wombatpm

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811.
by wombatpm 5y ago
Just say that "there is no active support contract for your company at this time."
812.
by wombatpm 5y ago
A broad agreement will most likely NOT make it past the institution review board. Any experiment with human subjects has strict rules around consent and data sharing agreements. The legal exposure is huge.
813.
by wombatpm 5y ago
You would think with proper diagrams you could replace the electronics with a raspberry pi
814.
by wombatpm 5y ago
Illinois calculates property taxes off of 1/3 assessed value. Apparently it allows the rates to not have to go out to an insane number of digits. But it gets weirder. The city/county/ whatever determines their budget and uses
815.
by wombatpm 5y ago
With the exception that contracting COVID has known, immediate bad outcomes.
816.
by wombatpm 5y ago
The lab leak theory was conflated with 'engineered in a lab' and everyone said no signs of gene editing. A natural virus sample leaking from a center studying coronavirus was never really addressed. Nor was the concept of Gain of
817.
by wombatpm 5y ago
You may not be able to replace the people at the top, but if a city in China is failing to to take active steps to contain an outbreak, you can bet that those local leaders will be replaced by the CCP.
818.
by wombatpm 5y ago
Here is where the details of COVID matter. Is it just a respiratory disease where once you are past the acute phase you are fine, or is it a multisystem disease where the long term consequences (kidney, heart, brain, blood clotting issues)
819.
by wombatpm 5y ago
Rent seeking oligarchs?
820.
by wombatpm 5y ago
So global warming solved by nuclear winter?
821.
by wombatpm 5y ago
Muting saves you from the annoyance, but still subjects your followers.
822.
by wombatpm 5y ago
Celebrity Jeopardy with Will Ferrel as Alex Trebeck
823.
by wombatpm 5y ago
>Also, know that you don't owe your company jack shit. They are not, and will not be loyal to you, ever. Ever. They will cut you at first necessity. Be prepared to do the same at any time. Boss will blame manager, manager will blame
824.
by wombatpm 5y ago
"Managing up" exists for people who want to remain in a company long term and typically found in large organizations with bad managers. When the job market is bad, it is worth the effort. In this job market? I'd be gone in
825.
by wombatpm 5y ago
HF keeps regenerating itself until it hits bone and forms calcium floride. Get exposed to enough of it and it will pull the calcium out of your cells, stopping muscles, heart beats, and neuron firing.
826.
by wombatpm 5y ago
Unless it is encoded in its design. For US zip codes the first three digits encode a geographic region. But there is no guarantee that 601 is next to 602
827.
by wombatpm 5y ago
>In my personal opinion a free financial course should be required before you first get your SSN and then no higher than a $500 credit limit for 6 months after. While I appreciate the sentiment, SSN is required for anyone to be claimed a
828.
by wombatpm 5y ago
If you were just acquihired and no one high up in the BIGCOMPANY is taking an active interest in you. LEAVE. You are cannon fodder. The sooner you realize that the better off you will be. If you are contractually tied to the job, plan your
829.
by wombatpm 5y ago
Are you free to leave or is there some hold on you like options, stock, or earn out? Then leave, flee, run away as fast as you can. Your startup was bought, and if your old leadership is no longer in a position to handle the transition, the
830.
by wombatpm 5y ago
I'd be happy if I could just *SPAM a number immediately after receiving it and let the phone company track them down. I worry about blocking numbers since spammers have started spoofing valid numbers of real people.
831.
by wombatpm 5y ago
Too bad Abby Hoffman can't write Steal This COVID Test as the follow-up to Steal This Urine Test
832.
by wombatpm 5y ago
Minnesota routinely sees 90 days in summer and -20 days winter. Water plus 110 degree temperature swings destroys a lot of things quickly. Plus vegetation, mold, animals
833.
by wombatpm 5y ago
Classic Libertarian argument. Government has a legal monopoly on the use of force that they employ to obtain tax revenue. The proof of the statement lies in what happens if you don't pay taxes. Eventually, someone with guns will pla
834.
by wombatpm 5y ago
Only until they can put clones into an isolated environment to build a sentient AI. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destination:_Void
835.
by wombatpm 5y ago
If your potential customers are willing to pay to scrape data, why aren't they will to pay for the data from the source directly? Is it not available or is it considered exclusive or proprietary. I'm thinking about the lawsuits a
836.
by wombatpm 5y ago
Florida politics is sketchy be definition as they are an outgrowth of representing 'Florida Man'
837.
by wombatpm 5y ago
Once they are nominated for the Supreme Court or elected to federal office. Everything else is youthful indiscretions
838.
by wombatpm 5y ago
My company is going through our SOC2 audit. We do not have such software and everyone is remote. I call BS as to the justification. This smells like a desire for corporate monitoring.
839.
by wombatpm 5y ago
Blizzard is running the typical anti union playbook. IF a certain threshold of cards are signed, a vote can be held. The best way to prevent a union is prevent the vote
840.
by wombatpm 5y ago
They get sent to a farm out in the country where they can play with the other developers.

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