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961.
The Fed Is Running Out of Firepower – Central bank officials aren' (cont)(bloomberg.com)
4 points by whack 6y ago|0 comments
962.
Limits of human thought and how these limits define philosophy(papers.ssrn.com)
2 points by whack 6y ago|0 comments
963.
by whack 6y ago
Some relevant statements from the author on this topic: > Code of Conducts can be a useful tool, when thoughtfully created and thoughtfully enforced, to address sexism, racism, and harassment, all of which have been problems at tech con
964.
by whack 6y ago
> once someone knows the ins and outs of a system, sometimes there are very few barriers internally to check that an order/paperwork is legit. It sounds to me like they are using security-by-obscurity, as well as easily forgeable
965.
by whack 6y ago
Sounds like a variant of the Ikea effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKEA_effect Though I'd also be wary of the impact these bugs are having on your brand name, and reputation. You might have stumbled into a loc
966.
Narcissists and psychopaths are more likely to refuse to wear masks(newsweek.com)
3 points by whack 6y ago|0 comments
967.
by whack 6y ago
> President Donald Trump expressed approval of a concentration camp for Uighur Muslims in China during a private meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to former national security adviser John Bolton's upcoming memoir
968.
U.S. government budget ends fiscal year with a more than $3T deficit(cnbc.com)
25 points by whack 6y ago|30 comments
969.
Both Parties Support Wealth Redistribution – They just disagree on who gets it(outlookzen.com)
1 points by whack 6y ago|0 comments
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by whack 6y ago
Break up Google into the following companies, each with its own independent shareholders, board, and CEO: - Search - GMail - Drive/Docs - YouTube - Android - Chrome - GCP Until that happens, these shenanigans are destined to continue.
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by whack 6y ago
> Ugh. The mind of a narcissist on full display here. Is this ad-hominem really necessary? The author didn't make character attacks on anyone, I don't see why you feel the need to do so. > You must be some bottom-feeding
972.
A Great Old-Timey Game-Programming Hack(blog.moertel.com)
2 points by whack 6y ago|0 comments
973.
by whack 6y ago
That's interesting, I've never heard of a stateful microservice repackaging itself into a library that directly reads/writes to the database. One of the main advantages of a service middleman is encapsulation, and enforcing r
974.
by whack 6y ago
I'm no Google apologist, but there's nothing nefarious about this. Why on earth would any company encourage its employees to speculate and talk freely, when doing so would get them into legal/PR trouble. It's the equival
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by whack 6y ago
> Unless the company is getting less value, they can stand to pay the same no matter where you are physically Sure, they can "stand" to pay the same. But why would they. As you yourself said: > Rates will be set by market
976.
Should We Soak The Rich? You Bet – High marginal income tax rates, appli (cont)(nytimes.com)
2 points by whack 6y ago|0 comments
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Entitled people get angry when things don't go their way or when they exp (cont)(behaviorist.biz)
3 points by whack 6y ago|0 comments
978.
App Store gives Apple ‘monopoly power’ over iOS apps, US House antitrust (cont)(9to5mac.com)
12 points by whack 6y ago|0 comments
979.
by whack 6y ago
> The H1B visa is a temporary worker visa. There is this whole legal fiction where, when you get one, you have to announce non-immigrant intent with a wink, then once you’re here you say “I just now changed my mind and I want to stay he
980.
An Alternative to Dependency Injection Frameworks(software.rajivprab.com)
1 points by whack 6y ago|0 comments
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When power is toxic: A new study of fish behaviour shows that dominant in (cont)(uni-konstanz.de)
2 points by whack 6y ago|0 comments
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Nearly 4M US jobs have vanished forever(edition.cnn.com)
1 points by whack 6y ago|0 comments
983.
A Radical Proposal for Legal Reform – Equal Representation(outlookzen.com)
2 points by whack 6y ago|0 comments
984.
by whack 6y ago
Election polls are a tiny subset of the general public, but they do offer very powerful insights into wider trends. Is there any reason to believe that Federal judges are more racially biased compared to State judges? I'd be shocked if
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OkCupid Presents: Vespa vs. Elasticsearch for matching millions of people(tech.okcupid.com)
1 points by whack 6y ago|0 comments
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A categorized list of all Java and JVM features since JDK 8 to 15(advancedweb.hu)
1 points by whack 6y ago|0 comments
987.
by whack 6y ago
Yup, I definitely agree with you that it's an entirely different career model and some people would prefer that. Unfortunately, there's also a lot of people who want the best of both worlds. "Why did you leave work at 3pm ye
988.
by whack 6y ago
> Pay for work not time spent on the computer. Consider the unintended consequences of what you're proposing. Most software projects end up taking far longer than initially estimated. If you tell your manager that you can have som
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by whack 6y ago
> He had seen a triangle with angles not adding up to 180 degrees Genuinely curious. How does one even draw a triangle whose angles don't add up to 180 degrees?
990.
The Ties That Bind(outlookzen.com)
2 points by whack 6y ago|0 comments

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