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by novia 10y ago
This is a little off topic but, I'm curious, does Mastodon have policies regarding what sorts of photos can be shared on their site? If so, do they have admins that review reported photos to make sure they should be removed? I'm a
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by novia 10y ago
"Due to exceptionally high traffic, registrations on this instance are closed until quality of service can be assured for existing users." Maybe try again later?
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by novia 10y ago
This was published in September of 2014. It did take quite a bit of time to solve the problem, just not as much as anticipated.
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by novia 10y ago
From your linked article: >Part of this is due to the fact that gender roles are lagging behind labor force trends. The study you linked looked specifically at the USA, which is very much behind the rest of the civilized world when it co
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by novia 10y ago
> [...] there is no question that women cannot think as men do and vice versa This is garbage. The tone of the article often implies that the way women think is superior to the way men think, but none-the-less, this is sexism. As a wom
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by novia 10y ago
I had already completed my math degree when I took the course, but I felt like there was not very much math required at all. You could just take the mathematical concepts he told you about as facts and move on. You didn't ever have to
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by novia 10y ago
Well, I did a little bit of research and it looks like the policy Microsoft had in place was already allowing for emergency updates to be installed over metered connections, and this change in wording may just be a clarification of the exis
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by novia 10y ago
perhaps that update will never get downloaded onto my machine
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by novia 10y ago
For those who may be interested: the way to turn this particular trait off in Windows 10 is to mark all of your Internet connections as "metered connections." Windows will no longer download updates unless you specifically ask for
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Tinder Blog: In Commemoration of National Pig Day(blog.gotinder.com)
1 points by novia 10y ago|0 comments
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by novia 10y ago
Most likely they had to ask every applicant the same list of questions.
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by novia 10y ago
Yeah, I have been focusing 100% on external positions since then.
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by novia 10y ago
I have an entry level position at my firm, and I was applying to other internal positions that more closely match my skill set, but which would cause me to have a huge increase in pay. One interviewer/screener asked me how much I was c
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by novia 10y ago
My apologies to fiedzia. I did not realize you were a non-native English speaker.
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Elon Musk in union spat after wrongly calling Tesla worker a paid agitator(theguardian.com)
1 points by novia 10y ago|0 comments
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by novia 10y ago
Proofreading is important. I get annoyed each time that I read a spelling error, so I operate by the 3 strikes and you're out method. If I had kept reading only to find even more errors, it would have been too distracting for me to pay
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by novia 10y ago
Your post had three spelling errors in it before the end of #1, so that's where I stopped reading.
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by novia 10y ago
> Personally I believe that feminism will never get any further until they start framing things in a male positive way. Those two links were meant to demonstrate that many feminists are already trying to frame things in a male positive w
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by novia 10y ago
Two things: http://m.imgur.com/h2bYMVE?r https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/1d/98/fd/1d98fd34b...
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by novia 10y ago
> He didn't even create a charity in his name. A charity was created in the name of his late wife though, and it is known as the Buffett Foundation for short. They are also doing amazing work: https://www.bloomberg.com&#x
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by novia 10y ago
Fantastic! Thank you!
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by novia 10y ago
Thank you! In school we read Kafka, but it was The Metamorphosis. Any clue which Philip Dick books are dystopian?
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by novia 10y ago
Can someone suggest the books to read to experience a kafkaesque dystopia and a phildickian dystopia? I love dystopian novels.
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Trump just signed an order that could roll back the DOL's fiduciary rule(businessinsider.com)
2 points by novia 10y ago|0 comments
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by novia 10y ago
John Walkenbach. https://plus.google.com/+JohnWalkenbach I followed him initially hoping to learn some Excel tricks, but he mostly posts recipes and songs and political posts. I've been following him since I was about
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by novia 10y ago
That is my favorite song! "I don't want the world, I just want your half."
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by novia 10y ago
It's been a while since I've read Michael Pollan's book, An Omnivore's Dilemma, but if I am remembering correctly, there are several locations in the world where people live an abnormally long time, with good quality of
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by novia 10y ago
The Mediterranean diet has been linked to longer lifespans. http://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g6674 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15452459
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by novia 10y ago
I just listened to a This American Life episode this morning that I feel is tangentially related. I would recommend giving it a listen if you want something to listen to for the next hour. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/ra
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by novia 10y ago
>Welfare can be controlled via food stamps that stop people from wasting their money on alcohol, cigarettes, lottery tickets, and casinos. UBI is just a cash handout which absolutely go to those things and drugs. Why are you so opposed t

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