Sgt_Apone

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Some tea bags may shed billions of microplastics per cup(cbc.ca)
464 points by Sgt_Apone 7y ago|257 comments
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by Sgt_Apone 7y ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20700810
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Microsoft Teams is now officially bigger than Slack(arstechnica.com)
48 points by Sgt_Apone 7y ago|19 comments
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by Sgt_Apone 8y ago
The employer pays it for both part and full-time workers. The rates differ by province, but generally this works out two weeks of wages for the first few years with an employer - they can increase this if they want but that's the legal
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by Sgt_Apone 8y ago
> "I know what I'm doing," Lambert said, as he put his files — and his pen — into a bag. Then he stood up, bumped into a chair and walked off, saying "Ciao" and waving his hand, before returning because he had ne
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AT&T defends misleading “5G” network icons on 4G phones(arstechnica.com)
4 points by Sgt_Apone 8y ago|1 comments
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by Sgt_Apone 8y ago
That's a really great idea for kids drawings. I'll always keep a select few special ones, but any parent knows you'll end up with an art gallery if you keep everything. Making a digital art gallery of that stuff is a really g
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by Sgt_Apone 8y ago
I do this and just front load my day to have the more demanding stuff in the morning with the less demanding in the afternoon. It works well for me and if anything I feel my productivity has increased.
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by Sgt_Apone 8y ago
> First, I was required to loan my employer $3000 for a month by paying for all the expenses (including the unavoidable very expensive hotel rate) on my personal card. This is the part that kills me. In my org people frequently travel a
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by Sgt_Apone 8y ago
Their ad copy is also riddled with errors. It's not exactly confidence inspiring. >Receive actionable insights based on solid genetic and clinical evidence for your and your doctor.
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by Sgt_Apone 8y ago
+1 I got a batch of local (Atlantic Canada) Cortlands and it was a revelation. They're amazing in salads too.
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by Sgt_Apone 8y ago
Oh man, animated gifs are terrible in any comment section. User reviews in Goodreads are unreadable half the time because of this.
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In the fierce competition for science funding, even a typeface glitch is fatal(statnews.com)
1 points by Sgt_Apone 8y ago|0 comments
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by Sgt_Apone 8y ago
I actually own the SV model of this with the backup camera already. It's an incredibly simple point A to B type car, but I love that about it. I can change the oil and filter without even having to jack it up, it's fuel efficient,
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by Sgt_Apone 8y ago
Exactly, those things were ridiculously easy to snatch up. My friend in high school used to be able to start his 90s era Honda with a flathead screw driver.
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by Sgt_Apone 8y ago
Speaking as a technical writer, this look like it could have a lot of applications for me. The annotations are wonderful. An IDE for books and web content is a great concept that I never knew I needed.
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by Sgt_Apone 8y ago
That's a car review, not an advertisement. If you actually read it, they don't even like it much. >Meh. All-in-all, the Lexus NX 300h is an uninspiring car. If you like hybrids and want to drive one with a luxury badge, the NX
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by Sgt_Apone 8y ago
They actually have a fairly active Slack [1] with a job posts channel, as well as a Job Board [2] on their main site. [1] http://slack.writethedocs.org/ [2] https://jobs.writethedocs.org/
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by Sgt_Apone 8y ago
I realize this does not necessarily change the point of the joke, but evidence points to the Egyptian Pyramids being constructed by skilled tradesmen, not slaves. https://harvardmagazine.com/2003/07/who-built-the-p
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by Sgt_Apone 8y ago
That's an absurd statement. There are plenty of "real artists" that want to make a living with their work. You can't pay your bills with exposure.
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by Sgt_Apone 8y ago
I really like that they add supplementary and primary source documents. Seems like something that more news organizations should do.
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Amazon looking into claims that employees delete bad reviews for cash(arstechnica.com)
8 points by Sgt_Apone 8y ago|0 comments
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by Sgt_Apone 8y ago
It mentions that several times. >In the 1990s he was diagnosed with vocal cord paralysis, a nerve condition that eventually has made it difficult for him to speak above a hoarse whisper. “Sergey says I’m probably a better CEO because I c
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Researchers find way to spy on remote screens–through the webcam mic(arstechnica.com)
2 points by Sgt_Apone 8y ago|0 comments
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by Sgt_Apone 8y ago
>It's... Weird to suggest that it's abnormal to be responsive to press within 24 hours for a company as big as Tesla. Exactly. It's laughable to suggest that the entire Tesla communications department doesn't check em
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by Sgt_Apone 8y ago
So, while it's public information, they shouldn't report the names because most people won't read it? I'm not sure I follow.
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by Sgt_Apone 8y ago
This tactic allegedly resulted, this person said, in tens or hundreds of millions of dollars in phantom revenue. He added that more than a dozen people reported the practice to the relevant human resources representatives, and CEO Elon Mus
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by Sgt_Apone 8y ago
Can confirm. If you have the dark theme applied, it applies to the new tab if you have it set as Firefox Home.
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by Sgt_Apone 8y ago
I have no doubt that the complexity adds to the difficulty of documenting it. But, I still think the documentation is failing when people across the industry who should be able to parse this complexity are unable to. Complexity just isn&#x2
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by Sgt_Apone 8y ago
Speaking as a technical writer, if that many vendors misinterpreted the documentation then it was the fault of the documentation.

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