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by amf12 6y ago
Or contact lenses - if someone wants a quick non invasive solution.
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by amf12 6y ago
> Because then you end up with recordings of things that you shouldn't have, like the officer using the restroom or a victim who has asked not to be recorded Easily solvable. At a single press of a button they can temporarily turn
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by amf12 6y ago
There is zero reason to replace clothing as quickly as we tend to. Almost all of the demand is produced by ads. Or take cars, very few people need cars of the size that they end up buying. But ads suggest that they might want to pull a tra
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by amf12 6y ago
You do know that "heads on a pike" is a figure of speech? The phrase can be used in two contexts, one as a figure of speech. The figure of speech context does NOT have any threats involved. Now, here is Bannon's statement:
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by amf12 6y ago
Because killing off products has given Google a reputation that stops tens of millions of people using any of the fancy new products that Googlers build and launch. In the long term all the effort Googlers put in to new products is a waste
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by amf12 6y ago
I mean in all fairness, For the price gouging I see for storage on phones, I can buy an mp3 player (with a nice DAC), a huge SD card, and then load it on there. That's why I don't store music on my phone. Fair enough, but that s
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by amf12 6y ago
"Google doesn't care about you or what you think. Further, employees of Google aren't going to spend any time on products you care about if they can't get promoted by doing so." That's a wrong take out of OPs
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by amf12 6y ago
> It's a bit like taxing cyclists 10 % of their income because they don't support the car industry... Good analogy. But their argument is even worse because they don't look at the other benefits of remote work on the econo
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by amf12 6y ago
It argues this is only fair, as those who work from home are saving money and not paying into the system like those who go out to work. By working from home, people aren't paying for public transport or eating out at restaurants nea
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by amf12 6y ago
Another anecdote. I was at one point working in the US and had applied for status renewal. I was at a point where if I did not get the approval in 20 days I would have to stop working (after waiting for 5 months already). I reached out to m
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by amf12 6y ago
> Believing in the institutions of family (and monogamy as a commitment to that institution), the objective rule of law, moral obligation through duty of various kinds of community service, prudence, faith as an integral part of worldvie
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by amf12 6y ago
The difference being Joe did not call himself that. He waited for AP to call it.
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by amf12 6y ago
> and had 4 Nobel Peace Prize nominations. FWIW, Nobel Peace Prize nominations are worthless. National level politicians, professors can nominate anyone.[1] You could find someone (or three people) to nominate you. [1] https:/&#x
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by amf12 6y ago
I just did. It did not hide. Maybe an experiment?
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by amf12 6y ago
> Can we get a mute button visible at all times before 2024? Is it just me or is the button visible at all times? I could see the button visible on the bottom of the screen at all times I used meet during a session with friends. I even t
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by amf12 6y ago
When did you recently use Meet? I just used it yesterday with a gaming session with friends and the console for the mute / unmute was visible at all times. I even just tried it right now.
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by amf12 6y ago
> You can use Zoom in the browser. You can't change the layout in browser though.
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by amf12 6y ago
masks alone have no significant effect in interrupting the spread of ILI or influenza in the general population, nor in healthcare workers: Clearly you aren't reading your source well. Masking lack of evidence with politics Lack of
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by amf12 6y ago
The virus spreads with water droplets exhaled and coughed by the body. Those droplets are big enough to be contained by the masks.
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by amf12 6y ago
> Because only some of us can do this. If too many of us do it Google will work around it. How do you expect Google to keep YouTube running if you don't want to watch ads AND also don't want to pay for premium? I understand usi
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by amf12 6y ago
> I am worried about the precedent this sets and the long term consequences. I can certainly imagine a scenario that plays out like the following: It will perhaps lead to an equilibrium where salaries are consistent across the US. I&#x27
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by amf12 6y ago
Is it gross or net? How much difference in savings after taxes and expenses do you see?
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by amf12 6y ago
Agreed. Which is why I mentioned simplicity being a benefit - if you already have a monolith that you are seeing issues with. But the parent said "You don't need microservices to do this."; this solution isn't much diffe
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by amf12 6y ago
> Build a monolith which does everything. Deploy multiple instances. Route booking requests to a subset of the instances. Route other requests to the other instances. Don't you now have "microservices" bundled together i
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by amf12 6y ago
I get your point. But then why not keep iPads consistent? Even MacBooks use USB-C.
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by amf12 6y ago
> If the only thing that should matter is skills, it wouldn't make sense in any realistic scenario that 75% of H1Bs are coming from a country with 15% of the population. That's not really true. Skills the same, you would still
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by amf12 6y ago
I like some of your points, and H1B desperately needs a revamp. However, a direct unadjusted salary based auction is a non-starter for the following reasons: - Non tech professions also hire people on H1Bs and don't pay as well as FAAN
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by amf12 6y ago
Having some level of diversity from other countries doesn’t sound like a bad idea. No. H1B is a skills based visa and not diversity/family based. The only thing that should matter are the skills and not the country they come from. St
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by amf12 6y ago
Then it is even more ridiculous. USCIS is backlogged and takes 6 months for routine applications. More so, students cannot stay enrolled "indefinitely"; the I-20 generated by USCIS has an expiry - generally the duration of the pro
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by amf12 6y ago
Are these (proposed) rule changes more in-line with other nations? Yes and no. In other countries visa (or a permit card) == status. You can get it renewed in a week in the country of residence (meaning they don't have to travel to t

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