jcadam

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by jcadam 4y ago
That was sarcasm, downvoter.
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I just got laid off by my employer last week. Just remember, we're not in a recession.
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The attorney general is a political appointee of the executive branch. So... we've seen that doesn't work. The executive branch is WAY too powerful, mostly as a result of Congress ceding its authority over the decades to avoid ac
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It looks like the government appropriates more wealth via inflation than the income tax nowadays, anyway.
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But who investigates the federal agencies?
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by jcadam 4y ago
An unfortunate typo on my part. Just noticed the downvote :) This was supposed to be "NOT buying it, PayPal."
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> random employees were also selected to go through it again just because. I can imagine being in the middle of a critical project, on a tight deadline, and getting the "You've been randomly selected to attend the performance p
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by jcadam 4y ago
Everytime you hear these people throw around the term “misinformation” replace it with “dissent.”
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It buying it, PayPal
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I still have my AmigaDOS reference manual on my bookshelf. Occasionally someone will recognize it in a zoom meeting.
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by jcadam 4y ago
Well, I got laid off this week, so I win.
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I have an Amex Platinum card and the few times I've disputed a charge they've usually found in favor of the merchant (particularly if the merchant is a large company). The one notable time they actually found in my favor and refun
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by jcadam 4y ago
NFCU and USAA have both gone way down hill. They are coasting on their previously earned reputations but are no better than anyone else nowadays.
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Murkowski would have been eliminated in the GOP primary this year under the traditional system. Most republicans here in AK despise her. Whether she could pull off another highly questionable win in the general via write-in ballots is doub
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by jcadam 4y ago
As a resident of Alaska I will support any effort to repeal RCV. The state legislature can repeal a ballot measure 2 years after its effective date, so that may happen before the 2024 election.
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John Deere is pursuing electrification. It is completely impractical for agriculture, but they're doing it anyway. Because ESG.
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by jcadam 4y ago
I started with BASIC out of books and magazines on an Apple ][e when I was in 3rd grade. My mother was (still is, actually) a software engineer in the aerospace industry so I had a lot of help getting started. Later, I moved on to Amos on
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China is buying Russian gas and then reselling it to Europe as LNG at a substantial markup.
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> Also, people were never forced to get vaccinated. This will be the line when people start suing their employers over vaccine injuries. "It was always voluntary. You could have just let us fire you."
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The govt outsources to private parties that which is illegal for it to do directly. Some Italian dude coined a term for this sort of merger of corporate and government power in the early 20th century....
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by jcadam 4y ago
You had to know you'd be downvoted mercilessly for that, comrade.
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An open floor plan office has plenty of space for rows of bunks. Better than sleeping outside.
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> I am surprised by this Really? I don't personally know anyone making that much. My mother is a software engineer with an additional 20 years of experience on me and has never made that much (currently makes less than me, in fact
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by jcadam 4y ago
Depends where in the US. 200k is not typical for anyone working outside of a FAANG in SV. I've got almost 17 years exp and not making $200k base, and recruiters who contact me balk when I ask for something in that range - to include
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by jcadam 4y ago
The only older OS I actually miss is Amiga Workbench. I had an older coworker at one of my first jobs who would go on and on about VMS all day and how UNIX sucks. I never used VMS so I wouldn't know :)
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All the fools talking about a "post-scarcity" economy are suddenly quiet.
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DDG? Nah, I'll stick with Startmail ( https://startmail.com ) - which is a paid service - until they do something to lose my trust.
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Ye Olde flak guns?
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Remember when Apple made their computers intentionally easy to work in? The old G3/G4 Powermac towers with their drop-down side doors were really nice to deal with. The G5 Towers were almost as good.
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Such standards necessarily may become more flexible as we head into a recession...

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