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by jawns 2y ago
Thank you, you are correct. Although in some cases, libel can rise to the level of a criminal offense: https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/criminal-libel/
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Former journalist here. I spent lots of time in college learning about libel law, and then applying it in my professional life as an editor. One thing about libel that many people don't understand is that retraction and editing of the
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Yes, that's true. If it were as easy as "just hire high performers" then everyone would do it. And even if you do hire high performers, helping them emerge from a period of disengagement is tough. So perhaps one way to expr
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US prisoners are given dangerous jobs. But what if they are hurt or killed?(apnews.com)
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I am at a point in my career where I can be selective and only consider 100% remote roles. I am also a manager, so I understand some of the management challenges that lead people to dismiss or be skeptical of the claim that remote work can
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by jawns 2y ago
It's striking that he recommends quarterly 1:1s or biannual 1:1s if an employee is doing well, but "of course" more frequent 1:1s if they're struggling. How's that going to affect team morale, when it's apparen
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And yet ... look at how much manipulation happens at the political level. I find myself constantly wondering how people can be so gullible as to buy the drivel they're being fed.
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If you're an alcoholic, and your body is physically dependent on alcohol consumption, would this allow you to satisfy your physical cravings without the deleterious effects normally associated with alcohol addiction? Kind of like how
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True, the answer is always going to be "no" depending on how hard-lined you are about privacy. But with a few reasonable concessions, you can get a lot of benefit. For instance, most people believe that the government itself be ab
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While it's true that there's a correlation between age and maturity in childhood and adolescence, there's also some variability. Nevertheless, the law typically treats age as a proxy for maturity, because it's an object
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Yes, if you use an intermediary service. The service verifies your identity, and then it provides an attestation about your age.
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One of the best tools I've found for manipulating JSON via JsonPath syntax is https://jsonata.org In addition to simple queries that allow you to select one (or multiple) matching nodes, it also provides some helper functio
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We're a homeschooling family with a single Pinwheel phone shared among our three kids. It has no browser and no way to access social media. But it does have basic smartphone functionality, like phone, texting, photos/videos, mus
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> Maybe you and I are on the side of The Internet Archive. Maybe we are such big fans of Archive.org that we want to come to their defense. > But feelings don't matter here. Only facts. And the facts are simple. The Archive&#
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Merriam-Webster has its own entry about just that topic: words that are their own antonyms! https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/words-own-opposites
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by jawns 3y ago
The issue is that on the top end, students are increasing their GPAs through "fluff" (like extra-credit assignments) that don't actually demonstrate how well they understand the material. And on the bottom end, students are
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by jawns 3y ago
I'm a former news editor for a metro newspaper. I love journalism and believe strongly in the need for the Fourth Estate. But the business model that previously fueled quality journalism no longer works. I am highly confident that po
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But the way it works per individual is that you have a 40% chance of "winning" and a 60% chance of losing your investment completely. VTI carries the risk that your investment could lose value in the short term, but over a longer
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> The “Assume your equity will be worth nothing” mantra. Especially in 2024, people prefer to treat stock options as a lottery ticket and not as an investment. The post itself provides ample evidence for why this is a rational position,
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That's one type of autism. The reason it's now called Autism Spectrum Disorder is because there are many very different manifestations, not all of which involve hyperfixation.
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Our #bug-reports channel was a Wild West, so I tamed it by banning humans(shaungallagher.pressbin.com)
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Financier – 100% offline budgeting web app(financier.io)
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De-risking custom technology projects (2019)(github.com)
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LunchMoney – Delightfully simple personal finance and budgeting(lunchmoney.app)
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The sands of time have not been good to my poor Facebook app.
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I started the sign-up process, but after about 5 minutes of answering questions, it told me I had to download their mobile app to proceed any further. That's a nope for me.
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My Day as a Programmer(shaungallagher.pressbin.com)
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Google adds new AI-powered 'Vids' app to Docs, Sheets, and Slides(mashable.com)
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Autoreload(ipython.readthedocs.io)
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Beeper drops its waitlist and will remain free to use following acquisition(9to5google.com)
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