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by mreome 7y ago
To be pedantic a bachelor is a man that is not, and has never been , married. A man that is not married may be a bachelor, a divorcé, or a widower. But bachelor is still used colloquially (in the US) for all three (but not as often for a
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by mreome 7y ago
I just wish I could get search to stop returning applications I uninstalled months ago (and yes I've tried deleting and rebuilding the index).
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by mreome 7y ago
I think acoustic levitation is going to be a technology worth watching over the coming years. I'm very curious what could be achieved with application specific speakers designed/built as arrays as opposed to discrete stock speak
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by mreome 7y ago
It's not that it provides any particular skills, but rather that it acts as an indicator that someone can take direction and instruction. If an employer has 100 applicants, half of which have a high school degree or less, then they&#x2
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by mreome 7y ago
I think you kind of prove the previous post's point though. As you said, to the millionaire all of that is just an "inconvenience". Even if you assume that they couldn't fight it in court, loosing their license is still
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by mreome 7y ago
For some of the biggest capital groups maybe, but that loss actually destroyed Knight Capital Group: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Capital_Group#2012_st...
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by mreome 7y ago
> It's sad when people don't understand the value of a program that targets them. I mean I do see the value, I just don't like floppy pizza. This one made me laugh.
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by mreome 7y ago
> the best way to find them is through links from similar small websites That's also a property of the "Old Internet" though. Discoverability has always been a problem for smaller entities. It's why every fan/per
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by mreome 7y ago
I would agree that’s true for most smaller subreddits, but I'm pretty sure the Reddit admins have a non-trivial amount of interaction with the mods of the largest and most central subreddits. I'd also agree that if this went befor
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by mreome 7y ago
In many of the subreddits the mods are directly improving the site's contents through extensive manual filtering and moderation. Some subreddit mods also manually manage "flair" including various forms of "verification.&
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by mreome 7y ago
This raises some serious questions for anywhere with user/volunteer based content/moderation. Sites like Reddit operate on a model very similar to Stack Exchange, and any user-moderated forum that runs ads to pay for hosting/
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by mreome 7y ago
The law doesn't seem to make a distinction about who initiated the relationship, only the nature of it. And the existence of organized/moderated subreddits is definitely an "integral part of the employer's business.&quot
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Some of the UK’s phone number infrastructure relies on Yahoo Groups(theverge.com)
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by mreome 7y ago
> "Blind allows employees at companies to share their opinion anonymously, which means they can share their honest opinions without fear of judgment," as Kyum Kim puts it. Furthermore, Blind users can only join its Blizzard com
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by mreome 7y ago
The parent comments were talking about landlords; in the US a landlord is the owner of a rented property. In the US "apartment" usually implies rented, while owned apartments are usually refered to as "condos/condominium
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by mreome 7y ago
In most US states all that is required is 24 Hours notice of entry for any maintenance, and emergency repairs/maintenance do not require any notice. Landlords and maintenance personal will always be assessing the state/condition o
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by mreome 7y ago
What the article is getting at though is that the younger generations(s) entering the work-force seem to be less willing to accept that "psychotic pursuit of profit and productivity". This is why so many people seem critical of Mi
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by mreome 7y ago
I'm not at all discounting your experience; mine are quite similar. I was just saying that what the article is discussing is not how things are now most places but looking at a possible projection of a trend seen in some companies
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by mreome 7y ago
Goals. You work with management to define what needs to be done by when, then set your schedule to maximize your personal productivity to meet those goals. You generally can't really have that kind of flexible schedule without organize
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by mreome 7y ago
In my experience these kind of people just chill in the office if they are forced to come in, but appear busy by proximity and association with their coworkers. When the most important metric is work-done and not butt-in-seat-hours, it ca
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by mreome 7y ago
This seems like a very honest way to ask. They're just trying to take a day off to have some fun and relax (which is perfectly reasonable). But they're not making up an excuse about being sick, or having a family obligations, they
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by mreome 7y ago
True, but this article is talking about shifting norms and the future of work. Doesn't seem like too crazy of an idea to hope/work for a future where the norm is a set of goals for your week/month and you being allowed to lar
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by mreome 7y ago
I don't think that's what the article is describing though. It's talking more about allowing off-hour calls/work/etc, but dropping the expectation of being at work during "normal work hours." Just a genera
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by mreome 7y ago
I think it only sounds horrible if you frame it as "I was forced to do work at 8pm and had to be in at 6am the next day." What the article is describing is more "I got a call at 8pm and decided to work on the issue that eve
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by mreome 7y ago
This article also illustrates what is clearly the biggest problem with standardized testing... those stupid tiny desks! Does anyone in the photo from the article look remotely comfortable? How are you supposed to focus on the material in
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by mreome 7y ago
> Four places in Alaska are among the nation’s largest in land area, such as Sitka city and borough, which consists of 2,870.4 square miles of land and has 3.1 people per square mile That percentage is quite inflated though because they&
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by mreome 7y ago
> healthier cities > move through cities > cities populated with these vehicles This article seems to be forgetting how many people don't live in cities. > For long distance trips, inclement weather, or for the elderl
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by mreome 7y ago
Analysis Paralysis. I don't think I have any bigger wasted-time-sink in my life then over analysis/planning/selection. * Loosing an entire evening trying to find the best library/language/engine/etc for a sid
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by mreome 7y ago
Isn't this just observing the fact that college isn't the same as work experience, and only provides the base skill-set needed to enter enter the industry? "When you join a startup, there’s a lot of emphasis on the design of
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by mreome 7y ago
Your drugstore/gas-station anecdote doesn't quite apply here though. The ePacket delivery option comes with size, weight and cost limitations such that it's not useful for shipping retail quantities. It's almost exclusiv

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