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by grimjack00 8y ago
So, you'll memorize them.
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by grimjack00 8y ago
Probably referring to "right of erasure"? If you want to delete your comments, but there is no mechanism for that, then Microsoft may be in violation of that part of GDPR.
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by grimjack00 8y ago
> cropped out benefits like corporate PCs But that's not a benefit; that's required for performing the job. Did they also make the janitors bring their own brooms/mops/vacuums?
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by grimjack00 8y ago
But during that time, they're not just learning the new language, they're also learning your environment, applications, and tools, which they have to spend anyway. In my opinion, that could accelerate their learning of the languag
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by grimjack00 8y ago
It could be something like impressions of the overall quality of infrastructure. Is Google going to put a data center where Internet speeds look like 90's dialup?
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by grimjack00 8y ago
> Nudging is okay in my book if you're benevolent and aiming to make people's life better. "Better" according to whom?
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by grimjack00 8y ago
Another scenario is to have the car drop you off at a mass transit hub, then return home. When you get on the bus/train/whatever to return home, the car will meet you there. This may involve cars cruising around near the hub, thou
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by grimjack00 8y ago
The term my employer is using is "unaccrued".
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by grimjack00 8y ago
Taxes may not be meant to be a punishment, but they are certainly presented as such in certain cases. "Those one-percenters make too much; make them pay their fair share!" "Smoking is bad; raise taxes on tobacco products&quot
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by grimjack00 8y ago
Personally, I'm considering looking at computer monitors the next time I need to buy a living room display. Some of the larger gaming monitors announced at CES are so much better than my 37" 720p TV, it may be worth the cost to av
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by grimjack00 8y ago
I guess we need SaaS: Status as a Service
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by grimjack00 8y ago
I have a mylastname.name domain I use for email, and that confuses people and systems even more. Pretty much the only reason I also have a gmail account is for things that don't accept first@last.name as a valid email address. It does
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by grimjack00 8y ago
> Why should a private company be required to support a cause they dissagree with? You mean like making a cake for a same-sex wedding?
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by grimjack00 8y ago
Another fast-food scenario: I want a Big Mac, 2 cheeseburgers, a soft drink and fries. Using prices from https://www.fastfoodmenuprices.com/mcdonalds-prices/ , I have two options: a) Big Mac meal ($5.99) + 2 cheeseburg
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by grimjack00 8y ago
It'll be interesting to see what happens when autonomous cars that stick to the speed limit become the majority of traffic.
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by grimjack00 8y ago
> Shall we send in a stool sample as well? No, I think a cheek swab should be sufficient.
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by grimjack00 8y ago
This is why I am highly skeptical every time there's a bill/referendum/whatever to increase the education budget. It's not that I don't care about children and their education; it's that I doubt much of that mo
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by grimjack00 8y ago
> That's really the place where Uber & Co add zero value. In my opinion, the added value with Uber at an airport is knowing the price up front. That's not always possible with whatever driver is first in line at the taxi st
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by grimjack00 8y ago
That is how I view it: - "big A" Agile has books and approved tools and coaches from outside the company holding week-long all-day workshops. - "little a" agile has devs/QA/etc. suggesting ways to make the pro
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by grimjack00 8y ago
>Putin admitted just two weeks ago that he wanted Trump to win. And we all know how trustworthy Putin is.
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by grimjack00 9y ago
They don't need to be purchased( http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1404 ). Some people still read physical books, though, which generally requires purchasing if they wish to keep the book.
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by grimjack00 9y ago
I use a TWSBI ECO, extra-fine nib with Noodler's Lexington Gray, mostly with Rhodia notebooks. Almost no smudging with that combo.
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by grimjack00 9y ago
In the case of my current org, we've used Ruby/Rails and Elixir/Phoenix, but we just go bought by a bigger org that has been mainly Microsoft for years. We can either drop everything (ignoring current paying customers) and re