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>> "I think the only reason to pursue [solar panels in the Sahara] would be if it were a stopgap measure in which the long-term goal would be to reduce consumption of energy and to change our lifestyles to be more sustainable, so
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A great writeup but reading things over the only thing this shows me is Bernie's people are a lot more dedicated. if Clinton's staffers had the same level/type of access as Bernie's staffers to VAN why wouldn't they
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11y ago
>>In the vast majority of cases, the client's preferred vendor helps the client write the RFP Thats surprising - In my state (NV) someone would be fired for that as it would be considered collusion.
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11y ago
Totally understand and agree with your observations as a pro services firm. That is the funniest part of the university I work at - say your company implements a solution for us like Product X. Well then all the sudden we can explore your E
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Working at a public university I can say the recent move towards "contact us" pricing without including ANY pricing information has led to us not being able to look at many products. The way it works in my state is unless the vend
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11y ago
That is possible but what is to stop the next one to reverse it for "national security purposes"?
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This sounds like the beginning of a bad joke... Getting Obama to understand doesn't really matter though at this point. The power is in congress and the supreme court. Laws are passed by congress then either overturned or ruled just by
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11y ago
and refuted: http://money.cnn.com/2015/12/16/media/las-vegas-review-journ...
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I've never understood how Uber/Lyft gets away with calling drivers independent contractors. If they were independent contractors shouldn't each driver be able to set their own rate and then the company factor in their cut? Th
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Thumbs up for this sorta reaction from managers. A boss should be a mentor and not someone you are afraid to go to, especially when times get rough.
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I for one would hope Autosteer isn't engaged in heavy traffic...although ability to autopilot during a sig alert on I10 in downtown LA on a Monday morning does sound worth the price of the car and then some
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11y ago
Recently Playboy turned more into an outlet of Photoshop skills than actual tasteful photography it seemed like. It has been and hopefully continues to remain a source for reporting and interviews that are intriguing and somewhat hard hitti
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This "teacher" notes this method works at conferences, but this is where all the attendees want your product. What happens in the classroom where there are those that couldn't care less about your product, you, or the subject
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Is this intended to compete with the AppleTV/FireTV/Roku? If so Google just failed miserably. Not having its own OS severely limits its abilities it would seem. It looks like it continues to be nothing more than a wireless audio&#
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In the customization friendly society we live in (remember Burger King makes it your way) its hard to see how automats would succeed. I know going out with friends there is rarely an instance where something is ordered exactly how it is on
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11y ago
Many people here have already echoed the overuse of Excel as a RDBMS - I have noticed this as well. The problem however (at least in my area - education) has come from the DB admins not wanting anyone to access "their" data due to