jimscard

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by jimscard 3y ago
Everyone who publishes software that runs on iOS devices is an Apple customer, though. This isn’t the same thing as a browser — apps running on iOS devices consume APIs on the device, utilize Apple services, etc. Also, when it comes to w
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by jimscard 3y ago
You’re missing a key point by calling this a “competing app store”. That’s not what it would be. It would simply be Epic’s app store with Epic’s apps in it, the purpose being to maximize Epic’s revenue on Epic’s games. Apple, in case you ha
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by jimscard 3y ago
In the case of books, the product with value is the content (the words), not the packaging (the pages of the book). Books are very recyclable, though. The question, really, is what about clothes? Well, it turns out textiles are recyclable a
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by jimscard 3y ago
Not actually supported by the science, which shows that the misalignment with our circadian rhythms is the most important consideration. Permanent standard time is the optimal scenario, and the one our bodies and minds are optimized ofor.
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by jimscard 4y ago
So the men’s dress code requires covered arms as well, since it requires business attire, including coat & tie.
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by jimscard 4y ago
The article states that they get 2 years of free rent. In exchange, the property owner gets the use of the deposit money. From what I can tell, the scheme depends on property values going up, so that when one tenant leaves, the owner can g
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by jimscard 4y ago
That’s exactly what’s at the core of the request — if it was some rich friends of SBF, maybe they’d be happy to gift him the money — but the requirement is that the invidividuals providing the sureity be sufficiently at arm’s length that th
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by jimscard 4y ago
I don’t think it’s really so much the hardware and software vendors as it is the music industry — and their very powerful lobbyists and lawyers. The tech companies have to play along with what the music industry wants — if they don’t, then
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by jimscard 4y ago
Did you have (and use) an externally vented range hood?
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by jimscard 4y ago
Offers etc. are almost never “employment contracts” — in fact, every one I’ve ever received points out that it is not a contract, and that the relationship is at-will. There’s no difference between rescinding an offer, and terminating the a
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by jimscard 4y ago
At the end of the day, for a salaried employee, it's not a vacation day if you do any work -- and checking email IS work -- no matter how it's accounted for, most Microsoft FTEs never truly take a vacation day. So it's all ju