rbobby

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by rbobby 10y ago
> sick leave abuse is a common issue Reminds me of a legal case in Ontario. Guy was fired for calling in sick in advance. He said he would be attending a wedding, or maybe a bachelor party, and would "be too hungover to come in&quot
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by rbobby 10y ago
Uhm... collective punishment is a violation of Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
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by rbobby 10y ago
> to have a 99% certainty of our condition That seems way high. Correct diagnosis by doctors isn't 99%, or even close.
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by rbobby 10y ago
> manganese nodules Hah! Except that was a CIA cover story used when they tried to recover a sunken Russian sub: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSF_Explorer
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by rbobby 10y ago
We added too much CO2 to atmosphere so we'll move to a planet with an atmosphere of 100% CO2... sounds like a plan! :)
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by rbobby 10y ago
Getting "The Shatner Seat": - On a plane... cool - On a toilet... a little too warm
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by rbobby 10y ago
Pretty cool idea and the implementation seems on target too. Just a quick note on one possible way to adjust votes: weighting by success. A vote from a fan that consistently votes for a successful play (defined as 0 or more yards gained?) s
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by rbobby 10y ago
> Carmack intentionally destroyed data on his computer after he got notice of this litigation and right after he researched on Google how to wipe a hard drive—and data on other Oculus computers and USB storage devices were similarly dele
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by rbobby 10y ago
> I'd most likely move to Denmark or Netherlands later this year Just a tip... check out the application process for a work visa now. Work visas anywhere always take way longer than the applicant wants. Getting married before you le
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by rbobby 10y ago
> must release the graduate students someday The downfall of many interesting lines of inquiry.
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by rbobby 10y ago
I have a new pin! Wait... no I don't! Everyone ignore what I just said.
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by rbobby 10y ago
Ok... I'm officially old now. I've been keen on the idea of self driving up until now. Watching this just makes me want to grab the wheel... too much traffic, too many people on the side of the road... nope I don't think woul
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by rbobby 10y ago
My Korean friend had the same attitude (and claimed it was common in Korea). After several "correctly" cooked chicken breasts he changed his attitude. Breast meat takes far less heat/time to cook than the rest of the chicken
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by rbobby 10y ago
The reporter likely contacted a bunch of Theranos employees via LinkedIn (and probably sorted the list based on former/current). Was Tyler the only confidential source to talk to the WSJ? Probably not. because of that whole two sources
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by rbobby 10y ago
I would guess eventually this tech will become handheld, networked, and fully automated. Sort of a tricorder for archaeologists. A few team members "wandering" around waving the device about and eventually the system will tell you
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by rbobby 10y ago
> If you mark it as spam, we’ll unsubscribe you. How would they know?
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Just ShovelShare(tm) :)
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by rbobby 10y ago
> grapefruit Try some grapefruit juice and then a coffee... whizzz!! Grapefruit is very weird :)
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by rbobby 10y ago
"Wrong!" - D.Trump
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by rbobby 10y ago
If it's put up for sale there'd be nothing stopping the big players from buying it up.
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Slack announces plans to open Toronto office and hire 145 people(betakit.com)
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It looks really weird when the page loads and the radio button is already checked.
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by rbobby 10y ago
From the guidelines: > When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names Though this might also equally apply: > Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say in a face-to-face conversation. Avoid gratuit
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by rbobby 10y ago
Part of the solution is that the admin functions do not collect credit card details at all. So through the admin site/app a customer service rep can't do an actual purchase. That won't stop a customer service rep from using t
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A-EP?
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Cheese!!
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by rbobby 10y ago
Sounds I'll never forget: * Modem * Dot matrix printer * DEC Line printer
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by rbobby 10y ago
I could never, and I mean never, get a XF86Config to work. Totally turned me off of Linux.
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I think we already had one... back in the 60's. DDT use was widespread worldwide. My Dad even used it at our cottage... best summer ever, next to no mosquitoes. Unfortunately DDT has a big impact on birds... softens the eggshell such t
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> How would it cope with a Denial of Service attack though? “Fine” – “it would have racked up a bill, but it would have survived” Uhm... so an unbound AWS bill... that doesn't sound "fine" to me.

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