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by byoung2 7y ago
Ah, I thought you were trying to solve the broader bottleneck of testing which would require approval. But as a hobby just for fun, I suppose you could do anything you want...not sure how useful it would be (would you trust your result? Wou
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by byoung2 7y ago
Your bottleneck would not be the building of the test ( https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/brands/thermo-scient... ), but the FDA approval. The CDC was able to get emergency use authorization from the
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The client supplied the domain knowledge...in more than a few cases they were doing things manually, and I automated them. For example the vendor verification involved manually looking up licenses, or doing data entry on ACORD25 insurance f
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They're also founded by people that know the business they're dealing with I worked as a contract software engineer and I built quite a few MVPs for niche businesses I would never have thought of. I built a dashboard for rental
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Another benefit is reduced risk of business interruptions. Living in Los Angeles, I have experienced times when the office was physically inaccessible due to wildfires, and this is happening more frequently. With the whole team in one offic
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The same best practices always apply whether there is an outbreak or not. Prevent the spread of germs by washing your hands thoroughly and often, keep high traffic surfaces clean. For the current novel corona virus, avoid travel to the affe
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by byoung2 7y ago
There are also libraries to handle this, like https://github.com/blakeembrey/pluralize that does only this, or my own https://github.com/byoung2/grandiloquent that can pluralize, in addition to a
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by byoung2 7y ago
Did you mean to link to this? https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/feb/13/sex-worker-c...
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by byoung2 7y ago
We use 15five and it has these kinds of questions in a weekly report to each team member's manager, and can be addressed in a weekly on on one meeting. It is more comfortable to share things directly with a manager than to share it in
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by byoung2 7y ago
I'm feeding the troll here... German, sure, but "Indian tech support representative" just isn't a good look no matter how you slice it. That is discriminatory to suggest that one country's accent is more acceptabl
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My point was about settling before filing in court. The sequence is this: 1. Have your lawyer send a demand letter 2. Request a case management conference/arbitration 3. Reach settlement 4. File in court (filing now public)
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by byoung2 7y ago
As a former hiring manager, I can say I have never taken the time to google a candidate for lawsuits. If you settle out of court before going to trial, there is usually a nondisclosure and no public record.
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by byoung2 7y ago
Note that Arnold Schwarzenegger has a thick accent. It has not stopped him from succeeding in movies and politics. And a deaf person can work with reasonable accommodation (face him when speaking so he can read lips, use email/chat whe
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by byoung2 7y ago
Note that you don't need to "win a lawsuit" as 95% of all cases settle out of court. The company will likely settle to avoid the expense of a trial. They may even have insurance that will pay out for such circumstances
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by byoung2 7y ago
Yes you can and should sue. Contact a lawyer and you can get a free consultation. Many will take your case for free if it is strong enough. Here are two data points: When I worked for Kaplan test prep we "auditioned" teachers, ask
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Correct link https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/networth/article/Califo...
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Other sources mention that the note had tape on it (which TSA does not use in notes) and was in poor condition. TSA labeled it as screened and cleared, indicating there was no need to open it. It is possible that someone else destroyed it a
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by byoung2 7y ago
Imagine 2 identically sized dev teams...one is a bank, and another is a hot startup like Instagram or AirBnB. During sprint planning, the bank team would likely focus on infrastructure and security tickets. The startup would focus on consum
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https://serverless.com/ is a layer of abstraction on top of the big providers
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If you have to divide your budget between UX and security, a bank focuses on security. Your favorite startup focuses on UX.
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by byoung2 7y ago
Similar to your idea, I wish there was a news app that could break down evolving news stories into the stats. For example with the corona virus story, I'm able to track the progress of the number of cases, deaths, etc on this site htt
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by byoung2 7y ago
You should be able to build the smallest piece of your idea to test your market. Say your idea is to build a device that can boil the ocean. Can you build a prototype that can boil a cup of water? Build that first and see if there are any b
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by byoung2 7y ago
Whois lists Ceglowski Maciej as the tech contact, and he is the owner of Pinboard. It doesn't explain why he would let it point to a vanilla Apache install and not point it at something useful
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by byoung2 7y ago
For $100, you could do thrift store arbitrage. There are thrift stores around my neighborhood that sell items for under $1 or $5 that could easily go for $10 to $10 on eBay or Cragislist. You could buy $100 worth of items, and sell them for
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Error 410: This account is under investigation or was found in violation of the Medium Rules
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Try advanced searching on google: substance abuse and mental illness in homeless population "doi" after:2015-01-01 the "doi" ensures it has an identifier you can search on http://sci-hub.tw/ to read th
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This is a case that is not specifically addressed by Amazon's return policy. As is the case with any return, all they really care about is that the item number of the item being returned is the same as the item number on the order they
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My wife has returned 166 items in the last 12 months with no issues
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Amazon support specifically recommended this approach to me when I was outside the return window.
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If the item is still available, it is possible to purchase it again, and return the broken item during the 30 day return window of the new purchase.

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