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by everdev 8y ago
I agree that workers should be treated with privacy and respect, but please don't overlook how important managers are. The good thing about capitalism is that profitability wins. If a company can be more profitable without managers the
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by everdev 8y ago
That's the old argument "why do you need privacy if you're not doing anything wrong?" The problem is there are grey lines everywhere and people are usually more judgemental of others than themselves even if they knowingl
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by everdev 8y ago
Yes, people abuse freedoms all the time, but to many a lack of privacy is a bigger threat. Imagine someone who is breaking the law at work and someone who is breaking the same law in their home. Just substitute "employer" for &quo
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by everdev 8y ago
> When I asked Mirovic about privacy concerns, he said that KeenCorp does not collect, store, or report any information at the individual level. According to KeenCorp, all messages are “stripped and treated so that the privacy of individ
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by everdev 8y ago
I wonder if the reaction to the hacking would have been different if dirt was found. A greater good argument might have prevailed even though it was a crime, like it the public generally has sympathy for Snowden. Breaking in and finding not
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Google's Doors Hacked Wide Open by Own Employee(forbes.com)
54 points by everdev 8y ago|21 comments
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by everdev 8y ago
Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17838887
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California Lawmakers Pass Bill to Erase Old Pot Convictions(nbcbayarea.com)
3 points by everdev 8y ago|0 comments
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by everdev 8y ago
TLDR; They encouraged people to make random gestures or perform meaningless tasks before eating and they found a ~10% reduction in calories (self-reported) and ~20% difference in people choosing vegetables over cake. I wonder if breathing a
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by everdev 8y ago
I'm curious if there's a precedent for countries with strong (and balanced) economic ties going to war. With sanctions and protectionism, I wonder if the barriers to war are actually reduced.
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by everdev 8y ago
I bet you'd see a positive ROI given the profitability of other safety devices. So many parents would pay an extra $5 to be at a drone shark patrolled beach.
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by everdev 8y ago
Some would argue that the best generals are the ones that avoided war altogether. If you want to say Napoleon was the most efficient at violently defeating opposing forces that sounds about right.
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by everdev 8y ago
Yeah, if they get it right. Google, Apple, etc. have all stumbled trying to make a splash in a new market. They've of course had wild successes too. Seems premature to portray Whole Foods 2030 as practically unbeatable. There are so ma
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by everdev 8y ago
I think the point is that just because Snap, Inc. [or insert unicorn here] had rapid growth over the last few years doesn't mean it's a better or stronger company than those it outpaced. Past stock prices unfortunately are not gua
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by everdev 8y ago
Not really fair to compare companies that started decades apart as it's easier to grow when you're smaller. There are startups that have 5x+ growth YoY, but it's not sustainable and it doesn't mean they're outperfor
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by everdev 8y ago
I'm sure they have it invested in bonds or some minimal appreciating investment to fight inflation. Many businesses have headed south by expanding into less profitable or unfamiliar business segments.
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by everdev 8y ago
I've always been amazed at how at the epicenter of a large city or event there are many normal looking things that contribute subtly or inadvertently to the overall awe. It's not like everything in Times Square is magical, yet the
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by everdev 8y ago
Why is Amazon expanding into brick and mortar with Whole Foods and now Landmark? Have they really saturated and squeezed all they can out of digital? I like Apple's strategy better of sitting on piles of cash until they know what to do
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11-year-old boy hacks into replica U.S. vote site in minutes(reuters.com)
19 points by everdev 8y ago|12 comments
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by everdev 8y ago
It looks like older projects have higher lines-written to lines-in-production ratios: terraform-aws-couchbase (2018) - 5:1 Terratest (2016) - 8:1 Terraform (2014) - 9:1 Express.js (2010) - 14:1 jQuery (2006) - 15:1 MySQL (1995) - 16:1 This
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by everdev 8y ago
It's incredible that someone with no flight training can learn those maneuvers from video games. I'd guess the percentage of people that could do it right their first time is in the low single digits.
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Twitter won't act against Alex Jones after agreeing tweets violated rules(axios.com)
2 points by everdev 8y ago|1 comments
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U.S. airline worker steals plane, takes it for flight before crashing it(reuters.com)
37 points by everdev 8y ago|13 comments
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by everdev 8y ago
On the flip side, it probably helps if good role models are willing to take their chances in establishing their presence in an at risk community. Change has to start somewhere.
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by everdev 8y ago
It doesn't look good, but isn't proof of guilt. Did they say why they did it? I'm wondering if they're required to reformat the machines X days after an election result has been certified. I can't think of other leg
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by everdev 8y ago
I tried to create multiple accounts (from the same IP mind you) about 3 months ago and many of them required me to verify a phone before registering or got flagged shortly after as potential spam, which was accurate. I was curious how easy
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by everdev 8y ago
Sure, loans help increase prices just as with cars and housing. But the supply/demand equation is still the same. A high number of high school graduates want those few freshman seats at top colleges and are willing to pay X over the ne
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by everdev 8y ago
That's how supply and demand works though. When people don't think the ROI is there prices will drop. Admission to a to school seemed like the only path to wealth when I was growing up. I don't think I can make that same clai
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by everdev 8y ago
In counter-terrorism they call defensive measures "hardening the target" because they know it can never be completely secure as you mention. Guerilla tactics are the evolutionary counter-balance to an overpowering force. If there&
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by everdev 8y ago
Well let's look at our options: 1. Government - Not a great track record on limiting fringe speech, it seems to descend into totalitarian objectives 2. Institutions/Churches - Not a great track record of tolerating logical speech

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