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by benglish11 6y ago
I used to think the same thing regarding threads and I think slack's UI for them is bad (pushing them to a side window and squishing the main chat) but I have found them useful a few times recently. Often times a channel will have seve
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by benglish11 6y ago
Online gambling has been getting more and more legal throughout the US. Sports betting online has been mostly legalized as well as some online "games" depending on the state.
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by benglish11 6y ago
>but if you're learning to type, why would you do that Sometimes people don't try hard if there is no fear of failure. Removing the key labels makes it harder to cheat and forces you to do it the right way. Some people will rat
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by benglish11 6y ago
100% this, in addition Facebook has limited onsite medical care at its facilities that they provide as a perk to employees. Even if this is contracted out there is probably some paper trail as to who used what services.
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by benglish11 6y ago
>At that point the DB is like a key-value store and you get to claim you are using Postgresql. I know this statement is a little tongue in cheek but there is a lot of value organizationally to using Postgres as a key-value store vs Mongo
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by benglish11 6y ago
In California (where this Tesla factory is located) sick leave is required by law for all employees.
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by benglish11 7y ago
No. I often mow my lawn in a pattern to produce nice stripes. It's also commonly done on sports stadium grass. A pattern (if chosen for efficiency) can actually reduce the wear of riding/pushing a lawn mower over the grass by mini
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by benglish11 7y ago
It may be seen as discriminatory in the US as well. There are a number of diseases/ailments/conditions that are medically recognized and require frequent or sometimes uncontrolled/unexpected bathroom visits. I imagine the pat
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by benglish11 7y ago
I have the iphone app and it didn't require this permission or maybe it asked and I denied it. Is that not possible in android?
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by benglish11 7y ago
Back in the day (maybe it is still this way) your landline was default "listed" and you had to pay a monthly fee to be an unlisted number. So AT&T most likely listed his number in some kind of phone book / directory.
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by benglish11 7y ago
Yes, that seems more like Walmart/Target not wanting to support their main competitor in the retail space (Amazon) even though it's a different division.
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by benglish11 8y ago
"Roaming" used to be a thing (I don't think I've seen domestic roaming in years). It essentially solved this problem, anything inside your typical geographic range was included at normal price, but you paid a hefty surch
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by benglish11 8y ago
There are plenty of progressive cities that aren't SF/SEA/NY/DC. Philadelphia, Chicago, Denver, Minneapolis to name a few
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by benglish11 8y ago
I've learned quite a bit about foreign cultures from Civilization which has prompted me to do my own reading/research to further my knowledge. There are also educational aspects to games like Factorio which can teach good logical