MelvinButtsESQ

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by MelvinButtsESQ 8mo ago
Thank god Trump opened the valves. California is now seeing water the likes of which has never been seen before.
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by MelvinButtsESQ 1y ago
Consider it broke. You are getting hugged to death by HN. Throw Cloudlfare in front.
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by MelvinButtsESQ 1y ago
Seriously .. if you are "expecting the BIG ONE any second" ... maybe you should move?
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by MelvinButtsESQ 2y ago
MIT licensed?
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by MelvinButtsESQ 3y ago
begin For every, there is an end. RIP
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by MelvinButtsESQ 4y ago
COBOL is easy. JCL is the hard part.
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by MelvinButtsESQ 5y ago
This is what I've seen basically. Some companies meet the requirements of the law technically by putting a HUGE range like "75,000USD - 310,000USD". I would argue this is disingenuous by employers, but that is a problem wit
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by MelvinButtsESQ 5y ago
Bullshit. It's pretty common for young women to consent to do porn and then after the fact (weeks, months, years later) decide that they shouldn't have. If you sign a contract, you've signed a contract and need to abide by
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by MelvinButtsESQ 5y ago
Sex work is legitimate work. They should not be shame and pushed to the fringes as we do here in the US, both by power of state and morality. I cringe at the number of people, mostly women of course, who are going to lose their liveliho
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by MelvinButtsESQ 5y ago
What an absolute shame. Not particularly because I use OF, but because they feel the need to do this, due to public pressure, pressure from banks, etc. When are we going to stop moral policing (literally via power of the state and figur
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by MelvinButtsESQ 5y ago
IBM
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by MelvinButtsESQ 5y ago
Production of batteries is the constraint ... previously, currently, and in foreseeable future (<5-8 years). Simply don't have the capacity to make 100% EVs. Further, given this capacity, the numbers work out such that we are, on
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by MelvinButtsESQ 5y ago
My best friend's dad's boss is named Barry MacGoughener. I wonder if they are from the same place in Scotland?
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by MelvinButtsESQ 5y ago
The “free hand of the market” is only desired when the oligarchs are benefiting.
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by MelvinButtsESQ 5y ago
Those foreclosures you speak of are forthcoming over remaining part of this year and next year. The foreclosure moratorium and government mandated "you don't have to pay your mortgage payment during COVID" is ending and stu
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by MelvinButtsESQ 5y ago
Seems to me that anybody looking for a job would do a cost of living evaluation in addition to what their potential salary is and decide accordingly. This isn't rocket science folks. In regards to employers, raise pay if can't
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by MelvinButtsESQ 5y ago
I can't help it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcIMIyQnOso
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by MelvinButtsESQ 5y ago
I remember in the late 80s when I started professionally ... the impending obsolescence of the programmer due to 4GL code generators was upon us. Those stinking edge cases though. Where 90% of the problem/requirement can be addressed
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by MelvinButtsESQ 5y ago
I'm reading she essentially agreed to a contract in the form of the "team rules" and then violated those rules for which she was held accountable. This isn't a free speech issue, it is a contractual issue.