PopGreene

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by PopGreene 6y ago
Makes the argument that politicians dropped the ball. Mentions Cuomo and di Blasio by name, but oddly omits to mention deSantis, Abbott, any other conservative governors, nor the the politician best equipped to address the crisis: Trump.
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by PopGreene 6y ago
I went to a Cajun dance with my wife once. We were both new to it. She was asked to dance for most dances. I was never asked. I guess women simply didn't ask men in this venue. I certainly wasn't going to ask anyone to dance an
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by PopGreene 6y ago
(I know this is going to date me.) I used APL before and during college on a terminal with a type ball. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_2741 ) APL is a great language.
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by PopGreene 6y ago
> In a sneaky study, Brochet dyed a white wine red and gave it to 54 oenology (wine science) students. The supposedly expert panel overwhelmingly described the beverage like they would a red wine. They were completely fooled. I don'
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by PopGreene 6y ago
I finally checked out the link. You're looking for material to use in a comic? And I'm trying to give you a serious answer. Maybe these experiences will help: Had a coworker get promoted way past his level of incompetence. He
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by PopGreene 6y ago
At a previous job, I was asked to write up a list of my accomplishments for the previous year in preparation for my performance evaluation. During the evaluation my manager and I went over this list and I commented that it seemed to me tha
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by PopGreene 6y ago
There is no down side to the prosecutor for pressing on with this. The state pays for the prosecution. She's already got her name in the NYT. A loss would go unnoticed and a win would be a feather in her cap.
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by PopGreene 6y ago
I guess the cheapest alternatives are gates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E9PWOAsc9o
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by PopGreene 6y ago
Agreed. trump's "second amendment solution" comment during the campaign was certainly a call for violence. What did these platforms do then?
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by PopGreene 6y ago
Apparently, some cattle don't have a problem with them. https://imgur.com/zTNZEl6
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by PopGreene 6y ago
The DOJ should send them a bill for 10M plus a 12.5% handling fee and a 4% convenience fee.
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by PopGreene 6y ago
I have rules of thumb for scheduling meetings: 1. Don't invite managers - unless you're told to. 2. Slot 10 minutes for each non-manager. 3. Add 15 minutes for each manager. 4. Add 30 minutes each for certain people - you know who
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by PopGreene 6y ago
Yup. They suspend users and cancel services like the rss reader. Google giveth, and google taketh away. Capricious be the name of google. Incidentally, you can download your google data: https://takeout.google.com/ Set a
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by PopGreene 6y ago
I'm gobsmacked. I must really be out of touch. It never occurred to me that BB is "right leaning." I just assumed that headlines like "Senator Hirono Demands ACB Be Weighed Against A Duck To See If She Is A Witch&quot
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by PopGreene 6y ago
If you're thinking about energy consumption in programming, this article is very interesting: "C Is Not a Low-level Language" https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3212479 > On a modern high-end core, the r
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by PopGreene 6y ago
"Big Fucking Meetings" is the clickbait. This is mostly word salad that doesn't seem to get to much of a point. I groan inwardly whenever someone uses the expression "shared consciousness" in a business context. I