guyzero

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   by guyzero 11y ago

   Because there was a law passed in the United States in 1978 called "The Pregnancy Discrimination Act" which makes it illegal to fire people based on their pregnancy status. So assuming the commenter is in the US, it's the law
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   by guyzero 11y ago

   Hopefully you don't work for my employer, but even if you do, please sue them into the bottom of a very deep pit.
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   by guyzero 12y ago

   If google uses their dominant search position to make sure that only google place links are ever seen and clicked, others might have trouble providing any service at all which does not go through google. But Google isn't a gatekeeper
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   by guyzero 12y ago

   Make a shopping list? Buying groceries is a solved problem, mostly.
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   by guyzero 12y ago

   Pretty amazing. All it needs now is a copy of Balance of Power.
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   by guyzero 12y ago

   I think on a few levels, MIT is not the source of problems in the US university system. People do not tend to graduate MIT in deep debt and without job prospects.
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   by guyzero 12y ago

   There is no GitHub or StackOverflow for mechanical engineering, civil engineering, high-voltage electrical engineering, biotech lab work, etc. Would you hire an accountant for your business who was just enthusiastic and good with Google? Yo
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   by guyzero 12y ago

   In most other countries universities are effective nationalized and loans are unnecessary because tuition is set by government fiat. Why loan money tot he student to pay it to the university? Why not just pay it directly to the school and c
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   by guyzero 12y ago

   In most other Western countries the universities are pretty much the same as American ones, just without the crippling costs. U of T charges $10K USD annually for tuition, for an undergrad science degree, for a Canadian. McGill charges Queb
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    by guyzero 12y ago

    More realistically, California stops growing alfalfa and stops raising beef cattle altogether. That would free up enough water to water every lawn across the state.
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    by guyzero 12y ago

    Once again, Silicon Valley is way ahead of the curve.
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    by guyzero 12y ago

    Walter Sobchak: Am I wrong? The Dude: No you're not wrong. Walter Sobchak: Am I wrong? The Dude: You're not wrong Walter. You're just an asshole. Walter Sobchak: Okay then.
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    by guyzero 12y ago

    This being fiction and not reality, the dwarfish ability to build underground structures is actually literally innate. Not genetic perhaps, but somehow bound to dwarves racially. Remember this is the same game that prohibited halflings from
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    by guyzero 12y ago

    So... a lot of comments in this thread seem to equate "engineering grad school" with CS or EE. There are some other branches of engineering too and the non-EE types outnumber the EE's. Pretty sure the programs in questions ar
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    by guyzero 12y ago

    It's called the "new grads in petroleum engineering earn $90K" effect.
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    by guyzero 12y ago

    So... there actually wasn't an experience system in Classic Traveller. MegaTraveller had one but I don't think it actually had any relation to age or existing skill levels, just whether the character accomplished tasks or not. Any
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    by guyzero 12y ago

    Wait, did you ask for a huge lecture on the canonical background universe for Traveller? No? Darn. Anyway, Traveller is the least futuristic science fiction setting ever (maybe). In game mechanic terms you have to start rolling for age-rela
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    by guyzero 12y ago

    Traveller's system had the odd effect of making the best characters (those with the most skills) also really old. It was odd as a teenager roleplaying a 48 year-old military veteran. My main thought was always "why am I out advent
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    by guyzero 12y ago

    I reject 3.5e as non-canonical. Ha!
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    by guyzero 12y ago

    Given the descriptions usually associated with subraces like the Drow or Mountain Dwarves I'm not sure if the racial stereotyping is a lot more offensive than the fact that the groups as portrayed have non-existent or stone-age economi
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    by guyzero 12y ago

    Also, on skimming through this again... I think this author would have enjoyed making the students create a GURPS character much more.
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    by guyzero 12y ago

    I'm not sure if the author of this page understands what "race" means in D&D terms. It's basically species. Dwarves aren't just little people. They're literally not inter-fertile with humans. Now, fair enou
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    by guyzero 12y ago

    Or more generically, can a software company become a content provider faster than a content provider can become a software company? Put in those terms I'll bet on Netflix.
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    by guyzero 12y ago

    So I don't have any real proof but there's a common belief that I also share that microwaved water tastes different from kettle-boiled water. I realize many people will dismiss this, but most of them probably aren't tea drink
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    by guyzero 12y ago

    Yiannopoulos can sing exactly one note and even that is off-key.
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    by guyzero 12y ago

    Michael's also sells more than just the literal stuff in their store - they sell the entire notion of doing things yourself. It's no different. All it means is that "man crafts" have caught up to "woman crafts"
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    by guyzero 12y ago

    Exactly. This is like the G1 being discontinued. It's a product EOL, not a product line being killed.
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    by guyzero 12y ago

    Glass is not AR. Full stop. It's HUD for some definition of HUD. Your description is correct.
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    by guyzero 12y ago

    She made an app that landed spaceships?
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    by guyzero 12y ago

    Maybe this is Blackberry's chance to pivot to a different market?