ohjesusthatguy

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by ohjesusthatguy 12y ago
"It's not because I thought the audience would be hostile, but I don't like those last few lines (mainly because of that turn), and think it's a better poem without them. Do you think it's better to leave it intact?
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by ohjesusthatguy 12y ago
Says the guy editing poetry because he doesn't agree with the sentiment. Sure, I'll go easier on you next time.
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by ohjesusthatguy 12y ago
Hey how do I get downvotes? No fair! :) Answer: I could tell you, but you need 2070 karma first :) :)
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by ohjesusthatguy 12y ago
If you have hard budget caps and more than 30 employees, it means you're still not going to pay for it this year. This announcement just seems like bad timing. Or maybe they're gearing up for next year.
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by ohjesusthatguy 12y ago
I'm glad the copyright appropriation will be worked on in some unspecified in-the-future release, according to a less than one hour old anonymous YC commenter, instead of being taken care of ahead of the official release.
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by ohjesusthatguy 12y ago
Just because I'm harsh doesn't mean I don't love you guys :)
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by ohjesusthatguy 12y ago
In the short time I've been reading HN, it's become clear that its readership likes to think of itself as more enlightened than the average mouthbreathing yokel. It doesn't mean they don't have their own orthodoxy, thou
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by ohjesusthatguy 12y ago
"My first choice as theoretical Quentin wouldn't be "how can I frame this accidental, perhaps even flagrantly disrespectful omission as antiprogressive and dissect the credentials, experience, and ethnicity of the people who
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by ohjesusthatguy 12y ago
It's not like it's some backwater hellhole; it's the 53rd state after DC and Puerto Rico.
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by ohjesusthatguy 12y ago
Isn't the Philippines one of those medical tourism countries? He probably wasn't any worse off staying where he was than going somewhere else.
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by ohjesusthatguy 12y ago
First of all, the FOIA process take a long time to go from request to release of documents. And there's all sorts of fudging along the way to either not release everything requested or redact what gets released. I'm sure even yo
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by ohjesusthatguy 12y ago
Okay, you're out of your mind. I also work for an organization where FOIA laws mean anything I produce is available to anyone who asks (and knows what to ask for). The purpose of laws like this is to prevent your elected and/or u
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by ohjesusthatguy 12y ago
>It's unreasonable to expect all private communications to be on public record, and if you write a note to your babysitter during office hours, why should the wider world have to know about it? >It's a difficult balance. No
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by ohjesusthatguy 12y ago
>Serious question: Do you think this is a conscious choice made by those in the tech field? >I ask because my lived experience is different than that, and yes, it's a serious question even though my response may have been flippan