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by rubidium 7y ago
Just beware of first in first out in case of a crash...
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by rubidium 7y ago
Depends on who you ask. But really, "fair" isn't the question. The real question is: Will companies do it and will (some) employees accept it? Yes. If you're a remote employee should you negotiate hard with a company tha
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Ask HN: Getting started with local (non-cloud) movie and music collection?
2 points by rubidium 7y ago|1 comments
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by rubidium 7y ago
As a counterpoint to most of the other “isn’t this good?” comments of this thread, let me say that humanity is, at its best, amazingly capable of invention and creating a wonderful culture. To have more people is to have more opportunities
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by rubidium 7y ago
Many researchers are more interested in the non-military options. But you get better funding when you pitch it for the military.
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by rubidium 7y ago
It looses everywhere it competes with Chrome... much as I hate to say it.
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by rubidium 7y ago
Just to be clear, the only reason to do this is fingerprinting, correct?
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by rubidium 7y ago
Was this due to already knowing PowerPoint and not knowing Inkscape? I can think of exactly 0 ways in which PowerPoint is better :) Can you link to your thesis?
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by rubidium 7y ago
Chat only is if you’ve chosen slack or some other proprietary format.
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by rubidium 8y ago
I use it as leverage at performance review time. Non-emotional, but “hey I like working here and contributing to the goals of company x, but I want you to know I’ve received an offer for $z. I believe that’s a fair evaluation of my market
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by rubidium 8y ago
A good manager will use metrics as information to help in assessment of work, not as the sole measurement. Very important for any manager to coach is the real organizational concern behind the number. If you’ve got more that n=5 things, at
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by rubidium 8y ago
Where you at? Interested in doing actual biotech research (e.g. new biologic drug development) or technology that enables the biotech research? Best job-hunting advice I've found is "Guerrilla Marketing For Job Hunters"
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by rubidium 8y ago
Physics PhD, 2015. I knew from the start of my PhD that I didn't want to pursue academia. The PhD was like being in a band for 6 years and doing really cool stuff. Went right into industry after PhD working for a life sciences company
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by rubidium 8y ago
By sleeper car, train is luxurious and much more relaxed. By vehicle you can sleep each night in a hotel and take a shower each day. Both have + and -'s. But my ranking would be Sleeper Car train > Driving > non-sleeper car train
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by rubidium 8y ago
Agreed. Did Portland, OR to St. Paul, MN. Beautiful views. Fun to walk around. Wished there a was a smoking lounge. But by 24 hours in it started to stink and I hadn't slept well. By the end of the trip I was cranky and exhausted. And
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by rubidium 8y ago
They do now
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by rubidium 8y ago
Totally enough to retire on. The majority of families live on 75K/ year or less. https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/income-p...
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by rubidium 8y ago
Agreed. I don't know if this applies to the article author, but I've met a few "lifestyle" post-docs. They do just enough to keep in the system, but don't rise above that (either capability or motivation).
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by rubidium 8y ago
You should talk to more teachers.
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by rubidium 8y ago
Society and Money: Debt the first 5000 years by David Graeber Society and structure: Leisure: The Basis of Culture by Josef Pieper Business: Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey Moore Life: The Gospel of Matthew
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by rubidium 8y ago
Just like HackerNews comments. Somewhat seriously, I know someone out there is posting AI generated HN comments and testing it here. With the proper timing/rates/etc... it wouldn't be hard to avoid easy detection. I don'
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by rubidium 8y ago
Your comment reveals a massive naivety about the medical, scientific and ethical conversations in the field. But you also don’t seem too interested in learning about it...
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by rubidium 8y ago
Practically speaking, if 8 year old walked into my store with their parents credit card, I wouldn't allow them to buy much more than a pack of gum.
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by rubidium 8y ago
WHEW! Sama's worldview is so technocractic it's rather disturbing. The world is _actually_ shaped by mothers and fathers. Teachers and physical therapists. Doctors and pastors. Friends and romantic partners. ... I hesitate to writ
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by rubidium 8y ago
Hi neighbor. Indiana has a Bill this year. Here’s what I wrote in: Hi Justin, I'm one of your constituents and I'm writing to ask you to support Right to Repair legislation in 2018. As a Purdue physics PhD (makers all), it’s frust
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by rubidium 8y ago
Plus AI is going to turn into a cash slugfest. Apple could afford it, but may be making the wiser move.
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by rubidium 8y ago
They work amazing when properly developed. Growing up in a land with 4-5 months of winter, I was very comfortable in the snow and ice. Still scary as hell at times but the human body is remarkably adaptable to the environment. 30 feet visib
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by rubidium 8y ago
Here’s the fundamental thing. We don’t need digital social networks. Email, just like mail, is sufficent.
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by rubidium 8y ago
LOTS of people still use Kaizen outside of Japan. TPS is alive and well. “Kaizen as a way of life” is the motto for a largely US centric fortune 200.
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by rubidium 8y ago
I went to a high school without public course grades. We’d get qualitative feedback often, and quantitative feedback on tests (eg 78/100) but it was never translated into a letter grade. It was great. Letter grades were given at the en

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