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by nswest23 6y ago
I followed this link which contained the blurb about “defunding the police...” to the next link and read the summary of the actual research paper from the teachers union. Nowhere in that summary does it mention any demands wrt defunding the
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by nswest23 6y ago
Mainly I don't like that the term is just used to sell stuff, like books, now. The entire idea can be encapsulated in two words: deep work.
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by nswest23 6y ago
perfect example of __The "Hacker news Contrarian", waiting to snipe your post with their immense intellect__
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by nswest23 6y ago
civil disobedience may typically involve punishment but it shouldn't be a requirement.
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by nswest23 7y ago
thank you, _Why Nations Fail_ is partisan hackery.
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by nswest23 7y ago
Or we could all just prepare for pandemics the way we’re supposed to. Otherwise moving manufacturing will be a band aid at best.
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by nswest23 7y ago
I watched that video and no one on the left was making a joke of the coronavirus. They were all stating that the flu is more dangerous which while being clearly a miscalculation, not the same as calling it a left wing hoax so save your mora
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by nswest23 7y ago
yeah the phone thing is just another app that I use about 5 times a month. it's nice that they include that app but if it wasn't there i'd prob still buy it!
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by nswest23 7y ago
which source? do I have to scour all of the following on a rolling basis: city, county, state federal websites? Which departments at each level? seems a lot easier to just visit <mylocalnews>.com and get info displayed in order of (re
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by nswest23 7y ago
Touchscreens on phones are great for usability! There are so many things that are enabled by touchscreens that you couldn't do with an array of physical buttons or whatever. OP's comment was specifically for mission critical hardw
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by nswest23 7y ago
don't forget that the title includes the following: "...may be at least partially..."
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by nswest23 7y ago
We know the percentage of people who are in critical condition and it's very low.
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by nswest23 7y ago
How on earth is this the top rated comment? You can't make up your own statistical measure for mortality rates for a novel virus unless you're an epidemiologist. Of course there is under-reporting of mild cases...there's a sh
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by nswest23 7y ago
is this the tiered internet we were warned about?
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by nswest23 7y ago
such a pat, real world workable answer. /s
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by nswest23 7y ago
you mean everyone doesn't just use their phones for browsing non-work related things?
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by nswest23 7y ago
imagine believe that its your personal prerogative to act as judge and jury to everyone else around you.
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by nswest23 7y ago
arguing about the minutiae of whether google acted in accord with their own policies is exactly what google wants to happen here. She was fired for organizing. Google found a valid excuse to fire her but make no mistake, she was fired for o
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by nswest23 7y ago
> how hard is it to build a ride sharing app? then why are there only 2?
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by nswest23 7y ago
see also The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz
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by nswest23 7y ago
I started that book but never finished it. I got about half way thru and quit b/c I never found anything that revolutionary. A lot of it seemed to be rehashing studies that other people did. The gist of it seemed to be: if you need to
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by nswest23 7y ago
google is trying to distract from the fact that they are firing people for trying to organize and it's working.
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by nswest23 7y ago
I wonder if the story about memorizing Shel Silverstein’s poem is true or if the author stole that too
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by nswest23 7y ago
can we all just stop using fb? Then no one will advertise there.
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by nswest23 7y ago
as someone who lives on the other side of the US from family members this is incredibly depressing.
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by nswest23 7y ago
According to this report from the Guardian recycled plastic from the US ends up in developing countries that mismanage that waste. Maybe the answer is to throw our plastic in the trash and not participate in the 'recycling' charad
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by nswest23 7y ago
BA in finance here. There are many factors that companies weigh when choosing countries to base their manufacturing from, only one of which is "stability" although there are many dimensions to this as well. Availability of labor f
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by nswest23 7y ago
meh...this is like the bare minimum i would expect from a 'decent' manager, quite frankly. edit: that this is the top comment indicates that there are an astonishing number of sub par managers out there.
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by nswest23 7y ago
for the record the article states that cognizant, the contractor that FB deals w/for content moderation, does provide health benefits: > Cognizant also offers a 24/7 hotline, full healthcare benefits, and other wellness program
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by nswest23 7y ago
jesus, man why are the top comments to posts like this always like this? Is everyone on HN that apathetic and jaded?

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