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by hwstar 11y ago
How would you run this on a mobile device? Since it's written in Python, you'd have to run it with something like Kivy.
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by hwstar 11y ago
If you make it open to everyone, I'll take a look. Post the code on Github and document what it does in the README.md file.
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by hwstar 11y ago
I'm not a lawyer, and I'm not suggesting that I am, but you may want to ask about the impact of not signing the non-compete as signing it will limit your future employment opportunities. You may also want to talk to a lawyer in yo
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by hwstar 11y ago
What happens if you refuse to sign it? Is it: "sign or be fired?". Also if you are in a financial position of strength, it may be advantageous and savvy to fight it by not signing. This way you may be able to get the terms modifie
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by hwstar 11y ago
That's not an NDA. That's a non-compete. What state are you in? Some states like California ban noncompetes (Sec. 16600 of the business and professions code). Others allow them. The reason companies ask you to sign a non-compete i
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by hwstar 11y ago
You are correct. If the transport is secure, then the protocol doesn't matter. I just think that a central controller model could use a protocol which is more suited to keeping the code on the mobile device as simple as possible. If yo
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by hwstar 11y ago
That would be rife for exploitation by commercial interests similar to what is happening with private prison labour. First it would be one hour of menial work, then it would increase to a day, then a week... The bail bond industry prevents
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by hwstar 11y ago
Other backward ideas this judges may try... One hour in the "pillory box" just outside the courthouse. with large signs saying I'm too poor to pay the fine, so I chose to be humiliated instead. Or the state installs a large t
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by hwstar 11y ago
For my SIP home phone line, I use Asterisk with an audio captcha to filter out most political calls, I enable the captch a couple of weeks before the election, and then disable it after the election. It works well.
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For Offenders Who Can’t Pay, It’s a Pint of Blood or Jail Time(nytimes.com)
4 points by hwstar 11y ago|5 comments
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by hwstar 11y ago
Death to rent-seeking business models which prey on captive audiences. Go make money the old fashioned way: provide a service which people will gladly pay for.
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'Huge Step': FCC Slashes Costs of Prison Phone Calls(nbcnews.com)
2 points by hwstar 11y ago|1 comments
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by hwstar 11y ago
"First, there will be disruption of the entire fossil-fuel industry, starting with utility companies — which will face declining demand and then bankruptcy. Several of them see the writing on the wall. The smart ones are embracing so
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by hwstar 11y ago
MQTT is great on an internal LAN for controlling small devices based on say the ESP8266, but I wouldn't trust it over the public Internet unless it is VPN'd. What's needed is a new protocol you can use between your phone or t
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by hwstar 11y ago
For techies, Asterisk is your friend. During voting season, I enable a 3 digit voice captcha script so that all callers have to listen and then enter a 3 digit code to get my phone to ring. It's very effective at cutting out robocalls.
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by hwstar 11y ago
I'm sure you could find a lawyer who can help. What about contacting the California state bar association? Also, if an invention agreement is giving you heartburn, then that is a signal in and of itself. If you can't find a lawyer
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by hwstar 11y ago
It will be really interesting to see what they do to fight ad blockers. Is a war going to start? I'd still prefer to watch Youtube not signed in and with an ad-blocker. As far as I can tell, the paid service requires sign-in, (There&
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by hwstar 11y ago
You may be correct on case law, but just the threat of a lawsuit can coerce a poorly financed ex-employee into doing something against their wishes to save on having to hire a lawyer. This coercion is what needs to be discouraged.
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by hwstar 11y ago
I hope you are correct. I don't have much faith in the southern states changing anything for the better.
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by hwstar 11y ago
I think the bank's lawyers would beg to differ. The "compensation" is "consideration" for accepting the requirement to support them. Again, this all boils down to the employee being at a significant disadvantage to
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by hwstar 11y ago
I don't see this as a Federal issue as much as I see it as a State issue. Chances are you are going to be unemployed for a long stretch, especially if you are 40+. If you take the severance, and refuse to support them, they could techn
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by hwstar 11y ago
This is Georgia, not California. Employment law in Georgia is very employee-unfriendly. The company doing the layoffs may fight dirty and threaten to fire you for cause which prevents you from collecting unemployment. If you refuse the seve
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by hwstar 11y ago
"if you're too stupid to accept me (whether you're in Silicon Valley or not), then I would have never wanted to work with you anyway." This plus having F.U. money can go a long way towards getting that perfect job. Somet
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by hwstar 11y ago
1. From the article: Age discrimination is one of the last places left where employers can discriminate. This sounds to me like we need to reform some discrimination laws at the federal level. 2. I think that we need to go to a single-paye
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by hwstar 11y ago
I have to admit I'm not in the Bay Area, but San Diego, CA. It would be much harder to do in the Bay Area, but not impossible. In San Diego, the tech job market goes through cycles which crater deeper than the Bay Area during bad times
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by hwstar 11y ago
You need to be prepared at all times. You never know when (not if) they are going to come for you. I lasted 25 years and 11 months at one company before they came for me. (In hindsight, I should have quit long before the company got into su
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by hwstar 11y ago
But you may have to sign a noncompete. Massachusetts needs to make noncompetes illegal like California. It's holding them back from competing against Silicon Valley.
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by hwstar 11y ago
I think the treatment of prisoners in the US is a big part of the problem. European countries don't force prisoners to wear orange prison uniforms, or transport them in waist chains and leg irons. Sometimes respect and dignity for the
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by hwstar 11y ago
My idea of "forcing" is statutory time off like the rest of the developed world". American businesses have proven they can't manage the time off benefit in a way which balances the needs of the employee and in the long t
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by hwstar 11y ago
Another downside to unlimited PTO is if the company decides to lay you off. If PTO is defined, then in California, they have to pay it to you. If it is unlimited, then there is nothing they need to pay you.

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