jahmed

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by jahmed 4y ago
Lots of products. Its called Tariff Engineering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariff_engineering . Probably the best known example is Converse. "The felt lining on the bottom of the sneakers allows Converse to clas
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by jahmed 4y ago
Should have just bought a monorail.
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by jahmed 5y ago
This made me think a little more. When people talk about "dogfooding" they usually mean using a product as an end user, the consumer or customer. Who is the customer of doordash? The drivers are a supplier. How often do companies
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by jahmed 5y ago
What exactly does "audit" mean to you? Ballots typically do have unique IDs usually on some part that is removed by the voter. The problem is that isn't linked to anything because we don't want it linked to anything. Thi
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by jahmed 5y ago
This sounds like the ransomware services which prevent installation when Cyrillic keyboards are detected. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/05/try-this-one-weird-trick...
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by jahmed 5y ago
If you don't represent the views of the voters you won't win. Another way to say it is "if you're not of the society, you will be outcast and blockaded from any chance of winning."
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by jahmed 5y ago
Smell marijuana > Search vehicle
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by jahmed 6y ago
I get the sarcasm but really its a duopoly game like a Stackleberg. The best move is to match and not try to undercut.
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by jahmed 6y ago
I was curious and I pay 11¢ in Colorado.
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by jahmed 6y ago
I'm so happy my last flight was on a 747. It's truly stunning if you haven't flown on one before. I also had the pleasure of visiting the C17 plant in Long Beach. Blew. My. Mind.
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by jahmed 7y ago
Ahhhh now I get it. It's so rare for institutions to do internal projects like this I didn't even consider it to be anything but a commercial revenue extraction machine.
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by jahmed 7y ago
I think you answered your own question and I'd be right there with you.
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by jahmed 7y ago
That's great, thanks. I get frustrated as a technical staff person, who personally enjoys being on the cutting edge, often being the one in meetings saying 'data is great but how will we actually use it?'. Honestly, I'll
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by jahmed 7y ago
Students used to (still) take the iClickers ( https://www.iclicker.com/ ) for other students to answer questions in large lectures.
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by jahmed 7y ago
I work in higher ed. I wouldn't say admin are douchebags, they are just under pressure and responding with a solution. For various reasons schools are under pressure to increase student success which is measured by retention, persisten
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by jahmed 7y ago
I work in higher ed and we use a student success analytics platform. Where I see this going wrong is administrators want a system to do everything. We want to identify the at-risk student, nudge them automatically, and have a successful out
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by jahmed 9y ago
Also easily spotted are military outposts littered across North Africa.
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by jahmed 10y ago
True, very true. I'm part of a University system pension scheme that, while operating with a sizable unfunded liability, is fairly stable and has a good outlook. In the end there is a risk but it's difficult to quantify looking ou
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by jahmed 11y ago
Yeah as a state employee my pay looks low compared to what some of my peers make. When you factor in benefits and 14% in pension contributions not to mention good culture and work-life balance I come out the same (if not ahead IMHO).
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by jahmed 11y ago
Yup this would have been a continuation of Scalia's majority opinions like Jones, Kyllo, and Jardines. Also his dissent in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld was and will be fantastically important.
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by jahmed 11y ago
Ha yeah. I know NPR One you don't need to remind me that I'm listening to NPR One constantly.
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by jahmed 11y ago
I read it every day. If only to contextualize the other news sources I read. FWIW I throw in some infowars when something big happens so I can see how certain segments will try to spin something.
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by jahmed 11y ago
Yeah it's Alphabet's site. You play by their rules. Don't like it? Well there's always other options.
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by jahmed 11y ago
Some of the latest polling data shows Trump at or leading Bush. If anything, Republican primary voters will really respond to his rhetoric. They eat up the Only True Conservative vs RINOs narrative.
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by jahmed 11y ago
Which is a great reason to know your closest payphones. Just in case.
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by jahmed 11y ago
Payment in exchange for silence? Ordinary income maybe?
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Rombertik – Gazing Past the Smoke, Mirrors, and Trapdoors(blogs.cisco.com)
4 points by jahmed 11y ago|0 comments
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by jahmed 12y ago
Only if the phone has a signal right?
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by jahmed 12y ago
State employees in California have their pay published yearly. I've never heard of this being even the least bit controversial. http://www.sacbee.com/site-services/databases/state-pay/#req...
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by jahmed 12y ago
But wait, there's more!

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