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811.
by ejb999 5y ago
doesn't really matter if the car 'tells you' you are running low on battery - if you are not near a charging station, it is a real problem, wether you believe it or not.
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by ejb999 5y ago
>>This requires the assumption that additional houses can't be constructed. In a lot of places near expensive cities, that assumption is pretty valid.
813.
by ejb999 5y ago
I sleep with the TV (ipad actually) on playing netflix tv shows, with earbuds in; the TV show drowns out the tinnitus. Sucks to have to do it, but it works for me.
814.
by ejb999 5y ago
no way this works, not in typical soil - and probably not even in sand. First of all, much too hard to be done by hand, so then you need a big piece of hydraulic equipment, which I am quite sure could handle the force necessary (think post
815.
by ejb999 5y ago
>>How can you equate banning Maus with banning Joe Rogan? The only common thread between the two is the word "banning". Because free speech is free speech, whether you agree with what was said or not.
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by ejb999 5y ago
I have negotiated teacher union contracts, from the non-teacher side - the easiest way to get the union to agree to layoffs was to offer a slight bump in pay to the most senior teachers - i.e. the ones most connected with the union - worked
817.
by ejb999 5y ago
I absolutely agree - and if it was upto me, they would be gone already - but when the manager is also one of those 'do as little as I can' types of people, they don't really want to open that particular can of worms.
818.
by ejb999 5y ago
I have been fully remote my entire career (several decades), in fact in 30+ years have never been on site anywhere for more than 2 weeks total. Wouldn't have it any other way. But as a counter-point, seeing a whole bunch of people who
819.
by ejb999 5y ago
that, and then the highschools where they have 30 or 40 'valedictorians' in one graduating class. Now the term 'valedictorian' has also become meaningless as well. When everyone is a valedictorian, nobody is.
820.
by ejb999 5y ago
the fact that this basic math error made it thru so many people and still made it onto the air is very telling - and scary.
821.
by ejb999 5y ago
To prevent showing the world how truly ignorant a person you are, like this classic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krHkjdnniDE from an editor of the New York Times, and 'the most trusted named in journalism' Bri
822.
by ejb999 5y ago
If they were sealed, they shouldn't be made public until they become unsealed (if ever) - but if they were public at some point, they are for all intents and purposes public forever. Very hard to make something private, after it has be
823.
by ejb999 5y ago
Yep, not unlike the other recent story where someone scraped a website and ended up pulling in SSN's and other personal information that was on the page, but not visible (but in the html) - and then the government threatened to prosecu
824.
by ejb999 5y ago
>> we need to entirely change our public records laws... Immediately. I am certain that many people in government would agree with you - they would LOVE to be able to hide what they are doing and not be held accountable for decisions
825.
by ejb999 5y ago
According to the Bar website: >>>The site owner (of judyrecords) claims that the State Bar’s confidential and public case records were all previously available at a public URL. Is this true? >>>The State Bar Court website
826.
by ejb999 5y ago
Doesn't sound like a breach to me - sounds like the state bar association inadvertently gave out the information, and now they are looking for someone to blame - someone else that is.
827.
by ejb999 5y ago
My favorite language is C#, and has been for years - also am a big user of AWS in almost all my projects - and even though I know C# much better than python or node, I still choose node or python for my lambda functions when I write them. C
828.
by ejb999 5y ago
really, you have to be privileged to not watch the news? Then I guess by your reasoning, all those folks that can't afford tv or internet at all are the most privileged of all, correct?
829.
by ejb999 5y ago
Still think it silly to think that will make any difference - if I heat my house now with natural gas or oil, am I really doing the environment any favors by switching to electric where in some regions a very high percentage comes from coa
830.
by ejb999 5y ago
How does electrifying your house solve the problem? That electricity still needs to come from someplace, and more often that not it comes from a combination of coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear. Maybe someday when we can generate 100% of w
831.
by ejb999 5y ago
Yes, better late then never - but hopefully a lesson to remember down the road when it also doesn't seem important.
832.
by ejb999 5y ago
What exactly is 'too simple' about planning for the future? Do you also start shopping for homeowners insurance once the house catches on fire? Last few decades have been 'relatively' peaceful for many parts of Europe, b
833.
by ejb999 5y ago
He didn't need to - the US became energy independent in 2019 and 2020 and became a net exporter, not importer, for the first time in decades.
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by ejb999 5y ago
>>It is only prudent to shore up your defenses when a country in your region starts a war I'd actually say it is much more prudent to shore up your defenses BEFORE you need it, not after. Playing catch up is hard to do when the t
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by ejb999 5y ago
yes, and also thanks to Biden, energy companies are now making record profits once again after being in the doldrums for years under trump; we are also now burning almost 25% more coal in the US under Biden than Trump. People need to stop b
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by ejb999 5y ago
>>MUMPS will never be replaced ... Never is a very long time. Things change.
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by ejb999 5y ago
Its interview questions like this that makes me never interview for a new job. I get jobs when I need them pretty easily, but usually just through someone who already knows me and/or worked with me before and skip the silly interview q
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by ejb999 5y ago
>>I’d rather we are raped, tortured, and killed than harm another person. What a truly bizarre statement, and I seriously doubt you mean it.
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by ejb999 5y ago
yep, and yet they (and facebook and instagram) continue to allow Russia to push 'their side of the story' without restrictions.
840.
by ejb999 5y ago
but if political pressure lead them to their decision, it wasn't really a principled decision was it? It was a decision of convenience. A principled decision is one you make regardless of outside pressures - i.e. you stick by your prin

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