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by jgwil2 2y ago
Don't lie . Do remove years that you received any degrees to make it harder for them to infer your age with certainty.
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by jgwil2 2y ago
> forgetting a library function name means you're completely stuck Just let them use Google to find documentation, as they would in a real job setting.
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by jgwil2 2y ago
> removing the current loophole that allows hospitality staff to be paid less than minimum wage because tips will make up the difference This isn't really the issue: the employer is required to make up the difference if the worker&#
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by jgwil2 2y ago
They are legally required to make up the difference if the tips don't equal or exceed the normal minimum wage.
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by jgwil2 2y ago
> But in this case the only losers would come from other people acting on illogical cognitive biases (with the exception of people who currently choose not to tip, or to undertip, who would then be forced to pay the real amount - but sur
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by jgwil2 2y ago
There would be winners and losers if we switched systems, as with any change. The winners would be consumers and workers in lower-end restaurants where tips are generally small. The losers would be restaurant owners and workers in higher-en
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by jgwil2 2y ago
I'm currently just getting a cached page from ~40 minutes ago on old reddit (not logged in).
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Don't waste your time recycling plastic(washingtonpost.com)
64 points by jgwil2 2y ago|81 comments
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Internet data centers are fueling drive to old power source: Coal(washingtonpost.com)
6 points by jgwil2 2y ago|0 comments
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The IRS's new tax software: Rave reviews, but low turnout(washingtonpost.com)
18 points by jgwil2 2y ago|16 comments
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by jgwil2 3y ago
Posted a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39893657
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by jgwil2 3y ago
Hmm, I mean I hate patterns like this but also there are like a million apps out there that don't have a web client at all (not to mention the ones that do support web but constantly display popups saying "x is better in the app&q
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by jgwil2 3y ago
> What is a social media site? Any site where anybody has to register to make a comment or just to read comments will require validation. Per the article, "HB 3 applies to platforms that have 'addictive features' such as i
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Why Is Joe Biden's DOJ Prosecuting a Journalist While Pretending Otherwise?(slate.com)
7 points by jgwil2 3y ago|5 comments
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by jgwil2 3y ago
If that person had taken you up on that offer, you would literally be a victim of their anticompetitive practices.
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by jgwil2 3y ago
I don't really think it's a continuum. There is a continuum of abstraction among programming languages, from machine code to Java/Python/Haskell or whatever, but natural language is fundamentally different: it's amb
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by jgwil2 3y ago
L1 is first language, L2 is second, etc. Except for L1, which implies native proficiency, it doesn't say much about the level, just the order in which they are learned.
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by jgwil2 3y ago
> The idea that primary schools might be teaching a simplified version just doesn't come up. This reminds me of an Atlantic article from a few years ago entitled, "The Curse of Econ 101."[0] In that case, IIRC, the subject
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by jgwil2 3y ago
It means any accident that results in the loss of the plane, like a car being totaled.
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by jgwil2 3y ago
From the guidelines: > Be kind. Don't be snarky.
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by jgwil2 3y ago
Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39635232
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by jgwil2 3y ago
Not OP but in Southeastern England obviously Cockney, Estuary English, or Multicultural London English are considered lower prestige dialects whereas RP is high prestige. Other regions may have a prestige version of the local dialect that i
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by jgwil2 3y ago
>> On the other side you argue for no restrictions, typically until the day before birth. >> The Democrat who sponsored the measure said it would allow abortions at any point in pregnancy up until the point of childbirth in cert
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by jgwil2 3y ago
I think Pandora is one of the better systems out there for this. You prime it with a few examples of stuff you like but then it seems to continually drop slightly different stuff on you to see how you react.
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by jgwil2 3y ago
Previous generations built the cities, farms, railroads and universities that we all use today. Just because somebody is no longer working does not mean that you are not still benefiting from work they did.
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by jgwil2 3y ago
I think a good way to think about good design is the Einstein quote on mathematical models, that they should be "...as simple as possible, but no simpler." Normal mode in vi/vim is necessary for that program's goal of ke
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by jgwil2 3y ago
Seems like a largely semantic debate about the definition of "logical" is taking place in the comments here. CSS is logical in that it follows a set of rules, but that is the case for every computer program by definition, so it&#x
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by jgwil2 3y ago
The headline should really be, "A test-optional policy is likely a barrier to Dartmouth identifying less-advantaged students who would succeed at Dartmouth." I think it's no surprise to anyone that test scores correlate with
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Palworld is the Pokémon this sinful world deserves(pcgamer.com)
3 points by jgwil2 3y ago|0 comments
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The Framework 16 Teardown [video](youtube.com)
34 points by jgwil2 3y ago|1 comments

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