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by wjnc 8y ago
This is so interesting. Any thought on the cultural norms driving so much gear to be individual? Personal gear could be common gear instead, with perhaps a cost to hygiene and individual sensitivities. Combat gear (partially) as well, espec
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by wjnc 8y ago
Just favorited this thread for algorithmic awesomeness. Thanks guys.
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Actuarially, just go with 1 per 1000 employees for bigger companies. Go 1 in 3000 as a lower boundary, but as high as 1/500 or less for companies with older or lower skilled employees. I do agree with other commenters that your procedu
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Second this. There is nothing more professional than asking earnestly about changes, especially in more senior roles. If you still see a role for yourself in the company, create a sketch of the new situation and bring it to the table. If no
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Yup, broader costs. Losers often pay quite a substantial part of the legal fees of the winner. A comparatively extreme example: in liability cases with injuries, the judge will often allow quite broad legal costs (about 25% of total claims
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If you can get judges to rule on costs in favor of the plaintiff (quite usual in my EU jurisdiction) then there quickly arises an incentive for cooperation. All you need is a few high profile wins. Those companies would probably start shari
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So would anyone pay for a service like this that acts like an attorney and actively contacts companies for insight into the information they store on you and requests for removal? Included in the service would be class-action suits and othe
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Yes and apps are a middle ground for many people between their own lack of resolve and the major investment in time and often money that finding a group or trainer represent. Pretty awesome segmentation! You'd be amazed at how many adu
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by wjnc 8y ago
As a development economist by education I recently listened to the McKinsey podcast on growth and development [1]. It was akwardly non-political. I was wondering why they would package the insight of growth economics in that kind of sauce.
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The thing is - if the premise is true that sex workers had an active role in preventing aids, then it's pretty easy to see that sex workers are predominantly low-status women and hence that their role and status make this a more extrao
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My government uses my taxes to buy goods and services in the local market. Is that defrauding or just the nature of providing government? This article is on somewhat loose economic grounds, I fear. People paid taxes, albeit to the coloniser
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In my little country in Western Europe starting in World War 2 all those with income from labor have paid wage taxes. The first income tax was introduced in 1915. Before that in the 16th century: the first value added tax. Most revenue up u
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by wjnc 8y ago
The way of dealing with chickpox differs between (western) nations. In my country we don't vaccinate against chickenpox broadly, only some risk groups. We do vaccinate broadly for other illnessess, and the public mind is nudging toward
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For me this story drives home a point: marketing or story telling matters. They had this model that delivered on a multitude of goals (more fair, better for health, fitting school times for different age-groups, less costs), but got lost in
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I lolled at the qualification of the conspiratorial bent arguments as fallacious. They clearly are not. Conspiracies happen and can take a long time to unwind. They should not make up the bulk of your argument and should not fuel a positio
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A recent podcast from the Commonwealth Club covered this somewhat with several scientists [1] [1] http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.commonwealthcl...
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Quite an awesome usecase would be to use this for perimeter security, like securing your house and cars. In my locality camera's are in a legal grey zone: the police applauds them for use in case of crime, but because of privacy laws y
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HN 101 - overly broad statements will get you in discussions with outliers. Your safety attitude is a function of your families history, own work experience and intellect. You can negate a local culture and use your better judgement. I gues
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I had the same feeling. Could use an accountant chiming in here. On the one hand the third quarter update clearly states 'Unaudited' above the statement of operations and balance sheet. On the other hand, they present GAAP-figures
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My anecdata with my parents generation suggests the same. Quite often retirees I know grow 'old' quite overnight after retiring. One or two even died soon after retirement with no prior illnesses. The total absence of responsibili
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Ok, one thing against the 'data analysis' in OP: if Santa Clara is allegedly male-dominated then the better comparison is number of complaints per million women in the local labour force. The other obvious one is that complaints p
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Afaik governments usually don't insure such mishaps. They have pretty much unlimited funds in comparison with insurers. Subcontractors couldn't insure themselves for these kinds of liabilities. No insurer would go that high in lia
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Honest questions: are you an avid reader? What kind of writers do you prefer that usually fall in the Kafka-catergory. The Trial was my first Kafka and it bound me from the beginning. The scenes where he is picked up they were gripping and
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Any tips of this kind of material for a more professional setting? I have to give advice professionally and one of the harder parts for me is giving it in the context of office politics.
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First guess: not being allowed to admit it due to national security reasons and it being an ongoing investigation. On the same day several Russians were exposed trying to attack OPCW. They were exposed by Dutch military intelligence. At the
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It might be totally unfeasible for a consumer to get your rights over a small repair, but you do have EU-law protection for your rights as a consumer. Article 3 of the directive [1] states your rights quite clearly: "Any repair or repl
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This looks like a somewhat hasty response: -"and we fixed all critical issues before the acquisition closed" - How can you fix issues when the acquiring party is not yet under your control? -"We further strengthen our securit
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It's not really a story is it? Output is a function of capital, labour and productivity. Double cost of labour and those that get the most productivity out of capital gain competitiveness. Who is relatively capital intensive? Amazon. S
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I'm not arguing that it's bad to lobby for a higher minimum wage. Only that to communicate both the raising of your wages and the lobbying at the same time, you mix two messages for different audiences. Hence the sour replies, tha
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Well in this respect: Amazon chooses to link the two discussions themselves. They could have easily made their communication less open to an easy attack by pledging $15 an hour while lobbying silently, or at least communicating that on anot

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