talmand

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by talmand 10y ago
>> Then again, isn't language always changing and words are constantly redefined, reused, ommitted and invented etc. There's a difference between a language evolving in a natural, organic way versus someone using a word inco
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by talmand 10y ago
It happens all the time right now. How many times have we've seen press releases that explain the company's position of distancing itself from some stupid thing on the Internet that stupid people wrongfully attribute to the compan
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by talmand 10y ago
Yes, especially since we don't get these families' definition of "civic calling". It could be "help fellow humans be more informed" or "control information to our liking for the betterment of the society w
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by talmand 10y ago
If the concept is valuable, something will spring up to replace it.
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by talmand 10y ago
The problem is whether the media responds to the angling and provides good coverage while reducing negative coverage. The operatives doing this and the news media responding positively has almost certainly been happening since the beginning
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by talmand 10y ago
>> 16GB max. I was going to say you were wrong because it was stated "starts at 16GB" near the end of the event. Checked the store and sure enough, I see no way to increase the RAM. That's just stupid.
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by talmand 10y ago
>> desktop PC in an era when nobody uses desktops anymore Gee, I guess that confirms I'm nobody.
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by talmand 10y ago
With the keyboard and VoiceOver.
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by talmand 10y ago
My company has IP, I guess I'll never get to work with HTML, CSS, and Javascript ever again if I leave.
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by talmand 10y ago
An NDA and a non-compete are not the same thing. What you are describing is an NDA. It is quite possible for someone to change jobs, even in the same industry, and still abide by an NDA.
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by talmand 10y ago
If by America you mean the citizens, yes we want to do it and have made it quite clear we've wanted it for quite a while. First problem is the cost of the infrastructure for such a huge space. We did offer to subsidize it to a point an
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by talmand 10y ago
Lucky it's not based in the US, that's the sort of thing that gets you sued.
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by talmand 10y ago
Oh, ok, can someone please explain to me how an environment impact review pertains to the build quality of the house?
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by talmand 10y ago
You mean every person on here that's doing the usual whining about computers being hard fits that description? Seems to me there's just a lot of complaints just aimed at a specific OS for reasons. Also, I'm fairly certain dri
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by talmand 10y ago
>> Environmental Impact Review Does that fit under performance standards of the quality of the build?
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by talmand 10y ago
The sale price of the house doesn't matter; it could sell for $100k or $900k, the builder is still out the $50k or more they paid out in fees. Which was most likely passed on to the buyer and I bet the mortgage companies have no compla
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by talmand 10y ago
>> I hear a continual litany of woe and despair from our helpdesk about drivers, and anti-virus, and AD issues etc ad infinitum Sounds like human error to me. My two young children seem to handle Windows just fine without me having to
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by talmand 10y ago
So, is it possible for a local government to ever reach a limit on fees necessary for building in their area before it creates a problem? >> "our profits are lower, can government do something about it?" Seems the complaint
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by talmand 10y ago
>> but the quote about Chico did not say "per home." And yet the next sentences are: "Typical fees in San Francisco are $72,600 per home; in Sacramento, they’re $62,000. And for the six California markets highlighted in
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by talmand 10y ago
I would say it's both.
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by talmand 10y ago
I hate to be the "do your own research" guy but I'm fairly certain it is quite easy to search for Twitter's apparent "bad for A, fine for B" policy.
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by talmand 10y ago
Well, it appears they are active in getting rid of people they don't like. If they agree with the person's agenda then they don't seem so anxious to get rid of them.
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by talmand 10y ago
I said that once about the hello world tutorial (which had a larger footprint than you stated) and was deluged with "did you set it to production?" comments. It was clear I was referring to the tutorial and the immediate defensive
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by talmand 10y ago
To be fair, the opposite is true as well.
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by talmand 10y ago
So your standard for trustworthy news is an outlet that is wrong "less often" than their competition you likely already dislike?
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by talmand 10y ago
That's called people having fun. Not everything has to be serious all the time.
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by talmand 10y ago
Well, just saying, anyone can sue anyone for any reason in the US.
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by talmand 10y ago
It's possible; a very talented engineering team with horrible management that holds them back is still a very talented engineering team.
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by talmand 10y ago
But not necessarily heard by people outside the echo chamber.
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by talmand 10y ago
There actually has been a few shows on Netflix that had their iconic intro music pulled because they weren't licensed to play the music on a streaming service. Married With Children and Charmed are two I remember.

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