 PG - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=392347 Downvoting as a tool to show disagreement has always been standard practice he
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by EpicEng 7y ago
Agreed, but it's Google's approach that's up for discussion here, not whether or not they have the right to shut down such discussion. I don't think a company who shits down reasonable debate is going to do well over the
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by EpicEng 7y ago
Not arressting people for theft is pretty extremist and I can't imagine how that is a good thing for the citizens of Seattle.
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by EpicEng 7y ago
>Brings to mind the attitude of "shutup and play ball" when sports athletes try to use their platforms for some aspect of social change or another. But even then there's a difference; NFL players aren't protesting the
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by EpicEng 7y ago
That's really the crux of the issue. I agree that people should probably leave most of their personal beliefs at home... unless it's something that directly related to what the company is doing. So Google employees are supposed to
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by EpicEng 7y ago
There has to be a finding of gross negligence. Shit is going to happen even if a company does it's best and follows all of the best practices. Under your rules and OS zero day, which the company has zero control over, could ruin them.
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by EpicEng 7y ago
Don't see why it would. Maybe I am reading too much into that one sentence, I don't know. The whole "talented... for a reasonable price" bit stuck with me though. If all of the talented people want a certain rate, then g
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by EpicEng 7y ago
>Fining them? Paying out to users? ...Yes? With the caveat of an investigation and a ruling of negligence... by someone.
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by EpicEng 7y ago
No I'm not. In fact, that just supports my point; he doesn't want to spend much on design because it won't make him more money, but he wants "talented and dependable" designers. You know that old "pick two&quo

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