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by nielsbot 2y ago
Wiktionary says this sense is shortened from “detective”, not related to the name FWIW https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dick (see English etymology #2)
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by nielsbot 2y ago
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Upton wiktionary says it’s from “up” + “town”
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by nielsbot 2y ago
Exactly. Needed a slightly more imaginative approach that this bad one they came up with. Would also be nice if this early outreach and assistance could be done on a wider scale, not just for air traffic controllers.
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by nielsbot 2y ago
I'd be surprised if Trump's DOJ did
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by nielsbot 2y ago
Related: “Will Employees Who Resign Have a Remedy?” https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42950301
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by nielsbot 2y ago
Slightly off topic--but reminds me that Apple had an electronic greeting card service called iCards: - https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/ICards - https://dribbble.com/shots/4901944-Apple-iCards#
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by nielsbot 2y ago
My worry is it could become a political issue. Agency you don’t like? Employee you don’t like? US state you don’t like? Just don’t pay them any more. And who would be able to do anything about it?
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by nielsbot 2y ago
did not see Vivek as a person, perhaps.
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by nielsbot 2y ago
So is having co-chairs (as opposed to just one)
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by nielsbot 2y ago
> the incoming president is exploiting his supporters’ enthusiasm for financial gain I think I'm stating the obvious but this is Trump's whole game: Money and power for him and his family with all other considerations secondary
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by nielsbot 2y ago
I exclusively think of it in the reverse: An A/C that can also heat your home.
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by nielsbot 2y ago
Reminds me of this story about this hurricane-resistant house left standing in Mexico Beach, FL after Hurricane Michael: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/14/us/hurricane-michael-flor...
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by nielsbot 2y ago
Pretty sure the passive house "movement" started in Germany? Looks like this type of passive house was a Swedish/German innovation: > The passive house standard originated from a conversation in May 1988 between Bo Adamson
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by nielsbot 2y ago
i am making a distinction between meetings in a conference room (those are fine remote, generally IMO) vs having conversations
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by nielsbot 2y ago
It pains me to say this, but I find in-person discussions more productive than online ones. It's not just shooting the shit--for me, spontaneous social chats often lead to work-related brainstorming. Being in the office next to co-work
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by nielsbot 2y ago
Can you explain this? I don't understand the point you're making.
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by nielsbot 2y ago
To see pro-union comments like this on Hacker News gives me hope.
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by nielsbot 2y ago
I'd argue that's a side effect, not an intent... but you never know.
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by nielsbot 2y ago
Management will replace you with a cheaper worker whenever possible, foreign or otherwise. Only way to ensure worker rights (and a greater share of your company's profits) is to fight for them and that's where unions come in.
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by nielsbot 2y ago
Nice that these exist—but does anyone else absolutely abhor shell programming? The syntax is impossible to memorize, it’s incredibly easy to make mistakes, and debugging is a pain. I hate it more than C++ and AppleScript.
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by nielsbot 2y ago
time for a union
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by nielsbot 2y ago
I guess my question should have been "what are effective alternatives"
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by nielsbot 2y ago
I don't think abstinence works in practice and condoms are a better alternative than "Russian roulette". Single trusted partner: Ok, sure...
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by nielsbot 2y ago
What's the alternative?
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by nielsbot 2y ago
I'd also argue that the US establishment's goal is to spread capitalism (that favors US capital), not democracy.
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by nielsbot 2y ago
Don’t forget to enable those anti-procrastination settings in 2025! :-P
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by nielsbot 2y ago
Sorry but that doesn’t match reality. Yes, in public Biden and the state department expressed some disapproval, said they’d look into it, etc. That was assuage angry public sentiment. But the whole time they went out of their way to send b
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by nielsbot 2y ago
No need to be outraged, Israel is doing exactly what the US leadership wants without the US having to put her own troops on the ground. The US security state has never given a damn about freedom or democracy or any of that. It only cares ab
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by nielsbot 2y ago
Seems in airports they’re trying to detect oxidizers? (Among other things) I can’t bring my hydrogen peroxide contact solution through security.
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by nielsbot 2y ago
To paraphrase Chomsky: When we do it, it’s just. When they do it, it’s terrorism.

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