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by treerock 7y ago
From the article: >I’m specifically addressing the epidemic of smart assholes that are actually good at their jobs, at least on paper . There are plenty of smart arseholes, who can do their job well (if they wanted) but prefer to be an
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by treerock 7y ago
Slight quibble. Laws can be broad and imprecise and some might argue, trivial. e.g. > To prove a breach of the peace, the most important things to prove are that someone was alarmed, annoyed or disturbed by the incident.[1] https:/
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by treerock 7y ago
> get a few interns Pretty much agree, but not sure Internships are the best way to do it. Expecting people to work for no pay means you only get those that can afford to work for no pay. I remember an article on HN from few years ago, a
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by treerock 7y ago
it says: "It looks like you're visiting Track This on your phone. Please use Desktop to activate your persona. Trust us, you don't really want to open 100 tabs on from your phone in any case."
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by treerock 7y ago
I believe peat use is rare in the malting for Irish Whiskey. More common in Scotland but still not the majority. But presumably you could burn other fuel and get a similar result. The traditionalists would be grumpy though.
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by treerock 7y ago
> hypocrisy was at the bottom That surprises me given the furore around the likes of Michael Gove admitting to taking drugs[1]. Seems like a politician can lie, steal and manipulate without much complaint, but hypocrisy is a major sin. (
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by treerock 7y ago
What a bizarre website. Not sure if it's parody?!
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by treerock 7y ago
I was wondering about this. The majority of my emails are between myself and a business, currently letting google track my purchases, holidays, event booking etc by reading the responses I get. If I stopped using gmail, how would they track
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by treerock 7y ago
I remember this being a common belief back in the 90s. At school I knew a guy who was good at maths, obsessed with computers (as in often knowing more than the teachers) but was rejected from the computing course (until his parents complain
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by treerock 7y ago
> it used to be that if you didn’t have anything positive to say you’d just shut up and move on While that's an attitude I've learned to follow ("If you'd don't have anything nice to say, don't say it."
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by treerock 7y ago
> you should never rinse with water This is going to be a stupid question. What do you rinse with?
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by treerock 7y ago
Given it's a federated service, I doubt many mastadon users will know or care that much. Those that run servers might choose to blacklist them, making them all but invisible.
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by treerock 7y ago
Apparently yeah. > Although the typical bar mleczny had a menu based on dairy items, these establishments generally also served other, non-dairy traditional Polish dishes as well. But when I visited, it was more like a canteen that serve
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by treerock 7y ago
Why? Is bulk/restaurant produced food inherently more bland than home cooked?
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by treerock 7y ago
I've always though it would make sense to outsource home style cooking to specialists who can cook in bulk much cheaper (and often higher quality) than individuals can cook at home. I'm surprised that Polish 'Milk Bar'[1
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by treerock 7y ago
It a power law[1]. The 'long tail' is part of the power law graph. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_law
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by treerock 7y ago
> What would you call it then? 'Copyright infringement'? 'Piracy' is a bit of a loaded term. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html.en#Piracy
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by treerock 8y ago
Pretty sure Bells and Irn Bru collaborated on an 'alcopop' a few years back. Edit: by a few years I mean the late 90s. Getting old.
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by treerock 8y ago
There is some evidence that car usage peaked in the 90s and is now dropping. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_car
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by treerock 8y ago
I don't think you can blame instagram. These problems are happening all over the world, and I doubt that many of the tourists actually use instagram. I suspect cheap flights and accommodation, changes in fashion (city breaks vs package
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by treerock 8y ago
> I’m one column away from the round of mob opprobrium that sinks my career for good. Yet Rod Liddle and Jeremy Clarkson continue to have a successful career, Trump makes it all the way to the white house, and netflix is filled with high
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by treerock 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uber#Criticism Main criticism seems to revolve around Uber trying to bypass regulations that regular taxi firms have to abide by, paying holiday and sick leave, or vetting their drivers et
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by treerock 8y ago
pre -reproduction death. And in humans that is not something that necessarily needs a cure :)
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by treerock 8y ago
Tried enabling the resistFingerprinting option, and while it was (even more) annoying, it wasn't impossible. Seemed to require one or two additional screens. The slowly fading images are really frustrating, but I get hit with them norm
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by treerock 8y ago
"Do not learn if you do not understand" Seems strangely backward to me. Understanding is my end goal when learning.
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by treerock 8y ago
Sorry but I don't think I'm conflating anything. Social status doesn't change just because you are given money, or have it taken away.
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by treerock 8y ago
Social mobility requires a lot of work and money and time. How would you get a mortgage on a house, or save for your kids' education if any wealth you accrue risks getting re-allocated? (Guess it depends on your value of X)
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by treerock 8y ago
That would kill social mobility.
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by treerock 8y ago
This seems to invert the situation at Reddit. The article does it's best to troll, while the comments provide a level of sanity. Weird.
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by treerock 8y ago
> prices of rides are largely subsidised to bring them to a point where they compete with public transport Is this location based? I'm in the UK and my recent trips with Uber have cost around the same as a standard taxi and nowhere

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