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by mieseratte 7y ago
> Don't take my word for it, there is a lot of research on these social dynamics. Well unless you cite the research, the only option you've given us is to take your word.
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by mieseratte 7y ago
Bigger names, politicians, etc. too often seem to be bland, seemingly PR-run affairs. For smaller names and niche topics, there is often some legitimate discussion worth reading. Of course sometimes the bigger ones are great for another rea
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by mieseratte 7y ago
First manager I've had, great guy and despite his shortcomings I'd work with him again. Straightforward honest guy, did he work well, mentored me well. Then one day he assaulted another coworker in the break room. Someone's o
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by mieseratte 7y ago
> There's a lot of flouncing resignations and "we need to talk" style essays also revealing little of substance. I feel similarly, I've read all of Monica Cellio's posts and still have no real idea what is going
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by mieseratte 7y ago
It's voluntary, volunteering... there's no need for payment. I say this as someone who has previously run for (and lost) a moderator role.
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by mieseratte 7y ago
Learning syntax and convention is something. I’ve been programming for 15+ years, everything from assembly to the latest JS. I don’t need a $50 book for, say, C# that is targeted at everyone and so spends time explaining basic programming c
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by mieseratte 7y ago
Does anyone have an interesting perspective to discuss, or all we just going to pile on our politicized opinions of the validity of the Afghanistan War?
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by mieseratte 7y ago
Taliban hosted AQ, gave us 9/11. We may be stuck in a quagmire, but there’s more to the Taliban than banning heroin and to pretend otherwise is disingenuous.
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by mieseratte 7y ago
When did the Taliban sign on to Geneva?
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by mieseratte 7y ago
Welcome to war. Bad intel kills good people. I would be more concerned with the classification of any male over 16 killed in a strike as an automatic combatant than a single given operation gone wrong. This is an unavoidable aspect of war.
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by mieseratte 7y ago
> Any cop would be in death row for pulling something like this in American Soil. That’s a dubious claim.
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by mieseratte 7y ago
Only with Trump could someone find asking an ally to uphold rule of law to be sketchy. He asked to setup a call with the AG, this is somehow nefarious?
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by mieseratte 7y ago
> Reflecting on her behavior as an adult, it was apparent that I was just a problem for her Really, that's the issue with school in a nut-shell. Just like I want to walk into work Monday morning and have a routine day, so do teacher
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by mieseratte 7y ago
> can obviously much more complex than "fixing" an individual's behavior. My favorite "hate" on the blameless post-mortem's is when it comes down to altering a process that someone owns, because then you&#x
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by mieseratte 7y ago
That’s the problem with an unqualified group moniker, anyone can assume it. This is just another No True Scotsman.
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by mieseratte 7y ago
Assuming a proper maintenance schedule, we can reasonably reduce that time window.
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by mieseratte 7y ago
Based on my last hotel stay, that would be Computer Sanitation Engineer .
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by mieseratte 7y ago
In what state(s) do governors decide parole? Typical parole boards exist for this purpose.
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by mieseratte 7y ago
Highly dependent upon context, I suppose. If you came forward to break an otherwise improbable or cold case, I could imagine that would warrant consideration. Of course someone could sing to save their skin, and in doing so lie. It’s a bala
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by mieseratte 7y ago
You’re making an awfully large assumption, that “society failed them” as if that is the reason. Society has failed me in more ways than I care to count, I don’t go about killing.
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by mieseratte 7y ago
That’s not a cartel, that’s a free market. It’s not as if two or three landlords run the show.
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by mieseratte 7y ago
> I've never thought of it as a pejorative, and I don't know anyone who has. Listen here, nerd! It's a pejorative if you use it as one.
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by mieseratte 7y ago
I do wonder if "sent to retraining" selects for a bad audience? Anyone competent enough to retrain and retool could've done so, obviating their need for your training.
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by mieseratte 7y ago
I've personally used a debit card (major bank, Visa logo) for Enterprise car rentals in the US. Perhaps this is either a Euro or Non-US problem? They placed a $1 hold on the card. If memory serves, I've also done this with Hertz
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by mieseratte 7y ago
> Oh great, so now people have to do just one more step to get the same dopamine rush. Friction is useful. Sure, this doesn't solve for some hypothetical influencer types or advertisers getting count data. For the hypothetical teena
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by mieseratte 7y ago
Reading the Wikipedia entry on it, the apparent charge to remove it was "unnecessary agency"[0] - that the scope of its responsibility was handled by other agencies, but doesn't elaborate what those other agencies are. Does a
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by mieseratte 7y ago
Reminds me of the VW emissions, blame it on a low-level engineer.
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by mieseratte 7y ago
Saw it written elsewhere: We live in a world where a crime you committed as a teenager is washed away but not something you said.
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by mieseratte 7y ago
> But in practice it often means diligence which is often not correlated to effectiveness in most (not all) fields of knowledge work. How are you defining "effective" here? Anecdotally, all of the major bugs I've had to un
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by mieseratte 7y ago
What itch is Gatsby scratching?

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