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by astura 3y ago
The subject of this article founded the concussion alliance website. >“It’s a huge myth,” Gormally told me. In 2018, after his experience, he and his mom founded Concussion Alliance, a nonprofit that is dedicated to patient and provider
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by astura 3y ago
I grew up in the US in a small city. My parents owned a car periodically, but only one, and the vast majority of my peers were in car-less families. We all did most of everything day-to-day just fine between walking, bikes, and busses. The
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by astura 3y ago
I live in the US and I did the same when I was a kid - cycle, walk, or bus. Not everywhere, but many places. I even took the bus to the mall with my friends when none of us had any money because it was something to do. I couldn't imagi
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by astura 3y ago
Shows for me - https://i.imgur.com/c8c3MDk.png
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by astura 3y ago
>Our US legal team said that we need the banner if we have visitors from the EU, not if we're tracking them. This actually makes sense - because if you didn't have the cookie banner then some fucking weirdo would come to Hacker
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by astura 3y ago
If you think this is only a problem with "influencers peddling products" then I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.
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by astura 3y ago
>Find someone you trust - on social media, a new site, or a newsletter. Get the info from them. OMG please don't do this - it's more gamed/scammy than online reviews: people will routinely post sponsored content disguised
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by astura 3y ago
The first artist to use Auto Tune for a distinct effect (rather than just pitch correction) was Cher in her 1998 single Believe. Only a year after Auto Tune was released. T-Pain absolutely was the one who popularized it through. To the poin
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by astura 3y ago
Or just young - T-Pain was most relevant around 15 years ago. He popularized using Auto Tune for electronic voice effects.
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by astura 3y ago
What sort of "reputational risk" do you think they are taking on? Data sharing with third parties is ubiquitous in almost all industries. Every single company that deals with financial products reports account information to third
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by astura 3y ago
>when you have greater self-control you are less prone to get "bullied" by other managers into doing work for them and you can stand up more for your team Umm... You are confusing self control with confidence and self esteem. T
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by astura 3y ago
>Dragon ball was definitely the show that popularized Japanese animation in the west. I like Dragon Ball, but come on, let's be real. You said "the west," but at least in America Dragon Ball (I think only Z aired in Americ
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by astura 3y ago
There's thousands upon thousands of discussions on here about Russia, Ukraine, China, North Korea, Iran, USA/NSA, etc. Why is discussions about Israel suddenly "totally off-topic and inappropriate?"
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by astura 3y ago
Exactly - you need to have quick access the horn in a safety critical use case, so it shouldn't be a small button you have to find among other small buttons. You should be able to mash the center of the steering wheel. >But you bett
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by astura 3y ago
>Also developers "locking" entire subdirectories in SVN and blocking any others to merge into, bonus point when they forgot it and went on vacation. Subversion? I used subversion for an entire decade at one job and never ran in
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by astura 3y ago
Kombucha is my drink of choice, but it is fermented tea so if tea is out so is kombucha. The other options I can think of are are flavored seltzers/flavored water, Mocktails/virgin cocktails/Shirley Temples, agua fresca, non-
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by astura 3y ago
This is how Kevin Nash's son died a few months back - https://thehill.com/homenews/3703554-wwe-star-kevin-nash-rev... Alcohol withdrawal should be done under medical supervision.
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by astura 3y ago
What I have installed on my work computer is the last version of Office without the ribbon and before the new XML file formats. I don't know off the top of my head if that's 2003 or 2007. What exactly is so "jaw dropping&quot
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by astura 3y ago
This seems like normal police work?
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by astura 3y ago
I'm speaking of 100% employee-owned companies here. That's my experience. In general, once a company established an ESOP[1], they eventually become 100% employee-owned. Usually when an owner establishes and ESOP that's the en
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by astura 3y ago
Both were 100% employee owned. >would the employees not have the ability to use the general meeting process to eject board members they didn’t like? Lol, no. Trust me, it would have happened if it were possible at one, the board was publ
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by astura 3y ago
That's why I said "necessarily." >What I described (bonuses over reinvestment) is a decision shareholders (employees) get to make. Sure, My only point is there's nothing about being employee-owned that requires or eve
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by astura 3y ago
I elaborated in a sibling comment, but this is just not necessarily true. Both employee owned companies I've worked for were effectively dictatorships where employees got exactly zero say in anything. Employee-owned just means that emp
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by astura 3y ago
>Employees have a say in the direction of the company. It depends on the bylaws, but employees will vote on certain things. No, this is not necessarily true - what you're describing is more akin to a co-op, not an employee owned com
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by astura 3y ago
This has not been my experience, I'm wondering where you heard this information from? I have Office 2003 (or maybe it's 2007?) installed on my work computer, no problems. It even happily coexists with whatever modern Office versio
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by astura 3y ago
Yes, stick with pills if you wanna take raw caffeine.
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by astura 3y ago
>low drive + high aptitude: hire for targeted use cases where you need expertise If you do choose to hire this person make sure to isolate them from other. I've seen a single low drive + high aptitude person single handly ruin teams
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by astura 3y ago
Excuse me? I didn't say anything at all about the timeline being pushed. You literally just made that up. Talk about strawmen. Blockers that are reported on daily standups are things that can be worked around for now but will become pr
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by astura 3y ago
Yep, my team rarely reports blockers but when they do it's almost always some external factor. If they are reporting the same thing multiple days in a row, I can light a fire under someone's ass, otherwise I might not even know ab
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by astura 3y ago
There's many reasons I have my team do our standup in a designated chat room rather than in person. One reason is because it eliminates facilitation on my part. I don't have to cut people off and make them stay on topic.

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