thomaslangston

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by thomaslangston 5y ago
Neither of those points follow from the premise. NATO's mission has always been mutual defense of members. Ukraine is not a member. The threat of Russian nuclear weapons has been more poignant in the past than today. Neither of your co
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by thomaslangston 5y ago
Asking for a photo ID during or after an interview to ensure the interviewee was who they said they are doesn't seem pathological to me. I've had multiple interviews do so in the past with no issue. And with sensitive or valuable
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by thomaslangston 5y ago
And by extension our future insurance as consumers against Microsoft and X-Box as well.
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by thomaslangston 5y ago
When I worked in food service 20 years ago, it was common practice to fire anyone who asked management to make up the difference regularly.
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by thomaslangston 5y ago
Small nitpick. Wind can be turned off. The turbines can be equipped with brakes to stop power generation in case of oversupply, in addition to other uses.
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by thomaslangston 5y ago
I did this manually a while back. Can confirm it helped me curb my Facebook use.
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by thomaslangston 5y ago
That's a failure of education and politics, not an indicator of what needs additional money.
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by thomaslangston 5y ago
Please do not lump PE teachers with football coaches
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by thomaslangston 5y ago
It was very common in Miami, and I can find it usually in normal grocery stores in NYC. Goya Malta and O'Doul's are the brands I'm most familiar with.
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by thomaslangston 5y ago
I always saw second homes as a recreational expense first. Your first rental property would be an investment.
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by thomaslangston 5y ago
> The 5 minutes at the end is usually just a courtesy, and the interviewer isn't expecting to get grilled. This is not true in my experience. Questions are expected and insightful questions have been considered major marks in favor
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by thomaslangston 5y ago
The point of the article is explaining how a goal of a living wage can be earned directly off nonfiction writing, in addition to two different reasons that are explicitly stated at the beginning of the article as being commonly suggested. I
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by thomaslangston 6y ago
"There is no question that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of that day." -Mitch McConnell
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by thomaslangston 6y ago
That appellation seems inappropriate in this case. They made good ice cream. At least it was good to me. And the customer service I received at multiple locations was good too. The only marketing I received was word of mouth referral.
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by thomaslangston 6y ago
More feasible would be transmitting neutrinos or some other signal that would not be blocked by the Earth.
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by thomaslangston 6y ago
There's one benefit I can think of, being able to wear your favorite pair of shoes for longer. Twice I've found myself shopping for new shoes and said to myself, "None of these new styles are better than my old shoes. Actuall
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by thomaslangston 6y ago
Do you have a reference for that? My previous experience working at a library and a brief web search leads me to believe 26 checkouts is significantly above average for a hardback lifespan.
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by thomaslangston 6y ago
It doesn't render on Chrome mobile.
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by thomaslangston 7y ago
Yikes that's a heavy pack. https://www.rei.com/blog/camp/how-much-should-your-pack-weig... Almost all of the pack weight should be on your hips, not your shoulders. Good luck preparing for your next trip.
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by thomaslangston 7y ago
If you have 6 months expenses saved, you don't need same day access. You keep 1 month in an immediate access account and 5 in the high yield savings account.
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by thomaslangston 7y ago
This was fascinating. Thanks for sharing it.
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by thomaslangston 7y ago
At one time (maybe still), purchasing power for computer components went up much faster than inflation. If your goal was to buy a faster processor, then waiting effectively generated a rate of return based on falling prices.
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by thomaslangston 8y ago
MongoDB | Software Engineer | New York, NY | Full-time | ONSITE https://www.mongodb.com/ MongoDB is a company passionate about empowering engineers by providing them with database and platform technologies that are intuitiv
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by thomaslangston 8y ago
That 57% of STEM grads statistic is misleading when commenting about an article about Google. The 18% CS grads in 2015 would be more appropriate to quote. http://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/cracking-the-code:-why-aren...
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by thomaslangston 8y ago
I think it is also important to remember that users are not the only consumers of a software development pipeline. If developers don't want to work for you because they feel held back in creativity or career progression, support staff
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by thomaslangston 8y ago
> Especially not in a company from outside my country's jurisdiction. Where I can't have an impact via democratic law making process. This is false. EU governments have already placed significant restrictions and fines upon US
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by thomaslangston 8y ago
The general idea I've seen (for both SQL and NoSQL databases) is two apps never should write to the same database to ensure separation of concerns. Some API layer instead handles all write operations. Disclaimer: MongoDB employee. All
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by thomaslangston 8y ago
My guess is this might be similar to how company's sue people for trademark violations, even when they are not doing any direct damage to the brand i.e. to protect themselves from future legal liability. If too many customers use the h
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by thomaslangston 8y ago
I would assume the definition of disabled at play here is related to the equipment of the car e.g. wheelchair lift, or service required e.g. driver getting out of the car to help someone in or out of the car.
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by thomaslangston 8y ago
Kevin Rose was a TV host at the time Digg launched. He might not have been well known, but he wasn't unknown.

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