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by akarma 5y ago
A woman saying she doesn't mind carnations, and that she thinks carnations are fine, is not nearly the same as saying she adores them and prefers them for the occasion of Valentine's Day.
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by akarma 5y ago
I didn't view it as gaslighting, I viewed it in the way I said it: she may have not wanted to demand a 'genuine' diamond, so she left it open-ended. What woman wants to demand that when asked for preference? Demanding it woul
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by akarma 5y ago
Many women won't directly tell their partner "I want you to spend a couple months' salary on a beautiful diamond" because it's tasteless to request and it removes all the meaning behind the man doing so, but they&#x
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by akarma 5y ago
Looking at the WJP Rule of Law Index linked above, it's considering factors like constraints on government powers, absence of corruption, and fundamental rights. As someone involved in law in the US, the US is really good at these type
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by akarma 6y ago
The creator of HaveIBeenPwned clarified on Twitter that there's no plans to add "search by phone number," so odds are that, if your data is in this leak, you won't see it through HaveIBeenPwned. >500m Facebook records
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by akarma 6y ago
You'll receive many more theoretical and abstract responses, so I'd like to offer a specific website instead: Christian Science Monitor (their news is unrelated to Christian Science). It's the only organization I've read
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by akarma 6y ago
> is an ideology like conservativism what it claims to outsiders or to what its adherents actually do and say to one another? Professed vs revealed preferences. We could say the same about "liberalism" when we look at deadly ri
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by akarma 6y ago
It's disappointing to me that the person being interviewed doesn't believe or understand how she's aligned with good conservatives and libertarians on this issue, or much of 'the right' as she puts it. Those groups
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by akarma 6y ago
As someone who has worked in SaaS pricing, definitely agree that you should add a nice pricing page. :) Otherwise, there's a funny sort of irony in being a spend management tool for other SaaS products without clear pricing on your own
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by akarma 6y ago
I don't know how much experience you have with dealing with companies' contracts. If you talk to a FAANG company about this and you aren't some famous rockstar engineer, they're going to just tell you that they won'
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by akarma 6y ago
Why is it not ethical? I would just sign it knowing that the law has you covered in case they (attempt to) take legal action against you in the future. These companies don't care if some of their contract is enforceable -- they want yo
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by akarma 6y ago
This is false, Twitter banned a fake account. [1][2]. Reuters and others issued retractions already, but NPR has not. [1] https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1352641048514854913 [2] https://www.jpost.com
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by akarma 6y ago
As of November 2020, Trump utilized both pardons and clemencies much less than any president in modern history according to Pew Research [1][2]. He granted clemency to 143 more last night which places him closer in line to Bush and G.W. Bus
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by akarma 6y ago
Highly recommend The Corporation by Joel Bakan. It digs into how corporations are essentially psychopaths — they put profit first, and if they appear to be good or generous, it's only because the money it takes to cultivate that image
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by akarma 6y ago
I won't go through all the effort of sourcing as this is easily searchable, but: > If you support a president who separates children from their parents Obama's Homeland Security secretary, Johnson, confirmed with NPR's Mar
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by akarma 6y ago
So, I absolutely do not believe we should go making a "Nazi umbrella" and throwing every anti-socialist, western chauvinist, Republican, etc. into it. With that said, I agree 30 may seem like a lowball and it possibly is, but I&#x
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by akarma 6y ago
> This about the very nature of our country and a party wanting to throw it all out. I agree, and I'm firmly in the camp that the election must be respected, and that it would be the death of America as we know it to overturn an ele
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by akarma 6y ago
Prefacing this by saying I disagree with the protest: > "I did not know that, as a Jew, it would be so polarizing to say this word," Saying this word when referring to a large protest of Americans for a cause you disagree with
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by akarma 6y ago
This is amazing. I was lucky enough to study a bit of network science in college under a fantastic professor, and always regretted not taking it further and getting involved with his research. It impacted my thinking in so many areas (finan
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by akarma 6y ago
For me, the top three were not verified journalists. Yes, legitimate journalists are sometimes arrested by police, and this website documents those cases accurately. Seeing that a substantial number of their incidents are misleading or fals
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by akarma 6y ago
On the note of disposing properly: To protect wildlife, it's been recommended by wildlife nonprofits to snip the straps of your face masks before disposing, to minimize the potential for it to harm an animal. [1] https://www
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by akarma 6y ago
The data on 110 journalists arrested comes from this source [1]. In the first three incidents listed, they are "independent journalists." (1) One of these independent journalists asked to be identified through their Twitter handle
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by akarma 6y ago
> Your original statement was: "the common view of "underpaid" being a view that isn't consistent with the history of the space." No wriggling. :) To me, that statement would be backed by evidence that DoorDash a
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by akarma 6y ago
Facebook has been preparing for this for years: - cross-app communication between Messenger and Instagram - Messenger API enabling business communication on Instagram - ad management for Instagram and Facebook through a centralized platform
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by akarma 6y ago
> The FTC is seeking a permanent injunction in federal court that could, among other things: require divestitures of assets, including Instagram and WhatsApp; prohibit Facebook from imposing anticompetitive conditions on software develop
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by akarma 6y ago
> the history of the space is consistent with delivery drivers being consistently underpaid If that's the case, how can one say that, for all of history, they have been underpaid? What is the standard that defines underpaid? If we a
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by akarma 6y ago
At least in DoorDash's YC application, they pitched that delivery drivers wanted to make more money. When the drivers worked for one restaurant only, they would be sitting around most of the time waiting for an order. By delivering for
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by akarma 6y ago
Also, when a company has such an impactful goal that will, if successful, lead to it having power, it feels important that it's at least somewhat tied to the government. I'm very capitalistic, but if SpaceX successfully colonizes
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by akarma 6y ago
Isn't it reasonable to fire someone for dragging other employees into a personal dispute with the person's manager? It'd be acceptable if it's a relevant party, like your skip or your manager's skip, even if it woul
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by akarma 6y ago
> In fact, current employer has this as a point of policy for interpersonal conflicts barring severe enough circumstances where a reasonable person would say "yes this requires intervention from on high". I completely agree wit

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