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by jehb 4y ago
Yep. What I left unstated, which I now realize the lack of leaves my comment ambiguous, was "and that's why they use it."
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by jehb 4y ago
Fear is the mind-killer.
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by jehb 4y ago
This needs an asterisk (and I'll include one of my own: IANAL). In the United States, impersonation is regulated by the states and not consistent across them, but in general this is only true when using impersonation to commit fraud, d
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by jehb 4y ago
Being a buzzkill doesn't make it less true, though. I'm disappointed to see the parent comment being downvoted.
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by jehb 4y ago
I think an explanation like this one would be a great start. A few sentences about the purpose of registration would go a long way. Also, nice site. :)
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by jehb 4y ago
Forcing me to create an account after a certain amount of interaction without explaining what the account is for, or providing any information about how my personal data will be used is an antifeature. Depending on the jurisdiction, it may
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by jehb 4y ago
I'm no longer there, but I was at Red Hat for three years and change after the acquisition by IBM was first announced. At least through my time there, this couldn't be further from the truth. Red Hat was operated at a completely i
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by jehb 4y ago
Having "quit the rat race" last year, spending much time in the mountains just like the author, and now finding myself back in the corporate world again, I do have one piece of advice. Do not let your job become a part of your ide
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by jehb 4y ago
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Alphabet, is in fact, Google/Alphabet, or as I've recently taken to calling it, Google plus Alphabet.
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by jehb 4y ago
Would you mind expounding upon this comment? Against what goal did it fail to deliver? I think I was more hopeful a decade ago than I am now that we'd see more decentralized manufacturing and more home-grown innovation, but I'm no
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by jehb 4y ago
Not the minors who this law is supposed to "protect" - they will be the ones driven to shadier locations for their consumption.
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by jehb 4y ago
I highly encourage anyone who feels comfortable enough to not participate in this ruse. When I get asked to please see my receipt, I say "no thank you" and keep walking. I understand it comes from a place of privilege to feel safe
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by jehb 4y ago
Yeah, it does. To be clear, I'm only referring to the license of the files themselves. In absence of a patent or trademark, the "system" is effectively unlicensed. So, "free" might be a better descriptor anyway.
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by jehb 4y ago
Two comments, unrelated. 1) I love the Gridfinity system and have printed several drawers worth of organizers using parts I've found in this system. 2) It's not actually open source, though. Almost every part I've found, espe
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by jehb 4y ago
I would argue that expecting your children to care for you is actually far more egotistic than merely expecting a social safety net for all people to exist.
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by jehb 4y ago
This is misleading. Birth rates globally are still above replacement level. Even if they weren't, immigration still provides opportunities for people to move from areas of higher relative birth rate to areas of lower relative rate, sho
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by jehb 4y ago
This comments feels a little ambiguous, and driving replies for two separate issues. At a societal level, is an imbalanced population pyramid a problem? Yes, and many countries are solving this by opening up immigration options. Should an
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by jehb 4y ago
Missing: estimated Covid deaths with adequate intervention (lockdowns were followed rigorously, everyone actually got vaccinated, etc.)
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by jehb 4y ago
Is it? For me, I'm in tech but nowhere near anything for which playing with a new SD release would be relevant to my day job. Having a couple of extra days off to play with a new tech toy probably means I'll use it more.
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by jehb 4y ago
I've been chewing on this idea for a while now. I would love to join a software buyer's cooperative and pool my money with other like-minded individuals.
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by jehb 4y ago
Since so many of the comments here are about chopsticks, I'm curious what folks think the proportion of people in western countries who can use chopsticks is? I assume it follows roughly the introduction of Asian foods into the locales
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by jehb 4y ago
What does it say about the state of our industry that I can't tell if this comment is trolling or a genuine belief?
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by jehb 4y ago
> Crap like this devalues the rest of the "for dummies" books. I'd argue Wiley already did that themselves. They sell the Dummies brand to any company with a large checkbook. See: - https://www.intel.com/co
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by jehb 4y ago
> In my experience, people generally believe that stating one isn't a doctor or lawyer protects against an accusation of practicing without a license. I can't believe you that as a lawyer you would claim that!
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by jehb 4y ago
I understand the concern, but looking at LinkedIn suggests this is not a threat model the vast majority of users are bothered by.
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by jehb 4y ago
In addition to the other replies, it's also worth mentioning that they have an incredibly large endowment, worth $27.4 billion last year, the fifth largest of any private university in the US. That's compared to an average of $1.1
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by jehb 4y ago
Came here to say this. I'm sure there are situations where this strategy may work, but where I've worked (which is primarily outside of line of business operations) budgets can be inflexible in the short term and just as often tre
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by jehb 4y ago
> The only situation I see where this would become problematic is if a state chose to stop sending tax dollars to the federal government. This is not generally how taxes work, though; instead, individuals and businesses send taxes to the
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by jehb 5y ago
Probably true. I'd argue, though, in my experience working at a large tech company, the impact of a particular decision on the company's overall bottom line rarely comes into play for a decision like this. Instead, it's a mid
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by jehb 5y ago
I wonder if there's any correlation between sheep grazing locations and actual desirable features for building? My intuition says sheep would graze where the grass is greenest, which if it's like my property would be where the soi

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