matmann2001

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by matmann2001 6y ago
Thank you for putting into words what I've been feeling. Uncomfortable is great way to describe the lingering questions I have. - What was the extent of Russian interference in 2016? Was it just media manipulation or did it go further
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by matmann2001 6y ago
Ahh perhaps I am mistaken and only remembered the Quick Reference. Do you know if midterm election guides also include all of that?
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by matmann2001 6y ago
It's been fairly typical the past few elections at least. Not sure how much we're paying for the voter guides, but I do know they are effectively useless. You get like a paragraph summary of the measure that offers no nuance, an
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by matmann2001 6y ago
My car is also a chevy.
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by matmann2001 6y ago
I bought a car ~7 years ago in Illinois and transported it to California. Pumps in IL worked fine with the car, but upon arriving in CA, I found that gas pumps will prematurely shut off, almost immediately upon pumping, regardless of how em
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by matmann2001 6y ago
Order of the Engineer is a similar thing that already exists. You swear an oath and get a sick pinky ring.
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by matmann2001 6y ago
I think that is explained toward the end: > This lawsuit is separate from the criminal charges brought against Snowden for his alleged disclosures of classified information. This lawsuit is a civil action, and based solely on Snowden’s f
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by matmann2001 6y ago
Being able to keep work and politics separate is a privilege of a successfully-functioning democracy.
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by matmann2001 6y ago
I'm more impressed that a ticket managed to live on in a tracker for so long without getting lost over the years.
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by matmann2001 6y ago
This is a solved problem and the solution is virtualenv. Learning how to use venv's would have likely taken less time than the tinkering described in this post. If you're going to regularly develop with python and use 2nd/3rd
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by matmann2001 6y ago
Yes. I prefer this planet in its habitable state.
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by matmann2001 6y ago
Where did I mention the banning of a form of work?
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by matmann2001 6y ago
More than plausible. The fact that Uber does not generate profit means they are effectively subsidizing rides with VC and IPO funds.
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by matmann2001 6y ago
Yes! If the free market results in employers offering shitty choices that take advantage of workers with limited options, the government should step in and attempt to correct the power-imbalance that puts the workers at life- and liberty-th
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by matmann2001 6y ago
I think you're gas lighting us by ignoring the fact that these types of choices aren't fully unconstrained. People aren't assuming this risk because they prefer to, but rather they have limited choices available to them given
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by matmann2001 6y ago
Why is Prop 22 the magic answer for these companies? Have we really reached a point where having mandates in state law is the only way for companies to treat their workers better than the absolute minimum? Call me naive, but it always feel
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by matmann2001 6y ago
Playing devil's advocate here, but how do you think they managed to make a more affordable solution? If you think it's entirely due to their technology, I'm afraid you'd be mistaken.
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by matmann2001 6y ago
So, if Prop 22 is the solution to this mess, then it's natural to ask: 1) What do services like Uber/Lyft/Doordash (who are proposing Prop 22) currently offer in terms of benefits? 2) How do current benefits compare to what w
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by matmann2001 6y ago
My school had a class called CS 418 Computer Graphics. One of the final projects was to render a scene reflected off the surface of a teapot STL. I often pondered on the coincidence.
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by matmann2001 6y ago
What a laughably incomplete model. I don't care whose post this is. It's the epitome of short-sighted. So the government just takes the money and that's the end of it? Not by a long shot. Every major proponent of a wealth tax
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by matmann2001 6y ago
We'll just let Google write another algorithm to handle it and take the human aspect out of the equation /s
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by matmann2001 6y ago
This might be a strange question, but I'll give it a shot anyway. Amongst myself and a number of friends (whom work in tech), we've observed a similar difficulty with meeting and employing lawyers for either personal- or business-
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by matmann2001 6y ago
I wonder what the refresh time on this looks like. I recently finished a project with a red/black/white e-ink display, and the docs for it listed a worst-case refresh time of up to 14 seconds.
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by matmann2001 6y ago
Also had a Toq. Probably one of my favorite smartwatches, and would have loved to see it live long enough to run Android Wear. Unfortunately, Qualcomm isn't a product company and the Toq was essentially a proof of concept for both Mi
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by matmann2001 6y ago
I know XKCD made a comic and everything, but isn't this type of password exactly why dictionary attacks exist?
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by matmann2001 6y ago
I also made my own weather display. This one just runs on a RaspberryPi. It can be extended to collect info from other sources (I eventually plan to build some sensors for outside my home), but for now it gets indoor information from my Eco
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by matmann2001 6y ago
Just trying to make a reference to Silicon Valley (TV show).
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by matmann2001 6y ago
You put radio... on the internet.
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by matmann2001 6y ago
Also consider the social effect. To the ordinary eye, it's not obvious that this blur is resistant to reversal, unlike standard blur effects. However, someone seeing the use of this blur effect, without understanding what it is, may
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by matmann2001 7y ago
NO THANKS!

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