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by bmj 11y ago
Mark 2:27: "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath." I was raised Catholic in the 70s, so we didn't have many hard and fast rules about Sundays (we never called it the Sabbath), aside from church (which could b
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by bmj 11y ago
This apparently exists on the Federal level in the U.S.: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/pay-admi... Though it sounds like on the Federal level, the employee must work a majority of their hours
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by bmj 11y ago
That's reasonable, but we're talking about more than just 24/7 retail here. Even in the days before the 24 hour grocery store, restaurants and bars were open on Friday and Saturday nights (and most evenings, for that matter)
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by bmj 11y ago
Just so we are on the same page...when you say "working late" do you mean "working more than 8 hours on a given day" or "simply working outside of the 9am-5pm timeframe?"
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by bmj 11y ago
So this is just for hourly employees, then? Because in that case, I assume they'd be getting overtime regardless of the day of the week.
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by bmj 11y ago
Are you suggesting this to be the norm across industries? Like, the folks working the registers at Target on Friday night? What about Monday night? Or Wednesday night? How does that differ?
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by bmj 11y ago
Did you work with other IDEs/languages before you started working with VS? I typically use VS every day (currently on 2013), and yes, I have a similar experience with other IDEs. Then I remember that I know VS pretty well, and maybe t
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by bmj 11y ago
I think classical Liberalism and Conservatism have little to do with the political lines drawn in the United States (and other nations). Republicans and Democrats are both, at heart, classical Liberals--the difference is how that is applie
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by bmj 11y ago
It's been awhile since I've looked into it, but my local tech council ( http://pghtech.org ) offers a coverage group to provide health insurance options to member organizations. I knew a few folks that have leveraged th
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by bmj 11y ago
How many guitarists (and I'm thinking classical or, perhaps, jazz guitarists) can just sit down and sight-read a piece? I suspect part of the craft is learning a piece, and learning the most efficient fingerings/patterns for the
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by bmj 11y ago
Locking in? You can pause your subscription at any time. You can adjust the amount of blades you get in a month based on your shaving frequency. Agreed. I very easily cancelled my subscription a few weeks ago (and have since subscribed a
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by bmj 11y ago
Depending on your life-situation you might have a better-half, kids, pets, housework etc. All of them are your past decisions you need to live with and all of them require attention. I'm sure this wasn't the author's intent
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by bmj 11y ago
Too bad it is hosted on SourceForge.
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by bmj 11y ago
There was actually a fair bit of grumbling among some hardcore LOTR fans when it was announced that Ian McKellen would play Gandalf, mostly because of his political and cultural leanings. Of course, Lee made a career of playing villains and
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by bmj 11y ago
And I'll second the caveat. I agree with this and the grandparent--if you are in reasonable shape, and want to maintain that, lifting low (< 5) reps and high weight is a great thing. If you do other activities, you could probably
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by bmj 11y ago
because now I'm the Dad, and more than anything else in the world I want my kids to grow up knowing that hard work is good for you, but smart work is better. It's also important to raise kids who understand that there is a lot o
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by bmj 11y ago
Except, as we're seeing in cycling with teams like Sky, money will poured into legal ways to produce "marginal gains." See the kerfuffle during the recent Giro d'Italia when Sky provided their leader Richie Porte with h
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by bmj 11y ago
And surviving three weeks of racing, often over very difficult terrain. Your "average" pro cyclist (the domestiques) dope because that's the only way get through a grand tour. It's not about going faster, it's abou
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by bmj 11y ago
Isn't this because the affluent and educated have the time to read about it on the internet and in books? If you don't have the time to read the material, you no choice but to trust your doctor's recommendations.
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by bmj 11y ago
Most drug trials are 30-90 days. Is this specific to psychiatric drugs? I write software for a company that facilitates patient report outcome/clinical outcome assessment trials for the pharmaceutical industry, and we have trials th
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by bmj 11y ago
Sorry, totally didn't see this.... My "office" exercises are pretty simple. First, I stand up, reach down and touch my toes (or, as far down as you can reach), then straighten up slowly, focusing on really using my hamstring
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by bmj 11y ago
You missed the "quality engineering work" disclaimer. Any reasonably good project manager knows that, between meetings, email, and water cooler conversation, you get about 30-32 hours of actual project work from someone each week
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by bmj 11y ago
Strengthen your core muscles, engage your abductors often. This is really good advice. I regularly see an active release therapist (I'm an avid climber, and no longer a spring chicken, so I get some aches and pains), and he has give
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by bmj 11y ago
Except that kids will need access to VS2013 or 2015, which, unless they have a parent who works on the MS stack. That said, I do agree this is really a neat thing from MS. Although it is not necessarily cheap, Youth Digital's Mod cours
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by bmj 12y ago
* But if you're an average person eating the Standard American Diet, you are currently insane from a health standpoint, and switching to Soylent would make you a lot less so. And among all the options you might have for improving your
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by bmj 12y ago
This has been my experience in the U.S. as well (at least where I am). It's a very popular crop at the local farmers' markets because it is easier to grow. My family really enjoys it. Dumping it on pizza is quite good, and you c
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by bmj 12y ago
I find it interesting that many people go out of their to defend someone like Linus Torvalds, but with someone like Zed Shaw, go out of their to criticize Zed Shaw. Sure, Linus has written and maintained an OS, but as others have pointed ou
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by bmj 12y ago
There are a few CNG filling stations around my town (in the US). I believe a few organizations use CNG in some of their vehicles (a cab company and VA shuttles come to mind), but I rarely see vehicles filling at those stations.
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by bmj 12y ago
There's a good comment down-thread about 20% time. You don't have to say "go and do whatever you want." It can be about "non-billable" R&D. Perhaps this developer sees an issue, or a potential optimizati
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by bmj 12y ago
If this sort of thing interests you, I suggest you watch the following films (assuming you can find them): * Hard Grit (http://www.slackjaw.co.uk/climbingfilms/hardgrit.html) * Committed, Volume II (http:/&#x2

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