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by tomcam 2y ago
OK, I’ll bite. Roughly how cheap do you think it was to get an article like that one placed? I am mildly horrified yet now unable to stop thinking about what you said.
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by tomcam 2y ago
> If you hired someone with the understanding that it's a remote position and there is nothing that requires to be present in the office (e.g. lab work or doctor/nurse), then if you want them to suddenly come in, you do need to
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by tomcam 2y ago
I like that question, and personally, I wouldn’t do it. But fair is pretty subjective here, especially when in my view a company has the right to make its own policies.
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by tomcam 2y ago
> You're implying that nobody should have any right to criticize or share their opinions about your decisions because you/the company have the legal right to make them. You hallucinated that, bud. I am implying no such thing. L
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by tomcam 2y ago
Do you feel that if you ran a business, you should be unable to control the (legally allowable) terms of employment, bud?
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by tomcam 2y ago
Why though?
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by tomcam 2y ago
With respect, I'd like to suggest that they don't need to prove their preference to you. And I am genuinely trying to discuss a policy, not to be argumentative. I am also not assuming it's any better than remote. Maybe it is,
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by tomcam 2y ago
Beautifully put. Of course I have to agree.
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by tomcam 2y ago
No! For example, I’m a terrible artist, but I don’t think in words. So I think images, but it doesn’t cross over to my aesthetic abilities. But I wonder if the process of building up words from phonemes or syllables in your mind somehow map
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by tomcam 2y ago
I wonder if this happens in ideogram-based languages, such as Chinese
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by tomcam 2y ago
Wow I butchered the spelling but too tired to delete &repost
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by tomcam 2y ago
I abandoned safety razors because the handles are minuscule. Never found one that didn’t cramp up my big farmer hands.
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by tomcam 2y ago
Websites are roughly similar to real estate. They have an irreducible amount of paid maintenance required. Domain names are subject to renewal fees, like property tax. Hosting isn’t free, and it’s subject to a bewildering, ever-evolving var
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by tomcam 2y ago
I wrote this to help beginners: https://tomcam.github.io/postgres/
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by tomcam 2y ago
Much better. Also Ginevra di Benchi
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by tomcam 2y ago
I... I don't see what's special about the Mona Lisa. daVinci's drawings, on the other hand, teem with life.
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by tomcam 2y ago
Sigh. I have fond memories of watching Fringe and Eureka with my kids.
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by tomcam 2y ago
Jasper Maskelyne understood misdirection. He was one of the most famous magicians of the age.
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by tomcam 2y ago
Correct
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by tomcam 2y ago
Or, as some of us call it, a compiler. Nice work btw!
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by tomcam 2y ago
Because it’s legitimate in some cases. Obvious example is when you have an accomplice to a kidnapping in custody and time is limited. Less convincingly, when you separate a group of suspects and claim that Kyle gave you up when he did nothi
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by tomcam 2y ago
Under $1,000: a commercial-style toilet with a pressurized mechanism called Flush-mate, installed by a GC. I have a severely developmentally disabled adult child who… seriously clogged the toilet even without using toilet paper (see bidet r
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by tomcam 2y ago
Elegant! Flywheel as line conditioner. Most cool.
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by tomcam 2y ago
Thanks. I read the book and feel he’ll be proven largely correct. Won’t relitigate here but I very much appreciate your reply. It was one of his worst books but not due to his evaluation of the science world. Just way too heavy-handed. He u
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by tomcam 2y ago
> It's fascinating that Michael Crichton would have a quote like that when he's been guilty of falling into the same trap himself. For example?
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by tomcam 2y ago
Your written English is excellent. You are underestimating your skills, I think. Is there a world in which you could simply pause and plan out your words before speaking? Westerners won’t mind. Elon Musk often pauses noticeably in interview
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by tomcam 2y ago
> I laid down the welds and put my hood up and the guy goes, ‘Well, goddamn, bitch can weld,’ and I was like, ‘Oh my god, thank god.’” The article refers to various forms of sexism and harassment, including the passage above. I’m absolut
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by tomcam 2y ago
That whole story is clutch. Thanks a ton.
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by tomcam 2y ago
Terribly sorry for you and your father. Heartbreaking.
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by tomcam 2y ago
You are so right. Thank heavens she was defeated.

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