WesternWind

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by WesternWind 3y ago
Things are not worse than ever. Things are slightly worse after the pandemic, but nowhere as bad as the 70's. Feel free to check the statistics. Anyway I agree we need to get aggressive, but a lot of folks thinks that means more cops.
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by WesternWind 3y ago
SF's violent crime rate is low compared to most other cities. There's a fair bit of property crime (theft, burglary, etc) though, and drug usage, and that perhaps makes people feel unsafe. https://www.sfchronicle.com&#x
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by WesternWind 4y ago
I mean it is possible that right wing judges like Matthew Kacsmaryk in Texas will try to ban birth control nationally. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/12/13/23505459/...
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by WesternWind 4y ago
Interesting. I currently work for a tiny 6 person non-profit that has a web and mobile app that we provide access to for other non profits to use, and onboarding is a pain point. I reached out, though I suspect we don't have enough fu
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by WesternWind 4y ago
This is true. Docs, re not necessarily considered important features of the product itself but they make a huge difference. Other things that I pay attention to are built-in integrations with other tools, the ability to import and export da
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by WesternWind 4y ago
They often describe eye color and hair color, which is very rarely pertinent to the plot, but nobody complains about that. Weird how people love to complain about non straight people existing in stories though.
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by WesternWind 4y ago
There's no reason for the delay though. They get you your refund sooner, so they have the past year's data.
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by WesternWind 4y ago
I mean, if you make 10k a year your fixed costs leave less money for taxes than if you make 100k or 1m a year, so doing it on a simple percentage of gross income (rather than gross revenue) is likely to accelerate poverty, which is very muc
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by WesternWind 4y ago
In a lot of countries yes. At the very least the IRS could let you login and see the information they have about your earnings.
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by WesternWind 4y ago
Yeah, though the actual pay isn't always enough to easily afford a home in your home state and a place in DC for those who aren't already rich.
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by WesternWind 4y ago
Folks with union jobs tend do better then their same industry non union counterparts, in terms of wages, health care, access to sick days, etc. There is however a third choice, which is government regulation. Unfortunately government regula
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by WesternWind 4y ago
There's no time spent dealing with Amazon as a charity, they just cut a check to the charity for however much it is. The hiring freeze/layoffs, as best I can tell, has been driven by activist hedge funds like TCI and Elliot Managm
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by WesternWind 4y ago
One was an international charity, and tiny sums definitely matter. 12 cents buys a de-worming pill that helps keep kids free of intestinal parasites for 6 months. $35 bucks plants 20 trees in a village. Their main focus was a brick and wire
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by WesternWind 4y ago
I've twice done tech work for charities (the second being my current contract) and this is going to affect some charities, particularly the ones that rely on donors, over others that rely on grant money.
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by WesternWind 4y ago
This is the first of three stories available at https://yarchive.net/risks/mongrel.html
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by WesternWind 4y ago
Just FYI, San Jose is bigger than San Francisco in terms of population and square miles. That's not to say that SF might not be more of a major city than SJ, in fact I would say that personally I think it is in terms of culture and his
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by WesternWind 4y ago
I mean entering into the passport free zone seems like it opens up a lot of opportunities.
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by WesternWind 4y ago
Multiple mistakes actually.
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by WesternWind 4y ago
They still have incredibly priced decaf if you want it.
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by WesternWind 4y ago
yep, and accepting donations are not charging for a product, much like my tipping a bartender isn't paying for a drink.
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by WesternWind 4y ago
People ask me about my Pebble fairly regularly. I think they mostly notice the rainbow watch band I have, then realize it doesn't look like a Apple Watch.
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by WesternWind 4y ago
This is a good point, that if the Republicans wanted to do this they have had ample opportunity.
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by WesternWind 4y ago
As a practical matter, I fear that your thoughts on this are at odds with the actual history of the US, the historical views of people here, and even with what a lot of folks think currently.
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by WesternWind 4y ago
Yep, you can download StackOverflow for offline use too
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by WesternWind 4y ago
So some people are upset that this happening in an election season, even though they support it? This was a lawful and thoughtful exercise of presidential power that helps some people convicted of something that really shouldn't be cri
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by WesternWind 4y ago
Could you link me to something showing that that's an issue? Because the issues people run into as volunteers that I've hard about tend to be city ordinances, not state or federal food safety requirements. Further I'm aware o
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by WesternWind 4y ago
Perhaps that's true, though I tend to think OSHA and equivalent bodies actually know what they are doing. Still even if they are the same, if more than 1 in 20 workers gets a serious injury at work at any job, I think that's an is
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by WesternWind 4y ago
It's interesting that he developed tendonitis. I've read that the rate of injury at amazon jobs is incredibly high , which is not good practice in my view. Article says amazon rate of serious injury 80% higher than competitors
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by WesternWind 4y ago
States often regulate nudity in places that serve alcohol though.
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by WesternWind 4y ago
I see a lot of people suggesting services, wanting to be helpful here, when they asked for people to respond on GitHub. If you have an idea based on your own knowledge of what they asked for,I'd put it there, that will keep them from d

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