apoverton

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by apoverton 2y ago
There was one ruling that was a lot more harsh but wound up getting overturned on appeal. On June 7, 2000, the District Court ordered a breakup of Microsoft as its remedy. According to that judgment, Microsoft would have to be split into tw
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by apoverton 4y ago
I’ve used my learning budget for music lessons on this site virtu.academy
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by apoverton 5y ago
Learn In | Senior Frontend/Backend Software Engineers | Full-time | US Remote Learn In helps companies establish education benefits and talent academies so every employee can build deeper skills precisely aligned to company needs. HR,
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by apoverton 5y ago
Learn In | Senior Frontend/Backend Software Engineers | Full-time | US Remote Learn In helps companies establish education benefits and talent academies so every employee can build deeper skills precisely aligned to company needs. HR,
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by apoverton 6y ago
From the article: “The authors found studies with high-quality design, such as those which used a group of active controls – children who did not learn music but instead learned a different skill, such as dance or sports, for example – show
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by apoverton 6y ago
Something that is not touched on in the post but the book The Color of Law touches on in depth is how single family zoning has strong racist motivations. There are many Suburban areas that had the exclusion of black people as a requirement
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by apoverton 6y ago
According to Wikipedia Legislation = Legislation (or statutory law ) is law which has been promulgated (or "enacted") by a legislature or other governing body or the process of making it Qualified Immunity = Qualified immunity
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by apoverton 6y ago
It's important to clarify. "Qualified Immunity" is NOT a law. It is judicial precedent. That means the Supreme Court made this up and courts don't go against prior rulings except in rare cases. Sometimes Congress creates
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by apoverton 6y ago
Curious, what books did you buy? I’ve been getting interested in this sort of thing lately.
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by apoverton 6y ago
I've thought about solving this problem with an ML approach like you all are taking but as you say never had the bandwidth because I was focusing on my "core missions". I'm no longer a heavy spark user but am very happy
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by apoverton 6y ago
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by apoverton 8y ago
I think if 2 events are independent then you can use an eventually consistent DB like Cassandra and move on with your day. The importance of something like TrueTime arises when you have an example like in the article. Step 1: remove your pa
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by apoverton 8y ago
This seems like a good resource in general for understanding how to structure and communicate your ideas e.g. preparing a slide deck
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by apoverton 9y ago
That stuck out to me as well. It kind of seems to me like they’re saying variable cost of goods sold increased
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by apoverton 9y ago
The exact same. I read the whole article but averted my eyes and quickly scrolled past all the images
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by apoverton 9y ago
Impossible Foods is a startup working on this mission. They have a really tasty product too. http://impossiblefoods.com/about/
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by apoverton 9y ago
I'm not saying I don't have beliefs, and sometimes feel that those beliefs are right compared to what other people think, but I try to recognize where things may be objective (like slavery) and subjective (like government spending
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by apoverton 9y ago
I think your last sentence gets at what I was trying to get across
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by apoverton 9y ago
Good and bad is in the eye of the beholder and what you value. Is American culture (a loaded term because American culture is the product of numerous sub-cultures) better than all other cultures because of our economic strength? If not, the
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by apoverton 9y ago
Agreed. See this quote from the OSHA website. Under the OSH Act, employers are responsible for providing a safe and healthful workplace . OSHA's mission is to assure safe and healthful workplaces by setting and enforcing standards
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by apoverton 9y ago
I'm curious if anyone has examples of large companies willfully funding organizations that are critical of them. Google plays a huge role in our lives, but it is also a corporation that has a duty to its shareholders. The EU's dec
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by apoverton 10y ago
This is also an example of a repeated game, so over time if they maintained their strategies, investor B would own the whole company. Also depending on how the company operates, there is another element of game theory because the controllin
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A simpler way to merge data streams(medium.com)
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by apoverton 11y ago
Looks like a competitor to weCliq ( https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wecliq/id965067652?mt=8 )
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by apoverton 11y ago
Good luck guys! Think this is a step in the right direction.