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by zwieback 5y ago
Now it'll be interesting to see where states and large companies go, as they still have the freedom to impose mandates.
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by zwieback 5y ago
sure, but if performance in those types of questions are a good predictor of success in the job then I'd go on asking them. Probably they aren't but just saying "I won't need this in my job so I won't ask in an inte
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by zwieback 5y ago
I don't think so, when we split hp the Memristor side went to HPE (hp Enterprise) and I think they canned the whole thing. Maybe some IP is retained, not sure, but any real work would have to be done outside of hpe.
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by zwieback 5y ago
I agree, rotating collection of charged cells is the way to go but: - need to establish a system of keeping track what's charged - train family to participate - train family to stop buying alkaline (mainly because in the alkaline recy
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by zwieback 5y ago
I know what I'll pick up next time I'm at IKEA.
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by zwieback 5y ago
Incompetence is everywhere, probably evenly distributed. It's just that at large scale it becomes noticeable, small orgs can float through unnoticed.
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by zwieback 5y ago
Yes, that's a sad situation. C# is a great general purpose language but for us desktop developers following MS GUI trends is a nightmare. WinUI 3 is the latest attempt to unify stuff. In general MS still seems like a safe bet given how
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Young people from Brazil's favelas set out to conquer digital world(spiegel.de)
165 points by zwieback 5y ago|171 comments
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by zwieback 5y ago
I totally relate to "as cost goes up the default options become less attractive". I don't mind the typical options being a bit high (when did 20% become the low end??) but I'll opt out and put in my own amount when the b
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by zwieback 5y ago
Whoa, that sounds awful, glad you made it through. From your username I'm guessing you're in your fifties, that's my age and I have fond memories of EMM386. At that age the calculation starts getting a little different. I&#x2
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by zwieback 5y ago
Edible yes, but do they taste good?
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by zwieback 5y ago
Came here to say the same thing. I have lots of Hostas and they keep getting too big. I will eat a good amount of them next spring!
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by zwieback 5y ago
I still have a "Twiddler" chord keyboard in my drawer - the Granddaddy of this thing.
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by zwieback 5y ago
The first meeting where your manager just abandoned you and you ended up talking to your manager's boss is totally inappropriate. Being so new to the job basically all the responsibility is with your direct manager and her boss is wron
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by zwieback 5y ago
I'm a year-round bike commuter so see my share of bad behavior. However, this guy just seems like a vigilante, in aggregate not helpful.
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by zwieback 5y ago
The coop was maybe 60 ft away so I opted for a battery that I'd have to recharge every few weeks. I don't have chickens right now but if I ever get more I'll use a small solar charger and maybe add a few more bells and whistl
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by zwieback 5y ago
Nonsense - you can get everything from trash to exceptional quality food, depending on the store you buy it from. Not disputing your point that small farmers have it hard but on the consumer side there's lots of choice.
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by zwieback 5y ago
I added a solenoid-operated latch to my chicken coop that opened when the sun came up. I didn't like getting up at 4:30 in the summer. At night I still manually closed it since I had to make sure I didn't lock a skunk or possum in
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by zwieback 5y ago
Boy, forgot about OWL, I loved that. I remember the reworked version without the custom C++ language extension for event handlers wasn't quite as magical.
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by zwieback 5y ago
Not exactly, it sounds to me that the idea is to push out Algebra I and offer the data-sciency, more "equitable" option earlier. Nerdy kids would still go through the Algebra-Calc-AP track but on a slightly different schedule.
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by zwieback 5y ago
Effectively most high and even middle schools are already split in the sense that students can take more or less math based on interest and skill. At my daughters' middle school there were three tracks: low, medium and high. My kids we
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by zwieback 5y ago
Boy, he sure complained a lot! The idea that reading for pure entertainment is a bad thing seems hilariously misguided to me.
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by zwieback 5y ago
Yeah, sorry, doesn't add up to 100, that's the whole joke.
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by zwieback 5y ago
Yes and no. Vaccination is absolutely a black and white issue, you either got vaccinated or you didn't. What comes after that is not black and white: the antibody count is variable, from zero to some large number. What I'm proposi
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by zwieback 5y ago
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3... Once a vaccinated person has a breakthrough infection they spread similarly but of course the chance to contract it is lower and the time to &qu
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by zwieback 5y ago
Ah, so I was wrong. I've been watching how much cooler things at the Dollar Tree were getting and predicted that eventually I'll buy my next car there. I guess I was wrong... If they bump up the price of those fruity Tootsie Rolls
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by zwieback 5y ago
The average person (vax or anti-vax) will read this to the end, maybe even understand the numbers but then think "well, but half of COVID deaths are among the vaccinated". 90% of people know that Stats is the hardest math there is
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by zwieback 5y ago
yesterday I was in line to get my booster and I overheard an unvaccinated person get their first dose because their job offer was about to be rescinded. So, in addition to losing loved ones I think mandates do work. Putting it into law, lik
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by zwieback 5y ago
Agreed, convincing people who think the entire thing is orchestrated by dark forces is pointless. At this point, what I'd like to see: a) accept natural immunity alongside vaccination status, probably need some kind of antibody count t
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by zwieback 5y ago
Yeah, good point, as opposed to anonymous pipes, which also still exist.

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