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by dannyphantom 4y ago
Very true; albeit be warned that the job will most often than not be fairly dull work and not as financially rewarding as a career path in the private sector. While yes, it can be selective, it's not especially intimidating to go thr
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by dannyphantom 4y ago
This is entirely anecdotal; but since the new Corvette was released I've noticed that I seldom see any Challengers or Chargers on the road, in driveways, or...much of anywhere for that matter. I used to see a ton of regular consumers d
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by dannyphantom 4y ago
- Grace Randolph, 'Beyond The Trailer'. She typically has inside information - most recently she's been discussing what is going on with HBO/Discovery+ ( https://www.youtube.com/user/BeyondTheTrailer
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by dannyphantom 4y ago
As someone pointed out already, Twitter does a good job with this. Reddit does a fine enough job, too. However, tiktok doesn't allow users to break out of their in-app browser. This is especially frustrating when you wish to follow an
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by dannyphantom 4y ago
I once attended a Foxconn seminar presented by Jay Lee where the topic was "dark warehouses"; certainly wouldn't be surprised if Amazon has a strong desire to reach that level of machine autonomy in their own warehouses.
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In my hometown, there is a long-standing bookstore that an elderly woman owns; she's been old since I was a child and she is old now. She rejoices when people come into her shop and her first instinct is to approach you and ask if you&
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by dannyphantom 4y ago
> Of course, plans were to use it only in special circumstances *on return to Earth*. But in space, on occasion, well-laid plans have a way of turning out very differently. In my publicity campaign, I suggested the presence of the gun, e
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> I hope Netflix can survive their dwindling subscriber growth. They were the ones who kicked off the streaming era Totally agree that they kicked off the streaming area; and with those missteps, have provided ample source material in wh
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This is fantastic.
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Fully agree with your ideas here; I suspect you and I to be around the same post college age. Is it a lack of morality about "screwing over employers"? No. It's not being disillusioned to the idea that being loyal reaps rewar
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by dannyphantom 4y ago
Both Italian and French, actually! Family is from NE Italy :)
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This is the second time I've seen this pop up on Hacker News and the second time I've been surprised because it is my last name.
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I remember this from StumbleUpon :) Something that I did as a teenager and just tried again is take a sticky note, cut a small square in it and place it on your screen, you can "refind" pictures so it's not all random. Probab
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by dannyphantom 4y ago
This sounds like a good idea; though I am not sure how it will work in practice when reviews are such a significant factor the consumer considers when deciding to patron a business. When I worked in at a hometown pizza place (how stereotypi
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by dannyphantom 4y ago
I find the comments here somewhat reassuring but my anxiety is through the roof; I feel as though I would be on the chopping block in the event of a layoff. It's one thing to hear that you're doing a good job by your team and mana
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by dannyphantom 4y ago
I recently saw that TikTok is moving all US traffic to Oracle servers [0] as to mitigate any potential claims of the app being a threat. Would appreciate anyone expanding on the implications. [0]: https://techcrunch.com/2022
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by dannyphantom 4y ago
Neat. Thanks for taking the time to post and show it off. Do you feel as though you're essentially done with the project or is this something you'd like to see yourself working on in the future? neilk brought up that a startup tri
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Reminded of that BMW i8 that had to be put in a dumpster [0] [0] https://www.autoblog.com/2019/03/26/firefighters-dropped-smo...
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by dannyphantom 4y ago
> Cleaning up after your parents is a gift you give to them: look at it like them paying it forward for all the times the cleaned up after you as a child. This is contextual per family; but absolutely not. There are parents who make it k
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by dannyphantom 4y ago
This is anecdotal; but being genuine is a great pathway to open dialogue. Cut out the formalities and speak openly about your goals as their manager to create an environment where everyone works cohesively. A previous manager was successful
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Severance [1] has a few bits about "office fun" which reflected how awkward work sponsored "fun" can really be. Personally, the idea of "fundatory" is lost on me; I am working to perform a function that further
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by dannyphantom 4y ago
Between overreaching parents and parents who make it known that you are a despised blight on their life, hearing anecdotes about parents who seem to care so much about their children as to be an ever-present pest in their ear sounds comp
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> Film, television, and literature all tell them better. So why are games still obsessed with narrative? Well, hey now... Nothing wrong with changing the medium. It should be encouraged! Storytelling shouldn't be constricted to a si
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To be fair, HBO has consistently had an awesome catalog whereas Netflix has been unfulfilling for what feels like years.
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Not to be pedantic but everything listed here would not be missed in the slightest by those with no desire to see their family or have friends that spontaneously make themselves available to you without prior plans. If you are sufficient in
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Oh, wow; this was certainly unexpected. How neat. Hopefully something similar makes it into their vehicles. Imagine how interesting it would be to play around with making music (safely!) while you drive.
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by dannyphantom 5y ago
> many servers don't pay taxes on their tip earnings This was certainly not the case as recent as 2015-2017 when I was working in restaurants. Most of my coworkers would complain around tax time that we would owe as much as $2000+.
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by dannyphantom 5y ago
Just looked up whatever the follow-up of guy who made remarks about Captain Sir Tom Moore ended up being and the man avoided prison time for his tweets [1] [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-60930670
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I remember reading a discussion on Reddit[1] where someone was discussing how he uses Salesforce for personal relationships and the reception was less than receptive. In the year 2022 I think this idea actually makes a lot of sense as over
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> "...Individuals allegedly put in hundreds of millions of dollars for what were described as high-reward, low-risk contracts to fund loans tied to personal-injury lawsuits through two companies..." Makes you wonder if this typ

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