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auiya
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You can read the National Academy of Sciences' conclusions on the polygraph and lie detection in their paper here - https://www.nap.edu/read/10420/chapter/10
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> not cooking shouldn't be a barrier to healthy eating, nor should it be considered mutually inclusive with eating junk. Nobody suggested healthy eating requires one to cook. There's a myriad of places everywhere that serve he
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Wasn't the whole point of the iPhone SE to shore up the lower end for exactly these types of situations? Why then did they kill it and simultaneously release the most expensive versions yet? It's easy to say "well China had
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auiya
8y ago
Andy and Jack knew each other well. Where do you think Andy's strategy came from? It's the same thing as Jack's Vitality Curve, only without firing the bottom 10%.
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> These coworking spaces are terrible. They're like Monkey Joe's for tech bro's.
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Ditto. But the restaurant wasn't exactly 5-star either. It seems they're not completely fool-proof for inexperienced cooks.
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> I need more veggies in my diet but it's hard to get enough without cooking How so? On face value this feels like an excuse for simply making poor diet choices. If I'm mistaken, then... cook?
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You essentially set arbitrary metrics for yourself (create X widgets, approve Y new hires). And then you do those things. And then you pat yourself on the back for doing those things. And then you get passed over for promotion anyway bec
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This is simply part of how they've implemented Jack Welch's Vitality Curve[1]. It's pretty common practice for most large companies, although I understand more and more are starting to move away from this approach. As it tu
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Or a "kudos"? (page 18 of the PDF)
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Page 17 - "any employee can nominate any other employee for a 'peer bonus' - a cash bonus of $100 - up to twice a year..." Is there a hard cap/limit on this policy now? I might have to take the rap for that, having
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Yes, but this has nothing to do with SSH. You essentially suspend the process, background it, detach it from the parent shell, launch screen/tmux, and re-parent it. Here's a tutorial - http://monkeypatch.me/blog&
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$ grep term1 $ ^term1^term2^ Try it
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Ah but this was a British system. You should have said "naught-naught-seven"
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> (the remainder can't be viewed). Sounds like terrific UI design
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This works only on devices for which you simultaneously have email access. For instance Netflix on a home gaming console would fail miserably using this schema. See also https://www.troyhunt.com/heres-why-insert-thing-here
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We sure wouldn't want to upset people stealing our belongings.
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> there is some probability, however minute, that the markets will collapse and never recover. This is why people invest some money, however minute, into shorting the entire stock market.
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A look at Google's “caste system” of Contractors vs. FTEs
(qz.com)
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The obvious auto-correct problems on iOS devices will be amazing for marketshare expansion.
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Pretty sure opera.com still allows you to download recent versions of their web browser for most major platforms. How is it "gone"?
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It's used by people who oppose further commercialization of the Internet by large advertising entities.
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This happens in every company that employs the Vitality Curve method for employee performance metrics. It ensures only highly visible projects are incentivized, regardless of their actual value added. You are promoted under such systems b
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Minor nitpick with your nitpick - the DSM used to make a distinction between Sociopathy and Psychopathy, but as of DSM 5, they are both described under the umbrella of Antisocial Personality Disorders (ASPD). The distinctions now are only
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I think you're reading too much into the epidemic. Availability and over-prescription is the primary cause. People aren't prescribed opiates for depression for instance, but the over-accessibility to opiates allows for illegal u
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Use reader view, much nicer that way.
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This is exactly correct. I conducted dozens of interviews for Google myself, and while most went okay, some did not. Those were failings on my part, and I did my best to learn from those mistakes. That the interview process isn't mo
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Stop having kids.
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Winter's Gate by Insomnium is probably one of the best albums I've heard in three decades. In any genre.
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As a fan, I feel like they focus too much on the lyrical content and intelligibility when the genre clearly downplays both of these aspects moreso than any other genre. Death metal vocals aren't intended to add any sort of intellectual
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