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by wombatpm 3y ago
So can apple turn off all iphones in Montana in retaliation. Bet it would be easier/cheaper to cut off those customers than implement any changes. Android phone makes could follow suit
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by wombatpm 3y ago
I worked for a small business that did work for the DOD. Our sales guy explained the rules of government contracting. Rule 1: get the money. The government is always talking about contracts that are coming. Rule 2: keep the money -the gover
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by wombatpm 3y ago
I'm sure Diamond would be happy to have company provided housing, and pay employees in company script that is good at the company store -- imagine the profit potential!
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by wombatpm 3y ago
Thats if you want to get rid of an individual. It's easy if you can just put the problem person on the layoff list because the company is doing a 10% WFR as part of a stock market right-sizing initiative
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by wombatpm 3y ago
I'm sure the professor is falling back on some sort of honor code chicanery where you are required to report cheating of fellow classmates if you are aware of cheating.
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by wombatpm 3y ago
So, it's easy to get ADHD drugs if you act like you have ADHD in the UK.
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by wombatpm 3y ago
I thought Mid Atlantic was a completely fake accent taught to radio and movie actors because of better fidelity with the recording equipment of the day
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by wombatpm 3y ago
We are within an 8-10 hour drive from some of the best skiing in the Midwest
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by wombatpm 3y ago
Credentials and test were seen as a way to remove interview bias from the process. So instead of cheaters you would end up with nothing but code bros
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by wombatpm 3y ago
Clones were great until they went upscale with powerful expandable machines that competed with their profitable high end tower macs
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by wombatpm 3y ago
I remember John McCain being involved as well as one of the Keating 5. Part of the reason I never voted for him.
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by wombatpm 3y ago
You have a problem with work. I know I'll get HR involved, they will help me. You now have two problems with work. Unless your goal is to get someone fired, I've never seen HR getting involved to be a positive action.
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by wombatpm 3y ago
Well let's just build a robot Santa too. What could possibly go wrong
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by wombatpm 4y ago
I know. It was active when I was at UIUC
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by wombatpm 4y ago
Or maybe the entire structure has been upturned. My story: laid off 3/20 because of the pandemic. Had a nice gig with a nonprofit that saw their revenue crater because of lockdowns. Followed by a year of contract work, followed by a ye
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by wombatpm 4y ago
It was a popular counter culture bumber sticker back in the 60's: The Police are armed and dangerous. Not much has changed.
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by wombatpm 4y ago
I57 near Rantoul, IL near Chanute AFB has a particularly straight section of road with no overpasses (any cross roads go under) for just this reason.
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by wombatpm 4y ago
The only time an HSA worked for me was when it was the plan that had a max on out of pocket payments of 10k. I have a diabetic child and that runs to $1200 per month in out of pocket expenses. When I did the math for deductible, copays, e
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by wombatpm 4y ago
A Note about FSA vs MSA/HSA. in the United States FSA = Flexible Spending Account. Every year you elect to set aside a certain amount of money. (ie $2000 per benefit year). This money is deducted over the course of the year, but you a
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by wombatpm 4y ago
XML is like violence. If it is not solving your problem, you need to use more
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by wombatpm 4y ago
Clifford D Simak write that story. It’s contained in his book City. That collection also has uplifted dogs and ants. Frederick Pohl (another SciFi Grandmaster) tackled the Mars issue in ManPlus
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by wombatpm 4y ago
I hope they do. It’s the only way to hold government accountable. If they don’t follow the rules, they need to be sued. That will force the governors in two states to call up the Port Authority and say knock this shit off. Unless someone ma
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by wombatpm 4y ago
Saturn cars are incredible. I had a 92 SL2. Drove it for 14 years and 350k miles. Sold it to a guy who delivered newspapers and saw it still running two years later. That plastic body that didn't rust was incredible. Sucks that GM
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by wombatpm 4y ago
I never thought the issue was violent crime. More like the constant low-level theft and public urination from the homeless, drug addicts, and mentally ill.
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by wombatpm 4y ago
Interstate commerce clause
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by wombatpm 4y ago
Well, the stipend is traditionally shit, but the graduate programs like to remind you about the generous tuition waiver. STEM students are so lucky. I have no idea how humanities students justify their situation to themselves.
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by wombatpm 4y ago
Once they figure out what genes they need/want, they can look to using CRISPR technology modify adults or children. But probably adults first. One they can experiment on prisoner sentenced to death which is no more ethically challeng
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by wombatpm 4y ago
The Saran trade name was first owned by Dow Chemical for polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC), along with other monomers. The formulation was changed to the less effective polyethylene in 2004 due to the chlorine content of PVDC.
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by wombatpm 4y ago
Is the decline pandemic related?
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by wombatpm 4y ago
Doesn’t work. Large corporations that employ large numbers of workers are happy to have you sacrifice your family on the alter of capitalism. And the ones that try it want unacceptable levels of control over over your life and faith. See Ho

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