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by planetzero 7y ago
I'm not sure why you were down votes: Article from 2017 (wuhan built a pathogen lab): https://www.nature.com/news/inside-the-chinese-lab-poised-to... Patent: https://patents.justia.com/patent/
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by planetzero 7y ago
"The illegal vendor has much, much higher costs and isn't in a position to charge lower prices." I disagree. Illegal vendors don't have to follow labor laws (they can get much cheaper labor), regulations (they aren&#x27
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by planetzero 7y ago
"Honestly, I see very little here to make this a blow against legalizing drugs besides confirmation bias for those already against it." I don't see Budweiser execs going to prison for selling alcohol that resulted in someone
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by planetzero 7y ago
Some interesting things I found: Article from 2017: https://www.nature.com/news/inside-the-chinese-lab-poised-to... It's a man-made virus created to combat the avian flu: https://patents.justia.com&#x2F
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by planetzero 7y ago
This is a blow for anyone wanting to 'legalize all drugs'.
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by planetzero 7y ago
This is why contracting is much better when building your company on the side. I have nothing in my contract that states anything about the ownership of my code (that's not company property) or about my time.
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by planetzero 7y ago
Those friends/coworkers won't make it in the long-run, even if you can convince them in the beginning. You need someone that is hungry to start a business, sick and tired of working for someone else, and will sacrifice their free
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by planetzero 7y ago
While scary if in the wrong hands, I hope testing gets cheap enough that everyone's DNA is on file somewhere. DNA has already been doing good. Murderers that never got caught are now being caught through familial DNA..20+ years after
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by planetzero 7y ago
That's why the message from Fahrenheit 451 was more apt to 2020: It's not the government that creates a dystopian future, it's us.
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by planetzero 7y ago
"50% of people working “low-income” jobs that’ll never go anywhere…75% who struggle to pay the bills…80% who can’t raise a tiny amount for an emergency…all of them, more or less, will die indebted— buried under debt they have never bee
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by planetzero 7y ago
This is unfair. The employees don't really have that much control over the safety of Airbnb guests. The issue in 2020 is that if you try to vet potential guests and deny the wrong person, there will be a social media mob against you.
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by planetzero 7y ago
"This is the sort of thing that allows the free market to work efficiently." History shows otherwise. As an example, lets say they pass this law and require all phones to use a specific charger standard. In 3 months, an innovativ
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by planetzero 7y ago
"The stigma around MSG fueled — or, perhaps, was fueled by — long-held racist stereotypes" The term is a little outdated (I've never heard it before actually), but I see no racist stereotypes here. At the time the term was c
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by planetzero 7y ago
Government mandated technology. What could go wrong?
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by planetzero 7y ago
Go on craigslist and look for projects that you can work on part-time..and start emailing/contacting. You may not get a ton of money at first, but you will be able to build your network.
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by planetzero 7y ago
It really has nothing to do with science at all. It's just another way to punish the majority for crimes of their ancestors, and to forcibly give power to a minority for simply existing and being a certain race or gender. Nobody reall
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by planetzero 7y ago
This is only partially correct. What we have today is social just Capitalism. If one person is offended. a social media campaign is started against the company and shareholders get scared and the stock price drops temporarily. The great p
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by planetzero 7y ago
"PHP is rarely considered "old school." It's considered bad" PHP hasn't been considered 'bad' for a few years now. It has been battle tested on many large-scale websites. Now, One of the main issues
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by planetzero 7y ago
For a company that claims not to do evil, they sure are going in that direction. They are essentially closing the door behind them on tracking, to keep competitors out of the game..while continuing to use their own proprietary technology an
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by planetzero 7y ago
This is a comic, which glosses over all of the actual facts (or lack of)...but I guess this is what passes for scientific discussion these days. ..and we wonder why there are so many skeptics.
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by planetzero 7y ago
I've been working remotely for the last decade and I've seen many people try, and fail at it. One company I worked for was 100% remote for all employees. We had a very difficult time keeping developers, because they just didn&#x2
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by planetzero 7y ago
"We have excellent climate data for our planet for the past 30 to 50 years," Unless 'record' includes millions of years (or even thousands of years) of data, it's difficult for me to make a conclusion based on one w
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by planetzero 7y ago
Well, if you are still doing what caused you to burn out, you won't be cured. If it's a job that won't stop the death march projects..you will need to quit.
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by planetzero 7y ago
The key is to never apologize. As soon as you try to negotiate with the mobs or beg for forgiveness, they know they have you and your livelihood/job will soon be gone. It's reminiscent of 1984, but Fahrenheit 451 also seems to be
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by planetzero 7y ago
Serf class? Hardly. Uber and Lyft allow pretty much anyone to use their car and make money for rides. This is a complete choice and if you can make a living at it? Great. If not, it's a great way to make some extra money on the sid
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by planetzero 7y ago
Hopefully, the same people pushing for these laws aren't going to turn around and complain when all of the prices go up.
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by planetzero 7y ago
"I think if you like fixing bugs (kind of like solving puzzles) and easing the pain of stressed out small businesses, it's a great niche" Fixing bugs is only a small part of what I do (like most developers). This is less abo
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by planetzero 7y ago
It's really hard to believe that arson didn't cause at least part of the fires: https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/australia/australia-fires-pol... While it may not be 200, likes some sites have ex
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by planetzero 7y ago
I've been writing PHP professionally in some form for over 15 years. I don't think I've been out of work for more than a week and I currently make a very good living (well into the 6-figures in the Midwest). While PHP has it
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by planetzero 7y ago
My favorite part was that the only negative marks I got was on leadership. My manager admit that I was not given any power or opportunity to demonstrate my leadership skills. I got a raise, but ended up leaving 6 months later.

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