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by jdotjdot 14y ago
What you're talking about is seniority, not loyalty. Someone can have 30 years at a company and still be not loyal if their heart's not in it, they plan to jump ship, they take advantage of others, they embezzle, etc. Seniority is length of
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by jdotjdot 14y ago
Agreed. They should have seen that one coming.
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A NOLA teacher reflects on the banality of schools aged gun violence (salon.com)
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by jdotjdot 14y ago
This is exactly the kind of thing that Apple will likely implement one day as seamless integration is their speciality.
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by jdotjdot 14y ago
More people start _anything_ than finish it. Since starting is a prerequisite for finishing, it is always the case that a maximum of 100% will finish, and likely fewer. If your point is that more people start school than finish and somehow
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by jdotjdot 14y ago
I'd like to see that Chrome extension.
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by jdotjdot 14y ago
Yes, but you could say the same thing about people who went to traditional schools. How many people went through that system and succeeded--and then how many people went through that system and didn't? I agree with you in that I don't know
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by jdotjdot 14y ago
That's exactly the thing though - - the corporate positive mindset isn't about avoiding needless negativity, it's simply enforcing causeless positivity and optimism. You might be the type of person who simply isn't a bucket full of sunshine
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by jdotjdot 14y ago
I often aspire to a life like the one you have. What type of telework do you do?
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by jdotjdot 14y ago
I think all your points are incredibly valid. But what WOULD you recommend?
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by jdotjdot 14y ago
But you also see absurd discounts with private insurance companies - - eg you get testing done by Quest and get an $1000 bill, and then the insurance discount is $900 before the insurer even pays anything. That's not the government forcing
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by jdotjdot 14y ago
I'm not sure this is a hack as much as abusing a supplier providing a service.I'd like to believe hacks are pie-enlarging rather than zero-sum.
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Strictly obeying the rules != good faith
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by jdotjdot 14y ago
Ah, well in the UK you have it much easier with the existence of the NHS, whether or not it covers all of your needs. As I'm sure you know, in the US if you don't have insurance, you don't really have much of anything--and due to the tax a
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by jdotjdot 14y ago
I did that for a while and had similar plusses and minuses, but the one thing I still can't wrap my head around is insurance. What did you do about that?
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by jdotjdot 14y ago
Excellent response to a rather shallow criticism.
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by jdotjdot 14y ago
If by "at the risk of" you mean "I'm just going to go ahead and do it"
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by jdotjdot 14y ago
Of course it does. Doesn't make it not impressive.
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by jdotjdot 14y ago
Literally 15 seconds of googling: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0104719.html No, America did not have full employment in 1998. Closest was 1.5 unemployment in 1944 (which, to be fair, is really impressive.) Not to mention the inherent xe
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Also Python is one of their primary languages in-house!
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I agree with this from personal experience. And I have a US white collar job, 70/hr week average, and i'm way less productive than I used to be before that.
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by jdotjdot 14y ago
That's a straw man right there. Why would it matter? In terms of the decision making, the one with more knowledge is better. In terms of driving, it depends on if the 70 year old still has the PHYSICAL ability and acuity to drive a car, whi
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by jdotjdot 14y ago
I think this is an excellent point.
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by jdotjdot 14y ago
I think you do that very real debate a disservice by minimizing the argument in this way. You know that's not the actual argument and it helps no one to propagate falsehoods.
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by jdotjdot 14y ago
Absolutely agreed. I just did the opposite--quit remote freelancing to take on a full time job (this one with insane hours unfortunately, 14hour/day average)--and my level of stress and unhealth has skyrocketed. Autonomy and agency matter,
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by jdotjdot 14y ago
This is very true. I think a lot of this comes down to, no matter the technical expertise of the person, the fact that when you're very young, you lack some life experience and are in a different place with different needs than older profes
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by jdotjdot 14y ago
Follow on Twitter with #PennApps
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Which, for the record, is totally doable.
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by jdotjdot 14y ago
Right, but especially given the OP, it does beg the question of if he is actually building committed relationships with any, or just taking various good looking women home.
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by jdotjdot 14y ago
I don't find this to be negative, though.

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