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by jgwil2 6y ago
That "horrible treatment" is an invention on the part of those who would like to stifle dissent and paint anti-war activism as unpatriotic.
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by jgwil2 6y ago
He really doesn't come off as a good guy here.
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by jgwil2 6y ago
> But Murray told NPR in October 2019 that he had a lung disease that was not caused by working underground in mines. > “It's idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. IPF, and it is not related to my work in the industry. They've chec
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by jgwil2 6y ago
Agreed re bugs. Netflix runs consistently more smoothly than many streaming competitors, and it really makes a difference. It's much easier to watch a slightly worse show on Netflix and at times I'm willing to make that tradeoff j
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by jgwil2 6y ago
Good article/discussion on what to do from a week ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24534685
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by jgwil2 6y ago
I understand if you want anonymity here but please share this story with the name of the employer on glassdoor or an appropriate forum. If our government won't protect us from these practices then we must shame such employers, and avoi
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by jgwil2 6y ago
> If mathematics is just something we dream up from within our own heads, why should it “fit” so well with what we observe in nature? I like to think of mathematics as the formalization of human intuition. Insofar as that intuition has b
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by jgwil2 6y ago
Maybe you underestimate how unpopular your opinions are.
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by jgwil2 6y ago
Fair enough; the comment is a bit hyperbolic. The larger point that this lack of protection in some sense reduces freedom still stands.
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by jgwil2 6y ago
If anybody wants to try for themselves in their language, go to "Preferences" >> "Appearance" and uncheck "Use Legacy Vector"
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by jgwil2 6y ago
Of course, this is great for people on the outside trying to break in, but less so for people already in the industry. I can honestly see both sides of this. The fact is, once you've earned credentials, you would like to see them respe
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by jgwil2 6y ago
I don't think the parent means it is the norm for this to happen to most people, but rather that at-will employment[0] is the norm and this is a possibility, however remote, that most people have to reckon with. [0] https:/&#x2F
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by jgwil2 6y ago
Note that Belgium also has one of one of the highest population densities in the world (375/km sq., as opposed to 92 for Spain and 22 for Sweden).
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by jgwil2 6y ago
The salient aspect of the destination sites isn't low cost of living, it's "right to work" laws and other anti-union policies.
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by jgwil2 6y ago
A very ill-mannered response. If you don't want to participate in the discussion anymore, you can show yourself the exit rather than insulting your interlocutor.
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by jgwil2 6y ago
That might make sense if the federation is a loose collective of more or less independent states collaborating on specific issues like foreign policy, but otherwise leaving each other alone for the most part. But that is clearly no longer t
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by jgwil2 6y ago
A nice roundup of the ways in which American democracy has spiraled further from representing the popular will. > What gives McConnell his power is not the will of the people but the lines on a map.
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Minority Rule in America(vox.com)
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I've worked with people that I consider pretty smart, and they definitely study (and enjoy) the kinds of problems that are given in interviews. 500 hours may be an exaggeration, but I think the idea that this stuff comes naturally to s
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What Republican senators say in private(theatlantic.com)
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Which wars exactly?
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Then we would defer to the ruling of the lower court.
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by jgwil2 6y ago
You, I and everyone else knows that this was a pretext, not a precedent. You can dress it up however you like, but the fact is that McConnell was going to do whatever he wanted no matter what.
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by jgwil2 6y ago
That monkey is going to pay...
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by jgwil2 6y ago
Looks like something went really wrong with the HTML in this article - almost every paragraph has link styling and leads to a 404 page when clicked on.
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The great Covid-19 experiment – did Sweden beat us all?(standard.co.uk)
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What to Plant in a Hot, Dry Year? Succulents, of Course(nytimes.com)
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Mathematics of Juggling [video](youtu.be)
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Ralph Macchio is at peace with the choices he made(theguardian.com)
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by jgwil2 6y ago
Such beautiful animals. It's a shame we haven't found a way to fish them responsibly.

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