JBlue42

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by JBlue42 7y ago
"Drug War" is worth the $2 to rent. So good.
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by JBlue42 7y ago
In LA, Uber drivers seem to be more like former shitty taxi drivers. Lyft drivers are for more likely to be part-time hoi polloi.
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by JBlue42 7y ago
I assume this was in Europe? I've read elsewhere about some of the protections over there and length of time it could take to lay someone off as well as even putting in your own notice (like a month in the UK?). I really wish there was
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by JBlue42 7y ago
Where is the 'reward' of at-will employment? It seems it's mainly on the employer side.
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by JBlue42 7y ago
That's a good point about missing the satire and why movies like "Boiler Room", "Wolf of Wall Street", etc can rub me the wrong way. Sure, there's a fall and consequences after all the money and partying but th
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by JBlue42 8y ago
Yes, this is kind of the issue with a lot of things (props/measures) we get on the ballots. Some are worth a direct vote, others should be phrased in the way you're describing as "this is an issue we'd like you to take u
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by JBlue42 8y ago
Edison bulbs, wood, microbrews, and board games on hand. See you at trivia night!
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by JBlue42 8y ago
Yeah, it seems the already available people with clearances would be the big selling point.
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by JBlue42 8y ago
It doesn't even have to be somewhere completely foreign or far away. Getting out of LA just a few hours out to other parts of CA, whether the rugged coast, wineries, eastern Sierras or sparse Mojave for a few days can help one decompre
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by JBlue42 8y ago
No, that's an answer. I also mistook you for the parent comment. To each their own but seeing travel, or even a short non-work break of some sort, in purely economic value might not be the most healthy outlook. Who knows -- if you were
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by JBlue42 8y ago
What are you doing the work for?
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by JBlue42 8y ago
That and there were things that, yes, might've taken a little time to maintain, but at least gave it a 'face' outside of normal corporate BS such as being able to share stuff with friends on there. Also, star ratings going aw
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by JBlue42 8y ago
People suffer through a lot more for a lot lot less.
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by JBlue42 8y ago
What sort of dumb mistakes? Also, what engineering/technical challenges do you think Netflix still has to resolve? It seems like things are stable and right now the focus is on content growth / ownership, especially in the face of
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by JBlue42 8y ago
If you're interested in WWII and film history, I recommend "Five Came Back" by Mark Harris. "In Pictures at a Revolution, Mark Harris turned the story of the five movies nominated for Best Picture in 1967 into a landmark
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by JBlue42 8y ago
Also something to consider if you might go for a Master's or above in the US. I worked in admissions in a graduate-level only film school and there were definitely issues with someone's BA being "good enough" for the sch
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by JBlue42 8y ago
Excellent counterpoint. Malcom's Harris' "Kids These Days" goes into a lot of that. Not only the debt but psychology of how their perspectives are groomed in US society. https://www.amazon.com/Kids-These-
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by JBlue42 8y ago
Why is it offline?
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by JBlue42 8y ago
That might bring the wrong kind of attention and doesn't really resolve the issue. Given that the past few months has seen a lot of posts of articles about this, hopefully attention is reaching the people that should be taking a look a
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by JBlue42 8y ago
I think I've said this before here but this sucks for individuals (I get these) but this is also dangerous for certain sectors as well. I work at a hospital and we will have consecutive robocalls tie up all the ER lines, ringing at the
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by JBlue42 8y ago
lol I've been seeing signs for the light rail since I was a kid (in my thirties now). Are they making any headway or is that still a bit of a joke?
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by JBlue42 8y ago
Didn't realize that was a thing there now. Spectrum is definitely not helping my blood pressure charging $60-70 for 100 Mbps here in LA.
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by JBlue42 8y ago
I live more centrally in LA. It can take an hour or longer for me to get to the beach in SM, Venice or, for quiter, nicer fare, Zuma. There are large portions of the city that are about the same distance or further so it takes even longer,
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by JBlue42 8y ago
Working in a hospital at the IT Service Desk, it has been astounding to see the vast amount of software at play and overwhelming sometimes to keep track of it (and especially, who to track down if the system goes down). I don't have mu
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by JBlue42 8y ago
That does sound really interesting. Couldn't find it on Amazon just by the title. Who is the author or authors?
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by JBlue42 8y ago
Off the top of my head, "Balkan Ghosts" by Robert D Kaplan might fit the latter criteria. If you're willing to stay within the realm of the revolutionary but stray a bit further north, "The Magic Lantern: The Revolution
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by JBlue42 8y ago
We deal with this on a semi-monthly basis at the hospital I work at. We'll here from one department ("Hi, this is the Emergency Dept, all our phones are busy with a robocaller") then it will roll across other departments for
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by JBlue42 8y ago
Nice website. 1/2 my cohort of close friends are doctors and I'm sure they would've loved something similar. I'll send this their way in case they know people that might be able to use it. The top comment on this recent
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by JBlue42 8y ago
Haven't down there yet but was really surprised by this photo collection in The Guardian about Australian suburbs: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2018/apr/10/sydne... Quite surprisi
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by JBlue42 8y ago
I'm not sure about the effectiveness but have heard there are "wake up" lights now that gradually come on. I have a light on a timer that suddenly comes 'on' but don't think this is the best solution. It works

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