Zombiethrowaway

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by Zombiethrowaway 7y ago
>The Fed data shows that a degree still makes an important contribution to financial stability I don't see the causality explained. I would replace "contribution", with "correlation".
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by Zombiethrowaway 7y ago
True. But it does not make them "more" selfish because they just disagree with one's just as selfish opinion. (My point) Let's stop calling people names, and all argue what evolution we want, and possibly respectfully di
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by Zombiethrowaway 7y ago
Are you saying that unless one welcomes an infinity of people in their backyard, one cannot be inclusive? I think you should explain and defend the policy you wish, instead of critizing an imaginary adversary by putting words in their mouth
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by Zombiethrowaway 7y ago
Again, from the people living there, what's the housing crisis?? Yes, they are trying to limit how many people are coming in, that's obvious. This is different from inclusive and diversity issues. This is about 100 new diverse peo
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by Zombiethrowaway 7y ago
People currently living there don't see it as a "housing crisis". They see it as "too many people coming here, trying to change our single family house peaceful residential neighborhood into bigger buildings". So &q
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by Zombiethrowaway 7y ago
1- salmonella is not due to eggs only, but meat and vegetable also 2- you probably read in the article like all of us that chicken in Europe are vaccinated against salmonella, while this is not mandatory in the US Therefore I am not sure ho
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by Zombiethrowaway 7y ago
I am a ghost online, and nobody is talk-trashing me. If someone tells me I am a ghost online, I'll smile and says "correct!!". And if the person is interested, I can explain why. Questions are opportunities for meaningful con
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by Zombiethrowaway 7y ago
VOIP. 150 ms max recommended, noticeable degradation of UX at 250ms. Many phone operators use wifi to connect when they can. If people's phone does not work well, they'll complain.
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by Zombiethrowaway 7y ago
Not GPS related, but the day I am really worried about is January 19th 2038 3:14:07AM... Unix time will roll over if stored in a signed four byte integer field.
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by Zombiethrowaway 8y ago
But I was logged in with RDP when I saw this... So I assume everything related to boot was over and not related.
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by Zombiethrowaway 8y ago
I was typically using c3.xlarge for CPU-intensive tasks (video processing). Boot time was OK. I would log in on the machine with RDP, because sometimes my processes were almost frozen for a while. It felt like my neighbours were stealing my
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by Zombiethrowaway 8y ago
I used Windows instances a few years ago. Beyond the slow start, once started, frequently the CPU would stay stuck at very low %, and my tasks would run very slowly. Eventually I would get to 100%, but it could often take 10 minutes. What I
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by Zombiethrowaway 8y ago
...and? From a job market standpoint, does it help him? Does he "sell" it on his resume, in interviews? Is it valued? Did it help him competence/knowledge-wise? From a personal standpoint, did it help/enrich him?
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by Zombiethrowaway 8y ago
The minute you take investors money, whether seed, convertible debt, series A, then you are not the only boss anymore. You KNOW you will not be able to be independant and stick it to the man. That's a very important decision, very earl
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by Zombiethrowaway 8y ago
The French government passed a law in mid-2018 that ends the special "cheminot" contract for new hires. It will effectively grandfather the old way in 10-20 years, and make it smaller every year. So I don't think this is fair
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by Zombiethrowaway 8y ago
In a similar fashion, why does Google Play needs access to my Contacts each time I want to use Maps?
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by Zombiethrowaway 8y ago
Case in point: - the XIII comic series, very popular in Francophone countries but not much beyond - The Bourne Supremacy, directly inspired by the series, a massive movie success worldwide.
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by Zombiethrowaway 8y ago
"master’s or higher degree from a U.S. institution" This puts at a competitive disadvantage international universities over US ones, regardless of education performance. It sounds like protectionism, which will translate into more
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by Zombiethrowaway 8y ago
>Every time [...] it blows up [... on] Hacker News. Or only every time you hear about it? Yes, employees are fighting for their wills. What's wrong with that? If you don't fight you don't get anything
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by Zombiethrowaway 8y ago
So many people running small businesses make very good money. I hear 20% a lot for normal businesses. Mine is more computer oriented, and old school too, and it is around 45%, several hundred $K a year. Nobody advertises around those becaus
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by Zombiethrowaway 8y ago
If you care for your pizza, your customers and employees, you will stay in business for a long time, regardless of who opens a shop next door. Staying power, habits: those are huge positive factors for businesses.