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by tyoma 11y ago
Employment discrimination encompasses pay differences, not only hiring and firing. While its not federally illegal to pay differently based on family status, it is illegal in certain localities, like Alaska [0] or Cook County, IL [1]. 0. h
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by tyoma 11y ago
Discriminating based on location for 100% remote work is opening up a big can of worms. Since in this case physical location isn't material to the work, paying less based on location could be inadvertently discriminatory. For instance,
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There is very little direct benefit to US consumers from chip cards. Sure, it will reduce fraud, but from a consumers point of view it doesn't matter. By federal law, unless the bank can prove negligence, they have to refund your money
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by tyoma 11y ago
In the US the merchant owns and is responsible for the POS equipment. The banks had to strong-arm merchants into upgrading via liability changes for non-compliant merhants.
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I'm curious, what happens if you have more than one credit card -- do you get to pick which gets charged?
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by tyoma 11y ago
The article mentions a decline in teeneger licenses. A big part of this is graduated licensing programs that most (all?) states introduced. Why get a license if you can only effectively use it to get to/from school?
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by tyoma 11y ago
They recently implemented a similar ban in Chicago. Now stores just give out thick "reusable" plastic bags. The whole thing has been an all around failure: it's strictly worse for the environment and consumers indirectly pay
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by tyoma 12y ago
We have one: http://www.darpa.mil/cybergrandchallenge/
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Close Encounters with Symbolic Execution, Part 2(blog.trailofbits.com)
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Last time I was in Germany I talked to a Thai gentleman who was an international student there. He said all of his tuition was covered, and that it was standard policy. Some Googling seems to confirm thats the case, but someone from Germany
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I see lots of envy from US and UK based people, but not any thought given to the great opportunity: Germany accepts international students. Why not go to a German university and get a quality education paid for by the German taxpayer? As a
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Whats missing is a sensible property tax scheme. Just tax the non-resident owners, who don't vote, at a much higher rate than city residents. Then use the extra money for great public infrastructure for people who do live in the city.
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The UK corporate tax rate is lower, 21% vs 35% in the US.
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Wait, US corporations are moving to Europe for lower taxes? I thought taxes there had to be extraordinarily high to support their free healthcare systems, paid maternity/paternity leave, and lengthy vacations?! On a serious note, I wis
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The restaurant issue I'm somewhat conflicted about -- I don't know enough about the business so some of my thoughts maybe impossible for various reasons. If people are willing to buy reservations, why not just charge more for the
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What You Can Ask and What You Can’t – Legal/Illegal Interview Questions [pdf](mtu.edu)
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What Happens When Your Phone Falls into the Ocean(blog.dinaburg.org)
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The unsavory truth about Lyft: by a former Chicago driver.(reddit.com)
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by tyoma 13y ago
During the previous incarnation of EveryBlock, there were persistent rumors that posts embarrassing to the City of Chicago government (like about crime in high tourist areas) would mysteriously disappear. I'm curious how transparent th
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by tyoma 13y ago
A cool idea, but cash-strapped local governments will find ways to get around this if it ever becomes popular. There are already jurisdictions where you have to pay your ticket before you can appeal it, and others where appeals cost money.
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by tyoma 13y ago
I'm not aware of any US-based company with an unlimited pool of sick days. Maybe I'm wrong though, would love to know.
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I for one like a vacation only policy. Why does it matter to you or the employer why you are taking a day off? What if I don't get sick? I would have to lie to my employer or let paid time off go unused. As long as the sick day count
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by tyoma 13y ago
My experience of getting a SIM card in Mumbai: Go to hotel concierge, ask about getting a SIM card. Referred to English speaking member of staff. Offer him INR100 plus costs to get me a sim card with data plan. Browsing the web within 15
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by tyoma 13y ago
Why does Windows still let arbitrary applications downloaded via email run? I'm sure the vast majority of cryptolocker victims have no desire to share binary executables via email. I wish there was an "only run Microsoft approved
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Verify Software by Playing Games(verigames.com)
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Darpa Cyber Grand Challenge PM is doing an AMA on reddit(reddit.com)
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by tyoma 13y ago
Completely agree. I have been working remotely for about a year now. What I miss the most is social interaction and the random ideas that spring from live discussions with other smart people. No amount of video conferencing and IRC has been
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Darpa Announces Cyber Grand Challenge(darpa.mil)
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The US is getting chip cards in 2015 [0], although it looks to be chip and signature. As another poster pointed out, chip and pin is not foolproof and may present a nasty liability shift to consumers when it comes to fraud. There are also m
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by tyoma 13y ago
The numbers were from 1979; air travel has gotten considerable safer since then. Then again, so have automobiles.

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