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by VSerge 4y ago
I couldn't agree more. Most of the members of the team here will most likely vest as well, and the way employee performance can affect vesting is very much a relevant question to them. To go back one step, saying a manager must decide
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by VSerge 4y ago
Besides bringing nothing of value compared to existing licence plates, these would be more expensive and insecure. They would probably have a vastly worse carbon footprint, and consume way more energy and resources to make.
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by VSerge 4y ago
It depends how the decision is made. If: a) other employees did not think the fired person performed poorly b) the decision of firing without compensation just before the vesting period is made by the founder only then this will be a nightm
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by VSerge 4y ago
There are many such memorial plaques on the pavements of Vienna. They are almost part of the landscape, easy to walk by without noticing, yet every so often, when one stops rushing and reads a few of these (it was often whole families being
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by VSerge 5y ago
Yes. She mentions finishing in Switzerland when discussing travel plans at some point in her previous posts, with emphasis on finishing.
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by VSerge 5y ago
I am surprised that Amazon had the gall to call this project "Iliad". I am even more surprised that anyone could consider a design decision anything else than intentional. Dark patterns are by definition intentional. Is this a que
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by VSerge 5y ago
Hi, first off thanks for sharing, both the original post, and on your practice / rustiness since. Would or has any game-based learning made sense for you? I mean by this either playing RPG or story-rich games in French for practice, or
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by VSerge 5y ago
This is a bit of an oversimplification (read in books from Erich Fromm I think), but depression, when caused by external factors, occurs when one can neither evade the cause of stress, nor find a way to address it constructively. Depression
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Canari in the coal mine – Nuke map is currently down(nuclearsecrecy.com)
5 points by VSerge 5y ago|0 comments
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by VSerge 5y ago
I never have either, and this would be an immediate red flag in my book. If an employer has such bad practices when they try to recruit you, I can't imagine that working for them could be anything one would want.
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by VSerge 5y ago
Also, the article says Bellingcat received under 100k last year from the NED, so maybe a salary for a permanent employee. This is a very light investment if the goal was to effect large impacts on major targets.
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by VSerge 5y ago
Something good for users would be access to previous worlde puzzles, it provides added content and fun to users, and sustains creation. Pricing doesn't have to be exploitative either.
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by VSerge 5y ago
Indeed, it's the exact same issue, and the behavior of these companies is as cynical and wrong in Russia, China, and any and all other places where they act this way.
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by VSerge 5y ago
they create the need for breaks from anything from work to recreational activites, and provide opportunities for interaction with like-minded humans. I'd say that qualifies, and although I never liked smoking and am grateful to have do
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by VSerge 5y ago
I think (hope) that the deterministic model known as lock and key has been known to be a flawed view for quite some time. Books published in the early 00s (notably "Ni Dieu ni gène", by Kupiec and Sonigo) were already making this
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by VSerge 5y ago
It won't defeat manual edit, nor do the authors claim it. They do however make a solid point in saying it will defeat cheap automated manipulation / deepfakes at scale that would otherwise be easy with inpainting features. Anythin
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China cuts trade ties with EU country Lithuania over Taiwan(theguardian.com)
3 points by VSerge 5y ago|0 comments
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by VSerge 5y ago
I do not understand the initial statement that an 18 year old from Yemen, that they mention was preparing to start college, was "conducting research in Afghanistan", until he was arrested in February 2002. So this is research by a
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by VSerge 5y ago
This is interesting not only to check if your bank is funding the fossil fuel industry, but more importantly to find out if another bank in your country is funding ecological transition projects. Just knowing can feel hollow, actually findi
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by VSerge 5y ago
in the video game industry, I remember reading a person (an indie maybe, but I'm not sure) saying that values are basically: idea = 1 prototype = 10 shipped game = 100 shipped game that actually earns money = 1000
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by VSerge 5y ago
I remember that the scientific game "Fold It" was also quite exciting when it came out 12-13 years ago or so, since populations of players could get results beyond what either specialists or computer systems could achieve. I guess
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by VSerge 5y ago
I found the country selection by black and white flag to be deliciously horrible. And the bow captcha was just hilarious. Kudos to the creators for the level of absurdity of this form.
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by VSerge 6y ago
In my experience people demand fantasies, and will fight tooth and nail any encroachment on them by the reality that things never happen as they are planned. Although when I say this, I am thinking of one year and above kind of estimates. W
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by VSerge 6y ago
Here's a deplatforming example that is very much in line with societal consensus: when Daech was recruiting teenagers and young adults from Europe, there was a constant struggle, by both platforms and law enforcement, to systematically
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by VSerge 6y ago
Thanks for sharing this! Just the executive summary and core findings, readable in a few minutes, pack quite a punch. And they don't shy from criticizing other parts of government for failing to conduct proper pre-merger checks, for ex
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by VSerge 6y ago
This is not the first time Amazon is caught doing this. I don't believe they suffered any substantial consequences so far. They just continue ripping off products of businesses that are their partners, but Amazon as a sales channel is
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by VSerge 6y ago
With regards to the existing footprint of Google, it's useful to keep in mind that Google and Facebook combined are already catching 74% of advertising dollars spent online, as per the bloomberg article shared here today: https:/
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by VSerge 6y ago
I would be curious to hear more about how these scientists, or other teams, might improve the energy efficiency of this nickel-iron battery. I found the reference links on the wikipedia page for Nickel-iron batteries are yielding interestin
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by VSerge 6y ago
Thank you, this is exactly it. And it's not either like anyone should consider a newspaper report the final word on the issue, but there is a reasonable amount of information presented here, and it should warrant an official investigat
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by VSerge 6y ago
Thanks for pointing this out, as it can be surprising to be asked one's address and full first names. This is not just a petition but actually a legal tool and it makes a big difference. Entirely worth it in order to stand united as ci

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