aliante

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by aliante 6y ago
And China has a massive 5th column based here already, especially in tech.
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by aliante 6y ago
> it's not the food deserts As they don’t buy those things. > redlining Not sure what that has to do with food. > institutional and systemic factors Hand waving. > promoting unhealthy products Coke and McDonalds don’t put t
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by aliante 6y ago
“I can’t be bothered to do anything properly. It must be a problem with Rails.”
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by aliante 6y ago
> high potential demand. That would require growth. Birmingham is not growing. > the buildings as collateral. Except the buildings are not worth much of anything. I may as well offer my shoe as collateral.
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by aliante 6y ago
Check out the area where he wants the bank to “invest.” 608 19th street Ensley. Look on Google Streetview and Google Earth. Roofs have collapsed. Half the windows around there are smashed. A few large holes in walls. What would you value bu
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by aliante 6y ago
Check out the buildings he owns and the neighbourhood he is in on Google Earth and Google Streetview. One address is 608 19th street Ensley. He is surrounded by buildings which are abandoned and the roofs have caved in. Half the windows in
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by aliante 6y ago
When he says “historic”, the bank thinks “decrepit.” Unless they building is the Empire State Building, age hurts value. Seriously, the fact that he had the cash to buy the buildings but needs a line of credit against them to develop them t
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by aliante 6y ago
> But they're not aware that the filter is just anxiety. Could this be deliberate? As working with people with anxiety problems is often a pain in the ass as they won't report problems for fear of seeming stupid or ask for help
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by aliante 6y ago
> Twenty years ago, France introduced a 35-hour workweek. Their economy still functions. It seems to be quite anemic.
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by aliante 6y ago
This makes as much sense as claiming that I am cozy to Hitler for favoring government healthcare.
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by aliante 6y ago
No, but she generally isn't willing to call the doctor who did the study an idiot or fraud.
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by aliante 6y ago
On the internet, nobody knows you are a dog. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet,_nobody_knows_...
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by aliante 6y ago
> A white male in a suit could probably get into most office buildings. A woman is going to have a far easier time getting into an office building.
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by aliante 6y ago
> should be born by the public rather than the financial sector. Given the size of the financial sector, I am not sure those are not all that different.
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by aliante 6y ago
Education is basically a system for vouching for someone's knowledge. It is too exhausting to individually check people, so we trust an institution instead and let them confer that trust on others.
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by aliante 6y ago
That is factual. That would be relevant if conference entry were being managed by snipers searching crowds.
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by aliante 6y ago
> So then why so much effort into deciding if it works or not? A lot of members of society view not wearing one as an act of courage. A friend's mother will tell anyone she encounters who is wearing one that they are a ninny and a
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by aliante 6y ago
> How can a society solve any size of a problem when it cannot be bothered to put a piece of paper or cloth on their face for the possible benefit of another? A friend's mother will tell anyone she encounters who is wearing one that
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by aliante 6y ago
It is hardly factual that he was only allowed into conferences for being white.
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by aliante 6y ago
> humanities study things which are not (entirely) subject to scientific rigor That is putting it mildly. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grievance_studies_affair
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by aliante 6y ago
I am fine with the small improvements to code part, but I at least want an idea of where I am going. Small improvements to solve the problem? Sure. But I at least want an idea of what the entire problem is, not just the two weeks of problem
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by aliante 6y ago
If I blow up a production system through an error, my employer can fire me. They generally cannot sue me for the costs of their losses. There can still be consequences, just not compensation for losses.
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by aliante 6y ago
They can be held accountable through the democratic process and fired. They cannot be sued.
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by aliante 6y ago
No. I cannot be reasonably sued for blowing up my company's software systems for a failure on my part as an employee. It doesn't mean I am not responsible for keeping them up and running. You can fire me. You cannot successfully s
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by aliante 6y ago
Dollar Stores exemplify the extreme mediocrity of retail in America. So many products are more expensive at the grocery stores compared to dollar stores. I'm upper middle class and I shop at dollar stores because everything from envelo
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by aliante 6y ago
Nope. Just that police are not liable for failing to prevent crime.
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by aliante 6y ago
> There have been several Supreme Court cases that have answered that question with a hard “No” No, they cannot be sued for failing to prevent crime. You are not guaranteed a crime free life by the presence of or even reports to the poli
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by aliante 6y ago
It is curious to read someone who has clearly never used Google products pontificating about restructuring Google.
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by aliante 6y ago
Project Loon is quite interesting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loon_LLC Fiber would have been great had they succeeded. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Fiber
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by aliante 6y ago
> youtube domain or associated employees but many things are just a case of making a copy. Who has the domain is not a small problem...

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