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by sparrc 5y ago
Looks like that was only within the Amazon Game Studios org. I've never heard of any policy like that within AWS or the retail side of things.
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by sparrc 5y ago
That's not an Amazon policy. We have to take a 1 hour or so training course to participate in amazon-owned things on github and that's pretty much it. Basically zero rules around participating in our free time afaik.
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by sparrc 5y ago
This might not be a longterm strategy, because they aren't doing it for their latest major release (Encanto). It's currently in cinemas only.
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by sparrc 5y ago
yes it's 100% technically possible, the main issue is it would be significantly more expensive.
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by sparrc 5y ago
Seems like in general early-risers would prefer standard time, and people waking up around 7am or later would probably prefer daylight savings time year-round. My guess is that most people in the USA are _not_ early risers at this point and
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by sparrc 5y ago
Well that was a pretty succinct substantiation of the article.
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by sparrc 5y ago
What gives you the impression that countries besides the US are not becoming more polarized? My experience in Europe and South America make me think it's getting worse everywhere.
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by sparrc 5y ago
It does seem a bit odd to me too, but FWIW this is actually fairly common for biotech and pharma startups and has been for a long time. And although they haven't sold any consumer cars yet my understanding is they're currently del
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by sparrc 5y ago
> Providing supply will suffer the wrath of BANANA/CAVE/NIMBY anywhere you dream of living TBH I would have said the same thing 5-10 years ago, but I think this notion is outdated now. I live in a famously NIMBY city (Seattle)
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by sparrc 5y ago
I've lived in the US and UK and generally agree with you. But one thing that got me is that it seems fairly easy to defraud the system in the UK with everyone so freely giving out their bank account numbers. What actually protects the
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by sparrc 5y ago
> There is absolutely no reason that a kid should have to wait in a queue to borrow an e-book because the 3 "copies" they have are already in use. There definitely is a reason, it keeps the cost fixed for the library. Libraries
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by sparrc 5y ago
Does cereal count as "ultra-processed"? Things like Cheerios don't seem much more processed than bread from what I can tell. Also honey-roasted peanuts? My understanding of ultra-processed would be things more like candy, che
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by sparrc 5y ago
okay, so you're arguing internal to farming. But then it's obviously being planted in huge numbers in modern times because it's a high-yield crop economically. Why else would farmers be planting it? Are you arguing that farme
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by sparrc 5y ago
In a strictly capitalist sense yes, but then by that argument we should just completely cut off all California farmers since they seem to make less money per water used when compared to California cities (I'm just stating your argument
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by sparrc 5y ago
If you care about limiting agricultural water usage, the first target to go after is dairy and animal ag, not almonds. Almonds are on the high side compared to other plants but their water usage per calorie is much less than animal ag. Also
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by sparrc 5y ago
perhaps they can dry their tears with hundred-dollar bills /s
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by sparrc 5y ago
Exactly. I used to work for a time in a bicycle repair shop, drilling out and re-tapping a broken or stripped hole or thread was a common fix, I would hardly consider it a "hack".
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by sparrc 5y ago
I guess, but that's just your personal anecdote largely based on your grandparents genetics and the fact that they probably weren't exceedingly overweight. My (100% American) grandpa also lived to 100...he also never exercised and
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by sparrc 5y ago
I'm not sure you're talking about exactly the same thing this article is talking about. Social safety nets provide basic access to essentials and (mostly) equalize access to things like healthcare, but don't really do anythin
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by sparrc 5y ago
This is what happens when you treat IT as a cost center. Would love to see how many times the IT team urged higher-ups to prioritize and fund computer system modernization and upgrades.
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by sparrc 5y ago
I use airthings wave. Seems to be fairly accurate as far as I can tell. Whenever I open the windows the CO2 level drops down fairly close to the atmospheric CO2.
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by sparrc 5y ago
Are you sure about that? If I boil water in my kitchen on my gas stove the CO2 and VOC levels in our living area nearly triple within 15 minutes of using the stove without burning any food. If I use the electric kettle there's obviousl
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by sparrc 5y ago
That's not necessarily the case. When you buy a house you can't suddenly just have a mortgage payment equivalent to someone who bought 10-20 years ago. And someone who just recently bought a house cannot charge higher rent than so
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by sparrc 5y ago
Isn't this generally always the case? I've always understood that when you buy you should expect to be paying more than a renter for maybe 5-10 years. At least in the US mortgage payments are almost always fixed whereas rents are
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by sparrc 5y ago
I don't use google products much anymore, but the transition takes a long time, especially getting off of gmail. I'm also not sure it would even be possible to transition if you don't have access to your google account anymor
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by sparrc 5y ago
It's not, the go support in vscode is one of the best free IDE experiences I've ever used.
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by sparrc 5y ago
I've definitely seen a pattern among the companies and businesses complaining about this. They treat their employees terribly. I haven't heard any of these complaints from two of America's largest retailers that are known for
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by sparrc 5y ago
one big caveat here is there is much less scrutiny put on hiring interns from internship to full-time, and Amazon hires a LOT of interns every year.
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by sparrc 5y ago
but what are the alternatives to SAT/ACT? In my mind they're even worse: 1. number of AP/IB classes student took (mostly dependent on how rich the school and how attentive and educated their parents are) 2. participation in e
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by sparrc 5y ago
If we're splitting hairs, BBC didn't produce it either.

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