jack-r-abbit

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by jack-r-abbit 9y ago
Well... a lot of people routinely break Twitters TOS with respect to abusive behavior (and other things) and don't get shut down. So there is that.
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by jack-r-abbit 9y ago
Since this data is about occupation and not training, it seems like the "Teacher" category would skew a lot of other categories. Is a Computer Programming Teacher in the "Teacher" category or the "Computer Programmi
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by jack-r-abbit 9y ago
I've never used Snapchat but I can tell you that I hate the wasted space in the new Facebook app that is reserved for Stories. Since launch, I've also seen only one story posted. And out of principle (for how stupid it looks) I di
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by jack-r-abbit 10y ago
My charging brick is almost as big as my phone. I think I can charge my phone 3 times with it. Sure, it has its uses for times when I might be away from a charging source for a few days or I need make sure multiple devices stay charged or w
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by jack-r-abbit 10y ago
Damn it! I am really enjoying my S6 and kind of just assumed I'd be getting the S8 when it comes out since I'll be due for an upgrade by then. But I am not on board with removing the headphone jack. I don't know who is asking
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by jack-r-abbit 10y ago
It seems they'll almost have to have non-solar tiles that match. Currently, most people don't cover their entire roof with solar panels if they have sections that don't get enough sun to make panels there worth the extra cost
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by jack-r-abbit 10y ago
Nearly caught my bed on fire by not understanding that a battery-powered motor isn't going to spin faster if I plug it into the wall. It even dimmed the house lights enough for my dad to come into my room to check if I noticed it too.
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by jack-r-abbit 10y ago
Bay Area office for a SoCal based company with other offices scattered around the US. I work from home M-Th and go into the office on F. While WFH, I usually start around 8:30 so I can get emails and stuff out of the way before our standing
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by jack-r-abbit 10y ago
So.... is it racist for people to say white judges are being harsher on non-white defendants? Because in that scenario, it is usually the white judges that are viewed as being a problem. I don't see any difference here. Full stop.
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by jack-r-abbit 10y ago
Maybe they did or will do that. I'm not privy to any of the inner workings of this case. If you are then maybe you could share those details. I simple said it is possible he is biased and suggesting so is not racist.
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by jack-r-abbit 10y ago
I find it kind of sad that we can fall all over ourselves declaring how some white judges are totally biased against minorities (or biased in favor of other rich white people... like the judge in the recent Stanford rape case) and that is j
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by jack-r-abbit 10y ago
This is why I have decided against the Dropcam/Nestcam. We currently use the (now end-of-lifed) Logitech Alert system. Each camera has its own storage and you can option to have that offloaded to a network device. The entire system fun
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by jack-r-abbit 10y ago
... and that conviction was overturned on appeal. Sometimes the judges get it wrong the first time.
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by jack-r-abbit 10y ago
> This could become a safety issue in the future if a robot misgenders a trans person publicly... This bit confused me. First off, how is that a safety issue? And second, how is that any worse than if it misgenders a non-trans person?
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by jack-r-abbit 11y ago
Right now there is a gap between cost of human labor and cost of automation. When automation becomes cheaper than human labor, it will make more economical sense to switch to automation. Even if you stick with only automation getting cheape
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by jack-r-abbit 11y ago
Let me see if I understand correctly. I think we both agree that firing someone for just one accidental "micro-aggression" would not be right... possibly even stupid. And you asked me to cite a case of that happening... or "a
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by jack-r-abbit 11y ago
Sorry, I can not cite a specific case of someone getting fired for one of those things. Edit: The only thing I can think of is "dongle-gate" but that is likely to just go off into a tangent about what is or is not "non-harass
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by jack-r-abbit 11y ago
> But women criticizing women isn't automatically misogyny: it may simply be criticism. If only men were given so much benefit of the doubt.
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by jack-r-abbit 11y ago
I agree and if I was told something like that after my first interaction, I'd refrain. The problem is when the first time it happens it is met with a trip to HR, or public shaming on social media, or getting fired, or all of the above.
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by jack-r-abbit 11y ago
Hmmmm. If I see a coworker that has some cool new shoes or a new jacket, I don't see the problem telling them. How is a cool new haircut any different? Asking someone where they are from doesn't mean I think they are not "a t
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by jack-r-abbit 11y ago
Well... they did go on to talk about women talking trash about other women... so I would think they actually did mean misogynist.
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by jack-r-abbit 11y ago
Huge difference for me. Put it up at $273k. A bit more than double what it was.
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by jack-r-abbit 11y ago
I was kind of expecting it to be more. Not that I'd complain about an extra $114k right now. But after 40+ years I was thinking it would be more.
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by jack-r-abbit 11y ago
Well... "more or less" has a pretty large variance. My mother rents a 2 bedroom duplex in Idaho for like $500/month. In the Bay Area I could probably rent a tent in my backyard for $500/month. A person making $150k/
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by jack-r-abbit 11y ago
I believe a lot (perhaps most) of the opposition to the ACA was from people that do not benefit (or were actually adversely impacted) from it. For those people, there is no need to offer any alternative because going back to what we had is
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by jack-r-abbit 11y ago
> The rate only increases if your income is above $250k, which doesn't seem unreasonable. How "reasonable" that seems would depend on from which side of the $250k mark you are looking at it. Of course it is an easy sell
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by jack-r-abbit 11y ago
Thanks for the link. I looked at them. They even have one targeted specifically for Caregivers. ( https://www.truelinkfinancial.com/caregiver-card ) While it sounds like a decent option, I'm turned off by a $10 monthly f
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by jack-r-abbit 11y ago
We certainly have a long way to go here. I found it endlessly frustrating trying to get an expense card for my nanny. I wanted her to have access to a set limit of my money to pay for things for the kids but not an endless supply. I wanted
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by jack-r-abbit 11y ago
My guess would be they meant "ensure" rather than "insure." It is difficult to have both parents working if they aren't certain they have adequate child care.
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by jack-r-abbit 11y ago
I don't think "offline" in this context means that the problem was because the device couldn't connect to the internet. It sounds like the bug drained the battery which prevented it from functioning.

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