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jeffmould
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It is not necessarily about paying to "clear allegations" against them, it is about adding context to convictions/arrests listed their background report. For example, someone may add this to a drug conviction listed on their
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There in lies part of the problem. It is not as simple as you make it sound. While I 100% agree with you that honesty upfront is the absolute best approach, the problem is that 9 out of 10 times employers simply scan applications, see a che
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The Google AMP component is for publishers (website owners) to get consent from visitors to their site to collect information about them. IANAL, but my understanding is that if you publish your CV on the internet you are giving your consent
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9y ago
Why scrape when, at least in the US, all the major players (USPS, UPS, FedEx) have free API that you can use to query tracking information?
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I managed a restaurant that had pay at the table capabilities. All the servers had handheld tablets with the capability to scan cards and print receipts. There are also existing systems that allow for the customer to order and pay direct fr
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I think you may be over-simplifying the problem of homelessness. I agree that housing in itself is not a total solution. I also agree that healthcare and our social welfare system are a mess to some extent. However, there are many other thi
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Ironically, I was having this same conversation with my fiance this morning. Lately I have been watching/listening (or at least having it playing on a screen on my other computer) Twitch programming channel. I switch between programmer
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I compare it to the backup camera in my car. While close up at night it is good, if something or someone is a short distance away I can barely make them out. However, looking in my mirrors I can see them or at least make out that someone or
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I have to agree. Just like a normal camera has issues in low-light, it is clear that this camera is diminishing exactly how light the road ahead was. While I can't say confidently that I would have been able to stop to prevent hitting
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I had almost this exact conversation a couple weeks ago with a friend of mine who is a highly recognized psychologist. We got talking about medicating for ADHD and anxiety (I have a friend who is struggling with her son in this department).
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$360 using Fiverr. However, that was split across three designers. I hired three designers, told them what I wanted, and used the best one. Each was about $120 each. To get started I looked with designers with a fairly large portfolio and g
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Got me as well, I think more so that I didn't see that coming. It was almost like one last jab at Moz, however, it sounds like for the most part it must have been somewhat amicable as he still remaining chairman, working on a new produ
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This looks really cool. However, as a potential customer I have two glaring concerns that would need to be addressed before I even considered the free trial: 1) In the terms of service, you mention that some of the templates do not comply w
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For ads, you can somewhat personalize the ones you see. While not 100% accurate, it does give some control. If you login to your Google account and go to My Account > Manage Ad Settings > Ads Personalization, you can give Google a lis
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The number is a bit deceiving. As the article states, that amount is after you account for insurance, gas, wear/tear on the vehicle, maintenance, etc... So really the $3.37 is their "profit" before taxes are taken out. I am a
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because the poor (often rightly) believe the legal system will never help them in any way so showing up is a waste of time This! Sadly, there are many government services that are intended to help the poor in these situations, unfortunate
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Thanks! Yes, rough time but things usually work out for the better in this case. Definitely learned some important life lessons in a 4-year stretch during that time though. Many of those lessons are being applied directly to my current ende
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IMO, there are a lot of things we should be teaching better in schools. :)
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Back in 2003, I had this happen to me in Florida. I was struggling financially, fell behind on a debt, had a collection agency file a lawsuit, and I took the default judgment. Didn't think much of it and honestly just figured they woul
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she will treat her time as unlimited in finding similar quality goods for less money It is interesting you say this. I have a friend who struggles to get by. Single mom, two kids, a father who does the absolute bare minimum to provide sup
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Google removed this functionality years ago. The article you posted is from 2010. If I remember it wasn't long after that though.
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This, in my opinion, would be even easier for Amazon to detect than gibberish sentences pieced together. There are plenty of companies that specialize in plagiarism detection (i.e. TurnItIn, VeriCite) that would be able to detect copied tex
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I was a restaurant manager. It was "alleged" that the owners were operating an "illegal tip pool" and "skimming" from said pool, as well as not paying proper wages (i.e. overtime, hourly minimum wage).
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The NLRB has a vast reach that many employees are completely unaware of. Several years ago I was the lead plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit against an employer. About 6 months after I filed the lawsuit my employer fired me for fabricated
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You can never really be sure of your co-founders personal goals or priorities until there is a crisis situation that forces them to be surfaced. 100% accurate and I would say is probably the root of most founder breakups. It is easy to sa
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Can completely relate. The other annoying thing I have found is that FB will show posts that are outdated. For example, prior to replying here, I scrolled through my feed and over half the posts were from yesterday or two days ago. Even mor
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Very true. Unfortunately, for kids/teens they tend to gravitate towards the "bad" content. I don't mean the content is necessarily by definition (i.e. r-rated or poor production quality), simply that it provides no value
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Completely agree. I also believe that YouTube can have similar results. Kids watch videos of "professional" YouTubers having nice cars, traveling all the time, living in nice homes, etc... We have had to significantly limit the am
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The city of Los Angeles really needs a graphic designer
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As one of the people whose channel is affected by this policy change, I have to say I am not happy. There are a few issues I have with their new policy: 1) They should not have made this change retroactive to channels. If you already met th
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