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by lsc 8y ago
I personally think the MBA system is a big step up from just choosing leaders based on how closely related to a powerful person they are. (I mean, I understand there is a lot of overlap between the two... I'm just saying that the MB
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by lsc 8y ago
Sure, and it's possible OP really is saving money by renting their hardware instead of owning. I don't know the details of their needs or of their costs or what cloud provider they are moving to or what deal they cut with that
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by lsc 8y ago
so, uh, I'm not weighing in on the job stuff... but I suggest you check your numbers on how hosting in the public cloud is cheaper than your own data centers. I mean, sure, automating things is great, and running your own hardware clou
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by lsc 8y ago
my outsiders view of management training is that they work so hard at cultivating confidence that they start thinking that confidence, not competence, is what they need to select for in roles outside of leadership. As far as I can tell, &qu
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by lsc 8y ago
I.. must be using my car incorrectly.
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by lsc 8y ago
>Talking bad about anything or anyone Personally, I think this should be near the top, and I think arrogance[1] should be near the bottom. And not just for interviews. If you are known for giving credit where credit is due? that&#x27
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by lsc 8y ago
On the face of it, the idea that it's somehow worse to be given food than to starve is kindof ridiculous. I mean, sure, it's easy to setup negative incentives if you setup a welfare system and you aren't paying attention, but
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by lsc 8y ago
eh, my personal opinion is that the straight edges made it much easier to grip. I would trade in my iphone 7 for something similarly sized that had the hard edges. but I'm pretty sure it's just a personal taste thing.
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by lsc 8y ago
>completely different species? My understanding is that 'extra virgin' is process, not species. My understanding is that the first press is 'extra virgin' and the much cheaper "pure" olive oil comes from
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by lsc 8y ago
both the voyage and the oasis do have a bezel, if we're using the modern usage of the word, like the iphone 7 has a bezel and the iphone x is bezel-less. The paperwhite, voyage and oasis are all touch screen e-ink kindles that I'
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by lsc 8y ago
>- e-ink displays are incredibly fragile. I think the display on my kindle is about as solid as a cellphone display...I carry mine around in a cargo pocket and it regularly gets slammed into furniture. I mean, i do break them, but I brea
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by lsc 8y ago
I loved the old nokias as much as anyone (I had 3 different nokia communicators, even the doomed e90, along with a handful of their more typical offerings) Personally I've yet to see a phone that fits my hand better than the iphone5.
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by lsc 8y ago
> As a consumer, not an ad tech guy, I don’t get digital advertising at all. It rarely if ever drives behavior on my part, and I just don’t see effective use of it. The most useful ads I see are the circulars in the newspaper that I seek
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by lsc 8y ago
Interesting. I Looked up the other two schools, but not the University of Florida, which was unfair of me, as I am personally a little suspicious of the unranked private schools
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by lsc 8y ago
I think community college in California is the best chance working adults have of getting into prestigious schools. My understanding is that you have a significantly better chance of getting into an undergrad program at Berkeley from commu
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by lsc 8y ago
in California, community college tuition is on the order of a grand a year, full time (in state) - less if you are only going part time, which you probably would be, if you're working enough hours to get the walmart reimbursement. At
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by lsc 8y ago
from the article: "Full- and part-time Walmart workers can use the subsidy to take courses at the University of Florida; Brandman University in Irvine, Calif.; and Bellevue University in Bellevue, Neb." I don't know what thos
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by lsc 8y ago
>I don't think the South loved owning slaves as much as they found it an expedient economic model The economic model is strong in some ways; the value of all the slaves in the south, as I understand it, was greater than the value o
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by lsc 8y ago
>The aims of the American War of Independence and the Civil War almost certainly could have been achieved without firing a shot. Maybe? I mean, the war of independence is a little different... clearly, we were not a real threat to the B
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by lsc 8y ago
>The Nazi regime could have been prevented if the victors of the first World War hadn't imposed harsh punitive measures to destroy the German economy. I think you could make just as strong an argument that the Nazi regime would not
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by lsc 8y ago
>CPAP is only tolerated by fewer than half of patients I know several people who are in this boat... but without exception, all the people I personally know who did not tolerate cpap treatment just used one mask, and when that didn'
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by lsc 8y ago
the inline humidifier doesn't work with the full face mask, and I figured out that nasal masks aren't for me shortly after buying my CPAP setup, so we're talking just a few nights of experience on the inline humidifiers. When
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by lsc 8y ago
the big name brands (ResMed and Phillips Respironics) both make "portable" CPAPs that are quite small and portable, but neither makes an 'officially supported' battery solution (even though ResMed has officially suppor
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by lsc 8y ago
So, I've got an AirMini, and I'd really like a battery solution for it. The thing is, most battery setups I can buy for it are not only big and bulky enough to support larger machines with heated tubes/humidifiers, but they
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by lsc 8y ago
So, uh, I haven't actually read 'Moby Dick' in paper. I read almost everything on the kindle, so I'm not always as conscious of the 'heft' of a book as I might be. It's a wonderful book, and really gr
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by lsc 8y ago
>I see many who are paid well yet are unhappy and complain they are poor all the times. I work in tech in silicon valley and... I often have difficulty not giggling when my co-workers talk about how poor they are. I mean, I'm the sy
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by lsc 8y ago
If you must stream (if you are up for physical media, last I checked, Netflix was king, and has am incredibly broad catalogue ) try Amazon Prime. You have to pay a rental fee of like three or four bucks per, just like blockbuster, but they
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by lsc 8y ago
>I was so sure I was right. Then they introduced me to the idea you can drive in the US with insurance that wouldn't even cover the costs of a new medium sized sedan. Yup. I mean, obviously, many people would not be able to afford
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by lsc 8y ago
Outcomes for you? or for the person you hit? If we could all agree to use smaller cars, we'd all be better off. Even within the 'bigger is better' arms-race limits, ( you are better off in a vehicle that is heavier than yo
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by lsc 8y ago
On a societal level, we externalize most of the costs associated with auto crashes. I suspect that if we better rolled the true cost of injuries into the cost of car ownership (say, by increasing the minimum liability insurance to the cost

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