joncrane

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by joncrane 6y ago
I've been thinking of relocating away from the DC area and eventually, a database of police and local government attitudes will be one of the primary factors in deciding where to relocate, if I decide to do so. Obviously NY, Seattle, M
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by joncrane 6y ago
Sounds like the employees should go to court, then.
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It's still a battle worth fighting. You can't let them have it for free, you still have to put up a fight.
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Some would argue that he made enough of his first chance to merit being passed over in the "second chance" lottery. His second chance is going and living out a quiet existence, maybe volunteering or working on his golf handicap, r
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by joncrane 6y ago
He was really working on Obamacare. That was his pet project and what he believed was the best impact he could make. I don't know enough to judge if he was right or wrong, but it's pretty clear that was his #1 baby.
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by joncrane 6y ago
Linking directly to the article here: https://www.medicineuncensored.com/a-study-out-of-thin-air It reads like a Muddy Waters (famous stock shorter) screed. Good stuff. Fair to say the data is made up. The question is,
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by joncrane 6y ago
Don't most people use Google Maps to find nearby restaurants? Does Google Maps ever give the wrong phone number to order from? I know using the phone is kinda 1900s but sometimes I like to ask about a certain dish I'm trying and
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by joncrane 6y ago
Thanks for your reply.
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Because there's a suspension of civil liberties within X miles of a border, and the power can be exercised by the USBP. (Edit: see map posted in a sibling comment. See position of Minneapolis on said map)
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by joncrane 6y ago
#1 Security: no one knows how to secure AWS. But I also really, really hate how the Cybersecurity organizations operate in every job I've ever had so that would feel like selling my soul to the devil. #2 "Big Data" #3 Contai
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by joncrane 6y ago
I think there's a lot of nuance. I am more toward your situation (grew up in multiple countries and, as things evolve over time, my closest friend group is a group of guys who used to skateboard together on the streets of San Jose Cost
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by joncrane 6y ago
I don't think it's one skill; it's having your antennae up at all times and sensing what the next big thing might be, as well as actually liking that thing. For me it was AWS. About 7 years ago I was sitting in "Archite
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by joncrane 6y ago
>Donald Trump is not a brilliant man, but he is very, very good at this game Very well put.
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by joncrane 6y ago
Hmm, what an oddly specific scenario....
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by joncrane 6y ago
While I agree that DC is not on the standard with SF or Seattle (what are the other West Coast tech hubs), DC is definitely a tech hub in it's own right. The problem with DC is that the talent pool is extremely diluted by disillusioned
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by joncrane 6y ago
I don't know if this is the same thing, but in my early teens, I terrified myself during meditation because I got to a point where I felt I could "think myself out of existence" if I had continued along the (mental) path I wa
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by joncrane 6y ago
>though it does seem to cause joint pain Wait, you get this, too? I have searched for answers to this and gotten nothing. I have long suspected that my coffee habits correspond to my joint pain, but I have associated it with many other
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by joncrane 6y ago
It's a paradox, isn't it? What person in their right mind, who's perfectly balanced and stable, would willingly ingest powerful reality-altering substances?
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by joncrane 6y ago
>Does Microsoft select for assholes or something? Probably, but it's not limited to Microsoft. Any company where revenues are the highest goal (and all publicly traded companies should be this way; it's an obligation to share h
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by joncrane 6y ago
From what I understand, most FFRDCs are similar.
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Also once you develop a history/baseline, you will quickly catch health conditions that affect your lung function and be able to quantify the effect.
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by joncrane 6y ago
We are still having a ton of trouble getting this tool to work in GovCloud. The results that it IS able to provide are quite useful, however
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by joncrane 6y ago
This is my question, too. Surely there are flexible people who move to the area with the shortest waitlist.
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by joncrane 6y ago
Oof, I clicked and remembered WSJ is paywalled...what's the trick to get around that again?
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by joncrane 6y ago
"it takes all kinds."
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by joncrane 6y ago
When I used to commute via mass transit, my train load of people would all rush down the platform, into a plaza, and down only one escalator. You had people who would rush forward, people who would take a steady pace, and people who would
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by joncrane 6y ago
They mean "Amazon should run" the exams, not "they should have built their exam submission infrastructure using AWS." Lambda is part of Amazon's Cloud Computing subsidiary Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS is a utility
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by joncrane 6y ago
I wouldn't be shocked if College Board just signed up AWS ProServe to a big contract. If not, details in profile, College Board!
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by joncrane 6y ago
Interesting that it's the banks that are catching this. I know we trash banks, and they do some terrible things to customers, but they have become important partners in fighting financial crime including AML (Anti Money Laundering) and
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I always find it ironic that for all but the most lucrative criminal enterprises, if the criminal applied the same amount of effort towards pursuing legitimate employment, they would come out ahead (adjusted for risk of course). Some people

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