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   by jiqiren 10y ago

   I've never had - nor seen - General Tso Chicken with broccoli in it. The pic in the article doesn't show broccoli either.
2. 152.▲
   by jiqiren 10y ago

   But some workloads get all the priority while others get zero/idle priority. Not true in public cloud.
3. 153.▲
   by jiqiren 10y ago

   It is not the last few years. It is whatever the highest average range was over a period of 12-36 months. Source (look at Final Compensation in the Retirement Calculation Formula subheading): https://www.calpers.ca.gov/page&
4. 154.▲
   by jiqiren 10y ago

   Think I'll stick with the pinyin input method. I spent about 20min trying to figure out how to write 白 and still cannot.
5. 155.▲
   by jiqiren 10y ago

   The article included the response of direct questions to said company about these violations. They refused to say it was wrong or violated their internal ethics policy. Additionally, they just repeated no laws were broken. There is no playi
6. 156.▲
   by jiqiren 10y ago

   Sickening. This company doesn't seem to have even a basic moral compass. Even when their tools are being used against human rights workers or journalist they have no qualms.
7. 157.▲
   by jiqiren 10y ago

   This whole argument doesn't work when you consider AirBNB. AirBNB is thriving in Japan with the same Uber playbook. The real reason for Uber's failure is public transit and taxis in Japan are amazing (and for a decent price).
8. 158.▲
   by jiqiren 10y ago

   Objective-C user checking in: yes.
9. 159.▲
   by jiqiren 10y ago

   This is solved with mosh: https://mosh.mit.edu Uses UDP/protobuffs so network connection can be lost/changed/etc.
10. 160.▲
    by jiqiren 10y ago

    Use WhatsApp. At least they only have metadata and not the content of all your messages.
11. 161.▲
    by jiqiren 10y ago

    Perhaps a student saw an opportunity to get a quick $20,000 discount on their tuition?
12. 162.▲
    by jiqiren 10y ago

    Wouldn't mind seeing Google/Facebook struggle a bit. I think once things start falling apart they will each take swift action of cutting off 3rd party ad markets to be one-stop-shops for legitimate ads. Might be too late by then.
13. 163.▲
    by jiqiren 10y ago

    Missing E2E encryption is deal breaker for me. But I'm likely a minority demanding that feature.
14. 164.▲
    by jiqiren 10y ago

    I guess no backup strategy means no other option but to pay. Likely goes hand in hand with weak or missing security strategy.