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by jimt1234 1y ago
Reminds me of this: https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/sport-olympics/london-2012-...
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Sounds like being the manager for the Oakland... Sacramento... Unknown location Athletics. Well, minus the tons of money and Nazi chat bots. LOL
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This has been down-voted a lot, but I actually kinda agree, at least with the second assertion. I've been going down to Baja, Mexico frequently for years, and, as an American (white dude), you quickly learn that you're a target fo
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I was raised in a union-supported household. I've posted about it on HN before, but the tl;dr is that I'm still conflicted because: - Pro: My father only graduated high school, yet was able to support a middle-class family - a hou
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I think it's even worse, because that single metric, unemployment, is highly manipulatable. Administrations have been known to redefine "employment" in order to make the number look more favorable.
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So, what I get from the article is that all US business is initiated by Shark Tank? LOL
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Agree, especially with the BS of "Made in the USA". Consumers really don't care; they just want the most bang for their buck. Period.
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Sorta related: If you're ever in Hawaii/Big Island, I highly recommend this place for the tour or just dropping by to taste some honey: https://bigislandbees.com
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> Birthright citizenship is a fundamental and clear cut right. That's pre-2025 thinking. Now, in 2025, there are no clear cut rights, other than, maybe, gun ownership.
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Well, I'm confident the number will go back to 2 by the end of this current presidential term.
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> One of the biggest drivers of those deadly conditions is obesity That jumped out at me, because, unfortunately, it seems it's become unpopular, or even offensive, to claim there's a link between obesity and poor health/l
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Except for autism. ... Don't they wanna start tracking all autism treatments in the US for [reasons]? ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯
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I'm really not sure what this means. Yeah, the U.S. is a multicultural society, but so what? Are we supposed to focus only on the certain cultures and ignore others when we talk about health and life expectancy? I think I've heard
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAqIJZeeXEc
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https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/1892295984928993698
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> "I know I will get due process and that my rights will be protected," Lander said. Huh? Has he been sleeping under a rock for the last six months?
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Then there was Amazon: https://github.com/aws/s2n-tls I had high hopes for s2n, but looks like it never really caught on outside of AWS.
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As an engineer also in his 50s, I can relate, based on one concept: "wanting to work" versus "needing to work". I'm definitely not rich, but I could probably retire if I wanted to. I just don't want to. I want
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by jimt1234 1y ago
I used to work with a guy that was known for dressing nice, very formal. Back in the 2000s, he would wear button-down shirts, slacks, nice shoes; he stood out for a software nerd. Anyway, when I saw him recently, he was dressed in jeans and
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Yep. Self-reporting status pages are pretty near worthless. At my former large company (not FAANG), we weren't allowed to update the status page until we got VP approval, which also required approval from both PR and Legal. It would ta
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by jimt1234 1y ago
Same here. I got into Sly after hearing the Beastie Boys "Paul's Boutique" album, where he was heavily sampled - like this gem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_Z7HwDnuNI Side note: Sampling is/was cont
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My mother is in the early stages of Alzheimer's. It's terrible. I wouldn't recommend my experience on anyone. That might sound selfish, but it's just so painful to watch her deteriorate, knowing there's nothing th
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by jimt1234 1y ago
Disagree. I used to work with a guy that got scammed by a girl in Vietnam. They met online. He flew there to meet with her multiple times. He met her "family". They were even intimate. After a few months, she convinced him to inve
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Reminds me of the meme: "My teacher told me to turn in my essay. But I ain't no snitch." LOL
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> Let this serve as a warning to all universities and academic institutions across the country. Remember when people were really mad about weaponizing the government? I guess that's okay now. Good to know.
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One of my biggest regrets in my "journey" with computers is walking away from Commodore when Amiga was released. I felt it was superior to anything else I had seen, and I knew the Commodore 64 inside-out, but I just felt like PCs
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Wally, totally relaxed, reading the newspaper, as everyone else is freaked out, trying to meet an upcoming deadline. Everyone later learns that all the current projects have been cancelled by the new VP, just to make the previous VP look ba
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by jimt1234 1y ago
Back in the 90s, I worked on a "side project" that screen-scraped the daily Dilbert strip and added it to an internal "employee portal" website. A lot of people liked it, including all the pointy-haired middle managers.
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Dumb question: Why are payment networks so difficult? My vague/naive assumption is it's because of complex banking/financial regulations and legacy banking systems. But honestly, from a technical perspective, I don't see
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100% agree ^^^ He went full Elon Musk, before Elon Musk. But yeah, back in the 90s/2000s, when my career in Corporate America started to settle in, his Dilbert comics brought my loads of comic relief. My favorite character was Wally; h

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