jdmichal

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by jdmichal 6y ago
That's interesting. My mechanic always provides an estimate, then I sign something authorizing up to that estimate and that requires them to separately approve any further funding.
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by jdmichal 6y ago
Not to mention that commercial ISPs also follow a three-strike system -- unless that's changed. I haven't been keeping track since it's not relevant to me. So it sounds like the only difference is that you all did a bit of
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by jdmichal 6y ago
I would probably refer to the ethics dilemmas around "do not resuscitate" tattoos as the closest analog that I've heard about.
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by jdmichal 6y ago
I have a Sony RX-100 (Mark-IV specifically). Also with a 1" sensor but in a compact body. Even without flexible lenses, I agree with all your points. I make sure to bring it on trips where I expect to be taking lots of pictures. Th
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by jdmichal 6y ago
This is a site that someone else posted on another thread. Looks like they have historic data back to 2010-11, for both undergrad and grad. https://www.collegetuitioncompare.com/trends/virginia-polyte...
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by jdmichal 6y ago
Because I'm a cynic, and because at the executive level this is how things work. I could equally ask you to justify your cynical view of "big tech companies". But I won't because I'm perfectly fine working with yo
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by jdmichal 6y ago
So she threatened to resign? Sorry, but doing that is always fair game for immediate dismissal. In fact, getting dismissed is a strictly better scenario for her in such a situation. Now she was fired instead of having quit, qualifying fo
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by jdmichal 6y ago
First, I find it hard to believe that you inferred that I deeply misunderstood an entire book due to posting a single quote with almost no other context given within my response. Please be more charitable in the future. Second, I have th
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by jdmichal 6y ago
I think we're mostly in agreement. The only thing I disagree with is that, based on the article, we are de facto in a system where paying $20 for a 5 star review is one of the rules. I base this on the fact that it's happening
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by jdmichal 6y ago
But this is life, and there's not really a difference between "arbitrary rule system designed for a game" and "arbitrary rule system designed for 5-star reviews". They're both just "arbitrary rules",
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by jdmichal 6y ago
If you've never read it before, I highly recommend reading David Sirlin's Playing to Win. http://www.sirlin.net/ptw/ Specifically the chapter "Introducing... the Scrub" discusses exactly this sentim
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by jdmichal 6y ago
Do you get the same impression from, say, paying for VIP tickets in order to meet-and-greet musicians at a concert?
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by jdmichal 6y ago
Isn't that the essential essence of all live entertainment events? Tossing money at people to entertain you? What's the difference between that and a concert: that you prepaid the concert ahead of time?
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by jdmichal 6y ago
> It’s the same for most services. You’re not competing against the other players in your industry. You’re fighting for attention with Minecraft and Mario. There are only 24 hours in the day – who does the customer choose to spend it wit
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by jdmichal 6y ago
Pipe and hookah tobacco is typically flavoured. Cigars are typically not, outside of "cigars" like Black and Mild, Swisher Sweets, etc.
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by jdmichal 6y ago
This fight is already lost. It's already in "finally"-state. This is forward-looking feedback.
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by jdmichal 6y ago
Sure, but then stop advertising the damn thing. That's what I'm reacting to, the advertising. I'm fine with it taking as long as it needs to take. But I've been hearing about it for so long that all excitement for it
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by jdmichal 6y ago
I've been hearing about value types in Java Coming Soon(tm) for like what, 5 years now? I'll believe it when I finally see it.
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by jdmichal 6y ago
So, the problem really being addressed but not named is that eventing systems give eventual consistency. But sometimes that's not good enough. And it's OK to admit that and bring in another technology when you need a stronger
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by jdmichal 6y ago
For my own notes into posterity, on further reflection, maybe the schools aren't accommodating. Maybe weed-out classes are hard because they're just moving at the pace they need to move at. But since they tend to be foundati
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by jdmichal 6y ago
I can't get behind your interpretation. Not counting the bread, sure whatever. Maybe that's just a missed exclusion clause in the program documentation. But then sending out discount codes to affiliates explicitly saying, "
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by jdmichal 6y ago
Yes, this is typically how politics works. Bills should pass by a very narrow margin. Excess votes represents potential political energy. If a bill passes with a large margin, that means that there was probably something else that coul
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by jdmichal 6y ago
Ding ding. Notice to open the Treasury account, you need to specify the bank. Stripe is not owning the accounts, the bank is, so KYC is pushed to them. EDIT: For those that think that just opening the accounts as Stripe would be a worka
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by jdmichal 6y ago
I feel like this joke would be improved by the engineer instead responding, "Yea, I did."
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by jdmichal 6y ago
A database can and will also scan an index and not even touch the table if the index has all the data it requires. I haven't tried it, but the idea of creating an index with just the data necessary for aggregation isn't far fetch
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by jdmichal 6y ago
> 1. There is no way that a department could get through the same amount of material if they had to accommodate the less motivated and less capable in all of the courses. This is the high-school-ification of university, and it's par
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by jdmichal 6y ago
At first I thought a two-cycle would be incredibly hard. But I suppose you really only have to adjust the timestamp to forward-guess the next ID. You would know the ID of the first one. It would definitely help narrow down the algorithm
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by jdmichal 6y ago
I can't imagine that the voice quality is the same, given things like VoLTE and WiFi calling basically turning cellphones into VOIP systems. I feel like this is one of those things where the improvements were so gradual that you don&#
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by jdmichal 6y ago
Some of these seem perfectly reasonable to me. > HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. No roosters Roosters are assholes and AFAIK they're banned in most non-agricultural zoning. > JONESBORO, GA. No profanity in front of children under 14 A bit mor
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by jdmichal 6y ago
I had something similar happen on a show, I believe this one titled Drive : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0770521/ They had a scene that was "outside Gainesville, FL". That's where I went to univer

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