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by ttmb 5y ago
> Everyone was on clubhouse. Anecdatapoint: I don't recall hearing anyone talk about Clubhouse - or at least not in enough detail that it actually stuck with me what it was - before this post. I may live under a small rock, but othe
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by ttmb 5y ago
> Here are the top ten box office films of 2020 But see, 2020 was an aberration. You have to look at 2019. Sequel, remake, sequel, sequel, comic, sequel, sequel/comic, remake, comic, sequel/remake, Oh. Oh no. Let's keep go
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by ttmb 5y ago
Working conditions... you mean the sort of things that unions tend to care about?
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by ttmb 5y ago
If you read the article, > Poché, [...] lives in Manhattan [...] earning just under $50,000 a year. That doesn't seem like "extremely well compensated"
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by ttmb 5y ago
The most likely explanation is that coordinated mass reporting of these posts is triggering removal algorithms. In that sense, the "glitch" is that the removal algorithms are susceptible to being gamed.
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by ttmb 6y ago
Most new car purchases do come from dealer stock. Around 15% are factory-ordered - typically luxury brands. An additional 20-25% are sourced from other dealer inventory, or an upcoming shipment that is already specced and on the way. The re
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by ttmb 6y ago
Prior to this deal, Uber had a couple of billion (at the value of this deal) in a self driving car company named ATG. After this deal, they have a couple of billion in a self driving car company named Aurora.
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by ttmb 6y ago
What is the principle of standing ground in and of itself? Standing ground for a good reason, yes, but without a good reason, what is the virtue of just standing?
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by ttmb 6y ago
The change doesn't make my life worse in the slightest, and may improve someone else's mental health. No reason for me to be against it at all.
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by ttmb 6y ago
> "I have not yet had the benefit of reviewing the underlying proceedings..." Ah, vloggers. Same desperate need to fill airtime as the 24-hour news channels, with even less resources for actual journalism.
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by ttmb 6y ago
I believe there was one where GOP poll watchers were barred from entry - because there were already GOP poll watchers in the room and the room was at capacity.
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by ttmb 6y ago
> these unsolicited mail in ballots and the extended deadlines which we've never had before in this country. Many states added new procedures like these to this election, but I don't believe any state added procedures that were
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by ttmb 6y ago
There's a whole category of seats not covered by your links. Large seats that are forwards/backwards switchable so they last a few years. The seats are tethered to the safety latches, which although they are an "easy click&qu
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by ttmb 6y ago
The recency bias is painful. If you read a recent article and want more information on some background from the story, the results are mostly a flood of more articles on the recent story, with no new info. Your best bet is to find one of th
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by ttmb 6y ago
So let's say I did the same thing. I don't have any money, so there is no meaningful financial punishment that can be applied to me. In which case, we'll need an alternate punishment, ie - jail. In which case we've just
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by ttmb 6y ago
The company drew this line in 2010 - their own words, but paraphrasing their internal policy: > The basic aim is to avoid realistic weapons and military equipment that children may recognize from hot spots around the world The Osprey un
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by ttmb 6y ago
Nothing is banned. This is a longstanding LEGO company policy that they were sort of stretching, until consumers called them out on it.
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by ttmb 6y ago
Amazon can use this technology entirely in-house.
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by ttmb 7y ago
The camera inside my building is not for deterrence - the burglar is already inside at this point and will not be deterred. Either way, as you note, my stuff is gone. If their attention is drawn to an internal security camera by a light, th
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by ttmb 8y ago
This is hardly the rational discussion you claimed to be starting.
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by ttmb 8y ago
Right. So, Article 13 apparently requires prescreening material. That's specifically why people are up in arms. Everyone is pretty much on board with the necessity for providers to take down content in response to infringement reports,
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by ttmb 8y ago
> You gave instagram a license to share your content. No, in the scenario you're responding to, someone sent you a photo that is not and has never been on Instagram. Instagram is now required by law to prevent you from uploading it,
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by ttmb 8y ago
There really isn't a story here, Kev. You blew a power supply on your Synology. You even said it yourself: "maybe this is a problem with the enclosures and the disks are fine". If you'd put your disks into a replacement
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by ttmb 8y ago
In this context, an earnest product could be a messaging product that aimed to solve a problem with other existing products and had a coherent story explaining this. Allo from the outside seemed to solve no problem other than "people a
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by ttmb 8y ago
I think this was downvoted because it's not really the topic at hand.
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by ttmb 8y ago
YMMV widely. It's not at all uncommon to have large software and infrastructure deals signed by CTOs and Business Analyst type people based on advertised product features and compliance certifications, without ever speaking to architec
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by ttmb 8y ago
From the title, I didn't know which direction the post was going to go in. This one: grow with your job title. Alternate version: how to keep doing the same tasks you enjoy and not be forced into a different (likely managerial) role.
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by ttmb 8y ago
They would be different URIs. file://10.1.1.10/files/example.xlsx - remote vs file:///10.1.1.10/files/example.xlsx - local
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by ttmb 8y ago
Flickr is no longer owned by Verizon or the remnants of Yahoo.
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by ttmb 8y ago
Something like this reversal is actually the law in some countries. An employer cannot hire someone else for your position for some period of time if they "lay you off", as distinct from firing you.

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