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by mariojv 4y ago
Regardless of what you think about the "left leaning mass media," abortion funds in Texas like the Frontera Fund are pausing abortion funding, even for out of state abortions, due to the fear that a recently passed Texas law crimi
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by mariojv 4y ago
This is a nice start, but I am not sure if it helps at all with geofence warrants. See https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/19/google-geofence-warrants/ Location history is a feature that they use to help you
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by mariojv 4y ago
I've seen HN posts indicating that Apple uses homomorphic encryption for part if its differential privacy efforts in the past ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31672254 ), but am really having trouble finding source
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North Korea Used Crypto to Hack Its Way Through the Pandemic(nytimes.com)
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Yes, total comp decreased by about 20%. They did try to make it right: I got a merit base salary increase of about 9%, and the company gave a top up RSU grant when they usually do stock refreshers once annually. I appreciated that, but this
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by mariojv 4y ago
Thank you for writing this. I am a married gay man in Texas feeling all sorts of things similar to you are right now. The story about your great grandmother and your note about Thomas's opinion and your husband's visit to the ER h
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by mariojv 4y ago
Yes, this is a small operation, population wise and financially. The Brooks County most recent fiscal year budget has around $6M in revenue: https://www.co.brooks.tx.us/upload/page/5141/docs/2021092212...
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by mariojv 4y ago
I'm a little surprised to see Twitter in the list of companies rescinding job offers. I know they're possibly being acquired, but I can't imagine that anything's impacted revenue so much that would impact hiring decision
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by mariojv 4y ago
US employees get the day off at Okta.
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by mariojv 4y ago
CPI inflation includes housing in the form of rent and owner's imputed rent, see question 10 here: https://www.bls.gov/cpi/questions-and-answers.htm > The CPI represents all goods and services purchased for con
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by mariojv 4y ago
The quits rate (resignation and quitting) is extremely high historically: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/JTSQUR The graph you were showing is about layoffs, involuntarily losing your job. I am not sure what the num
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by mariojv 4y ago
It looks like home mortgages are only non-recourse, meaning the lender can't go after your other assets besides the house if you refuse to pay, in 12 US States: Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Idaho, Minnesota, North Carolin
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by mariojv 4y ago
I thought exactly this when reading the article. I found this comment by searching for "Foundation" in the comments section. Maybe humanity needs a real Foundation in these times.
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by mariojv 4y ago
Anyone have opinions on how long this inflation spike will last, or what the peak will be? I seriously thought we had maybe peaked earlier this year, and it looks like the peak so far was in March for core inflation excluding food and energ
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Inflation is coming for middle-class households(marketwatch.com)
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by mariojv 4y ago
This isn't a tool for generating diagrams from actual code, but I have really enjoyed using PlantUML lately while putting together design or architecture proposals: https://plantuml.com As someone who is not a very visual p
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by mariojv 4y ago
I think 2009 counts as part of the Great Recession.
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‘Quantum Internet’ Inches Closer with Advance in Data Teleportation(nytimes.com)
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by mariojv 4y ago
It's been several years since I interviewed, but I do recall one Zoom interview where the panel was in a physical room and one of the people on the panel was just on his phone texting or something for around half of the interview. I ba
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by mariojv 4y ago
EU was a great decision. Do you mind sharing which country you picked, and how the transition was for your family? One option we are considering is starting our family in the US and moving to the EU slightly later in life, but before the ki
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by mariojv 4y ago
In my anecdotal experience, it is not just ultra wealthy Americans trying to get second passports. We can't afford these investment visas, but because of our fear that gay marriage rights may be repealed [0], my husband and I are explo
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by mariojv 5y ago
Fantastic story, it's hilarious that the "town" popped up on Google Maps for a bit.
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by mariojv 5y ago
It's a partial outage for me. I was just able to send an iMessage, but directions on Maps are not working. I live in central Texas.
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by mariojv 5y ago
I haven't been to Europe so can't compare it to some of your alternatives, but I've lived in south Texas for most of my life so could give some perspective there. Pros for Austin: * It definitely meets your first 2 goals of h
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Russia Rolls Down Internet Iron Curtain, but Gaps Remain(wsj.com)
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Russia reportedly seeks tighter control over the internet(euractiv.com)
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Paper Money Saved the Union(wsj.com)
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by mariojv 5y ago
What is the best type of radio, or best type of radios, to have in the event of a protracted, possibly nuclear conflict? Ready.gov suggests a hand crank or NOAA weather radio. Specifically, I suppose some good goals would be: 1. Receive ins
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by mariojv 5y ago
Slightly off topic, but I was shocked at how small Yandex's revenues are, given that they're basically a Google and an Uber for a major region. USD 4.94 billion in 2021. That's a large company, but for a major tech company, I
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by mariojv 5y ago
I had a horrible experience with a Dell laptop a few years ago. I bought it because of the price/specs combination, but it had so many problems. The problems started with the purchase. My credit card had a security feature where they t

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