westicle

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by westicle 13y ago
See also: Homeopaths Acupuncturists Most broad-stroke psychometric testing
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by westicle 13y ago
Genuine question - have you considered that the problem might be you? Sure, there are bad lawyers like there are bad examples of anything else you care to name. It sucks that you've had a bad time of it, divorce court can't be fun
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by westicle 13y ago
Wikipedia is OK, but I don't think anything can explain Groovy as well as Simon & Garfunkel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvlW4bEjB5A
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AMA with Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia(reddit.com)
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by westicle 13y ago
I was thinking Little Makers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandworm_(Dune)
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by westicle 13y ago
Seems like a pretty clunky use of the well-known "Cargo Cult" metaphor. Nothing new to see here... is this front-page worthy?
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by westicle 13y ago
There was an article a few days ago entitled "Bullshit Jobs" regarding how we fill the economy with sinecures (albeit soul-crushing, depressing sinecures) perhaps in some futile attempt to give everyone a job to do (regardless of
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by westicle 13y ago
Yes, but even more so if that makes sense. I cancelled the life insurance policy which was automatically included in my retirement savings several years ago. I don't have any debt (even my mobile phone is pre-paid) so life insurance is
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by westicle 13y ago
That sucks... sorry to hear it. My country doesn't seem to have implemented the blanket-denial first stage of the process yet, however luckily I have savings which could tide me over until the payments get backdated in that eventualit
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by westicle 13y ago
I never said that I consider my view objectively correct or superior... and never intended to imply that a contrary view would be deranged! Far from it; I explicitly recognised that mine was probably a minority view. However the submission
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by westicle 13y ago
I just left an employer who had 100% salary continuance insurance in place. Maybe mine is the minority view, but I found it a horrendous waste. When I left the employer it offered to have my portion of the policy transferred to me personall
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by westicle 13y ago
I will save you the rest of your life's labour. http://www.amazon.com/Howard-Leight-MAX-1-plugs-Uncorded/dp/... You're welcome.
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by westicle 13y ago
That rule is actually made by journalists, not governments.
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by westicle 13y ago
60% of the time, it works every time.
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by westicle 13y ago
For anyone interested in what happens to all this "stuff" at the other end... I administer several deceased estates (the process for which is to locate and prove the will (if applicable), gather in and dispose of the assets, distr
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by westicle 13y ago
They should literally just remove the first definition.
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by westicle 13y ago
Costco is just starting to establish itself here in Australia. There is currently one store in my city (Melbourne). I personally know people who travel 40+km to shop there so they are doing something right. I understand that more "loca
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by westicle 13y ago
This is partially correct. If you manage to sell the corporate entity to a third party without making any warranties about latent claims, you will not be concerned about the corporation's liability. And the purchaser of that corporatio
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by westicle 13y ago
No, the founders are personally responsible for their own actions. The corporate veil may protect them from liabilities of the company (barring fraud/breach of directors' duties), however in this particular instance we have a foun
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by westicle 13y ago
I read that whole thought experiment assuming that "something very rare, which has no practical uses but which is easy to give to others" was cash. Which is awkward.
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by westicle 13y ago
Just wanted to correct this understanding. Just because I sell something doesn't make me exempt from the legal consequences of my actions prior. If I negligently claim that a product will make you healthier and it cripples you, then yo
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by westicle 13y ago
Sorry - I had registered my email address with HN but hadn't included it in the public "about" section. Should be fixed now.
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by westicle 13y ago
My family actually runs a small oil-producing olive grove in Tasmania, Australia. Our olives are hand-picked and cold pressed within 24 hours of picking. We produce about 200-250L of oil per year so it is a boutique operation. We are curren
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by westicle 13y ago
Cultural norms... When I was in certain large, developed cities in China (nearly 15 years ago now) most of the toddlers I saw in public had "open bottom" outfits on; they literally used the street as a toilet. Some parents would h
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by westicle 13y ago
Also note that he was consuming nutritional yeast & vitamins which may have offset a small part of his energy use.
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by westicle 13y ago
So.... the US is at war with Saudi Arabia? [1] [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijackers_in_the_September_11_a...
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by westicle 13y ago
I can also confirm from personal experience that many, many educated Chinese locals are not aware of this portion of their history. Even those whom I suspect may be aware of it seem to confine it to a cultural blindspot approaching wilful i
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by westicle 13y ago
If an establishment wants to give non-techies the opportunity to attend, yet remain "accessible" to those without piles of money, there are a few solutions. 1. Don't take reservations. My favourite restaurant operates on this
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by westicle 13y ago
I didn't know we were being ranked.
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by westicle 13y ago
Perhaps you'd be good enough to enlighten us as to what you are trying to say. Because it is not obvious to me.

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