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Public shaming and even prison for plastic bag use in Rwanda(nytimes.com)
1 points by Geekette 9y ago|0 comments
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A study used sensors to show that men and women are treated differently at work(hbr.org)
2 points by Geekette 9y ago|0 comments
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VC Steve Jurvetson is being investigated by his firm DFJ for sexual harassment(recode.net)
2 points by Geekette 9y ago|0 comments
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Reddit is removing nazi and alt-right groups as part of a new policy(buzzfeed.com)
17 points by Geekette 9y ago|11 comments
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How Trump Tower Toronto failed in a booming condo market(thestar.com)
1 points by Geekette 9y ago|0 comments
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Kid cannabis: The wild rise and violent fall of a teenage weed kingpin(rollingstone.com)
6 points by Geekette 9y ago|0 comments
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by Geekette 9y ago
Return the laptop and reiterate your demand for the ThinkPad (with preferred specs) for reasons you stated. Reiterate your request for travelling expenses - you're an employee not an independent contractor, you shouldn't have to f
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$100M blockchain and cryptocurrency fund launched by Stellar cofounder Joyce Kim(techcrunch.com)
1 points by Geekette 9y ago|0 comments
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by Geekette 9y ago
A victim's main responsibility is to their self ; trying to survive, heal and move forward in whatever way they can, not to relive their trauma. To prioritize future prevention above their self preservation by placing the burden of ju
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by Geekette 9y ago
There's the possibility that he apologized and confessed to get ahead of a scandal because one or more of the people he harrassed/assaulted were about to come forward with their stories. The Weinstein saga has and is still embolde
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by Geekette 9y ago
It's great when you can help yourself in such situations but we know not everyone can. The point of someone briefly interceding a gathering to ask whether you're ok (based on what they've observed as worrying speech, body lan
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The media's language on mass shooting killers analyzed via 141 hrs of cable news(qz.com)
1 points by Geekette 9y ago|0 comments
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by Geekette 9y ago
I'm not sure even hipsters want to claim audience ownership or affiliation for this one. The typical latter day hipster proclaims association with the pseudo-obscure, not abundant confection gore.
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American-born jazz artist denied entry for brush with law 50 years ago(salon.com)
1 points by Geekette 9y ago|0 comments
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by Geekette 9y ago
This needs to be retitled: The story is mainly about irregularities/flawed voting in a pitch competition. "Now, curiously, LORI Systems were not part of the initial 15 startups announced to as finalists for the event nor did thei
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The barriers stopping poor people from moving to better jobs(citylab.com)
2 points by Geekette 9y ago|0 comments
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Data from 3.5M employees at 154 public companies show factors driving innovation(hbr.org)
1 points by Geekette 9y ago|0 comments
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by Geekette 9y ago
So, you/Pivotal are saying you require an entire day after 1st interview to deduce whether an applicant can work for you? Seems you're initially screening by who can devote that amount of time before anything else. I also assume t
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African oligarchs built the same wealth plundering structures as colonialists [pdf](zammagazine.com)
1 points by Geekette 9y ago|1 comments
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Houston homeowners unaware that reservoir neighbourhoods are designed to flood(projects.propublica.org)
193 points by Geekette 9y ago|175 comments
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Berlin takes 18 months, 23 officials and 1 court date to prosecute a fart(citylab.com)
3 points by Geekette 9y ago|0 comments
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Our obsession with mindfulness is based on limited scientific evidence(qz.com)
1 points by Geekette 9y ago|0 comments
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by Geekette 9y ago
I question the validity of "global" rankings that don't include regions like East, West or South Africa, where countries like Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa have very high English proficiency rates (especially given that
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by Geekette 9y ago
I hit the link already mildly fuming at what I thought was clickbait because there's no way any place could be on track for one million cases of cholera in today's world. Quite heartbreaking to find out the headline is factual.
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by Geekette 9y ago
The discovery seems makes sense given the migratory, raiding and trade patterns between the Arab and Viking worlds in the era discussed. Some settlers and converts (of tradition, religion, etc) will always be found within intersections of 2
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by Geekette 9y ago
"Someone in r/Sweden who works in the field pointed out the severe lack of credibility of the researcher who published this finding so do your due diligence and check your sources before jumping to conclusions" As others ha
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by Geekette 9y ago
No - I travel a bit with extended stays, so, I'd rather the notebooks.
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by Geekette 9y ago
Currently not much programming related but lots of design/graphics/video intensive applications (photoshop, etc). And expecting to do more of data sci/stats related tasks in near future.
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Which MacBook Pro configurations actually have tangible performance differences?
9 points by Geekette 9y ago|37 comments
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Dubai airport's new virtual aquarium tunnel scans your face as you walk through(thenational.ae)
2 points by Geekette 9y ago|0 comments

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