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by gist 7y ago
What really bothers me about this is a) The editorial board, when writing such an important piece, is not identified on the actual article other than 'the editorial board'. Sure you can find out who is on the board but you don&#x2
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by gist 7y ago
I watch that show as well. But I don't remember if they simply asked the person if they could search or demanded that they be able to search. Anyone who watches reality tv (for example 'Live PD') knows there are many cases wh
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by gist 7y ago
> Can this be used to get whatever case(es) he was defending thrown out Along the same lines a case could be made for legal malpractice if it was reasonable for the attorney to know that there could be a search (and it is he is an attorn
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by gist 7y ago
This is in a way a variation of what Playboy did for porn back in the day. You claimed to read it for the articles (and the writing was good) but got to glimpse at porn as well. With tumbler quite possibly pornhub is wanting to do the same
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by gist 7y ago
Meanwhile the spam filter at gmail (business account) regularly marks email messages that I send from our own systems (say showing disk space) to our own accounts (and nowhere else) as spam. Also sales lead forms. So they come in and we say
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by gist 7y ago
> LA has hosted the Olympics several times One time in 1932 (as if that matters at all today) and another time in 1984. Just security wise 1984 is vastly different than today. As are all sorts of employment issues and things that are do
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Kickstarter Turns Ten(avc.com)
1 points by gist 8y ago|0 comments
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by gist 8y ago
There are two completely separate issues here. One is the cost. No doubt the $1m (if that was what was spent) is what this type of work costs. There could be various phases, testing, steps, research, experts that go into coming up with a ne
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by gist 8y ago
> which mean that they are on their way to become profitable. Never will be sure of the exact numbers but a great deal of the sales is no doubt driven by startups and cash they are spending (do they still call this runway?). When that st
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by gist 8y ago
> A non-negligible portion of these people have what we today call learning disabilities. Well sure but if you do and if that doesn't make you 'a winner' it makes you 'a loser' doesn't it? Point is if I have
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by gist 8y ago
The idea of working for a larger company (traditional not tech) such as Whole Foods is that you have a place to move up in the company. As such and if you have ever run or owned a traditional (non tech; non vc funded; 'small business&#
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by gist 8y ago
> (I'm not advocating for Amazon's labor practices, but the headline should read pro-Amazon) Your view of 'amazon's labor practices is most likely gleaned from what you have read about them in stories which is most ce
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by gist 8y ago
I love the way you very skillfully walk on eggshells to be circumspect and polite to make your point so as to avoid backlash and ire. [1] It's as if anything anyone says today is assumed to be not politically correct unless they go ou
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by gist 8y ago
> Extravagant things like this are obviously only a miniscule fraction of the cost What makes it 'extravagant'? That it's not typical or normal?
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by gist 8y ago
Doctors take an oath and it is very clear what they are expected to do. (Some of them stray of course but it is atypical). Additionally 'Physicians' (if that is what you mean by 'Doctors') are a more homogeneous and gen
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by gist 8y ago
> "Experience with Home Depot’s Vendor Portal required" Posted by a national recruiting firm, no less. So let me get this straight. You're going to toss a resume in the trash because they haven't been keypunching dat
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by gist 8y ago
> are effectively searching for a perfect match, rather than someone who could do the job well. Maybe they actually aren't doing either. Perhaps they are simply building a log of candidates for a position that does not exist current
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by gist 8y ago
> I’m talking about what should be. What about journalism to you means it should have some kind of a higher calling? The people working in that industry have jobs and families to feed. If they simply did the right thing they wouldn'
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by gist 8y ago
> Seems like journalistic malpractice. It's not 'malpractice' and it's a mistake to think that what you consider journalism is anything other than a vehicle to sell advertising in the end. There seems to be this assu
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by gist 8y ago
> The last time I went to the dentist was 27 years ago. I was told I had three cavities that needed filling. Never got it taken care of. Nearly 30 years later Explain the math here? You went to the dentist 27 years ago but now you are ro
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by gist 8y ago
Agree and the analysis being done by what I believe is a 'numbers guy'(from his CV) indicates that he will try to draw conclusions from numbers and that's a big if that assumes the numbers are equal or even accurate in how or
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by gist 8y ago
I did not say 'only reason'. Of course there could be other benefits. And I am guessing we are not talking about the same restaurant experiences either.
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by gist 8y ago
> Even without Google or Apple, they police have the cell service providers Important to keep in mind that additional information provides corroboration at least in the mind of the jury and also detracts from issues regarding the informa
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by gist 8y ago
> Location data can also be used to help prove your innocence. Well not really. If that were the case and if someone was going to commit a crime they could simply place their phone in someone else's auto (let's say without them
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by gist 8y ago
> The talent who actually produce the product are in the dark. So you think the 'talent' is able to be 'talent' without the sales and management? Do you know how many people (in entertainment) are where they are not s
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by gist 8y ago
My answer to this is if you have to ask if you need the money you need the money. Why? Because you are entirely discounting the benefit of having an experienced VC and firm and what they can give you. Sure you can take time and DIY the proc
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Will the Secret Agent Survive This Fall?(brilliant.org)
1 points by gist 8y ago|0 comments
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by gist 8y ago
Blog 'about' says non partisan. However the author of this article by his past certainly would appear to have bias: https://itep.org/wamhoff-steve/ "Just before taking on the role of ITEP’s director of f
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by gist 8y ago
Hawthorne Effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthorne_effect In short iirc at first they thought the changes they were making was what caused the increase in productivity but then they found out that the people wor
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by gist 8y ago
> there have been plenty stories and comments on HN, as well as other places. We have ZERO data on the probability of this happening to someone. What we do know is that when it happens to certain people and they have some kind of notorie

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