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by JJMcJ 8y ago
Many many companies use Ubuntu for their desktop Linux as well. Usually not on the server-side, but I've seen that as well.
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
Once upon a time, most companies banned alcohol completely from worksites, and certainly for company meetings, except for offsites like picnics and dinners and parties.
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
At one employer most customers would opt-in to upload their system logs, and company would analyze to anticipate problems for preventive maintenance. The result was a tens of terabytes a day Niagara of data. When I left they were in early s
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
Premiums reflect the insurers experience with the company. Some companies self insure and only have the insurance company handle the billing. This provides arm's length from employee's confidential health care.
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
One reason IIRC is that the daily physical cycle for most people shortens as we get older. Another thing is that the travel times to get to school is quite long in suburban/rural locations. I remember one job I had that had a long com
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
That book is a miracle of clear presentation. Worth looking at even if you never write a line of Lisp/Scheme in your life.
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
> three column layouts with headers and footers I was appalled when I saw what was needed to make this use case, used by 1/2 he web pages in existence.
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
So 99% of the people who read HN will be subject to Oregon non-competes. As a comfort, at least the sandwich makers and delivery drivers aren't covered.
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
Often in the first-day paperwork, or in the employee handbook which you don't see until day one, if at all. In days past, there would sometimes be clauses asserting ownership over all IP for rest of your life, till courts finally decla
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
The original Mac Classic had the CMOS battery soldered to the motherboard. It also had a sealed case, voiding warranty. The iPod was "sleek", and being able to open the case to replace the battery "would have made it less sle
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
Like Manhattan were almost every block with apartments will have a small store.
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
Used to be finding a busted up Craftsman tool, like in the gutter and run over a few times, was a windfall. You could walk into any Sears and get a free replacement no questions asked.
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
Maybe GMail maybe something else, their advice if you didn't have a cell phone was to use someone else's for the initial confirmation code.
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
Also in California. Two common scenarios: People get knocked of cliffs. People walk on beach, get too close to the water or wade in a little too far.
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
Not unlike Apple bullying Cupertino. They got their huge HQ without much alteration. Speaking of Cupertino, right near there, a huge battle to allow I think 1,000 units replacing a dead shopping mall. All the usual complaints of traffic.
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
> gentrification of the East Side Don't know Austin, but they way it works most places is that the well off single family home neighborhoods usually have the means to resist apartment buildings, so there is no choice but to build in
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
Some standups the boss gives off an unpleasant vibe than nothing should ever take more than a day. Get stuck on something for a few days, and it feels like it's time for a new job.
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
In fact, besides lobbying by wannabe monopolies, was the reason for medallions - there were so many cabs in Manhattan that driving was becoming untenable. I think Midtown has room for only 9,000 cars driving at any one time.
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
Some really old ones would have a tank close to the ceiling and a pull chain to flush. But that means old. Nothing built since end of WW II would have that.
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
Often so busy it's like merging on to the expressway with someone behind you honking, you look over your shoulder, it seems sorta alright, so you go ahead.
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
Saw TV show on Stonehenge. A group of students dragged a stone from the quarry location (as was believed when the show was made) and about 20 people got it done in about two weeks. There is a tendency to underestimate what can be done by h
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
If you saw Ken Burns' series on The Roosevelts, there was plenty of film of this. FDR had developed a way of moving stiff legged in his braces. It was painful and difficult.
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
Finish my thought: All this to allow a cheap price to be advertised, what you end up paying may be a lot more.
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
Rental cars also - especially if you have to buy liability insurance. Has gone from a waiver for first $500 or $1000, rest was covered, to unlimited liability to the customer.
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
Read Kunstler's book "The Geography Of Nowhere" - our suburban system is not an accident
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
Let's just say that if a system didn't recognize white people's faces, it probably wouldn't be viewed as "done". If it's not worth the trouble to see if your system works for non-whites, that's beyond
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
No, it isn't. Real product, deadlines meaningful vs. our competition. It just feels like B.S.
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
German staff officers had problems, battle exercises, during training, they could only be won by disobeying orders.
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
Comment above about Trollope, seven handwritten pages a day. Hemingway worked ever single morning, even if he was half dead from a hangover.
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
In the Victorian era, Anthony Trollope was very productive. His rule was seven pages a day. If he finished one novel, he started the next one. Contemporary publishing, with book tours and other publicity, can't really absorb more tha

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