jacalata

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by jacalata 11y ago
Do you know of any other uses of the word in English?
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by jacalata 11y ago
As an Australian native English speaker, I'd heard of it - but I was a very widely read kid, which is probably where I came across it.
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by jacalata 11y ago
In general you're just seeing different people make different arguments, and the proposals which solve the most recent problem are the ones being suggested loudest right now.
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by jacalata 11y ago
Find My IPhone?
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by jacalata 11y ago
My great-grandparents are dead, you insensitive clod.
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by jacalata 11y ago
That sounds a lot like "because I agree with one set of laws and not the other".
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by jacalata 11y ago
It's already possible, common and expected for people in one country to subvert the laws of another country - for instance, Americans don't think they should be jailed for spreading Holocaust denialism, do they? Why should Germany
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by jacalata 11y ago
You misquoted the grandparent to argue against a position he did not take.
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by jacalata 11y ago
Your comparison is valid for the scenario 'whats the difference in price for x people to make this trip by car or plane'. His comparison was 'how does the cost of the trip change if I go from one to two people for either meth
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by jacalata 11y ago
Yes, he probably did, but he shouldn't have since he used per trip cost for the train comparison.
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by jacalata 11y ago
If you drive, it costs the same at best. Cars don't run cheaper when you put a second person in them.
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by jacalata 11y ago
Someone says young people will soon be leaving in droves and you say this doesn't apply to you because...you don't think it's worth even moving there in the first place?
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by jacalata 11y ago
When they say "Chinese" these discussions about real estate usually mean Chinese citizens, not ethnically Chinese locals. It doesn't seem to be explicitly said here but I'm pretty sure that's what he means, see the
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by jacalata 11y ago
Assuming you have significant equity in the company, add that information.
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by jacalata 11y ago
Does it talk about distance limitations at all? Sydney->everywhere could use this.
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by jacalata 11y ago
yada yada yada, fire someone or I don't believe you.
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by jacalata 11y ago
I had a look and I actually can't find any cases that address an employee sharing their salary with third parties, so I might be wrong (or just bad at looking for relevant legal cases). However I can find numerous cites where people me
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by jacalata 11y ago
Microsoft annual bonuses used to be a lot more stock and less cash, but in 2011 they shifted towards the current model of cash++, because the stock was low and nobody wanted it. (At the same time they did an across-the-board 10% raise - fro
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by jacalata 11y ago
As a clarification: I'm pretty sure that is held to cover employees discussing salaries amongst themselves, and that it has been found not to cover employees sharing salary data with others outside the company.
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by jacalata 11y ago
Plot twist: she's actually discovered a correlation between people who grew up near a church and autism.
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by jacalata 11y ago
That's because autism isn't deeply understood yet and so it's diagnosed based on symptoms. But having effective workarounds doesn't mean you don't have the underlying condition - imagine a diagnostic for blindness t
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by jacalata 11y ago
You want a warning if the file has changed in the repository since you last edited it locally, is that right? Interesting idea, I can see it coming in handy myself.
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by jacalata 11y ago
I'm a little put off by ipad-only: I want to be able to at least read my data from anywhere. I don't want it gone for a week when my iPad gets run over by a car. I'd also like some non-video content on the website: when I vis
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by jacalata 11y ago
They were hedging their recommendation, saying that we could have a wealth tax but maybe it isn't necessary because your gains on capital are all taxed anyway. The wealth tax obviously suffers from massive tax evasion as well.
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by jacalata 11y ago
Yes, like the Cayman Islands. And the entire existing tax avoidance industry.
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by jacalata 11y ago
Do food stamps cover tampons? Sanitary pads? Painkillers? Which type, aspirin or ibuprofen? Are landlords required to accept housing vouchers? Are they required to not ask for more rent than a housing voucher provides? Will the housing vou
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by jacalata 11y ago
There are a lot of ways to invest that don't produce interest income. Easiest example: buy a house in San Francisco.
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by jacalata 11y ago
Home cooked food is a lot more expensive than normal if you are only in the home for a couple days and don't want to spend the first one preparing food.
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by jacalata 11y ago
Is a positive opinion worth anything if it comes from someone not building the product? If so, why is it different for a negative opinion?
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by jacalata 11y ago
One drawback of this is that some populations are less likely to contribute (eg: immigrants with poor English, poorer communities that don't trust civil authorities, short-term residents in an area filled with rentals) so you end up pr

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