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by ojbyrne 4y ago
Well, I didn't own a car at the time - commuted by bus. Good enough for the doctor to sign the letter.
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by ojbyrne 4y ago
I was once laid off from a company on a Friday but they really wanted to keep me so they told me to call back Monday to see if anything changed (very small company a long time ago). On Sunday I broke my ankle playing touch football and the
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by ojbyrne 4y ago
You should probably why that excerpt makes the article click bait.
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by ojbyrne 4y ago
The previous article (linked at the top of the article) talks about "overseas workers." If you look at the blog in its entirety it seems to be a screed every year (or 2 or 4) railing against the "the ruling class." I don
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by ojbyrne 4y ago
Google and Facebook are both blocked in China, so if it is protectionism, it's reciprocal, and China did it first.
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by ojbyrne 4y ago
The capitol of the Confederacy was in Virginia, so I’d say it’s kinda in the South.
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by ojbyrne 4y ago
I think that extra cash gets taxed at regular income rates.
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by ojbyrne 4y ago
Will Nancy Pelosi visit Taiwan? https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/02/politics/pelosi-taiwan-risks-...
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by ojbyrne 4y ago
> Why can't journalists use units correctly? I’m pretty sure the answer is - they took physics in high school, they’ve been (on average) at least ten years out of high school, and it never came up, even once.
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by ojbyrne 4y ago
I think the human in the loop is the on call engineer.
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That’s the standard for 19th century western society - I don’t think it applies anymore.
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I have no citation for this, but it seems like Michelin guides started off as advertising (to get people driving in France during early adoption of cars) but is probably now a separate (presumably profitable) business.
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by ojbyrne 4y ago
So it says further down: “ Presenting for the first time in one volume the events of the Second Age as written by J.R.R. Tolkien and originally and masterfully edited for publication by Christopher Tolkien” So “originally” edited by Christo
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by ojbyrne 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_carriers_of_t...
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by ojbyrne 4y ago
Definitely but first there will be a lot of lose/lose. Commercial real estate first has to collapse, taking people’s savings with it. Redeveloping is not a very fast process, especially since the prime places for the development are in
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by ojbyrne 4y ago
I found it interesting that the article started with “It will take about three minutes to read this column” because it seemed a little long for that (I don’t think I’m a slow reader but maybe). Anyway it made grasp the urgency of the six mi
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by ojbyrne 4y ago
I’m guessing 380k is total comp, which is 498k for staff at Google.
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by ojbyrne 4y ago
Im confused. The post is from The Economist.
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by ojbyrne 5y ago
I’m not sure it supports the point you’re rebutting, but my immediate thought was the military. The draft, shooting deserters, press-gangs, etc.
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by ojbyrne 5y ago
Perhaps that was not the only man he shot.
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by ojbyrne 5y ago
On my monitors and most recent OS versions it shows the resolution when you hover over the preview.
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by ojbyrne 5y ago
Wear sunscreen: http://www.davidpbrown.co.uk/poetry/mary-schmich.html Apologies for being flippant.
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by ojbyrne 5y ago
Not to mention that the anecdata is from 2000-2001.
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by ojbyrne 5y ago
I might be wrong, but from what I can tell, the current MacBook Pros all have fans. Though judging by my experience with a 16" (2 days) they never seem to come on.
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“a fine of up to $750”
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Really? To me it seems very well planned, but with tons of disinformation to make potential opponents hesitate to act as much as possible.
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It gives some deniability. "In desperation, the Ukrainian government has shelled the Chernobyl site."
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I think he was characterizing the US as the nuclear powered thug.
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Bill became law in April 2021: https://www.parliament.scot/bills-and-laws/bills/hate-crime-...
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He also had a book called “Metamagical Themas.” (Anagram of “Mathematical Games”)

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