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by lotophage 6y ago
> labor unions and elected officials contend this deprives them of traditional benefits like health insurance and workers’ compensation This is the real problem that needs to be fixed. Most other developed nations have affordable, if not
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by lotophage 6y ago
A couple of years ago it was roughly 3 service per engineer.
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by lotophage 7y ago
Looks dicey to me too, but if you are going to die anyway, what's the harm? The choice is between definitely dying with no ventilator or possibly not dying with the aid of a hacked CPAP. No one would use this if they had access to a pr
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by lotophage 7y ago
It's the course that launched Coursera (formerly ml-class.org), and is still one of the most highly rated on Coursera, so I dare say that you are in the minority with that opinion.
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by lotophage 7y ago
When swinger's club referred to something else.
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by lotophage 7y ago
Shows the quantity of sleep, but to make statements about quality, wouldn't you have to show the proportion of time spent in each stage of sleep at least?
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by lotophage 7y ago
I don't think that this was being argued. Being denied a Green card is fine, but doing so on the basis of an obviously tampered form doesn't seem fair.
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by lotophage 7y ago
You were an orc yourself all along...
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by lotophage 7y ago
Most people I know who use password managers beyond Chrome/iCloud use LastPass. All the companies I have worked for in the last 7 years have used it too.
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by lotophage 7y ago
I've never heard of, let alone met people with, many of these names. Kenyatta, Jael, Gentry, Aven, Daylin.
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by lotophage 7y ago
Credit Karma lets you do tax returns for free
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by lotophage 7y ago
Are you saying this is a genuine error, or are you making a joke about spelling in American English diverging from British and Australian English?
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by lotophage 7y ago
> I've seen an employment contract that stated any hand-written addenda were invalid, so the idea of crossing out a clause or correcting it is at least partially defeated Couldn't you just cross out that line?
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by lotophage 7y ago
I found that sentence mildly painful to parse because the relative clause that attaches to "everybody" is split by verb phrase "ought to do" (bit of a garden-path sentence). It would be much easier to read if it was &quo
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by lotophage 7y ago
Another similar project in this space: https://www.clockworkpi.com/
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by lotophage 7y ago
I found out about the Dengvaxia controversy after frequently reading about measles outbreak stories that often mentioned people who were from or who had visited the Philippines. As a soon to be parent, the consequences of this and the antiv
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by lotophage 8y ago
I read one theory a while back that suggested that a lot of people in SF are doing exactly this, which may ironically lead to an oversupply of inventory after the string of IPOs this year and cause house prices to dip.
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by lotophage 8y ago
> The aim is to make Fishbrain the most popular angling app not just globally, but in every country as well. What?
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by lotophage 8y ago
No, I meant what I said. If the original commenter swims as much as they claim, they surely would have encountered at least one non-pisser, rendering their statement untrue. The claim that every swimmer pisses in the pool is them just tryin
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by lotophage 8y ago
> First off, every swimmer pees in the pool Straight up lie. I've swum for two decades and never pissed in a pool. Losing 30-60secs from a set to go take a piss is nothing. In Australia at least, pissing in the pool is considered re
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by lotophage 8y ago
That's pretty misleading. You are not charged to contact the driver in the app, you are charged once the item is returned. I've been through this process myself, and it's even stated on their FAQ: > A $15 fee is charged to
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by lotophage 8y ago
I've moved to the US from Australia, and the medical system here is pretty terrifying. People are always discussing "how to fix the homeless situation" here in San Francisco, but as I wander the streets I can't help but
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by lotophage 8y ago
The very first sentence is: > Blood money, also called bloodwit, is money or some sort of compensation paid by an offender (usually a murderer) or his/her family group to the family or kin group of the victim.
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by lotophage 8y ago
For those curious, Saudi sovereign wealth investments include: * Magic Leap * Tesla * Lyft * Uber https://www.cbinsights.com/research/saudi-arabia-pif-tech-in...
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by lotophage 8y ago
The concepts appear similar, but "blood money" has been in use for a long time: > Blood money is from 1530s; originally money paid for causing the death of another[1]. [1] https://www.etymonline.com/word/bl
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by lotophage 8y ago
> I prefer the privacy of the waiter going and coming back I don't. I creates an opportunity for credit card skimming.
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by lotophage 8y ago
> they may also reflect a potential decline in the number of hours drivers are driving Seems pretty meaningless if they are not accounting for hours worked. The companies were also very aggressive 4 years ago in new markets, often offeri
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by lotophage 8y ago
> Patagonia is a designer of outdoor clothing and gear for the silent sports: climbing, surfing, skiing and snowboarding, fly fishing, and trail running. Patagonia is a tech company? Is every company with a web presence considered a tech
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by lotophage 8y ago
Crown of Thorns is an invasive species. It's not indigenous to the area.
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by lotophage 8y ago
As someone who grew up outside the US, I sill find this attitude really bizarre. In Australia, if you can't afford to pay your employees a livable wage, then you are not a businessperson, you are a thief. You are taking money that your

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