JTbane

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by JTbane 7y ago
This. Not only is it an unnecessary cost, but likely leads to overmedication and misuse
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by JTbane 7y ago
That is one of the dumbest patents I have ever seen.
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by JTbane 7y ago
>It is very hard to measure the reduced life expectancy due to radiation.. Not at all true, as there us a ton of research that all point to low levels of radiation having minimal risk. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#
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by JTbane 7y ago
In version 1809 there was a dark pattern that misled people installing Windows into thinking it was not an option.
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by JTbane 7y ago
"Sprint Planning" -> "How much work can we overextend our developers with" "Sprint Retrospective" -> "How much did we screw up from overextending so much"
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by JTbane 7y ago
Law enforcement will always chafe at the chains of privacy. Hell, if the police could read your thoughts, they would.
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by JTbane 7y ago
> I think it's likely that the US already has permanent, remote access to most phones. Even if they did, they would be reluctant to use it as it would reveal their hand.
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by JTbane 7y ago
I don't travel internationally very often, but I'm considering just backing up my entire phone/laptop and wiping it, then restoring from the cloud when I arrive.
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by JTbane 7y ago
It's not a great idea to just reject what could be the "great filter" for the species.
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by JTbane 7y ago
This seems like a big problem, since my bank's SMS codes don't specify why they are sending it: "This is a verification code from [bank]. Enter online at prompt or in password field w/in 30 minutes." Nowhere does it
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by JTbane 7y ago
Makes me glad I'm not a product guy. As an engineer you only risk your own hide or the work you do. As a product manager, you risk the entire enterprise.
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by JTbane 7y ago
Appeasing management (as you described) might preserve your job, but it doesn't fix a fundamentally broken process.
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by JTbane 7y ago
>In fact they are often highly inappropriate because it will lead others to say bad stuff, meaning gossip they can share with their chosen handler Seems like the standard "kiss up, kick down" mentality that is often present in
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by JTbane 7y ago
Housing is probably the single biggest expense category for most people. Even highly paid people, who likely live in much higher cost-of-living areas. Healthcare is the second biggest. Food, clothing, and other sundries are a joke by compar
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by JTbane 7y ago
"Sin taxes go away, so constituents are nudged and nannied and pandered to less." This is a terrible idea. The outcome would likely be a statistically significant increase in deaths do to drinking and smoking increases.
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by JTbane 7y ago
This. I'm considering building some system to open the blinds around my wakeup time, since the neighbor's floodlights are so bright.
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by JTbane 7y ago
2nd amendment being an absolute guarantee of freedom is up for interpretation. What well regulated militia are you a part of?
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by JTbane 7y ago
"All the above are free" No, just no. If you have insurance, there will be copays, and they can vary from trivial to significant. If you don't have insurance, enjoy the massive debt.
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by JTbane 7y ago
It's an idiom. "this smells off" -> nonspecific indication that something might be wrong "code smell" -> nonspecific indication that something might be wrong with software code "thought smell" ->
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by JTbane 7y ago
This tbh. I see a car as an appliance to get from point A to point B. Sure some cars are sexy and go fast, but you can't push them to the limit on the street, you're not on a track.
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by JTbane 7y ago
For mobile devices, what ever happened to having a "HELP" tab that doesn't just open the browser to the FAQ page?
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by JTbane 7y ago
>Basically every normal adult commits at least misdemeanors daily This. Drive 5mph over the limit? That's a crime. Buy some stuff off craigslist? I hope you paid sales tax on that, buddy.
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by JTbane 7y ago
Lets have a law that makes it illegal to burn fossil fuels to generate electricity. Preferably very soon. The market will solve the question if renewable and battery combination is cheaper than nuclear. The market wouldn't solv
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by JTbane 7y ago
Yeah, software patents are absolutely awful. Source code is like a written recipe, you absolutely should be able to copyright it. But you shouldn't be able to patent it. All software patents do is encourage lawsuits and trolling.
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by JTbane 7y ago
Press the version number repeatedly in the menu.
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by JTbane 7y ago
If anyone has read "Walden Two" by B.F. Skinner, it promotes an interesting premise of work that is assigned based on how tasteful or distasteful it is. For example, gardening only counts for 0.25 credits per hour, while cleaning
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by JTbane 7y ago
>>Are many companies offering 4 day weeks? I’d guess yes. Uh, probably not. Unless you mean part-time work. Or 10 hour days.
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by JTbane 7y ago
Can't be worse than my bank card, thing gets mangled and chewed up by both ATMs and my wallet.
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by JTbane 7y ago
Soda can designs have to be under pressure to be strong.
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by JTbane 7y ago
Honestly there ought to be a law that if you sell things in plastic, you also have to pay for or provide recycling for that volume of plastic.

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