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by chrismcb 5y ago
Paris 2024 Milan 2026 LA 2028 Vancouver bidding for 2030...
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by chrismcb 5y ago
Interesting... If I hadnt heard about the Rogan controversy I wouldn't have known Spotify had a podcasts section. I've never seen a podcast section in Spotify. I wouldn't even know where to go look for it. Maybe it is because
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by chrismcb 5y ago
By definition, this is forced. Force means to make someone do something against their will. In this case the choice is be fired or take the vaccine. They obviously don't want to be fired, so they are being forced to take the vaccine. Y
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by chrismcb 5y ago
I think you mean these are credit card oddities. We have debit cards here as well, and I assume Europeans have credit cards
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Other then the businesses actually being closed? Streets were empty in San Francisco at least. People were allowed to exercise outside but that was about it. Saying that was effectively not a shutdown is a bit disengenious.
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Lockdown orders across a lot of the US required non essential businesses to close. It wasn't a "recommendation" as people were thrown in jail for having businesses open
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by chrismcb 5y ago
I believe you are being flagged because of the title. Did Google fail? If what you are looking for doesn't exist, you can't blame Google. A title like "how to move photos from iphone"or something would have been better.
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by chrismcb 5y ago
Sports betting isn't exactly being against the house. In sports betting the house takes bets on both sides and then charges a percentage. Oh wait, you seem to understand this. The op was talking about making sports bets but being agai
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by chrismcb 5y ago
What is the public health mission and how is Rogan undermining it?
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"cancel culture" talks about people being"cancelled" that is losing their job, scholarship, or other means of livelihood. For saying something, usually innoculous, that had nothing to do with their job or school or livel
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by chrismcb 5y ago
I interviewed a few years ago for a contract position. After the interview the recruiter was talking to me and said this was a contract to hire. After six months or so, when I felt ready to be hired, I could switch (don't remember the
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by chrismcb 5y ago
What do you mean my prime does what it says it will do? Shipping? They can't always do that. If you are comparing it to Netflix, Netflix is a superior product. I have to force so and restart prime almost everytime I use it. Amazon webs
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But they do forget how to program. Or maybe they never knew and got lucky to get the previous job.
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This is kind of like saying requiring a bachelor's degree is a way to skirt around discriminatory hiring practices. Ignoring your racists and offensive remarks, getting a job does require studying and prepping, whether you simply study
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by chrismcb 5y ago
Interviewing at top tech companies hasn't changed much in at least 30 years. One of my first job interviews, in the early 90s, I had to sit in front of a computer and write some assembly. Probably did it in on the computer because the
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by chrismcb 5y ago
He never went "pure French"
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by chrismcb 5y ago
Google claims the translation to English is "joy of living" "joie de vivre"isn't exactly a common phrase in English
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by chrismcb 5y ago
What is a "shitty"interview? I certainly hope you don't mean a whiteboard interview where you are asked to solve and code a small problem? Probably the best type of interview our industry can give What is a "mimic the
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by chrismcb 5y ago
I used to travel a bunch and never informed anyone. Then one year I decided to inform my cc. That was the first time my cc was blocked because it unusual activity.
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What are legitimate reasons? Other than to ensure your money is yours?
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by chrismcb 5y ago
I think a lot of people who earn $500k switch jobs exactly for the reason you mentioned. But a lot of times that also comes with a pay raise.
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by chrismcb 5y ago
Personally I was against this stupid tax. Of course I drink Coca-cola. But the main reason is because it doesn't really do what they want it to do. It raises a can of coke 20 cents. A glass at the restaurant about 25 cents (of course a
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by chrismcb 5y ago
Washington state has a candy tax. And like most places has a tax on prepared food but not unprepared for.
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Had increasing the tax on cigarettes caused people to buy fewer cigarettes?
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The proponents of the law claimed they were doing it to fight obesity, to reduce weight. But considering that a per ounce metric is probably the wrong thing, and they didn't tax the worst drink, the milkshake, they didn't really d
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by chrismcb 5y ago
It is a sugar tax, not a soda tax. All drinks, that are sweetened with a caloric sugar based sweetener that are not milk based, are taxed. There are a few other exceptions such as alcohol, 100% fruit juice and anything with calories fewer t
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by chrismcb 5y ago
It adds up. But not as much, percentage wise, as compared to something with less sugar in it, like iced tea.
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For something like iced tea or absolutely doubles the price or worse.
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Ok, but are they shopping outside the city? The Seattle sugar tax is flawed. It is charged per ounce not a flat percentage. Typically more expensive drinks have more sugar but are actually effected less. Throw in the fact that milk based dr
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by chrismcb 5y ago
New York is not a subset of Texas. Distinguishing between the two of like distinguishing between Wales and Scotland, something I think most people can do. Distinguishing between New York City and New York state on the other hand is much clo

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