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by kamarg 5y ago
There's plenty of well off people that steal because they want more. The fact someone is stealing doesn't lead to the conclusion that they don't have enough income to live off of. And if things in Argentina are really as bad
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by kamarg 5y ago
> Researching immortality or unnatural longevity isn't worth the investment for a society because a society of immortals becomes either stagnant or unsustainable. This is said with an awful lot of certainty for something that's
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by kamarg 5y ago
I wasn't old enough to be employed the last time the US had inflation this high but I can tell you that my current employer has stated that we aren't getting cost of living adjustments despite the high inflation. Instead they&#x27
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by kamarg 5y ago
Iain M Banks' series of Culture novels are extremely good and mostly don't revolve around action. Not quite the same but if you enjoyed Vinge you'll likely enjoy Banks as well.
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by kamarg 5y ago
There's plenty of companies that are distributed across countries. On my team I have teammates in Macedonia, Costa Rica, USA, and Germany. Even without Covid restrictions, that's going to be expensive and time consuming for us to
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by kamarg 5y ago
That may have changed as of a week ago. NASA is testing a method of deflecting asteroids. See https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/nasa-launch-test-m... .
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by kamarg 5y ago
Not to mention most safe deposit boxes are insured for a few hundred dollars max unless you've specifically bought additional insurance. So if the bank does screw up and give your box contents to someone else, you can only recover a ve
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by kamarg 5y ago
It's not always directly pointed out but I think quite a few people would like a system that is either/or. Either I pay you a reasonable amount to not show me ads or you give me the product for free and serve up ads. Similar to ho
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by kamarg 5y ago
I used to work with the lead author of that paper. He's one of the smartest devs I know and has a great sense of humor. I'm not surprised that he would publish something like this or that he ended up at Google.
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by kamarg 5y ago
> Why don't everyone buy into index funds then (genuine question) ? There's actually been a bunch of articles over the last year or two talking about how the large number of passive investors in index funds is causing an issue
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by kamarg 5y ago
There's a pretty big difference between being able to colonize the universe and being able to colonize planets near to you. As an example, the Federation wasn't even able to map out a single galaxy nevermind colonize it.
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by kamarg 5y ago
Many of the adult sites that have tried using crypto for payments have reported that less than two percent of their users are willing to pay with crypto. Until it becomes as easy as using a credit card or PayPal, crypto isn't going to
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by kamarg 5y ago
No empowement. Mistakes could lead to too much bad PR, court cases, or fines. It also means that if anything bad happens, they can fire the employee that didn't follow corporate's rules and claim it was a mistake by the employee a
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by kamarg 5y ago
FIFA is currently trialing a 30:00 half with a countdown clock that stops when play is interrupted. Along with that throwins would become kickins, teams have unlimited substitutions, a yellow card would result in a five minute penalty simil
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by kamarg 5y ago
It's more expensive to make a bad hire than to not hire someone and move a bit slower.
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by kamarg 5y ago
Are these elections or "elections"? I don't know anything about Chad.
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by kamarg 6y ago
> they're competing against the alternative of you finding a position on your own first (or otherwise no longer requiring their services) Almost every recruiter will constantly ask you if you're interviewing anywhere else or wo
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by kamarg 6y ago
Not at most places and often times that number will have a large reward points pool already built up because others are also using it to avoid giving out their number.
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by kamarg 6y ago
I loved my mini-disc player. They somehow felt more futuristic than than the better alternatives. It's too bad there was virtually no support for them in the US.
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by kamarg 6y ago
Why not do multiple cameras and broadcast each of the feeds? Then it's up to the software for each user to do head tracking.
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by kamarg 6y ago
Some of the larger SV companies publicly said they would be adjusting salaries for employees that chose to move to lower cost of living locations. Typically when this is done, it uses the numbers provided by the government to provide the ad
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by kamarg 6y ago
Any particular reason you don't think it was Russia?
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by kamarg 6y ago
It's always impressive to me when someone makes it through the slog that was books 4-8. Books 10-12 really pick up the pace again. I believe that's when Sanderson took over for the late Robert Jordan. If you enjoy somewhat grittie
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by kamarg 6y ago
It's not the specific way of speaking that prevents panic. It's the training. It just happens that for a while pilots all wanted to sound like Chuck Yeager and then it just became the way new pilots talked because that's how
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by kamarg 6y ago
Per https://www.globalcitizensolutions.com/americans-dual-citize... "...it’s important to recognize that the USA follows a ‘master nationality’ rule. What this means is, it recognizes only the US nationality of an indi
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by kamarg 6y ago
I remember this from back in the 90's when I was a kid. You'd get into this little platform and they'd lower an arm with a ring around you to keep you from walking out and hurting yourself. Then they put a heavy, bulky helmet
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by kamarg 6y ago
An HOA that represents more people can get a better deal for the residents than a single home can on their own.
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by kamarg 6y ago
I'd think it's both in the age of the smart thermostat that has a camera/mic built in.
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by kamarg 6y ago
The book deal was signed Apr 14 with Atria Books which is an imprint of Simon & Schuster. I couldn't find any info on an expected publication date. https://fortelabs.co/blog/book-deal-for-building-a-second-br.
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by kamarg 6y ago
I don't think that's a safe statement to make. See Vancouver in 2011 ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Vancouver_Stanley_Cup_rio... ).

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