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… An editor at The New Yorker in 1937. https://s3.amazonaws.com/arena-attachments/454681/4780426217...
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From the article: > [Melissa de Witt] Do you think layoffs in tech are some indication of a tech bubble bursting or the company preparing for a recession? > [Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer] Could there be a tech recession? Yes. Was there a
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“Uniform Trade Secrets Act” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Trade_Secrets_Act Edit: My (possibly incorrect) understanding is that rather than having a blanket “everything is our secret” kind of contracts like w
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I agree it seems like that’s what the article is saying, although there is a confusing part: > [Haven Realty Capital and JPMorgan Chase plan] to seed their investment with up to $415 million in equity. The first installment will include
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> It’s basically a free short term loan from your suppliers... Honest question: Is this really a free loan, or is it the cost of the load hidden (i.e. the interest charges are not broken out explicitly)? For example, if a supplier has sh
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> ... than someone likely made a judgement... Of course someone made a judgement, you just don't know what criteria they used, so it could be anything from "didn't like his face" all the way to "had the highest s
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> I had mentioned how frustrating it was to simply get "no" as negative hiring feedback and asked them to elaborate if at all possible Don’t do this! You’re inviting feedback from someone who is basically a complete stranger, w
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> Come up with a more, uh, positive reason for why you’re interviewing instead of disclosing that you were laid off. I don’t understand this assertion, unless “laid off” now means “fired with cause”. People are laid off all the time, for
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Can we change the link to the original sources? > Romance-related frauds and ‘tech support’ pop ups, originating largely from illegal call centres and phishing gangs in India, have caused losses of more than USD 3 billion... in the last
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> Conlon is an associate with the New Jersey based law firm, Davis, Saperstein and Solomon, which for years has been involved in personal injury litigation against a restaurant venue now under the umbrella of MSG Entertainment. > &quo
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The article is coverage of the Colorado River Water Users Association 2022 Conference in Las Vegas: https://www.crwua.org/annual-conference-2022.html Edit: Their 2022 Resolutions are interesting (PDF): https://w
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> metals are not contaminants introduced by the processors, they are present in the beans. That’s true of the cadmium, but not the lead: > … [L]ead seems to get into cacao after beans are harvested. The researchers found that the meta
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> Successful people can afford to engage in countersignaling—doing things that signal high status because they are associated with low status. It is a form of self-handicapping, signaling that one is so well off that they can afford to e
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Here’s a link directly to the point in the video where he demonstrates how it’s possible for the P63 pilot to not see the B17: https://youtu.be/C342dfNPCyg?t=351
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> [District of Columbia Attorney General Karl] Racine’s office alleges [that prompting customers to leave tips with the promise that “100 percent” of the money would be given to drivers] violates DC’s Consumer Protection Procedures Act,
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> Machines will simply start pretending to be human… Let’s be clear here: Humans are currently pretending to be computers, because we have to step in and “drive” them, rather than have them act autonomously. We’re currently trying to unp
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Tip: Click on a number in the "Text Mode Format" box in the top-right to display the page in a different font.
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The other replies are correct, but I’ll just add that you’re mixing two things here: - self defense - robbery For self defense (including cases where the defendant is being personally robbed) there is definitely a deterrent effect of guns.
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The headline is burying the important bit: > As you move your fingers, the microfingers will move, and forces can be transmitted back to you, allowing you to feel what the microfingers feel. So it’s not a big deal that the pill bug is fe
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“Venda Casasa” (Portuguese) https://pt.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venda_casada
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> In [his paper, Matthew Ferranti [— a fifth-year PhD candidate in Harvard's economics department —] argues that it makes sense for many central banks to hold a small amount of Bitcoin under normal circumstances, and much more Bitco
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> While many players do lie in the game, the best players do so very infrequently because it destroys the trust they’ve built with other players… Just to be clear, “lie” here means “outright lie”. From your linked article: > I asked G
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I think the above comment is referring to the true identity of “Maddy Kennedy”: > On 6 February 2012, Alan was at a university lecture, when the class was warned against using Wikipedia as a source. To hammer the point home, the lecturer
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Context is key here: I would strongly urge you to to create a web page for the games, where you can provide details that a reader won’t get from the source code alone, for example: * who was the audience/market for this? * what led to
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What you’re calling “attention span” is probably more accurately called “user expectations”, or “user patience” which, obviously, can easily change. On the other hand, there seems to be a measurably consistent maximum amount of time that on
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> But why is slow bad? Fast software is not always good software, but slow software is rarely able to rise to greatness. Fast software gives the user a chance to “meld” with its toolset. That is, not break flow. When the nerds upon Nerd
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> How is using an acronym to provide a brief summary of something indicative of correctness? I’m struggling to understand how this is the point that’s most worth debating here. What do you propose we’ll learn?
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Having a company that is a hybrid of a designer/manufacturer and a charity makes for a confusing corporate mission. Better to let the company focus operating profitably and let the charity focus on evaluating grant applications and fun
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From the synopsis: > Physicians reported feeling overwhelmed by the demands of practicing medicine in general and the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 specifically; in particular, they felt that they were inade
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For some context: > The attacker and the victim must know each other and must have engaged in previous conversation on the IM app, which is a requirement for both the attack and the preparatory work. > If the attackers perform enough

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