beingmyself2

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by beingmyself2 9y ago
But is it worth the extra effort? Something I've noticed many people ignore is the cost to standardization these kinds of "security" upgrades place. When training a junior/new/contract IT person all these little got
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by beingmyself2 9y ago
IQ discussion has always seemed to me a little like talking about how much money you make with other people. The solid numbers as a mark of "who is better or worse than you" can be uncomfortable. Taken to a statistical level thing
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by beingmyself2 9y ago
I understand your point of view, but these are different levels of trust. You can audit the javascript they are sending you and (potentially) notice it is a ruse. If they are reading your email after you send it to their server though you h
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by beingmyself2 9y ago
Are you implying that communism is the way forward? I think a lot of murdered people would like to have a word with you, but that wasn't real communism right? If not, please explain your "way forward" that solves the problem
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by beingmyself2 9y ago
One man's freedom is another man's slavery. If having private property and, by extension, state borders is an infringement on freedom then I think we have larger ideals to collide than this small one we started with.
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by beingmyself2 9y ago
The natural result of having borders? If you think people should be able to live wherever they want then where do you draw the line? Can I come live in your house and sleep in your bed whenever I want?
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by beingmyself2 9y ago
It's not a monopoly though, this is simply the inevitable conclusion to any price competition: suppliers will be pressed to cut costs in ways that lose American jobs. Having a minimum wage means other countries can undercut our labor a
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by beingmyself2 9y ago
How is this a Walmart problem though? This is a totally natural result of free-market competition. When two competing pizza restaurants can no longer squeeze a lower price by reducing quality or working staff harder, they move the productio
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by beingmyself2 9y ago
"forced to live there" is exactly the same manipulative language being used shamelessly here. You should really consider avoiding such use as it detracts from your argument. On the other foot, should we be "forced" to ac
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by beingmyself2 9y ago
I've noticed this as well. The number of people in tech who very clearly have no interest outside of their paycheck is disheartening. Can they do they job? Usually. Will they ever update their skills or keep up with the general directi
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by beingmyself2 9y ago
I've been rejected from a job before (where I knew someone working there) and was told they had to go with a "diversity hire" since they lost their only female engineer earlier that year. The comments implying I have it easy
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by beingmyself2 9y ago
Just updated, looks great! Big thanks to F-Droid team, without you I might have broken down and settled for the Google botnet.
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by beingmyself2 9y ago
The one competitive advantage I see them having (and they don't usually even do that well) is giving directions. If the city has to shut down for a few days to kill the unions I am all for it. Multiple delays getting from point a to po
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by beingmyself2 9y ago
Tokyo is what I would consider modern and is miles ahead of most of the big cities I have lived in or visited. Just having public transport that respects their customers (unlike the TTC in Toronto) is already a big improvement.
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by beingmyself2 9y ago
shadowbanning is cowardly and cruel. If internet bullying is a thing then this is an example of such.
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by beingmyself2 9y ago
And so the goalposts keep moving. How soon until not giving up your job for a poor minority is considered racist? At what point do we draw the line and say it is ok to have your own self-interest in mind, rather than that of the outgroup? A
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by beingmyself2 9y ago
Gimping the rich to subsidize the poor is dysgenic and not in-line with the realities of nature. Given that Nowrway is still relatively homogenous when it comes to demographics I would expect strong socialist programs to do decently. In a p
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by beingmyself2 9y ago
It is a myth and this is the same shaky reasoning I always hear from people who have been on the "other side" (hiring). I don't blame you for it, it is your job to compensate people as little as possible while extracting the
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by beingmyself2 9y ago
You could extend this to almost any war the US has been involved in. Attacks on US soil (not counting terrorist actions) have been pretty rare. WW2 can be similarly deconstructed and the intentions found to be impure. Remember: USA does not
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by beingmyself2 9y ago
What's undesirable about this situation? We need a military force to protect us, I don't think that is a controversial idea. With certain political groups doing their utmost to absolutely kill any kind of nationalism or patriotic
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by beingmyself2 9y ago
The tiny house movement is because people can't afford regular houses so they build glorified sheds on whatever scraps of land they can afford. Cities are breeding grounds for disease primarily because of the lack of personal space.
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by beingmyself2 9y ago
Those who missed the boat and now hope everyone else's fun will be spoiled fail to notice through their already shaky logic that this problem is being solved. Proof of stake means we don't have to waste nearly as much electricity
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by beingmyself2 9y ago
> The reason I give a range is because salary is only a SMALL part of your compensation package I wish people would stop perpetuating this myth. Bonus is discretionary (meaning they can give you $0) while salary is not. Salary is a BIG p
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by beingmyself2 9y ago
Right, let's start by redistributing the wealth held by people in silicon valley making more than 50k a year. Think of all the people we could lift out of poverty if all us tech folks just gave up our wealth! I'm sure we could do
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by beingmyself2 9y ago
During my trip to LA I made time to visit the Daiso. They have a lot of neat stuff you don't generally find in other dollar stores and to me the products seem to be of higher quality (whatever that means for dollar store items).
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by beingmyself2 9y ago
The Yonge/Finch area is pretty disappointing actually. The food quality is fairly low outside of a couple gems (in a sea of garbage). Random places around Markham are much better if Asian is your fancy.
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by beingmyself2 9y ago
>People who voted for Donald Trump didn't do so because they were racist or sexist >But voting for Trump makes you a racist or sexist Not sure I understood your comment.
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by beingmyself2 9y ago
As yes, don't leave Facebook because of the addictive mind-prison it builds around you or the creepy stasi-esque dossier it keeps on you. Instead quit Facebook as a way of social-signalling your authoritarian left-wing values. That isn
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by beingmyself2 9y ago
>Had he been a white American You mean "had he been an American citizen born in your state"? Race has nothing to do with this example. All out-of-state people regardless of color experience the same.
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by beingmyself2 9y ago
Why is desire for more diversity a good thing? Most people don't ever explain this part, or is it just because it is the politically correct thing to do? My experience with "greater diversity" is usually shoehorning people wh

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