monknomo

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   by monknomo 7y ago

   I usually spell it borscht, do they do it differently in the UK?
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   by monknomo 7y ago

   or even civil servants
3. 363.▲
   by monknomo 7y ago

   I believe employee wage ceiling is something more like $75/hr, and that would be for a job description like "you run the department of commerce"
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   by monknomo 7y ago

   What if we just make transit free at point of service? It isn't like those fares are really paying the costs
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   by monknomo 9y ago

   I mean, idlewords is just this guy...
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   by monknomo 9y ago

   I think that is probably more literal than a person should be with a simile, metaphor or poetical comparison
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   by monknomo 9y ago

   When you were a kid, there were plenty of kids with the totems of success and comfortable lives. It's likely you didn't see them, because we sort by class. Presumably, you are doing better than when you were a teen, since you&#x2
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   by monknomo 9y ago

   I had a similar experience with a summer job clearing brush, painting stuff and stacking 50 gal drums at a fuel tank farm. Didn't have to think while I'm there, could tell when I was done (are there still trees on the fence line?
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   by monknomo 9y ago

   I'm not part of the USDS, but I do work for the feds. There are some exceptions for senior executive positions and other exception jobs, but for run of the mill civil service jobs you must be a US citizen.
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    by monknomo 9y ago

    I'm interested in reaching out to you, but I don't see contact info for you in your profile. It'd have to be virtual coffee; I'm not in Seattle at the moment.
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    by monknomo 9y ago

    Certainly regulatory capture is a thing, as is law breaking. Regulatory capture doesn't do you much good if nobody cares when a business breaks regulations, though :) I think American society does care about businesses following laws a
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    by monknomo 9y ago

    "maverick rule-bending to compete against the establishment" seems like a really complementary way to say "lawbreaking company". I mean, their whole model was to go places, ignore the law and continue operating until the
13. 373.▲
    by monknomo 9y ago

    Tricky to use breeder reactors in a way that doesn't upset the non-proliferation balance
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    by monknomo 9y ago

    The trick for me is page numbers and a table of contents
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    by monknomo 9y ago

    The pen is the toughest choice! I like the Uniball Vision Elite with the bold point in blue. I've run out today and am reduced to a US Government Skilcraft pen. A decided downgrade
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    by monknomo 9y ago

    That sucks, diaries really are irreplaceable. For work logs, I keep mine in a locked office. I'd be pretty boned if someone broke in there no matter what!
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    by monknomo 9y ago

    I use a notebook with a pen and something roughly corresponding to the bullet journal format. Portable, power outage safe, hard to steal remotely and easy-ish to slot into the legal process if required.
18. 378.▲
    by monknomo 9y ago

    Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning
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    by monknomo 9y ago

    I know it's a rule; if a user can add content, someone will add porn, but why add porn to maps? Were people putting a pin in and commenting with a naughty pic? What does that mean?
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    by monknomo 9y ago

    Musk is not an engineer. Leading engineers without being an engineer does not mean leading engineers without being technical. Of course a leader must understand, at some level, what their followers are doing, but sufficient technical knowl
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    by monknomo 9y ago

    Maybe it's a false economy to automate other processes if the political fallout from not automating hers is big?
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    by monknomo 9y ago

    Funny how the main anachronism is the guns and rah rah militarism. Even parental concerns about the type of paint persist through time
23. 383.▲
    by monknomo 9y ago

    That was not lost on me. They're wrong, and kinda mean TBH, but someday someone will make a pretty good language, with a really helpful compiler/interpreter and will have the viral-fu to get it in use
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    by monknomo 9y ago

    Despots gonna despot regardless of what idlewords (or anyone else) does
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    by monknomo 9y ago

    Patriarchy is not 100% beneficial to men, that's true. I'll agree with my sibling comment that men do hang out on the internet talking burrito shits. I'll point to reddit, or garage journal, or advrider or any number of gun
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    by monknomo 9y ago

    I've driven by two large concrete and asphalt recyclers in two different states within the last week. Definitely a big thing!
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    by monknomo 9y ago

    Humane programming is something I wish compiler and language builders would do more of
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    by monknomo 9y ago

    I'm sure some website has guys talking about their epic burrito induced shit. They probably mostly don't tie it into gender relations, because the people who benefit from privilege don't think about their privilege; it's
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    by monknomo 9y ago

    I have this problem. It's exacerbated by co-sleeping with a baby, who is extra demanding on my shoulders. Posture, particularly sitting up straight, and holding my hands in the correct typing position, helps a lot. Making sure my mon
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    by monknomo 9y ago

    So much this. I don't have time to remember your website and see what you're up to - just ping my feed reader when you've got something to say