alpad

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by alpad 15y ago
"Kolbrenner says the movie is “going to be completely different—I don’t know if I should say that or not." I really hope they don't fuck it up when they make the changes. Prufrock, if you're reading this, don't let them ruin it. Please, pl
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by alpad 15y ago
Why arent people using SVG for this sort of thing? Isnt that HTML5's vector graphics format? I supose if you're using icons w/ the express purpose of using them with in-line text, then this would be Ideal... but just seems like a weird hac
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by alpad 15y ago
Translation: 'Wah wah. Mommy won't let me eat cake! but me like CAKKKEE SO MUCH! Mommy mean! Mommy have so much cake not let me have any. Stupid Mommy.'
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by alpad 15y ago
Jobs aren't obsolete. There are plenty of jobs. Part time, low wage, no benefits jobs. Careers? Full time, living wage that can support a family, full benefits packages? Those are becoming obsolete, and fast. Screw any politician who crows
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by alpad 15y ago
The banks made unqualified loans to people and made money. The banks sliced and diced these toxic loans (derivatives) and sold them as Triple A investments... and made money. The banks then bet against those toxic investments and made m
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by alpad 15y ago
Interesting article, but he misses the right answer: if it isn't broken, don't fix it. C may not be the easiest language to learn, but you wouldn't want newbies messing with systems programming anyway. Higher level languages give you a more
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The "Computer Employee Exception" Under the U.S. Overtime Law [pdf](dol.gov)
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by alpad 15y ago
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET OVERTIME?!
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by alpad 15y ago
My first thought: crazy. Especially the part with the printouts and highlighters. Could this actually be effective?
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by alpad 15y ago
The article is a bit confusing. If I take it correctly, a few casinos offered him nearly 50:50 odds, and a discount on his losses if he lost more than ~500k. In other words, a great deal, worth ~$50k. And then he proceeded to have amazin
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by alpad 15y ago
schizophrenia? theres an app for that....