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by gadders 1y ago
>>where a few people throw up their hands and go "oh I've had enough". Yes, it's called the Laffer Curve. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laffer_curve
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A staff revolt rocked the fintech powerhouse FNZ(thetimes.com)
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by gadders 1y ago
If this is true, when all this incredible talent is forced to stay in India their GDP should shoot up.
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by gadders 1y ago
I would say for me that the difference between Influencing and Manipulating is that when you manipulate someone you could a) advance arguments you know to be untrue or that you don't intend to fulfil (negotiating in bad faith) and&#x2F
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by gadders 1y ago
If they could have offshored, they already would have.
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by gadders 1y ago
Those types of people can get O-1 visas.
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by gadders 1y ago
Yeah. I mean politics aside, I think it's a valid quote about how you feel when you look at incredible buildings.
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Were they immigrants or colonisers? It changes from week to week.
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by gadders 1y ago
Yes, where "talent" = generic java developers writing CRUD apps for internal business functions.
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by gadders 1y ago
Yes, the choice is to prioritise American software developers when a lot are out of work. It seems eminently sensible to stop cheap labour from abroad in such a situation.
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by gadders 1y ago
Essentially PYREX got enshittified into pyrex.
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by gadders 1y ago
"I like to see a man standing at the foot of a skyscraper. It makes him no bigger than an ant... The God-damn fools! It's man who made it—the whole incredible mass of stone and steel. It doesn't dwarf him, it makes him greate
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by gadders 1y ago
It's the EU way - "We will keep holding the vote until we get the result that we want."
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by gadders 1y ago
Put a magnet by the screen as well.
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by gadders 1y ago
Disposable vapes were banned in the UK. Which in practise has meant that manufacturers have added the cheapest possible charging port which is non-standard so nobody can charge them and no way to open them to refill them. https:/&#x2F
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by gadders 1y ago
The report is linked. I guess it is a tricky study as they would have a job getting an RCT signed off.
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by gadders 1y ago
I got one of those scam texts last week that begin with "Dad save my new number..." it then escalated to where they asked for money. (I knew it wasn't genuine as I'm still paying for my daughter's cellphone) Anyway,
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by gadders 1y ago
See also Eunuchs: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19699266 "Castration had a huge effect on the lifespans of Korean men, according to an analysis of hundreds of years of eunuch "family" records. They l
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by gadders 1y ago
I break sentences up with a " - " all the time, just by using the minus sign (hyphen). I'm not bothering to use the correct, slightly longer dash. I'm British English speaker.
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by gadders 1y ago
>>Her cookie recipe — a box of Betty Crocker chocolate cake mix, two eggs, and ⅓ cup neutral oil I can't cook at all, but not sure you can call using a packet mix a "recipe". If that counts, please ask me for my recipe
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by gadders 1y ago
They could just be H1B.
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by gadders 1y ago
Honestly, books are good and all, but I would try and build a network of one or two mentors. I was always reluctant to ask people for mentorship or help, but when someone reached out to me for questions, I helped them immediately. I don&#x2
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by gadders 1y ago
One of his coolest achievements was a 600lb squat, a state record at the time: https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/the-bodybuilder-olive...
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by gadders 1y ago
Powertoys has had some weird bugs over the years: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/410 I can't find it now, but I think it also used to crash outlook if you put mailto: links in emails.
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by gadders 1y ago
They'll probably offer their employees BUPA anyway (private health insurance available in the UK as a top-up to the NHS).
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by gadders 1y ago
>>the UK also bans threats to people who aren't the president It also bans non-specific jokey threats and arrests you with five armed police officers.
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by gadders 1y ago
Agreed.
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by gadders 1y ago
Colonialism is turning the UK into a low trust society?
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by gadders 1y ago
CityDesk if it was 24 years ago. https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2001/10/12/what-does-citydesk... Still not much that was easier to create a website for a non-tech user.
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by gadders 1y ago
The connoisseur's MS Basic was the version for the 6809 processor. [Repping the Dragon 32 still]

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