andthenzen

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Making and Meeting Moloch: Game design and the pressure to make numbers go up(knowingken.com)
1 points by andthenzen 6mo ago|0 comments
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by andthenzen 6mo ago
Thanks to everyone in this chain for sharing! I've learned so much from your programs and was inspired to make my repo public and do a write up as well. I was 52nd place with a score of 599. https://github.com/Taxes&#x2
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When must we lobotomize ourselves?(kenonical.substack.com)
3 points by andthenzen 11mo ago|1 comments
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by andthenzen 2y ago
Where did you learn this from? This interpretation is incorrect. The section you mention is a subsection of 296-128-500, which defines the minimum rates for certain professions to be exempt from overtime. In this case, computer professional
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by andthenzen 2y ago
Interesting analogy but I’m not convinced it’s the best one. One might also note that in many large scale restaurants, there is in fact only a handful of chefs who determine the menu and most of the day to day is handled by cooks assigned t
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by andthenzen 2y ago
Worth noting that this varies heavily by issuer - I checked out the most recent 10Ks for Amex and Discover (Visa and MC are networks and as such, operate off interchange, not interest, and I tried looking at Chase's 10K but it was too
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by andthenzen 2y ago
I'd look into industry trade groups and self-regulatory organizations. A few U.S. examples that come to mind are FINRA (broker-dealers), bar associations (lawyers), AMA (doctors), AICPA (accountants), etc.
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by andthenzen 2y ago
Source? My understanding is that at-will states have a default presumption of at-will employment in the absence of a contract, but parties are free to contract alternatively. Which states invalidate mutually agreed upon notice periods?
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by andthenzen 2y ago
Page 83-84 provides some guidance on garden leave and suggests that it will still be allowed under the new rule: > With respect to garden leave agreements, as noted previously, commenters used the term “garden leave” to refer to a wide v
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by andthenzen 2y ago
Any employment law enthusiasts here who can comment on whether garden leave is still allowed under this? I would assume so, given the employment is active and the employee is still being paid, it is effectively an extended notice period whe
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by andthenzen 2y ago
Thanks! I assume it's referencing this sentence and surrounding info: > "Dozens of documents from across the company reveal that Zuckerberg had spoken to the company’s head of security, its then-CTO, and others about the risks
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by andthenzen 2y ago
Where is this headline coming from? I haven't been following this case, and unfortunately, either my poor legal or technical comprehension prevents me from finding the points in this brief which substantiate the submission title.
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by andthenzen 2y ago
I am also confused about what this paper is describing. My read is that having two staff (a dedicated barista and a dedicated cashier) outperforms having one staff (working as both barista and cashier). This seems like a trivial result, am