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by mimixco 7y ago
Actually, they do have their own police force and also an on-property jail. Nearly all Disney security personnel are undercover, dressed as tourists or other kinds of workers so as not to be off-putting to guests. The book Vinyl Leaves is
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by mimixco 7y ago
The legal machinations Disney went through to secure the site for The Florida Project, as it was then called, are unprecedented and will never be repeated. Disney is the government there. The rationale was that Disney knew more about safe
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by mimixco 7y ago
Good point. The first thing they did after hire was send everyone away to a 6 week "boot camp" which was invaluable. Who does that anymore?
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by mimixco 7y ago
Yes, he knew them and discarded them. Adam Frank's excellent About Time does a good job of telling the story.
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Livestream: FAA Chief Questioned on 737 Max(khou.com)
1 points by mimixco 7y ago|0 comments
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FCC Announces Rules and Legal Framework to Combat Robocalls(axios.com)
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by mimixco 7y ago
Not knowing what to do or what others did can be an advantage. Einstein developed his theory of relatively by simply discarding all the known theories about how physics worked. In my own experience at IBM, I solved a bug that had been repea
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by mimixco 7y ago
Googling around shows the consensus that the IPAT is considered one of the most difficult hiring tests out there, yet it contains no programming.
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by mimixco 7y ago
It wasn't an IQ test, and IBM definitely knew what it was doing in ways today's "move fast and break things" culture cannot fathom. Their software was and still is used in many mission-critical applications because the c
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City residents live with mental illness at higher rates than general population(popsci.com)
154 points by mimixco 7y ago|168 comments
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Diablo Canon (Nuclear Plant) Defers Millions in Maintenance(fairewinds.org)
9 points by mimixco 7y ago|2 comments
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by mimixco 7y ago
Exceptional means outside the norm. Most very successful people will never be understood or appreciated by others who don't share those qualities. Sad, really.
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by mimixco 7y ago
This is actually pretty cool and not nearly as intrusive as other kinds of advertising.
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by mimixco 7y ago
This is seriously f'd up. When I was hired by IBM years ago, they also had a test called the IPAT (Initial Programming Aptitude Test) but, guess what?, there was no programming in it! Instead, the test was designed to see if one had th
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by mimixco 7y ago
This is seriously f'd up. When I was hired by IBM years ago, they also had a test called the IPAT (Initial Programming Aptitude Test) but, guess what?, there was no programming in it! Instead, the test was designed to see if one had
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by mimixco 7y ago
OP here... I almost forgot. Play Services also tracks every single outgoing phone call you make. You'll see the notification/complaint as soon as you hang up.
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by mimixco 7y ago
Indeed it does. I forgot that one.
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by mimixco 7y ago
It's CASE (Computer Aided Software Engineering) all over again! This idea rears its (ugly) head every few years. It isn't a help to programmers. The reason we use text for programming isn't "because punch cards," th
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by mimixco 7y ago
A great game, BTW.
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To see Google track you in real time, disable Play Services
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by mimixco 7y ago
Ugh. I can't wait for my Puri.sm.
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Google Is About to Show a Lot More Ads on Mobile Phones(theverge.com)
7 points by mimixco 7y ago|1 comments
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by mimixco 7y ago
OP here. Found this interesting graphic in Adam Frank's fascinating book, About Time. While the new time zone shift proposals coming out recently aren't as bad as this, they're still pretty confusing!
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Before and After the Adoption of Standard Time(asociologist.com)
2 points by mimixco 7y ago|1 comments
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by mimixco 7y ago
How do you evacuate Miami or New York should an MCA occur? Large numbers of people would be irradiated while stuck in traffic.
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by mimixco 7y ago
So people should stop claiming that nuclear is one. It's an advertising term used by the industry, nothing more.
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by mimixco 7y ago
And I would say that those of us who are equally well informed and still opposed (ie: Arnie Gunderson) also have more work to do to get the truth out there. It's good to live in a place where we have that option. The fact is that the n
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by mimixco 7y ago
Arnie Gunderson, the author, is a recognized nuclear expert with a flawless resume who has since become a whistleblower. His credentials on this subject are beyond reproach.
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by mimixco 7y ago
On average, we have a serious meltdown event every 20 years with consequences far beyond anything that could happen from renewables.
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by mimixco 7y ago
Thanks for posting this. There are so many nuclear accidents which have left permanent scars on our planet beyond the "Big 3" that everyone knows about.

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