mnm1

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by mnm1 7y ago
It's good to see at least one country with some sense and the ability to stand up to the bullying of the US. It's too bad more countries don't use their sovereignty to stop ugly US laws and culture like draconian copyright la
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by mnm1 7y ago
Does that include taxes and fees? Does it include unlimited tethering? I'm paying the same for 4 lines with unlimited everything except only 2gb per line for tethering. Seems like I might be getting ripped off...
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by mnm1 7y ago
How am I supposed to know those numbers? I'm getting paid towards the top of the median range in what I do, working remotely, often less than 40 hours a week. Hard to get something better than that. The point of my post was that not ha
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by mnm1 7y ago
Many people with CS degrees don't understand those topics and many people without a CS degree do. So I don't buy this.
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by mnm1 7y ago
I have had no issues getting interviews with Microsoft (and a position), Google, Netflix, FB (turned down), etc. No CS degree. I doubt it's because of my philosophy degree. Marketing is very important however.
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by mnm1 7y ago
This only matters for one's first job, if that. Afterwards it's irrelevant. Regardless of what the job description says, it's never mattered in my experience working at well over a dozen companies in the last twelve years or
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by mnm1 7y ago
We do have aptitude tests and a selection system in the US: the SAT/ACT. You can't get into competitive schools without not only doing well on that test but also doing well in high school and often outside of high school. Obviousl
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by mnm1 7y ago
Good points, however this one is wrong. > Banks typically use customer registration numbers as opposed to user-chosen usernames or email addresses so there goes the value in credential stuffing lists. I've had accounts at most of th
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by mnm1 7y ago
Bullshit. Lyft has a record of the driver's path that night presumably. They can see he didn't drive to where he was supposed to. At the absolute least, that should be grounds for dismissal even if nothing else occurred.
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by mnm1 7y ago
> After years of projecting big profits from student lending, the federal government now acknowledges that taxpayers stand to lose $31.5 billion on the program over the next decade, and the losses are growing rapidly. Most civilized coun
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by mnm1 7y ago
Yeah but the rate is what matters. The US kills more people in days than some other countries do in years. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/09/the-counted-...
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by mnm1 7y ago
I expect cops to not shoot unarmed, innocent men but clearly that's too much to expect and I live in a fantasy world. How come this doesn't happen in other countries despite their police also carrying guns? Are US police that evil
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by mnm1 7y ago
This makes the US government look like petty idiots. As is the government wasn't already the laughingstock of the entire world. They can't even arrest Snowden (not that they should) and now they want to bankrupt him. I assume Snow
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by mnm1 7y ago
A nomination to one of the two major political parties says plenty enough about the culture that allows this while targeting people like Stallman who haven't actually hurt anyone for their unusual opinions.
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by mnm1 7y ago
Yeah we're going to continue to kill hundreds of thousands more people before this will even start to be discussed by politicians because our politicians are incredibly stupid and closed minded. But maybe if enough people die, things w
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by mnm1 7y ago
I have credit monitoring but signed up for it from this settlement anyway. I doubt anyone will see anymore than a couple of bucks from this. It's a scam and they got away with it. That's what happens when your government cares mor
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by mnm1 7y ago
Addict or pseudoaddict, the solution is the same. Give them a supervised dose as necessary and provide support and encouragement for them to stop if they wish. Anything else and the patient will turn to the black market. It's that simp
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by mnm1 7y ago
Why should I go for a vendor locked, proprietary solution that could disappear at any moment for any critical infrastructure? Especially when it requires a proprietary language no one has ever worked in before while there are at least a hal
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by mnm1 7y ago
That magic wand is allowing doctors to prescribe safe opiates to addicts, providing safe places they can use, and providing support and means to quit. It's not magic. Many places around the world are doing it. Eliminate the black marke
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by mnm1 7y ago
And if they had continued access to those pills they wouldn't be hitting the black market, getting fentanyl, and dying. Eventually, with support and help, they could start to wean off directly or with methadone or suboxone. But no, we
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by mnm1 7y ago
If you get another offer, bring it to your employer and they don't match it or at the very least come up with a counter you both agree to, then you need to quit and take the other offer. That's the risk of this move. As you say, y
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by mnm1 7y ago
With either public or private healthcare a 'bureaucrat deciding whether your life will generate a sufficient "return"' will be the case. At least in the case of public government run insurance, they have an incentive to
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by mnm1 7y ago
Just because you don't agree with my analysis of our culture doesn't mean it's misinformation. Helmets reducing the risk of head and face injuries doesn't mean that biking without a helmet is inherently dangerous. Nor do
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by mnm1 7y ago
Hard to take something like this seriously coming from Microsoft's president. Either he wants regulation to keep competition out or to hinder competitors or he'd regulate Microsoft himself if he really believed in regulation. He d
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by mnm1 7y ago
I think you missed my point which is that riding without a helmet is not dangerous. Americans think it's dangerous because of the way the culture treats everyone as if they are children who need a nanny because they don't know any
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by mnm1 7y ago
Riding your bike that way in Amsterdam (or really any place in Europe and I imagine most of the rest of the world) wouldn't turn one head, let alone invoke anger. That's definitely an American thing. I guess some people get off on
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by mnm1 7y ago
You should strive for honesty because otherwise you will not get the most out of your employees. If you don't pay them as described here or forgo raises, they will respond in kind by working less, taking more time, and doing lower qual
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by mnm1 7y ago
That's great to hear. Unfortunately, his actions haven't really done anything in the US. I wish I could say otherwise, but I haven't seen a single thing change. Privacy still isn't an issue that's on most people&#x2
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by mnm1 7y ago
I gave up meat for a decade and a half. It didn't do shit. Why? Because no one else did. And no one else will to any significant degree of the population. There likely are more vegetarians and vegans now than in the past based on the n
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by mnm1 7y ago
I had a similar situation with vrbo. The ac was broken and the host installed a makeshift "ac" system that didn't even cool the room it was in. This was in Vegas with temps way above 100. I didn't stay there and they onl

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