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by listless 4y ago
I agree. There is something gross about gleefully watching a person self-destruct. Reminds me a lot of what was done to Brittany Spears.
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by listless 4y ago
> Keep taking potshots at remote learning These are the trade-offs. They need to be reckoned with. The death toll from the pandemic is only the beginning of the fallout and as one of the only countries to keep schools closed as long as w
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by listless 4y ago
They should all get a Nobel Peace Prize for taking out social media
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by listless 4y ago
The problem is that they aren’t doing anything blatantly illegal. And discrimination is hard to prove. This is not a new game in America - we’ve been playing it since the 60’s at least and now we’re just playing the same game by another nam
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by listless 4y ago
I have worked at MSFT and the author is correct. It’s not explicitly said, but everyone knows you have to hire diverse people if you want to get promoted. And those folks are incredibly hard to find so you end up ignoring hundreds of qualif
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by listless 4y ago
My team has been using Quest 2 for meetings for the past 4 months. My verdict is that it is highly preferable to video calls IFF you didn’t have to wear that terribly uncomfortable device with laggy external cameras. We’re knocking at the d
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by listless 4y ago
> I almost want to cry when I read that - it makes me so angry. I understand this feeling. It’s because they do not at all want you to bring your authentic self. By definition, all this culture stuff is teach you who you should be at wor
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by listless 4y ago
Ok - fair point. I'll redact my "not a criminal statement" since the definition is just breaking the law - which she did - and because ignorance is never a defense.
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by listless 4y ago
> Nope. ~$250k is what she was paid, $1.6million is what she was fined. If she was paid 250K and fined 1.6M, then she's going to pay in much more than she made. Do I misunderstand the terms of the settlement here? > Classy This i
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by listless 4y ago
She’s not a criminal. She got paid to promote something and she did. Not disclosing it is an ethical dilemma and she’s paid in much more than she made. Also, if you buy something just because a celebrity told you to, you have poor decision
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by listless 4y ago
Winning never gets old. Even when it IS about the money, it’s first and foremost about winning.
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by listless 4y ago
That’s the way they wrote it. In reality, having an accountability partner is not new and it’s likely this guy signed on for it. Think of it like an AA sponsor - however poorly implemented here.
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by listless 4y ago
Desktop version is electron
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by listless 4y ago
Serial is the original true crime podcast, and IMO, nobody since has done it as well as they did. And holy shit. What an incredible piece of news. I think, though, that if the state vacates a conviction, then they lose the right to prosecut
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by listless 4y ago
Weed destroyed my life and left me with crippling anxiety. That was 2 decades ago. IMO - it shouldn’t be legal. And if it is, it should at least have giant warnings all over it.
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by listless 4y ago
The most shocking thing in this article is that SF actually prosecuted a retail theft case and went so far as to get DNA? This is not the SF Fox News has been telling me about.
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by listless 4y ago
I’m all for this. My compensation is very performance based and the highest performers get the biggest payout. When people do this is makes it much easier for me to get a bigger chunk of their bonus. It’s cynical, but it’s honest.
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by listless 4y ago
Yeah, it sounds like this is a feud between the governor and the mayor. The mayor is ultimately responsible here and the governor is using charged language. I assume that’s to make the mayor look more derelict. Who knows what’s actually goi
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by listless 4y ago
Not sure why this is getting downvoted - it’s ABSOLUTELY true. And if you think it isn’t, ask yourself, would you rather see a female counselor or a male one? I personally prefer to talk about personal topics with women. I don’t feel as com
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by listless 4y ago
It’s safe to assume that when it happens to poor people, nobody cares. Because nobody cares about poor people in general. I don’t think race has anything to do with it other than certain races are over-represented in low income brackets, so
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by listless 4y ago
That last sentence is accurate and I agree with it. I feel the malaise myself and I have a great job. I struggle to give you 100% each day. It didn’t used to be like this.
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by listless 4y ago
We used to call this “doing the least amount you have to do to get by”. And it is what I did in high school - kinda before I learned that having pride in what you do - no matter what that is - is essential to your success and happiness. I w
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by listless 4y ago
I tend to agree here. Exhibit A would be this story which is on HN at exactly the same time as this one here. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04198-4
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by listless 4y ago
That video reminds me of the “I’m a Mac” ads in that it does a great job of making Apple look dated and out of touch. I love good marketing.
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by listless 4y ago
Firebug enabled me to be a "real" web developer. Prior to that I was just slinging ASPX files with no real idea what I was doing. This tool was the gold standard for powerful developer tools that aren't overly complicated.
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by listless 4y ago
I think the main problem with studio work is that it sets highly unrealistic expectations for what a woman’s body looks like. It’s professionally groomed and unnatural and girls cannot possibly meet the same standard on any given Tuesday. N
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by listless 4y ago
I would say the fact that companies have so over-rotated on this stuff means he is still punching up. It’s no longer a marginalized position when corporations are now codifying culture war issues as part of their ideology.
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by listless 4y ago
Are we seeing a change to that with folks like AOC, MTG, Boebert, ect? AFAIK, none of them were wealthy by any means.
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by listless 4y ago
"few people want to run for federal office already. The pay isn't great and it's hard work." Is there any data to back that up? Because it seems to me like people are falling all over themselves and saying all kinds of c
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by listless 4y ago
Nobody changes it because they know they are going to need it when they are the minority. Someone is gonna have to take one for the team and pull the plug on it, but I have little faith in our government ever doing the “principled” thing.

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