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by pm24601 9y ago
I would like you to reconsider this point. Specifically, 1. driving causes pollution 2. people local to the freeway are heavily impacted by the pollution, 3. global warming is a real issue - solo drivers are a heavy contributor. 4. the free
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by pm24601 9y ago
What does this say? Do not interconnect services Specifically, I: 1. don't use iCloud backup. 2. Backup to my own computer 3. Have a backup program to a different provider than Apple 4. Do not interconnect accounts with iPhone/M
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by pm24601 9y ago
I would go even further. Too often devs overvalue RSUs / options, etc. Such things are great - but even at Apple, the return on RSUs is going to level off or become less reliable. RSU / options are lottery tickets not a reliable
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by pm24601 9y ago
> While in school I was working as a delivery driver and never resorted to shit like that. How long ago was that? Maybe the service has gotten worse because the pay/reward system has gotten worse.
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Cyclist Lost Her Job After Raising Middle Finger at Trump’s Motorcade(nytimes.com)
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by pm24601 9y ago
What is old is new again. This is the original "portal" idea that was used back in the 1996-2000 days of Yahoo. This is also the same technique I have used at companies that need to present an "integrated" view. For exam
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by pm24601 9y ago
Thanks for giving me another reason to buy only used cars!
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by pm24601 9y ago
I have personally experienced it. I had happen when interviewing - the person very explicitly said that he didn't think I could do the job because I was older than 35. This was the most explicit, but not the only example. This is why I
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by pm24601 9y ago
I write them down. A note with a mysterious sequence of letters is not generally a theft target.
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by pm24601 9y ago
As technologists we have to be aware of how our ideas and products will be abused. Sounds like Facebook is finally becoming aware of this.
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by pm24601 9y ago
Just proves ... its not the company: it is the job that counts.
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My Google job was tedious and pointless(washingtonpost.com)
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by pm24601 9y ago
My suggestion for "normal" users. Create a new "Advanced Protection"account. Use this new account only for: * password recovery * backup account * banking credentials (maybe?) This backup account can then be used to prot
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Mayor in Puerto Rico calls for FEMA help. FEMA is “filtering [her] out.”(vox.com)
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by pm24601 9y ago
> But it won't, the US investment dollars will simply be spent in the entrepreneur's home country, which won't create any US jobs and in fact will help dilute the power and influence of Silicon Valley. This is a benefit. I
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by pm24601 9y ago
Contracting as a sw engineer is one thing.. contracting as a warehouse worker is the real problem
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by pm24601 9y ago
I didn't think of that ... but not surprising. The cuts in my state started in the Bush era under a Democratic governor. Very sad that a Dem aided and abetted this.
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by pm24601 9y ago
> most universities have moved to act more and more like for-profit entities. At my alum mater, the state cut support to the state universities to practically nothing. Voters saw how much money the big universities were making on college
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by pm24601 9y ago
... yet all of these concerns have been addressed by every other nation doing single-payer... Your own research might be the best way to go - that way you can get the answer to your exact question. People: We Americans think we are special
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by pm24601 9y ago
Non-story. TL,DR: CEO of company screwing Americans, says one thing for PR purposes and then continues behavior for the dollars, euros, pounds. Move along nothing to see here.
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by pm24601 9y ago
Not click bait at all. The article gives all the phone numbers including the "magical" phone number at the end to get the 90 fraud alert ( 1-800-525-6285 ) including the advise to not make any noise on this call.
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If You’ve Never Lived in Poverty, Don’t Tell Poor People What They Should Do(nakedcapitalism.com)
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“We only shoot black people,” Georgia cop assures woman during traffic stop(vox.com)
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UK Bank IT Train Wreck Demonstrates Why Algos Can Be a Terrible Idea(nakedcapitalism.com)
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Viewpoint: Why Modi's currency gamble was 'epic failure'(bbc.com)
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by pm24601 9y ago
> I find it hard to believe .... until it does happen as they promised ... > sound systems that may eventually "cease to function". Not just some part of it but all of it.
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by pm24601 9y ago
And reason #458 why I am skipping the whole "IoT revolution" in my home. I consider this motivation for DIY.
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by pm24601 9y ago
Really? I don't have discussions at work or at the bar wondering if women are inferior. I really do think women are my intellectual equal.
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by pm24601 9y ago
> Those who disagreed with Damore already won the battle. No. Not yet. women still tend to be underpaid. Women make 72 cents to a male's $1 of wages for the same job. As a white male, I don't care to "discuss" if wome
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by pm24601 9y ago
My feelings as a white male...who happens to have 2 kids. Sometimes my kids will "why?" "why?" me to death. They really don't care about the answer and can never be persuaded. They are just trying to stretch out the

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