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by jogjayr 8y ago
So far, Netflix has been nowhere near as user-hostile as the others. I wish them well until then.
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Local public library.
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For movies, DVDs from the local public library are the best way to go. Everything else has restrictions, subscriptions, and other onerous crap.
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I'd rather watch whatever original content Netflix produces than feed the media giants that got us into this fragmented, user-hostile mess in the first place.
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That's a different situation then. A lot of companies make trainee employees sign a bond. To my knowledge all the Indian software consulting giants have one. If an employee leaves before the term is fulfilled (typically 2 years) they h
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> including letting them suffer the consequences of bad choices. The people voting NIMBY don't suffer any consequences though. VCs and big tech companies are happy to throw money away on higher salaries. Prop 13 keeps property tax
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> Skipping breakfast is wrong, in any context. Different things work for different people, so saying something is always wrong is itself wrong. > The result of not eating anything for breakfast is that the body reduces consumption (&q
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> during that time the trainee not only isn't making you any money They're training full-time? They're not even doing junior-level work? Why are you paying them a salary then? > other people, who otherwise would, are no
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Does everyone spend 100% of their salary, no matter how large it is?
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> not continuing to eat what you've served yourself in the name of preventing food waste You could also cover your plate and put it in the fridge. Doing that requires the same amount of self-control as your prescription of clearing
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Portion control means making and serving smaller portions. Not throwing out half the food on your plate.
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Acting roles are an example an exception from EEO laws because the job requires it. It's not illegal to discriminate on the basis of a protected class (age, sex, color, nationality etc) if it's a genuine requirement for the job. A
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Unrelated, but it's "through the wringer" not "ringer". A "wringer" being something that wrings your clothes out i.e. puts a great amount of stress and force on them. Sorry for being annoying and pedantic
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Not many things are so urgent they can't wait until the following day. But if something like that did come up, you could just leave at your regular time and continue working at home to fix the problem.
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Most software companies in the Bay Area have flexible time. Just like everywhere else, Google SWEs don't punch a clock. You go home when you feel you've done as much as you can for the day.
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That seems like a stretch. It's not a literal translation of the equivalent phrase in any Indian language I speak. And there were nearly zero English speakers in India before Europeans came, so it's not like Indians made up the id
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It's a common way to say "show up unannounced" in Indian English.
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> We obviously aren't using the same definition of "value" here. I think you're right, we are not. It appears we hold very different views about everything being discussed here, and I don't think we'll find
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> No, those who consume more have benefited more. Usually you can consume more if you have earned more i.e. have more buying power. But I know that's not what you mean. > Earning more is just the opposite: it shows that you'
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Taxes aren't just about consumption of government services. If you earn more, you've clearly benefited from living in that society more than someone who does not. Or, as an economist would put it, it's price discrimination -
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10% of what? Revenue? Profit? Assets? Companies already engage in all sorts of shenanigans to show lower profits when it suits them. [1] Taxing revenue goes against decades, maybe centuries, of established tax law and tradition, which rough
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I'd cheer if the construction netted more units. I recognize that we need more housing. The plans described in the article are not doing that and are in fact, leaving us with fewer units. Calling these plans stupid has nothing to do wi
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> Also, theoretically, nothing prevents the old employer from recalling the I-140 Also untrue. Employers can only revoke I-140s within the first 6 months after approval. After that, they can't do anything if the employee decides to
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FB and Google are well known for paying near or at top of market salaries for developers and PMs. Netflix is even more explicit about this - their compensation philosophy (available on their website) can be summarized as "We will not b
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> their immigration status being tied to employment greatly lowers their ability to self-advocate H1B holders are free to change employers, but the new employer has to apply for a new visa (not subject to the cap). I've changed my j
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I have a 32oz yogurt container that I keep on my kitchen counter and line with a produce bag. That's the only "trash can" I need and most trash fits into it, believe it or not. I also compost food scraps at home though, which
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> when you buy fresh veggies like potatoes and carrots they'll be bundled into a single use bag Simple - don't bag produce like potatoes or carrots if you're buying them loose. You can put them directly in your shopping ca
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> So now I'll have to buy trash bags, which are always much thicker than grocery bags, I re-use produce bags for trash. And I don't even bag all of my produce.
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> Without plastic bags, I'll have to buy garbage bags (which are too large) Use produce bags for trash instead. I don't even bag all of my produce - just delicate leafy greens and things like green beans that's hard to kee
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In a corruption of a Steve Yegge saying, most programmers are CPU-bound rather than I/O-bound. Very rarely has my code typing speed inhibited my productivity. Understanding which problem I need to solve, and doing the research takes up

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