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by aksss 8y ago
I think it's telling that tech people are very skeptical of the "$100k in facebook ads turned the election" narrative. Read the actual report from the DNI. Election counts weren't altered, the ads are nothing-burger. The
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by aksss 8y ago
It's absurd. 100k vs 81m. If their ads were that much more effective for that much less money, they've not just got the best marketing pros in the business, they've discovered some revolutionary secret to advertising. What&#x
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by aksss 8y ago
What’s that saying? Poor Pornhub planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part. Actually they do give rebates, unlike the road system. When’s the last time you got money back or a tax rebate from a massive road closure?
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by aksss 8y ago
The insurance companies report to our state board about what drives y/y premium increases in our market. This (the quote) is one of them (the 20% driving 80% of costs, if I may loosely invoke Pareto). Maybe I'm flying loose charac
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by aksss 8y ago
You can proselytize all you want about policy theory and ideals, but the reality of starting a business (not just a side-hustle) comes with more risk to the owner than you probably realize. Trust me, I'd love to have insurance, but it&
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by aksss 8y ago
What I'm saying is that among entrepreneurs (of which I'm one) that I know, most forego health insurance in the early days because it's too expensive to buy on the individual market. And yes, damn right - if you're not h
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by aksss 8y ago
Work ethic is still the determining factor. Some people are better suited to institutional learning like some people need "fat camp" because they can't discipline themselves to adopt a healthy lifestyle. My advice to young fo
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by aksss 8y ago
Snort! The individual market in my state is comprised of three types of people - those so disabled they _can't_ work, who consume extraordinary sums of cash, the subsidized, and (less each year) the small business owners/independe
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by aksss 8y ago
"examines trends in entrepreneurship—defined here as self-employment with at least 10 employees" "Start-up" is such an abused term. I used to think of it as an endeavor searching for a way to monetize and fund a new idea
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by aksss 8y ago
Wait, entrepreneurs have healthcare costs? News to this entrepreneur. Healthcare is completely unaffordable if you start a new business and find yourself on the individual market making even a modest profit (to disqualify you for subsidies)
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by aksss 8y ago
Same with UBNT, though i really like the functionality Mikrotik offers. Their UI takes a bit of getting used to. My favorite thing was when you made a setting change and it’s validation was to say “Not invalid”. :) My experience with UBNT i
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by aksss 8y ago
Con was short for console, I think. “Copy con:test.bat” was a quick way to create and fill out a batch file provided you could write it error-free in one go.
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by aksss 8y ago
Alt-255 was/is ascii null if I remember correctly
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by aksss 8y ago
I don’t think that works with wsj anymore since the whole Google Amp thing. Just tried your suggestion and was met with paywall after first couple paragraphs.
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by aksss 8y ago
This is a dumb headline. The intersection to the gig economy is what? "The effect of today’s decision will be to end misclassification class actions, for Gig Economy workers and for everyone else." If you are in the "gig eco
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by aksss 8y ago
This seems wrong on the face of it. The judge asks the rhetorical question of whether the logic changes based on whether he's president or not, and he answers his question with a "No". So this is saying that no public officia
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by aksss 9y ago
We use dedicated accounts for our conf room PCs. You invite the room to the meeting, join from that PC. Works well and avoids the problem you mention. People don’t use personal accounts on conference room pc. Also using that program to ‘fre
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by aksss 9y ago
To scientist guys or guys in trailer parks?
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by aksss 9y ago
Windows 10 still has plenty of "optional features". Two ways of viewing these - Settings/Apps/Manage Optional Features (For instance, if you want to install openSSH, this is where you'd do it). Also, Control Panel&#
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by aksss 9y ago
I was expecting single stage presses, neck dies, powder dribblers, and Sierra load manuals, live. Disappointed.
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by aksss 9y ago
It it’s erroneous to call the American system a market-based system. It commonly is referred to as that - I know - but it doesn’t operate as such. Gov. regulation artificially and intentionally limits supply, supply shortage limits competi
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by aksss 9y ago
But it’s hardly a market-based system with the third party payers. Consumers aren’t making informed decisions about what they buy, have little ability to comparison shop, and state-level regulations intentionally limit the number of provide
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by aksss 9y ago
Gartner has a graph for this called the "Hype Cycle", identifying five stages a technology goes through: 1) Technology Trigger 2) Peak of Inflated Expectations 3) Trough of disillusionment 4) Slope of enlightenment 5) Plateau of p
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by aksss 9y ago
It’s a ridiculous narrative (the trump thing). Any explanation for behavior of a group that depends on patronizing assumptions rarely reflects a true understanding of that group’s motivations. It’s not a reason to let up on Facebook but it’
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by aksss 9y ago
Ride-sharing, like a fry cook, was never meant to be a life’s career ambition. Jeez people. Folks are complaining that a fry cook can’t afford to buy a house and an Uber driver doesn’t get a 401(k). Wake up and smell the coffee. Let these p
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by aksss 9y ago
I'm assuming "SMS" means true, original SMS. Most people with iPhones, for instance, are using encrypted iMessage, but the code sent to you from a service provider (Microsoft, etc) will be done over straight SMS, not iMessage