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by f2000 2y ago
Copies in Seconds: Chester Carlson and the Birth of the Xerox Machine by David Owen "A history of the photocopier offers a portrait of reserved physics graduate Chester Carlson, who invented the copier to ease his job as a patent clerk
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by f2000 4y ago
The bad grammar was a tell for me - did not even come close to being plausibly from a native English speaker. That said, I can understand how someone who very much needs/wants a job could could fall prey. I hope things work out for th
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by f2000 4y ago
They were after data for other carriers and/or more enriched data than they could easily collect. They could use this data for their own marketing and/or network planning. e.g. “We have the least share in market M where some sign
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by f2000 5y ago
Install an extension? ha ha lol. good luck.
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by f2000 5y ago
Installing an extension. ha ha lol. good luck.
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by f2000 5y ago
Put it in your garage/closet and forget about it. Life is too short! If they want their stuff back they'll figure it out.
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by f2000 5y ago
Tulips, 1637
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by f2000 6y ago
Lot's of memories from Fry's and Weird Stuff too. Sad. https://thesixfifty.com/these-photos-of-weirdstuff-warehouse...
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by f2000 6y ago
"even not particularly addictive when not delivered via burning leaves" My personal experience is that it is even more addictive. First, with NRT (gum, lozenge) you can use nicotine much more frequently - e.g. even going to bed w
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by f2000 6y ago
Clojure. I wanted to love you. But at the end of the day types matter (to me at least) and spec just feels like an afterthought.
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by f2000 6y ago
"Print statements are a valid way to debug code." In 30+ years of programming, vast majority of bugs I've fixed were diagnosed with a few strategically placed print statements. "I just print values. When I’m developing a
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by f2000 6y ago
I too have suffered from depression. The work of Dr. David Burns have proven to be most helpful to me! I'd suggest checking out his website feelinggood.com or his new book "Feeling Great" - he also has a podcast. FWIW, Dr. Bu
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by f2000 6y ago
A few years ago I fell and broke my elbow. It was a mess and had to have emergency surgery to put it all back together. After surgery I'm sent home with a "ball" around my neck that is a reservoir for some pain meds that are
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by f2000 6y ago
I'd talk to a doctor or two. I posted above about a friend diagnosed with stage 3 at 45 who passed on at 49. She too had a family history (aunt, uncle, grandmother)
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by f2000 6y ago
Prepping for the colonoscopy is worse than the procedure itself. Get a good doctor, the risks are low but not 0 and, of course, you can google up the worst outcomes. A dear neighbor was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer at 45 years old a
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by f2000 6y ago
Thank you sir for your generosity! My wife teaches second grade in a lower income bay area school district, she's rocking a 2012 macbook pro :-( Let's put it this way, the fan is always on what with Zoom, multiple chrome tabs wit
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by f2000 6y ago
I hate to get any sort of "thin" envelope from the IRS..
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by f2000 6y ago
My wife is a 2d grade teacher. She brought home her lumens ladybug that she used with her Promethean board in the classroom. However, the lag was terrible, her 2012 macbook pro just couldn't handle it. Our solution was to re-purpose an
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by f2000 6y ago
I think this has to be some attempt to "test" the guy to see how he would respond to a company policy that is not only wrong but could have serious legal consequences.
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by f2000 6y ago
Countries with nukes and 2M+ man armies? Besides, too much is at stake by our corporate overlords to put military action or sanctions on the table. Sadly, Hong Kongers need to steel themselves for some tough struggle sessions.
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by f2000 6y ago
re: "free lawyer" - many times you get what you paid for. Hence people with incompetent representation (purposefully or otherwise) ending up with bad plea deals and/or lengthy sentences.
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by f2000 6y ago
I've coded/supported a number of admin tools for a number of large companies (banks, telcos, etc) so I'll take a stab at "why" First, god mode can be implemented cheap and fast. God mode also makes day to day suppo
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by f2000 6y ago
I lost my software engineering job a year ago. In my late 50s I sunk into a depression. A resource that helped me get back on my feet was the works of Dr. David Burns. His website is https://feelinggood.com . He also has a book
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by f2000 6y ago
You can create a graalvm native image for your Clojure app. You have to jump through some hoops to build it though.
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by f2000 6y ago
Was in job search late last year so not much to worry about. But abuse me and you lose me, goodbye triplebyte, we hardly knew each other and never will.
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by f2000 6y ago
Reminds me of circa 1998 when people said "don't use Javascript" because mixing logic with presentation is the root of all kinds of evil. I have used threads for decades now and am still alive to talk about it.
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by f2000 6y ago
Have to say the "We're all in this together" rings hollow for me, even irks me - especially when it's some wealthy celebrity saying it. That said, I feel blessed that (so far) I still have my paycheck working remotely an
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by f2000 6y ago
Best career advice I've lived a number of times: "If you're on a sinking ship, get off"
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by f2000 6y ago
nice. thanks. (also nice that no autoplaying videos or ads to dismiss popped up - so retro :-)
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by f2000 6y ago
I’d second this. Check you sleep. #hours. Get a sleep study, make sure you don’t have sleep apnea. Also review your diet and any substances you consume. In my case it was sleep apnea in my 40s that took me from “coding like a m’fing riot” t

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