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by avoutthere 8y ago
I personally know a number of Amazon warehouse workers and none of them consider the workplace to be harsh. This article smacks of a smear campaign. Note the timing with this piece: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/art
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by avoutthere 9y ago
I wonder if Keurig will have to change their brewer warranty: "Only the use of Keurig® K-Cup® brand pods and accessories will guarantee the proper functioning and lifetime of your Keurig® brewer. Any damage to or malfunction of your br
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by avoutthere 9y ago
The author used the term "monopoly" six times in the article. Facebook is a lot of ugly things, but "monopoly" is not one of them.
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by avoutthere 9y ago
Are you familiar with the function of volunteer fire departments in the U.S.?
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by avoutthere 9y ago
Rather than getting defensive, municipalities should support these groups much in the same way they do volunteer fire departments.
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by avoutthere 9y ago
> do these Googlers honestly think Russia and China and others aren't working on the same thing to be used by their military? It's been my observation that vehement anti-war activists seem unwilling to admit that there are th
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by avoutthere 9y ago
> you mention playing games, watch movies, and browse the web?! All three are possible on all mentioned systems How is Far Cry 5 on Linux? How about MacOS?
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by avoutthere 9y ago
How does the EU propose to enforce this?
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by avoutthere 9y ago
If your workers are doing "fairly basic tasks", why should you be forced to pay them more than their work is worth?
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by avoutthere 9y ago
I imagine he'll be answering questions provided to CNN by the Facebook PR team.
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by avoutthere 9y ago
How long before it comes out that Google does the same thing with search history, Amazon with product browsing, Apple with phone usage, and Microsoft with Windows 10 usage?
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by avoutthere 9y ago
It's a sad reality, but regardless of how many times per day a pedestrian is hit by a human-driven car, such incidents involving self-driving cars will be headline news for years to come.
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by avoutthere 9y ago
I wonder when Amazon will break itself apart (a la Alphabet) in order to lessen regulatory scrutiny?
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by avoutthere 9y ago
It seems as if the problem of increasing cost of medical treatment has corresponded with increasing government involvement in the health care/insurance industry.
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by avoutthere 9y ago
> By other metrics, we are being victimized... Hyperbolic indeed.
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by avoutthere 9y ago
How long before we see Amazon break themselves up as Google did into Alphabet? This seems like a solid approach to prevent government anti-monopoly action.
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by avoutthere 9y ago
I am by far most productive when working alone from home. It isn't even close.
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by avoutthere 9y ago
Sadly, they seem to have taken down the corrected version. :(
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by avoutthere 9y ago
You will adapt...by never visiting that site again.
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by avoutthere 9y ago
Government setting rates for medicare/medicaid reimbursement is what has driven up prices. One of the brilliant aspects of market economics is that, if allowed to operate freely, the market would establish price points for all levels
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by avoutthere 9y ago
This sounds like a case in which thorough product testing was sacrificed in the rush to make the deadline of the announcement event.
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by avoutthere 9y ago
Well said. I've been telling people for years that tech sector interviews select for the wrong skill sets.
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by avoutthere 9y ago
This works wonderfully if everybody involved acts rationally and professionally. Otherwise, it can quickly become a nightmare.
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by avoutthere 9y ago
"Courage"
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by avoutthere 9y ago
> The "auto-rotate around the landmark" feature I think of this as "Drone View". I keep waiting for the JDAM impact.
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by avoutthere 10y ago
Putting one's keyfile in the cloud just seems to me to be asking for it. You're essentially trusting a 3rd party with the keys to your kingdom.
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by avoutthere 10y ago
As the former head of a customer support department, I can tell you that the most important aspect of communication with a customer is empathy. Even more than expertise, if you can demonstrate that you care about their problem and will get
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by avoutthere 10y ago
I want to know if any of the pictures from my trail camera include deer. It sounds like Rekognition might be the answer for this.
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by avoutthere 10y ago
Can anybody say with a straight face that this is not a politically motivated report?
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by avoutthere 10y ago
Anybody remember that NeXTMail included voice annotations? Seeing that feature almost never used made me realize that text for messaging will always have its place.

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