albatross

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by albatross 5y ago
Is that really a reason for skyrocketing pay though? Struggling to come up with any instances where this actually happened and such "hazard pay" was "justified."
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by albatross 6y ago
Friend of mine had a Bear Stearns cigar box (humidor? My poor underclass brain knows not the word). Was pretty good for a laugh.
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by albatross 6y ago
If you find yourself with significant free time but don't want to abandon the comfort of your current role, start a side project.
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by albatross 6y ago
> Even in a no-limits, fully-government-paid education system, Tidmarsh Community College is going to have to convince students to come there instead of Harvard or State U. They'll have different resources. I think your argument her
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by albatross 6y ago
Made the following assumptions about rough classes income brackets: - Those at the low end, eligible for financial aid. May be eligible for complete housing/tuition financial aid, but likely to leave school with some amount of debt - T
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by albatross 6y ago
It seems like an educational instituion relying on income from real estate properties points to the greater issue here: General lack of funding for education. Making money off housing will disproportionately affect students of differing inc
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by albatross 6y ago
You could write the cleanest, most bug-free and user-friendly app, release it in the US, and likely never see this level of adoption (I believe is the point that is being made here).
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by albatross 6y ago
I think the average non-technical reader could figure out that "plain text" refers to some variant of "········" rather than "password," even if the understanding is lacking technical depth.
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by albatross 6y ago
I'm sure the folks shorting TSLA would disagree on Elon's DMs. Maybe Kanye's DMs would reveal he's really just fucking with everyone and hasn't actually completely lost it. Well... Maybe just the former.
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by albatross 6y ago
I feel like a lot of the debates going on in the comments here are missing the forest for the trees here: Those with much money have too much of it, and those with little have too little. The issue here isn't "the poor need more h
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by albatross 6y ago
I'll adjust my search parameters. Thanks for the advice!
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by albatross 6y ago
To some degree, yes. However, I've found there is often a chicken/egg problem of needing experience in the role to be hired for it. That said, it's been a few years since I looked at these,so maybe it's time to reevaluat
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by albatross 6y ago
I have been a generalist my whole life, and have struggled significantly to translate this into a meaningful career. I have thrived in interdisciplinary roles, but have always found myself carving them out once I have forced my way through
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by albatross 6y ago
Sawstops are great and likely the reason I still count in base ten (I set one off in my university's woodshop years ago). The saw I was using at the time cost upwards of $10k (I was told) and the cartridges that stop the blade were ~$1
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by albatross 6y ago
A video is a series of pictures, so not "technically" inaccurate...
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by albatross 6y ago
- Given $2000+ laptop by company - Complains I get that a lot of folks here are engaging in what they view as "healthy design criticism," but, as a creative professional who does not have the budget for such a machine, it's h
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by albatross 6y ago
I believe this only works if it is coming from a corporation and targeted at an individual -_-
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by albatross 12y ago
Information has been lost and reconstituted for as long as civilization has existed (and longer). Short of preserving the actual experience, all of what we perceive to have experienced is filtered through a lens of one kind or another (be i