zaphod12

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by zaphod12 29d ago
and here I thought it was from the Nation of Iceland and was very impressed by the volume of their anti-management consultant stance.
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by zaphod12 1mo ago
It's meta - they've been caught doing untoward things at virtually every opportunity. Are you looking for something specific, like the creation of virtual CSAM with them or something? I'm fine with starting out by giving peop
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by zaphod12 3mo ago
Yeah that started a week ago....
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by zaphod12 4mo ago
NYS already has tax breaks for one's primary residence which varies by income and a tax on the sale of homes >$1Mil. Given how entrenched those are, I have trouble imagining a way in which this new tax is incongruous with existing r
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by zaphod12 6mo ago
if it helps, I've used ente for a year and I really like it.
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by zaphod12 10mo ago
your point isn't necessarily wrong, but using an NYPL overview of tenements which all pre-date WWII to exemplify anything about the 1960s in NYC is disingenuous.
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by zaphod12 1y ago
One spot I really find this surprising is call center - but maybe majority of those folks are outside of the US or were reassigned
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by zaphod12 1y ago
most credit cards allow you to create a temporary card number. Create one, set it to be the billing method, and then revoke it. crazy that we need to resort to that sort of thing, but it does work!
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by zaphod12 2y ago
I think a lot of people misunderstand the statement 'I take responsibility.' They are not actually taking responsibility for the company's situation. They are owning the decision to make these layoffs.
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by zaphod12 2y ago
semiconductor manufacturing is highly skilled - ie the folks over seas were already well paid. It was a lot more about approvals, permissions, etc, than wages with this manufacturing area. It shouldn't have a huge impact.
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by zaphod12 2y ago
I can assure you that regeneron pays very well, including significant equity and has absolutely fantastic benefits. Software developers probably get more at door dash (it isn't bad by any means, but they aren't "the talent&qu
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by zaphod12 2y ago
Not looking to argue directly about the punishment, but I think it's quite clear that this individuals is ALREADY a hardened, bitter criminal with hacking skills and needs no assistance on that score.
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by zaphod12 2y ago
I suspect this is likely a violation of agreements, but regardless it absolutely does not produce a readable ebook
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by zaphod12 2y ago
That's what is so frustrating about people who oppose renewables - it's super simple capitalism at work. Once prices came down enough, why would you want to have to PAY for the fuel your power plant uses?! Install it and let it go
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by zaphod12 3y ago
Perhaps some, but only a small amount... current targets are hitting between 8.4-9.5 billion by 2050 (some estimates are we'd have already hit peak and be going down)! At about 8 billion today, we're talking between a 5% and an 18
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by zaphod12 3y ago
First mention of Hornblower I've ever come across on this forum! Read the whole series as a kiddo/tween in chronological order (still remember how freaking disappointing Hornblower during the crisis was as someone who had no idea
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by zaphod12 3y ago
bought a MyQ - tossed it in the trash after 2 months. Even 2 years ago it was clearly designed as a tie in for Amazon Key, which i do not want. Bought a Tailwind - it's glorious. No batteries, tons of integrations, the bluetooth+androi
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by zaphod12 3y ago
hmm, I know people brag about books they haven't actually read, but Book #3 of the Atlas Series is not out until January. (kidding, I assume it's a typo) Not actually on Booktok myself, but if it's pushing people towards R.F.
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by zaphod12 3y ago
Devastatingly, mine is stuck and i cannot unstick it! Thankfully the 2005 9-3 has another cup holder, but i miss the pop out.
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by zaphod12 3y ago
Where did you get these numbers? It's wrong and presents a misleading picture of a 10x implosion in 2008. There were never even close to 31k banks in the USA. It peaked at about 14k back in the '80s and has been going down ever si
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by zaphod12 3y ago
Overall this is a cool project. Not personally my favorite aesthetic, but super cool work. I take issue with his characterization of japanese vs. western homes, though. Western homes are typically expected to be renovated over and over and
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by zaphod12 4y ago
hold up...you can't just say 'FAA grounded me for life' without sharing something about that story! I've never heard of anything like it... Going straight to helicopters without flying airplanes first is not a typical pa
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by zaphod12 4y ago
I agree that is it more lucrative that way. But I super disagree with the happiness part. I don't know anyone working at an IT security company, but know many many lawyers and a handful of accountants. 90% of them ditched big law firms
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by zaphod12 4y ago
Yeah it was 1984. Which was almost too much and i don't know nobody internally balked at it simply to refuse being that deeply ironic. Or they thought it was hilarious, which I suppose is a possibility.
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by zaphod12 4y ago
There is one single really key difference. Walmart takes responsibility for the products they put in their store. That they are genuine and represented as they are. They squeezed sellers, encouraged moves to china and all of that, but they
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by zaphod12 4y ago
This is because their is a federal law that says gun companies aren't liable. Prior to the passing of this law, the NRA argued that without it, gun companies would all go out of business because they'd be sued into oblivion. The f
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by zaphod12 4y ago
key to this is 'print,' though. NYT reaches far more people digitally these days - I think it's around 10 million. (and then plenty of folks see articles that aren't subscribing.
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by zaphod12 4y ago
Depends...you could rebalance to stay up forever, but just slow anything new at all. Your biggest issue is the data center. A lot of folks forget about this stuff, but hard drives are constantly dying, servers go bad or crash, heck even the
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by zaphod12 4y ago
If it's french wine, then import costs is the biggest...taxes and tariffs, but also transport costs and distribution in the US all taking a cut. For wines in a top US region, you wind up paying a ton of money for the mortgage on the la
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by zaphod12 4y ago
Yes absolutely. In 2010 - Obama's first midterm - republicans gained like 64 seats in the house. It was a massacre for anything with a D next to their name on the ballot, expect in the most solidly blue locales. This was not like that

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