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by zzalpha 10y ago
Misleading headline is misleading. Quoting the gist: On June 27th, our DNS infrastructure will cease to answer DNS queries which are received on our old name server IP addresses. ... queries will need to be directed to our new name serv
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by zzalpha 10y ago
Given the total lack of loyalty given to employees by employers, combined with an unwillingness to give references (limiting the impact on professional reputation), why would anyone be surprised by this?
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by zzalpha 10y ago
And will continue to exist as a minority. But the tide really changed when everyone suddenly had a video recording device in their pockets.
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by zzalpha 10y ago
As an (evidently) old school lover of live music, I couldn't agree with this more. To the guy complaining that his phone is "his memory": maybe that's a sign of a problem rather than justification for your behaviour. Li
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by zzalpha 10y ago
Funny the choice of laziness as an example of functional superiority. First, functional != lazy evaluation. We can once again thank the Haskell converts for further trying to redefine what "functional" means to match Haskell&#x27
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by zzalpha 10y ago
Because, as meat consumption produced less than a fifth of all greenhouse gas emissions, the claim that "it won't improve until the world population starts limiting its meat intake" is simply false. Reducing meat production w
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by zzalpha 10y ago
> Actually, a bug was exploited. That's called a loophole in a contract, and folks exploit those all the time. You're on the receiving end, which sucks, but based on the rules of the DAO, you have no recourse. The entire presup
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by zzalpha 10y ago
Not sure why the downvote. Unfortunately I'm too lazy to find it, but there was a post on Medium discussing this exact question. The reality is that the DAO was governed by the smart contract. Period. That was a very deliberate choic
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by zzalpha 10y ago
Sensationalist title is sensationalist. The actual study announcement: http://www.j-alz.com/content/marijuana-compound-may-offer-tr... First, this is a cellular model. Results have not been demonstrated in actual tri
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by zzalpha 10y ago
Yes, thanks, I didn't think I'd actually need to be that explicit... lesson learned!
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by zzalpha 10y ago
I'm a woman, who has worked in big tech. Having done 12+ years, I've seen that you need to work on the right projects to get noticed and promoted. Have you found you've needed to work harder to get noticed and promoted as c
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by zzalpha 10y ago
The difference is your "beta" male wouldn't be punished for changing tone.
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by zzalpha 10y ago
It was a perfectly acceptable answer to justify segregation, too... using "genetics" as a basis for justifying social bias is a very dangerous road to go down unless you're certain you're on extremely firm ground.
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by zzalpha 10y ago
Then, after spending 4+ years in college studying surface friction losses or CRDT applications without tombstones, and n+ years in industry trying to debug someone else's too-clever binary-flag-in-ruby code, a large number of them ...
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by zzalpha 10y ago
Sure, but when you have a culture that punishes women for not being quiet by labeling them as aggressive, b*tchy, etc (after all, a certain presidential candidate often demeans his female opponent for "yelling" and so forth, des
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by zzalpha 10y ago
So while the employer could issue new options at a discounted strike price, it has serious tax consequences. From http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=d9f306b0-a209-... : Unless the ability to exercise such a
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by zzalpha 10y ago
Speaking as someone in a (very) late stage startup, I'm far more curious how many of Dropbox's employees have options plans that are about to expire on them if they don't exercise...
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by zzalpha 10y ago
Not to mention that by providing UBI, you have an inherent economic stimulus as the folks who would benefit most are the most likely to spend the money immediately on basic needs like food, shelter, etc, which drives activity throughout the
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by zzalpha 10y ago
There's plenty of tests that are less contrived. X-rays are done as a matter of course after treating a sprain. What would really be the costs of deferring them and only doing them when pain persists days later? Well, there's th
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by zzalpha 10y ago
TBH, I don't believe that to be true. Let's say you're a healthy 20-something that's been experiencing weakness in your hands. The doctor comes back and says "This could be either arthritis (5% chance), cancer (0.1
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by zzalpha 10y ago
And if the doctor is unethical or is trying to CYA in the case of a malpractice lawsuit, and therefore doesn't properly indicate risks, effectiveness, etc?
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by zzalpha 10y ago
Vertical integration is actually incredibly common these days. There's a reason Comcast owns NBC... As for retention pay, depends on the organization. Walmart and Costco are on opposite ends of the spectrum in that regard.
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by zzalpha 10y ago
Along those same lines, authority and influence are also not the same things. Managers frequently have authority, while leaders often do their jobs through influence. Learning how to successfully apply influence with a lack of authority ca
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by zzalpha 10y ago
Writing is far and away my number one suggestion. It's not even a contest. A well-written developer is someone who can organize their thoughts and then express them in a way that others can understand. This requires mental discipline
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by zzalpha 10y ago
Speaking as a PM, you've basically highlighted the most important part: management . The job of a PM isn't to translate fickle external whims into a constantly churning set of priorities. That isn't management. It's r
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by zzalpha 10y ago
Yeah, I get that. I actually find BoI hits pretty good sweet spot in that regard. While I enjoy an OP build, most are playable (as evidenced by the challenges), so it doesn't feel like checking boxes on a spreadsheet, but it also fee
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by zzalpha 10y ago
That may very well be why I find the game so tedious. I want a roguelike to offer me tools/equipment/power ups that offset the difficulty such that I don't constantly feel abused by the game. Spelunky isn't designed th
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by zzalpha 10y ago
Weird, as a roguelike fan, I find Spelunky enormously tedious and repetitive. I would much rather crack out BoI or good ol' Nethack. And that's not for lack of trying. I've spent many hours trying to find satisfaction in Spe
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by zzalpha 10y ago
Except you're making the assumption the article highlights: you're operating under the belief that there is a concrete thing that "you are" that you should know. As a person I'm constantly changing (or so I hope).
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by zzalpha 10y ago
Let's just pretend for the moment that what you wrote isn't totally fabricated, and let me ask you this: how is that relevant? Does US misbehaviour make Russian misbehaviour suddenly acceptable? Are we now to be impressed if our

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