Roscius

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by Roscius 8mo ago
Live in Canada and work remotely into the US. Been doing it for the last 6 years...
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by Roscius 10mo ago
"On the reason for the early publication, Prof Martin said it was related to the software the OBR chose to publish to its website, which was more suitable for a small or medium company than a major publication of critical market-sensit
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by Roscius 1y ago
I entirely agree - I have a 30 year career in STEM and am now a senior software architect at a $5b company. I also read, write and speak classical Latin at an advanced (almost fluent) level. My favourite pastime is quoting Cicero in planni
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by Roscius 1y ago
As the above comment indicates, I guess I may be arguing with ChatGPT, but if it's broke, fix it, don't get rid of it.
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by Roscius 1y ago
Strikes me as victim blaming and misses the point. Humanities are critical to society and have been for many thousands of years. Getting rid of the department because of "glum" people, is downright silly.
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by Roscius 1y ago
> I've found that asking AI tools to generate a changeset in this case is actually a pretty solid way of starting to learn the mental model. This. Leveraging the AI to start to develop the mental model is an advantage. But, using
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by Roscius 1y ago
> I've heard that few can speak Latin 'correctly', because the skill is almost useless Not useless at all - speaking Latin helps you to better appreciate both prose and poetry. Understanding the sound of the language help
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by Roscius 2y ago
contra proferentem - a rule in contract law that states any ambiguity in a contract should be interpreted against the party that drafted it
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by Roscius 2y ago
It is absolutely Matt tweeting.
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by Roscius 2y ago
Dying broke is the optimal way to die. The definition of broke could be the residual after the planned distributions to heirs. Or if no heirs, dying flat broke makes the most sense. Getting there is tricky.
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by Roscius 5y ago
There still are massive levels of racism particularly in policing and the justice system. Kids are still dying - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/seven-youth-inque...
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by Roscius 5y ago
Like the senior boys at the schools being taken out in the middle of the night to dig graves...
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by Roscius 5y ago
The Churches are refusing to release the records.
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by Roscius 5y ago
Best intentions? Not even close - horrible racism and genocide. In many cases it wasn't disease, they were malnourished, and and in some cases beaten to death.
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Court ruling on printer cartridges changes what it means to buy almost anything(washingtonpost.com)
1 points by Roscius 9y ago|0 comments
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Symantec and Norton Security Products Contain Critical Vulnerabilities(us-cert.gov)
4 points by Roscius 10y ago|0 comments
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by Roscius 11y ago
Yes corrected to read "persuasive" (phone auto-corrected). Non-binding precedent is still precedent. And as you've said, in the absence of an higher court opinion to the contrary, lower court decisions can be taken as preced
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by Roscius 11y ago
...and you've gotten the legal definition wrong. That precedent only applies to appellate court decisions is not true. There's persuasive precedent applies amongst courts of the same level. It the facts and law are the same, a si
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Yahoo to close its directory(searchengineland.com)
7 points by Roscius 12y ago|1 comments
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Vagrant 1.6 released(vagrantup.com)
3 points by Roscius 12y ago|0 comments
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#myNYPD hashtag fail(nytimes.com)
4 points by Roscius 12y ago|0 comments
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by Roscius 12y ago
Same love.
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by Roscius 12y ago
And cue the separate, but equal, rhetoric (...longer sigh). That same sex marriage, isn't a new style of relationship, and that civil unions could never provide the same "privileges" is the whole point. It's not just sem
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by Roscius 12y ago
"While an intolerant sect does not itself have title to complain of intolerance, its freedom should be restricted only when the tolerant sincerely and with reason believe that their own security and that of the institutions of liberty
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by Roscius 12y ago
"Separate but Equal" has been tried before. In Brown v. Board of Education - "Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal". Same can be said of marriage, it's impossible to attain equality in a separate