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unmole
3y ago
Sample size of 1 but I have never had any weird dreams, headaches, sedation or any other I'll effects from melatonin. It does help me fall asleep faster but doesn't actually improve sleep quality or duration. If I'll effects
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unmole
3y ago
Columbus was Italian.
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unmole
3y ago
> NYC is great. You can usually see a doc same-day or 1-2 weeks for a specialist. I have family in NYC. For a non-emergency condition, the earliest appointment with a specialist was there months away. It was much easier to fly to India w
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3y ago
> Everything goes through an ATS now, and those like Word documents. No worthwhile ATS system is going to have trouble parsing a PDF generated from LaTeX. This is a myth that just gets trotted about.
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3y ago
> The submission seems to suggest sending it in LaTeX to “impress” the hiring manager. No, it did not. The author linked his resume as an example: A PDF generated from LaTeX.
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3y ago
> it's that you're willing to waste time fiddling around with abstruse technical stuff rather than doing something useful. Yeah, having an easily versioned plaintext format is such a waste of time. So much better to deal with c
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3y ago
Why would this even come up in a discussion with HR?
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3y ago
> Oh goodness, I hope that's not how it came across - I hoped the idea that it had to be compiled into PDF before sending was clear! It was clear. You even linked your PDF resume as an example. The GP's interpretation is just b
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3y ago
> What if your file won’t even get into the ATS? Why won't a PDF generated by LaTeX get into the ATS?
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3y ago
Using Computer Modern is a a good indication. Also, mandatory XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1301/
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3y ago
But I don't think they will be able to call them LoTR movies. Trademarks can be perpetual.
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unmole
3y ago
> why couldn't they just phone up each packer and ask if that's what's happening? And Tyson and Cargill will just give out corporate information to anybody who just calls them?
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3y ago
Most countries that inherited the Imperial Copyright Act extended the copyright term via national legislations decades ago. Canada and New Zealand were notable exceptions. New Zealand did sign a FTA with the UK promising to increase the cop
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unmole
3y ago
Yeah, no.
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unmole
3y ago
> with MySQL it's always going to be tough for larger queries MySQL was too slow for running analytics on a single website? How much data are we talking about?
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unmole
3y ago
> An extensive amount of PG's works are now out of copyright This is one of the rare instances where works have entered the public domain in the US before other countries. None of Wodehouse's works are in the public domain in t
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unmole
3y ago
3 Month US T-bills are above 5% and much closer to money in the bank than picking random stocks.
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unmole
3y ago
The Orc story line and the Durin/Elrond bromance are the only redeeming aspects of the show.
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unmole
3y ago
Off topic but I understand that LOTR will enter the Public Domain in India, New Zealand and a a few other countries next year. I want to see if anyone does anything about it
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unmole
4y ago
No one really knows what is going to happen in the long term either.
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unmole
4y ago
> Border Force (a ridiculous name for a border inspection agency) It's a uniformed service that enforces Australia's border controls. Far from being ridiculous, I can't think of a more appropriate name.
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unmole
4y ago
You're shocked to find out that pride in craftsmanship exists?
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unmole
4y ago
> Most of the wealth lies in a handful of cities. Margins outside are wafer thin to non existent. Focusing entirely on large cities and ignoring the hinterland is a perfectly viable option. In fact that is what most consumer businesses i
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4y ago
Counterpoint from another urban Amazon India user: - Amazon is still the first place I look at when I want to buy something - While the availability of next day delivery has reduced, shipping times are still decent and more importantly reli
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4y ago
> Seamless remote editing with Emacs GUI is not a thing. TRAMP has been a thing for a very long time: https://www.gnu.org/software/tramp/
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4y ago
> The Indian cuisine has come up with their own vegan Veganism is virtually unheard of in India. We love our milk.
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4y ago
> 17k for how much battery? 150Ah/12V > I'd need a minimum of 5kwh. I thought you currently had 0. I'm not sure why you'd need to jump straight to 5 kWh. > Lead acid costs around ₹20,000/100ah Luminous lead
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unmole
4y ago
To be fair, I think the fear of cognitive effects of increased CO2 concentration is overblown: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32557862/
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4y ago
No.
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4y ago
A gel battery is practically maintainance free and costs about 17000 INR. Might be worth looking into.
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