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by zaphod12 6y ago
Engineering degree != CS or software engineering degree. No idea what the job market looks like for a civil engineer or for some sort of unspecified 'engineer' grad.
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by zaphod12 6y ago
I am generally opposed to this sort of shaming, but damn would I make an exception for that behavior. Really freaking hope this doesn't fly anymore, since it's been a decade.
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by zaphod12 6y ago
There was an attempt at this with prescription drugs. Encourage patients to take generics by forcing a larger amount of cost onto the patients in the form of higher copays. Pharma companies realized and started giving copay vouchers (still
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by zaphod12 6y ago
This is answered quite clearly in the article - because he's well connected. Largely that means people with money, but influence doesn't hurt either. He cut the line as a VIP. Is that ethically wrong? Probably. Is it new? Not even
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by zaphod12 6y ago
This is a feature in many public toilets in Japan. (or perhaps not public, but at least the restrooms in more upscale locations like nice hotels and restaurants). It is not the only amazing feature (I miss Japanese toilets) and I do recall
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by zaphod12 6y ago
Took ordinary and partial differential equations with a chaired professor who was a native English speaker. Still don't understand them, but I guess that's on me.
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by zaphod12 6y ago
I mean the argument is you're going to lose any sense of Terroir...and that is a huge amount of the cost at the high end of the market. Sure, you pay for taste, but you also pay enormously for origin and provenance.
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by zaphod12 6y ago
and the reduced water flow increases the likelihood of clogs in your sewer pipe - clogs which might be cleared with high pressure water jets (if normal snaking is not sufficient)! EVEN MORE WATER USAGE! (and also expense and frustration)
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by zaphod12 6y ago
I've found few issues on which people are as diametrically opposed as the ebook/physical book debate. I did a reading group at work a couple of years ago (for Designing Data Intensive Applications as it turns out!), and half the g
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by zaphod12 6y ago
It was...but they parted ways several years ago.
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by zaphod12 6y ago
How about a tech company using data to accelerate the creation and approval of cancer fighting drugs: flatiron.com (acquired a couple of years ago, but still independently operated) Interested in improving the state of the art in detecting
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by zaphod12 6y ago
Super glad to know that my experience is a common one - precisely the same conversations over a very faint line!
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by zaphod12 6y ago
No idea what you do, but a lot of companies are newly open to full-time remote employees, fwiw. Sounds like you work for jerks.
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by zaphod12 6y ago
I've been a big citylab reader for the past few years - always loved their detailed takes on urban issues and some solid long form stuff. After reading this, just clicked on bookmark and their homepage made me want to cry. I've ne
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by zaphod12 6y ago
Quite wrong, actually. Medicare/medicaid usually pays lower than private insurers because of the vast bargaining power. Hospitals that can will try to limit or avoid taking these patients or ensure a balance with private and self pay f
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by zaphod12 6y ago
You aren't alone, but you are also incorrect. Ebooks are already very mainstream. Doesn't mean physical books are dead - over time sales of physical books have gone down and sales of ebooks have risen. (though this has been relati
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by zaphod12 6y ago
Work at a startup of about 70 - so just slightly larger than your ask. M n of 1 data is that we're out until Labor Day, for all of the same reasons as the big boys
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by zaphod12 6y ago
and that data entry is the number 1 source of burnout for medical professionals. ( https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-physician-rel... ) There are services now which allow the doctor to film their interaction wit
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by zaphod12 7y ago
Ok, but I'm also amazed, because I found TBP to be vastly overrated... To each his/her/their own.
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by zaphod12 7y ago
that's very cool, but what the heck is on this server that made it worthwhile to move it like that?!
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by zaphod12 7y ago
I don't understand why these lists make it so hard to find the USA. Every country is written out including the United Kingdom - but the USA is "US." Sometimes we're first because of ethnocentrism, sometimes last, but PLE
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by zaphod12 7y ago
Have you used home depot's self check out machines? They are fantastic. Leaps ahead of every supermarket and CVS I've been in. When I was doing a lot of housework and was very used to them, I could get through a check out with a c
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by zaphod12 7y ago
That's untrue. I know a lot of people who have said that exact phrase....on February 28th.
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by zaphod12 7y ago
while halving seems extreme, this isn't that ridiculous when you think about it (nor is it uncommon). The previous head of legal had probably been getting promotions for many years as (s)he continued to grow and become better at the ro
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by zaphod12 7y ago
Funny timing - this s theVerge's headline story: https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/28/21080720/amazon-product-l... Sometimes waiting too long for your personal trust to be broken (after seeing them dr
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by zaphod12 7y ago
Moxie Marlinspike (owner of the world's greatest name) is the lead of the Signal project is often described as an anarchist (as in this wired article: https://www.wired.com/2016/07/meet-moxie-marlinspike-anarc
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by zaphod12 7y ago
https://outline.com/zZhZLU
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by zaphod12 7y ago
and you'll pay a very large premium for it, too, unfortunately, since the company has to close off another revenue stream.
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by zaphod12 7y ago
this is 100% because you've become inured to how strange it is. Google's name was a joke when it started.
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by zaphod12 7y ago
much like wework - all you gotta do is convince 1 person who controls vast sums of money that it will work. I'm very convinced by your WeDryClean idea! (Sadly no vast sums of money, though)

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