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by stripline 1y ago
Interesting that you picked one from the “B” words..
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by stripline 1y ago
My kids watch streamers on YouTube and the common replacement is “frick”. It’s said so often that they started using it saying things like “what the frick!?” so I had to explain to them that’s essentially the same as using the real word.
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by stripline 2y ago
This story reminds me of how the original owners of the Highland Mint (they make the coin for the Super Bowl coin toss) were swindled out of their company. https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v19n06a31.html
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by stripline 3y ago
Would you say the same thing if we're talking about caffeine? I know many productive members of society that spend all day drinking coffee. They would even suffer actual withdrawal symptoms if they tried to stop.
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by stripline 3y ago
I found that with the pens/oil I have no self restraint. It's just too convenient and easy to take a quick puff anytime I would feel stressed, bored, etc. Whenever I get an oil cartridge I smoke it every day until it's gone.
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by stripline 3y ago
It looks like where you went wrong was replying with a screenshot of your calendar. That and the likely passive aggressive text accompanying it was probably a red flag for Jacob. The fact that you posted this drivel vindicates him.
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by stripline 4y ago
I listened to an interesting podcast about how the first every Duty Free shop was started in Shannon airport. https://www.npr.org/2018/05/18/612441091/a-look-at-where-tho...
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by stripline 4y ago
I actually enjoy my commute. About 30-35 minutes each way. Gives me time to listen to a podcast and mentally separate my work and home lives.
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by stripline 4y ago
This is an excellent analogy. I've been struggling to understand why I feel like I'm one of the minority that (like OP) isn't really in love with WFH. You just described my motivation in one simple sentence.
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by stripline 4y ago
Why would you find it hard to believe Joe Rogan has an actual registered nurse RN working for him? Not like he can't afford one. My wife currently works as a nurse at a hospital. She's tired of the poor working conditions at the
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by stripline 4y ago
I learned this when I dated a law student while in college. They teach an entire class to the first year students dedicated to presenting the facts of the case, the way lawyers do in their opening statements. They actually had to create t
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by stripline 4y ago
Great reply. I agree that the writing in the post is excellent. While we're giving constructive feedback I'd add this sentence: > I cover tech here in Brazil for +10 years and run a +9 years old independent, It should be pas
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by stripline 4y ago
Well you no longer have to pay the lamplighter, milkman, weekly blockbuster rentals, etc.
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by stripline 4y ago
Post says "battery prices" so I assume that is for the material costs only. I expect labor costs to be a significant adder. It seems replacing an EV's battery would be similar in scope to replacing an ICE car's engine.
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by stripline 4y ago
That is cute. Like a story I heard about a kid that thought WTF stood for "Wow, that's funny".
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by stripline 4y ago
Commercial real estate. A lot of contracts will be up for renewal / renegotiation in the next 6-18 months. Many companies will take the opportunity to downsize their physical footprints due to WFH.
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by stripline 4y ago
I don't believe they're saying that the nuclear plant can't provide the base load, it's that the California government won't commit to buying the base load from the nuclear plant.
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by stripline 4y ago
Living "paycheck to paycheck" implies that if you miss a single paycheck (due to losing you job) then you'll no longer be able to make ends meet. If you have any savings or emergency fund built up, then you could conceivably
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by stripline 4y ago
If you have an emergency fund then you aren't living paycheck to paycheck. You could miss a paycheck and pay rent / eat using savings.
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by stripline 4y ago
The reason is that we don't know what the next rate will be. So if you bought in April you are guaranteed the 7.12% and then 9.6% return, versus buying in May you will get 9.6% for 6 months and then an unknown rate after that. It cou
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by stripline 4y ago
I'm guessing they mean the climate will be nicer due to global warming. I've actually been thinking of buying property there in case my current home in the southeast ends up under water sooner than expected.
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by stripline 4y ago
I recently saw a good talk about this point. Preventing the Collapse of Civilization. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSRHeXYDLko
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by stripline 4y ago
This whole situation reminds me of the Spanish-American war. At the time Spain was thought to be a great world power, but in reality their ships were old and in disrepair, so much that a rag tag group of Americans defeated them in a few mo
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by stripline 4y ago
This reminds me of how ignorant most adults & teachers were back then about the internet. When I was in 10th grade (~1995) my high school had a new class called "U.S. History with Internet". Kudos to my school for trying to i
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by stripline 5y ago
You are correct that IF works because you eat less calories, there's no real magic there. The key though is that it is mentally easier than other diets to actually eat less calories. Most diets fail because people need to make a decis
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by stripline 5y ago
You should move to Florida. The pandemic has been over here for over a year.
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by stripline 5y ago
> In a four-month pilot study testing the EMADE program, the service got 14 heart attack alerts that would be eligible for drones. Drones took off in 12 of those cases, and 11 successfully delivered the defibrillators. Seven of those def
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by stripline 5y ago
I don't think this is due to a perception of older developers not being as good as younger developers. I think most people would agree that a more experienced dev would have better skills and be more efficient. I believe it all comes d
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by stripline 5y ago
I can echo OP - have given a lot of presentations over the past year to blank screens. I used to enjoy presenting and thought it was one of my strengths, now I end every presentation with that sinking feeling like I bombed. Maybe I just ne
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by stripline 5y ago
> But once they've gained know-how and experience, they will look for a different company hoping to use their newly acquired commercial experience as leverage to get better compensation. And that's exactly what they should do!

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