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Content creation holds appeal for laid-off workers seeking flexibility(apnews.com)
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It was called "Take Me Warmer." Basically, you entered in your ZIP code and a desired temperature, and it told you the closest ZIP whose forecasted high for the day was at least that temperature. So, if you were in NYC in January
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The article doesn't say whether the tracked workers are hourly or salaried, but it makes a big difference. The article also doesn't touch on total hours worked during the week, but that makes a big difference, too. If hourly worke
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My point was not to say that their actions were defensible. My point was that journalists don't just get to say "I'm going undercover" and all of sudden enjoy legal protections, the way an undercover police operation wou
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I agree that it's not objective journalism. My point was not to suggest that their actions constituted good or ethical journalism. My point was that claiming to be a journalist doing an undercover sting is not going to get you any leg
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Former journalist here. Undercover investigative journalism is an absolute minefield, legally and ethically, and in school we went over historical cases and the potential legal liabilities that were present. Undercover reporters do not enjo
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Is it possible that expectations around attendance have never been reasonable or even safe? In an ideal world, people shouldn't go to work or school when they are sick. Not only does it slow their recovery, but in the case of communica
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> So if you have an allergy or a diet, you can mention that when you're seated. The host can make something that suits you, and if they aren't able, you can just have the drinks. If I invited someone over for dinner and went th
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You know how sometimes the gift you really want is cash or a gift card, but people often prefer to give you physical gifts that you can open and admire? Imagine a line of faux jewelry that is marked up to real-jewelry prices and that, unb
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> I instinctively understand and firmly believe everything mentioned in this article about sleeping is true. Well, yes, but that's a standard quality of B.S. It's plausible, and intuitive. When you actually start trying to pr
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The way I avoid leaking my passwords(shaungallagher.pressbin.com)
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Just last week, the Meta paper about their Defcon system landed on HN front page. https://www.micahlerner.com/2023/07/23/defcon-preventing-ove...
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That's my best guess. And for them to log out every user in the world makes me incredibly curious about what would have happened if they'd chosen a different course.
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> it's pretty obvious that religion is make-believe, right? If it were that self-apparent, wouldn't we expect Kant, Kierkegaard, Anselm, Anscombe, Heidegger, Gödel, or the countless other philosophers and heavy thinkers of the
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This was a vote that had very little dissent; it easily surpassed the supermajority that was required to amend the constitution. There was only one major group that spoke out against the decision: the Catholic Church. Almost half of the Fre
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> could be unfair or deceptive > may be unfair or deceptive > risks running afoul of the law Why the weasel words here? If it is true that "a business that collects user data based on one set of privacy commitments cannot then
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> In the abstract, FastUI is like the opposite of GraphQL but with the same goal — GraphQL lets frontend developers extend an application without any new backend development; FastUI lets backend developers extend an application without a
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Brace yourself for multiple 'Great Resignations' this decade(shaungallagher.pressbin.com)
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Huckster Behind Willy Wonka Event Also Sells AI-Written Vaccine Conspiracy Books(rollingstone.com)
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As an engineering manager, I recognize that some people are comfortable talking through things extemporaneously in a 1:1 or a group setting, while others prefer chewing on the problem a bit and crafting their ideas at their own pace. That&#
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"You are the goat!" one reader wrote. Turns out, instead, she's the G.O.A.T.
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I'm surprised that the commercial insurance policies would tolerate this kind of copay kickback, since it arguably induces patients to be less discriminating based on their own financial skin in the game. The federal government treats
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The places where I've seen the worst middle managers are: * VP hires a middle manager who's a bad fit, but VP doesn't want to admit it * A manager is promoted into a higher role primarily as a retention mechanism, rather than
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$something is dead, long live $something(hn.algolia.com)
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Parasite infection is associated with entrepreneurship (2020)(journals.sagepub.com)
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I think you might be using "design" to refer to visual design or UX design. But this article is about system design, which encompasses the factors you've described above.
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> They tried to build their product from it and I wasn't able to tolerate that If I heard this while I was interviewing a candidate, I would write a note to myself: "Be prepared for more of this." > I also brought up th
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Former journalist here, so I may be biased, but I think a lot of people think of "the press" as if it's one thing, when in reality there is a vast, vast spectrum of quality across different news outlets. Unfortunately, as wi
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> "Previously, we have not had a detailed enough measurement tool for use in both the field of practice and research that identifies workers who are at risk of burnout," says psychologist Leon De Beer, from the Norwegian Univer
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The idea that shoppers are getting shipping for free when they receive "free shipping" is a bit of a tall tale on both the retailer and consumer side. This article talks about the fact that adding an additional shipping charge is

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