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by oicu812 8y ago
I think the photos and additional info in these links add some context: [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16893415 [2] https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Breed-Wiener-workin...
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Regulators Hunt for Source of Lettuce-Borne E.Coli Outbreak(wsj.com)
2 points by oicu812 8y ago|0 comments
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by oicu812 9y ago
From the photo [1] of the grandparents, they appear to be in their early fifties, so they are not elderly, frail or incapable of raising this baby. In Chinese culture, grandparents often take care of the children until the teenage years whi
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by oicu812 9y ago
$25 million dollar bad check among other fraud crimes. See the nymag.com link in the other comment for full details.
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Salesforce reveals it was the sole bidder for MuleSoft(cnbc.com)
2 points by oicu812 9y ago|0 comments
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by oicu812 9y ago
From all the commentary in the press after this deal was officially announced, it seems like no one really understands it but they say it’s about growth and increasing revenue. However, this one article summarized it nicely: ...customers t
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by oicu812 9y ago
At my last gig, another ba Fortune 500 company, we had multiple on-premise data integration tools including Informatica, DataStage, SSIS and an open source ETL tool. Yes, the idiocracy runs deep with this company as well.
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by oicu812 9y ago
According to the Gartner Magic Quadrant[1] Informatica is number one, Dell Boomi is number two and MuleSoft is number three. [1] https://solutionsreview.com/data-integration/whats-changed-2...
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by oicu812 9y ago
This seems strange to me since Salesforce already has an ownership stake in the chief competitor to MuleSoft, Informatica Cloud. Salesforce was one of the four companies that took Informatica private [1] three years ago but it seemed like
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Navy Medics Get Prepared for Combat with Tour of Duty in Chicago(wsj.com)
69 points by oicu812 9y ago|62 comments
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by oicu812 9y ago
No, they don't have groups and each meeting on Eventbrite is a separate event, which makes it difficult to see past meetings.
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by oicu812 9y ago
Disease and famine were also good controls on population growth that are now obsolete. "Over the past century humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and war. This may seem hard to accept, but, as Harari
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by oicu812 9y ago
I don't want to go cashless and would like the return of the $500 dollar bill. http://time.com/money/5008950/bring-back-500-bill-cash-cashl...
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by oicu812 9y ago
> people from the Southern Hemisphere have a lower caloric intake Do you have a source for this claim? In America, while not in the Southern Hemisphere, the CDC's Obesity Prevalence maps [1] show that obesity is concentrated in the
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by oicu812 9y ago
Parent comment: > People have been force feeding animals <fructose> to fatten them up Your comment: > Same with skim milk, which has always been used to fatten pigs.
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by oicu812 9y ago
False. Fructose != skim milk. Less fat and less calories in skim milk can cause weight loss. The claim that skim milk was fed to pigs because it has some magical fattening properties is just another urban myth. Skim milk was fed to pigs
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by oicu812 9y ago
They receive $100 million in tax dollars per year to subsidize blind and overseas citizens. They also get $18 billion per year in tax benefits. http://www.politifact.com/georgia/statements/2013/jul/24&#x
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by oicu812 9y ago
This is not true, but a common debunked claim from the postal union. The postal service gets $18 billion per year in tax benefits including exemption from property taxes and vehicle registrations as well as below-market borrowing costs. h
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by oicu812 10y ago
CISSP, TOGAF and most security certifications have street cred. However discussions around certification value tend to become like political or religious discussions with strong points on both sides. Here are some authoritative sources and