Loughla

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   by Loughla 6y ago

   >Most normal people do not care about them, nor use them. >There is vocal but relatively niche group of tech enthusiasts who are really into it, but they are already a brand loyalists. Are you serious? My 97 year old grandpa even aske
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   by Loughla 6y ago

   It wasn't disappointing. So knot theory was part of the school of mathematics? That's fascinating. I love academia - those little foibles and weird little intricacies - they've all been poured over and thought about and re-ev
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   by Loughla 6y ago

   I am fascinated by a line of study that leads to a knot theory class. What school/major was that part of, at what college?
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   by Loughla 6y ago

   Maybe I'm really way more removed from tech than I thought, but isn't there a difference? Apple: Not paying you for mandated time spent at work for the employers benefit. Google: Cuts temporary and contract workers because of budg
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   by Loughla 6y ago

   I don't know why, but the thought that 'trustworthy' news sources are pseudo-anonymous or actually anonymous sources on a message board scares the ever-loving-shit out of me.
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   by Loughla 6y ago

   But this boils down to initially defining the "purpose" of education. The US can't even agree on what the purpose of education is. Many see it as you do - broaden minds and encourage thinking. Many others see it as life-skill
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   by Loughla 6y ago

   A boat? That's not meant to be flippant - that would be an alternative, I'm just not sure about the very subjective definition of 'reasonable'.
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   by Loughla 6y ago

   Protections on travel do extend to non-pedestrian travel which can be accomplished via non-spot-checked formats. You just have to drive instead of fly. I'm not trying to be hateful, but your argument just smacks of an 'I want what
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   by Loughla 6y ago

   Those are very specific cases, not just riding on the rail. I(used to) ride Amtrak monthly for work, and have never been asked for ID, just my ticket. The only thing you need ID for on the train is for alcohol purchases. Otherwise you'
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    by Loughla 6y ago

    Many animals (skunk, opossum for example), many foods (chocolate, squash for example), barbecue, poncho, hurricane, totem, teepee, toboggan. The list goes on, those are just the ones I remember from sophomore linguistics courses about 15 ye
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    by Loughla 6y ago

    We have a rule in our office that, if you leave the office, you leave your light on. We have an administrator who gets visibly upset if it appears that we are not in our office 8-5 at least. And the programs I work with (outside of tech) wo
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    by Loughla 6y ago

    I would add to this - teachers and education in general have a specific use for Pinterest. My spouse, and all of the teachers in the k-12 system we are associated with use it for classroom ideas ranging from basic bulletin board decorating
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    by Loughla 6y ago

    I know HN isn't the place for flippant jokes, but I would literally pay for Gilbert Gottfried narrating serious things like Planet Earth. I think it would be amazing.
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    by Loughla 6y ago

    >but I don’t think it’s the right precedent to set. I've thought about this statement for about a half hour now. What does it mean? That punishing individuals for ignoring public health mandates is a precedent we don't want? Or
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    by Loughla 6y ago

    So it's completely made up by you, then. Fantastic.
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    by Loughla 6y ago

    This really, really pisses me off about society today. Never once has my identity been compromised by my actions, in the 4 times it happened, it was due to credit card companies and credit agencies. I have zero control over how they protect
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    by Loughla 6y ago

    >Geothermal, on the other hand, gives you a stable energy source, until it doesn't. Can you point me toward any studies about geothermal 'running out'? Is that a thing?
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    by Loughla 6y ago

    Care to link to any news stories about the countless people? Or even just those engineering students? Surely one or two of them made the news in their descent into madness.
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    by Loughla 6y ago

    >If you have an employee who is prone to ridiculing others and won't desist from doing so when asked... >FIRE >THEM Honestly, why does this have anything to do with slack. If it's not there, it will be in the break room o
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    by Loughla 6y ago

    Oh wow. I didn't know that existed. That sounds like a fascinating cultural experience. I don't know why those odd-ball one-offs are so fascinating, but they are.
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    by Loughla 6y ago

    I've told this story in more depth in other places on this site - The one time in my life I have ever been accused of a crime was when the greenhouse I was working at was robbed. I went to the side of the greenhouse to fix a hole, and
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    by Loughla 6y ago

    I know it's cliche, but these arguments always seem to boil down to the - Americans don't view themselves as poor, merely temporarily embarrassed millionaires. Though, I would make that 'billionaires' in today's wor
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    by Loughla 6y ago

    >Do you think it might influence where they start it? This has always been the argument, and I've never bought it. Now, more than ever, is the time to start a company remotely, thanks to Mr./Mrs. Covid. Have we seen a massive m
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    by Loughla 6y ago

    They are very simply constructed - and I think that's for two reasons: 1, it's cheaper, and 2 - My experience with dishwashers is that they are sort of intended to be disposable. They're relatively cheap, and replacement part
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    by Loughla 6y ago

    Oh, man. No. The lightning thing was 100% meant as a joke, and that I made a comment your posted to yesterday is 10000% coincidence. I don't even look at usernames on here. Your post on that didn't really have anything to do with
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    by Loughla 6y ago

    That's not what the OP said, though. You can't just carry an argument to its complete extreme - that's not how it works. OP said that THIS law wasn't too much, not that over-regulation doesn't exist. Please reply to
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    by Loughla 6y ago

    I've noticed a sharp downturn in invasive species in my portion of the US this year (Japanese Beetles and Asian "Lady" Beetles especially) with an upturn in native species. I attributed it to the really late frost. Maybe ther
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    by Loughla 6y ago

    I know it's all random chance, but I like to think that when that sort of thing happens, it is legitimately the universe telling me something. Maybe you're going to be hit by lightning?
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    by Loughla 6y ago

    What kind of file does that process spit out for you to use?
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    by Loughla 6y ago

    This was also part of the debate.