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droithomme
15y ago
Wanting to pay more is certainly a valid and generous thing to want to do. However, it is a bit grating that Marco presumes to speak for all customers of this product by using the word "we". I don't presume to speak for Marco, he should spe
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15y ago
Ha ha, really cool. These designs with man-on-top are somewhat unstable though due to the high center of gravity. That's the main concern with Chris Malloy's awesome Hoverbike. However, he does fly the thing, so if you want to go for it, yo
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15y ago
What is the real reason these companies are doing this? It's obviously not the reasons they claim. There must be some sort of incentive program where Facebook is giving them kickbacks, as well as a gag order that prevents them from stating
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15y ago
Wow that article sure is unbiased!</sarcasm> But seriously, every state has a different rate, every county, every city. The article mentions a federal solution is up next. So what, a federal database by address of the rates each per
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15y ago
2) On the site they make clear you can live anywhere in the country you wish. In other articles about this it's mentioned that most live in Santiago, but I do recall reading that some companies are in Valpariso and Vina del Mar: http://www
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15y ago
KRSchultz is basically correct, please don't downvote him. The last Hubble repair mission went way beyond the Hubble's expected service capabilities, which was an amazing accomplishment. However, it's vastly more economically sound and sa
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droithomme
15y ago
I agree with Armstrong. It is indeed very embarrassing the US has no human launch capability left at all, especially given our enormous lead. Hopefully that will be rectified with the work SpaceX is doing.
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15y ago
Thanks for mentioning family - I hadn't considered the issue that it's not just the developer, but spouse and dependents that could have preexisting conditions that make them uninsurable. So the number of qualified persons who could not tak
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15y ago
Yes, that is correct, rates are considerably cheaper per person in a group. But crucially, if you have preexisting conditions you can actually get covered. Insurance companies won't insure people with many preexisting conditions, and when t
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15y ago
The ad is pretty good but could be improved if they find they are not getting enough qualified candidates. Maybe they are getting plenty and there is no need for changes. But if so I recommend the following. I would change "software develop
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droithomme
15y ago
I've never had a problem hiring great programmers, and it's not difficult at all really. It's insanely difficult though for common companies when they are not a good or interesting place to work, or they don't want to pay competitively for
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droithomme
15y ago
The statement, "an applicant must “hack” into our backend to drop their resume. As a result, we don’t get distracted by unqualified candidates" is interesting. In particular, equating those who don't have web site hacking skills with "unqua
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15y ago
Thanks for the link. Here's a source from the Department of Justice with some more information. https://www.ncjrs.gov/html/ojjdp/nismart/03/ns5.html This points out the number of true kidnappings of "children and youth" is between 60 and
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15y ago
I agree completely with you, but I recognize that person's sentiment that challenging kids and allowing them to excel is considered child abuse. This is a viewpoint found pretty much uniquely in the US, and I see it as a fascinating cultura
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droithomme
15y ago
Yes, that's a good start, if in most US states you'll want a living trust set up in addition to a will which avoids the legal costs of probate court for your heirs. Last time I changed towns I went through three lawyers to talk about settin
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droithomme
15y ago
Here's the solution. You need at least one good lawyer in your life that you trust. You must have an attorney that has set up your investments, your estate, perhaps a family attorney that helped your parents. A competent, honest attorney. T
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droithomme
15y ago
It is unlikely you would be convicted, but yes, you have violated that law in the circumstance you describe.
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droithomme
15y ago
IANALOAJ, but yes, technically that would be a crime in those circumstances. It seems unlikely you'd be prosecuted of course but who can say?
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15y ago
I spend a considerable amount of time studying case law and I can say confidently that I have no idea whether I am committing a crime even doing something that seems to me to be completely innocuous such as sitting in my office posting on H
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15y ago
Again, with this scenario you don't realize they have a security video of her a mile away at 10ish. You actually saw a different girl, but since you testified you saw her at 10 at a certain location and they have proof she wasn't there, tha
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15y ago
According to many competent advisors (such as in the don't talk to police video), the problem here arrives when it turns out that a security camera shows that you did see the girl. You said you didn't, but the video proves you are lying. Of