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by jobu 11y ago
That's similar to what I was thinking, but I've learned to question my natural writing style after realizing that most people find it confusing. And yes the article seems to be more about language patterns that give your brain a b
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It seems the judicial system in France could learn something from Colombia: "Seeking to balance the right to clarify the record and the right to freedom of expression, the [highest Constitutional Court in Colombia] held that the newsp
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There's also increased demand for "walkable" neighborhoods in suburban areas. Higher density housing with grocery stores, doctor's offices, restaurants, and bars all in a single development.
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The article doesn't have any concrete numbers for where companies are moving, but it does offer this: "People telecommute. People move into the city or into faux-urban areas that are friendlier to pedestrians, that aren’t barnacl
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When I was elementary school age I saw some older kids at the park taking turns peeing on a drinking fountain (and laughing). I have used public drinking fountains since, but only when the need was severe. There has to be a better option.
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Exactly. Lots of people seem to remember how reliable old appliances were, but it's notable that there are a lot fewer appliance repair shops than there used to be. Is that a result of appliances becoming more reliable, or just cheaper
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It seems likely that someone could make some decent money shorting stocks before they leave the index funds as well.
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The article cites American Airlines jumping 11% in the 4 days before it was added to the S&P 500.
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Can't believe I hadn't heard of that before. That's an amazing story!
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The pendulum swings pretty fast these days, but yeah, she's probably the single most influential person in popular culture right now. (I'm not even a fan of her music, but I heard about her blog post from my kids before I saw it o
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> If you teasing your sons is being raised as an issue by your wife then maybe you are teasing them too much? After having four kids I would say it really depends on the personality of the kid. Three of mine love wrestling and teasing (e
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Neat! It looks like "e-diesel" may not be price competitive yet, but hopefully it goes somewhere. "Audi and Sunfire claim that the process to make e-diesel is 70 percent efficient. They estimate that once production is rampe
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> ...Apple has decided that users are too stupid to make their own decisions... Sadly this is true for many, if not most users: http://arstechnica.com/security/2008/09/study-confirms-users... It's a f
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For me the biggest problem with Apple Maps on iOS is usability, not data. The first thing I've ever seen anyone do when they start a route on Apple Maps is pinching to zoom out. No, you need to use the overview button. Wait, where&#x27
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This is a great line: "If you view your staff as a liability, it's more likely a leadership problem." If a company's employees are not an asset, then leadership hasn't done it's job of either weeding out the
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by jobu 11y ago
Agreed. I didn't realize the rules around H-1B's replacing American workers was so specific: "The visas are meant for foreigners with specialized skills to fill discrete positions when Americans with those skills are not ava
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The effects of supplements (primarily methylfolate and methylcobalamin) seems to depend on which mutation C677T, A1298, or both, and whether the person is homozygous or heterozygous. However, the biggest difference is having an answer, inst
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by jobu 11y ago
DNA databases in the cloud seems like a scary prospect, but it could also help a lot of people. A family member of mine was recently diagnosed with a MTHFR gene mutation ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylenetetrahydro
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Do you think the Patriot Act would've been allowed to lapse if it weren't for Snowden? It's possible, but seems very unlikely. The USA Freedom act may not be perfect, but it helps and there's no way it would exist withou
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It could also be used to target genes for producing toxins (like the verotoxin produced by enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli). Which would be less of an uphill battle against selection pressure for antibiotic resistance and still make the
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It depends on how stupid the selfie guy was. He could've accidentally left his GPS coordinates in the EXIF data of the image (many phones do this by default). Not much classified sleuthing required to track that down.
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Accounting rules are crazy! Why isn't investing in other companies considered a cost?
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Interesting, I hadn't caught that when I read through it the first time: "Many American companies use H-1B visas to bring in small numbers of foreigners for openings demanding specialized skills, according to official reports. Bu
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It was probably horrible at the time, but I'm sure that person will be able to look back on it and laugh at the pure incompetence of Disney's management. As someone else commented, outsourcing is often the last-ditch effort by ter
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by jobu 11y ago
Exactly what I was thinking after reading this in the article: "In late November, this former employee received his annual performance review, which he provided to The New York Times. His supervisor, who was not aware the man was sche
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There was a bit of hyperbole in the beginning of the article about H1B workers, but at the bottom the author adds this: "But Disney directly employs fewer than 10 H-1B workers, executives said, and has not been prominent in visa lobby
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From reading his NYT opinion piece, it sounds like he just wants the cost of a drug to be part of the treatment discussion - http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/15/opinion/a-hospital-says-no... It's diff
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Not sure if it's related, but the United website was down this morning for a while as well.
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Agreed, county-level data would be a lot more relevant.
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Page 98 has the scariest bit of info for our future : "Since 2000 = Population Grew 2.4x Faster than Jobs... 1948 - 2000 = Jobs Grew 1.7x Faster than Population" A big portion of that is due to the severe decline in jobs around

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