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by archon 13y ago
The company I'm with now recently started implementing "cost cutting measures." Coffee is no longer free (.50 cents per cup). Annoying, but not really a huge deal. You can pay once a month and get it out of the way instead of having to keep
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by archon 13y ago
> We each get little buttons where people vote. Except we don't. I have an upvote button, but not a downvote button. I haven't reached the magical karma threshold for the downvote button, and my account is ~3.5 years old. I think this m
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by archon 13y ago
We did. We took a sleeper train (first mistake) from Edinburgh to London and arrived at 7am, then had to take the tube out to our hostel in Zone 4.
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by archon 13y ago
> those 15 minutes of horror, which is London Underground during rush hour. I recently visited my girlfriend who is studying abroad in the UK and I was dumb enough to arrive in London at 7 AM on a week day and take the tube from Zone 1
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by archon 13y ago
> For .NET to make it, they would need some kind of killer app -- something that makes people use .NET despite whatever natural inclinations they may have. I don't see that happening. By "people" do you mean developers or end users? Be
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by archon 13y ago
This prompted me to go look it up, since I didn't know. HAVING is WHERE for aggregate functions (SUM, etc). Funny thing is, I've used HAVING a lot in the past, but couldn't have explained the difference succinctly without cheating and looki
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by archon 13y ago
I doubt it. I can't even put in eyedrops, so I doubt contacts would work for me.
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by archon 13y ago
If I ever have to get glasses, I might think about it. But I'm not going to start wearing glasses just to use another device.
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by archon 13y ago
What she built is pretty cool. Good job Jennie. > "The best part is the feeling of accomplishment and knowing that I made a hack that people reacted positively to." Amazing what positive feedback can do.
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by archon 13y ago
Yeah, I could have worded my objection better. I'm not doubting that the rather brutal nature of OSS is a problem for both men and women. I'm just skeptical that it affects women disproportionately. If you say "getting your code ripped to s
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by archon 13y ago
I referred to myself as male, not as a man, in the same way I referred to females rather than women. It's pretty obvious I wasn't using it in a demeaning way, unless I was also demeaning myself.
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by archon 13y ago
> This reluctance has good reasons behind it: fear of being told they are bad programmers, fear of being publicly mocked or harassed, and even fear of losing job opportunities. All of these are greater risks for women on average than me
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by archon 13y ago
Especially a young Kirk, who hasn't yet had years to develop a sense of style.
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by archon 14y ago
> If you have weak joints or other physical constraints, machines can be a good place to start, as they will provide you some degree of support and help with your form. This is one of the main reasons I've stuck with the machines. I hav
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by archon 14y ago
> Beginners can often become overwhelmed by all the differing viewpoints Yeah, I'm in this position. I've been using the machines at my gym (more for variety than any other reason) and when I started looking into strength training, I wa
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by archon 14y ago
> 1. It would be insulting to do that. It's also insulting to not give a conversation your full attention, for some of us. If I'm trying to talk with you about something (as opposed to talking to you), I'm going to be insulted if you'
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by archon 14y ago
Maybe for warrantless wiretaps, yes. But for any legal surveillance, they'll just get a warrant and compel Apple/Microsoft/Twitter/Whoever to hand over any data they have.
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by archon 14y ago
So, if they're caught in other ways than via the surveillance, does that open up criminals using iMessage to further prosecution based on the notion that they used encryption to conceal a crime?
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by archon 14y ago
So you own it technically, but they're obligated to buy it back after 36 months. Since you own it technically, you get the federal/state tax benefits. Seems like this whole scheme will unravel as soon as those tax credits die out, which the
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by archon 14y ago
I'm not all that surprised. Steam carries bleeding-edge games, sure, but it also has a large catalog of older and indie games that don't require much hardware horsepower. Newer indie games like Faster than Light or Dungeons of Dredmor could
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by archon 14y ago
> It's not like a criminal is going to give you a call letting you know that they're getting in so you get prepared. It's late and I'm tired, so I must be missing the point you're making here. How does knowing whether a criminal is comi
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by archon 14y ago
> either position strikes me as irrational. Right. Because they are both irrational. Fear isn't a rational thing. I think both tehwalrus's comment and mine are two very different responses to the same fear. tehwalrus fears being surroun
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by archon 14y ago
> This is the sole reason I would never ever consider living in the USA Just to provide a counter-anecdote, the fact that I couldn't legally own weapons capable of leveling the playing field between me and an armed criminal makes me dis
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by archon 14y ago
Why?
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by archon 14y ago
> we should be wary of changing it just to stick it to some lazy good for nothings. I agree with you there, at least insofar as any change I can think of to stick it to them would also probably hurt the people the system was designed to
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by archon 14y ago
> It's much better for all of us that they be comfortable and (importantly!) consuming in the marketplace than that they be destitute and looking for work. This seems like a false dilemma: Either they're on disability and consuming, or
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by archon 14y ago
I just signed up for a trial, and I haven't actually used it yet, but I have to say, the happy little dog that's everywhere on the web interface is adorable.
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by archon 14y ago
Thanks, I was having difficulty finding it for some reason.
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by archon 14y ago
If you're going to complain about it, why don't you at least link the original for those of us who haven't seen it?
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by archon 14y ago
I was interested in getting a Pixel until I learned this.

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