JohnnyGan

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   by JohnnyGan 8y ago

   One pedal broke off, then I tried riding with one foot on the crank arm, and the other on the pedal. A couple seconds later, the other pedal broke off. Apparently it was a pretty common issue with the series of bikes.
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   by JohnnyGan 8y ago

   YMMV when it comes to bikes. About 3 years ago I bought a cheap bike from Canadian Tire, and on the first day riding it to work, both pedals broke off.
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   by JohnnyGan 8y ago

   edit: TLDR - Imagine if you could negotiate a contract for 4 years and get paid $x, but your employer could arbitrarily decide to keep you for 8 years and still pay you $x. Even if the majority of employers are good and don't choose to
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   by JohnnyGan 8y ago

   I was once told a story by a professor at my undergrad about a new sessional instructor that just arrived at the school. Apparently a couple of years before, this sessional instructor was one of the top PHD students the country. He was goin
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   by JohnnyGan 8y ago

   >At this point it's pretty much impossible to read such articles and figure out whether there is an actual institutional problem. I don't think that the question of whether there is an institutional problem necessitates large n