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by basseq 9y ago
Worth noting that you can hire consultants—often SIs—to help you with software selection: to answer the question of what software is best for you. Most companies don't want to pay that cost, so ask SIs to make recommendations in their
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by basseq 9y ago
These questions happen with the "black bar" that pays respects to a recently-passed tech luminary. Sure would be nice if there was a mouseover, tooltip, extra paragraph, HTML comment... something to tell the user what was up. Th
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by basseq 9y ago
For the context of this comment, this is if these "smart people" couldn't come to the U.S. instead. ("The argument being that as we skim the top people from the talent pool of other countries we reduce their capability
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by basseq 9y ago
Maybe! After all, those "smart people" may turn to solving or changing the underlying limiting economic or business issues. Either as a focus of their efforts or by necessity of running a business. Or by contributing to innovation
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by basseq 9y ago
My wife is a PhD in applied cognition (field of psychology), wrote her thesis on improvements in working memory and attention, and is working on an early-stage business around better brain coaching[1]. (More of a 1:1 model than a tech stack
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by basseq 9y ago
I had a ton of legos growing up, and it was always that—legos. Though the "proper" pronunciation may be singular with a plural noun (e.g., bricks, pieces, sets, etc.), the vernacular has most certainly evolved to include the gener
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by basseq 9y ago
Right, but it's more than electric money. The OP mentions it's electric money that: 1) has assured/immutable transactions (unlike CCs) - This may or may not be a good thing from a purchaser perspective on seller fraud. 2)
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by basseq 9y ago
Oh 100%. There's no technical excuse not to have that. As others have pointed out, there's a pessimistic line of reasoning as to why doctors and insurance companies don't want you to know what things are going to cost. The
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by basseq 9y ago
Frequent flyer miles (and hotel points) are a massive perk for traveling employees. Most consultants I know finance annual vacations completely on points. Every once in a while, a big company will try to pocket the points for themselves, us
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by basseq 9y ago
The crux of your comment is "offense" at the implication (correct or otherwise) that your looks reflect the price category you had in mind, because you can see the alternatives . (What about a shop owner directing you to a gender
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by basseq 9y ago
A lot of good answers here. A few straightforward ones: - Because healthcare providers negotiate different rates with providers, so the "list price" differs by your provider and plan. - Because your personal cost is unknown to the
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by basseq 9y ago
From the article, H1-B costs an estimated $2,500/person, plus flight and lodging. Let's pretend all 6 people Pentagoet wants to hire are staying in the mentioned apartment ($1,200/mo). Assuming a 40 hour work week, they could
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by basseq 9y ago
Two diametrically opposed quotes from the article: "Employers find the H-2B program expensive and bureaucratic, and tend to reserve it for hard-to-fill jobs that are critical to expanding operations." (American Enterprise Institut
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by basseq 9y ago
They did. From the article: "Since the crash, those reports have said, Tesla has updated its Autopilot feature to include a strikeout system, whereby drivers who repeatedly ignore safety warnings risk having their Autopilot disabled un
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by basseq 9y ago
From a UX (and potentially legal) standpoint, it matters less how many warnings he ignored in the few minutes prior to the crash, but how many warnings he—and others—ignored on other drives. By way of extreme example, if every time anyone e
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by basseq 9y ago
There's really no good "reason" here, and people keep making up superfluous descriptions, like the whole deal about ordinal baseball diamond orientations. Or, in boxing, how the southpaw stance has the left hand below ("
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by basseq 9y ago
I have a CS degree, but only spent a year in a technical/developer position. Since then (a decade), my job role, responsibilities, and titles have all been around strategy and operations. I get regular recruiter emails telling me about
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by basseq 9y ago
This is the beginning of a "clean break" to LTE. Verizon has announced plans to begin to retire their CDMA network in 2019, so this is a way to get people off CDMA entirely. They don't want CDMA compatibility because they
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by basseq 9y ago
I'd clarify and say it's the brand library. I bought an Xbox One because I wanted to play the Halo series, which I knew I couldn't do on PS4. The same might apply if you were really into Gears of War or Forza. Otherwise, mo
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by basseq 9y ago
I was going to use CPR as an example. How many people have been trained in CPR vs. those who have actually used it? That said, the strength of my recommendation is not very strong, but if you're asking, "Why should I take a pistol
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by basseq 9y ago
I second this, if only for personal safety. If you ever find yourself in a situation where you're unexpectedly responsible for a firearm, you should know how to engage the safety, eject the magazine, clear the chamber, and ensure the s
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by basseq 9y ago
Second thought: The medallions give "the exclusive right to pick up passengers who hail them on the street". But that's just happening as much. But even "the elderly" are likely not going outside (in Chicago) and st
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by basseq 9y ago
I'm left wondering... so what? The "personal transportation" market has massively changed. Whether it's for the better or worse simply doesn't matter . Veteran Chicago cabbie John Aikins,67, who is facing fo
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by basseq 9y ago
Better analogy would be a store called "Smirkland's Signature" that sells Costco-branded products (e.g., Kirkland's Signature).
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by basseq 9y ago
For anyone else who has no idea what these 5.x[a-d] numbers mean: http://outdoorswithdave.com/climbing/climbing-ratings
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by basseq 9y ago
Indeed. Optional to include "outside of working hours". I am still trying to find the suit. I think it was Target. Many managers were in the habit of staying after they clocked out and/or coming in on their days off to make
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by basseq 9y ago
There's a pretty well-defined precedent in law to counter this. If an "optional" task is used in performance reviews or to define base pay, it then becomes non-optional and the company is very likely in breach of employment l
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by basseq 9y ago
Similar Booz story: I took an interview with them while with a competitor. I had no real interest in the firm, but was interested in what they had to say and offer for competitive intel. Ended up having a great interview with the guy who
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by basseq 9y ago
It took me two or three "false starts" before I worked up enough inertia to make it all the way through. You need to get about 200 pages in before it "clicks". It's also a very different kind of reading. You read
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by basseq 9y ago
Not only that, but Drew Houston waded in. History 3,596 days later.

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