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by zjs 5y ago
Evil Wordle: "caver". I won after 6 guesses Y____ YY___ _____ _G_GG GG_GG GGGGG
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by zjs 5y ago
I requested my report using the link in the OP. The only place Equifax could have gotten this information, with this granularity, is my employer. It's not just a ballpark number or anything like that; it's detailed salary informat
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by zjs 5y ago
At least in my case, the number/email they were willing to send a one-time passcode to were the ones I gave to my employer, not the ones I had entered earlier in the form.
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by zjs 5y ago
Related: the idea of income pooling schemes amongst baseball players. "Income pooling is a concept for up and coming baseball players who would come together and contractually agree to contribute a small portion of their future earning
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by zjs 6y ago
As a data point: I pay Google $5/month to accomplish essentially the same thing. I pay for Google Workspace, have a handful of domains configured, a single "real" user account and a catch-all rule that forward all mail to tha
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by zjs 6y ago
I always appreciate alternatives to using an arithmetic mean.
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by zjs 6y ago
I haven't had success with no meeting days because it just leads to cramming more meetings into the other days that week. I suspect this would be less of a problem with a no meeting week. I wonder though how broad it needs to be to wor
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by zjs 6y ago
The PDF linked from the post clarifies the rule for PA: "Wearing a t-shirt or button supporting a candidate, campaign, or political party (except voters in the act of voting)" (Other jurisdictions may have other rules, of course)
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by zjs 6y ago
One of my favorite benefits was the ability to take a 3 month paid pseudo-sabbatical. You had to spend the time doing some sort of work, but it's flexible. It could helping another team out (intern style), focusing on a useful side pro
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by zjs 6y ago
Let's try this differently: what would you accept as evidence that they are extremists? What evidence can you cite that they are not?
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by zjs 6y ago
> That doesn't mean he's some secret conspiratorial white supremacist talking in code. > ... > But it's equally reprehensible to have a crowd on the sidelines chomping at the bit to exaggerate, fabricate or concoct
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by zjs 6y ago
Very cool! Some simple feature ideas: It'd be interesting to be able to use size or color to indicate additional dimension(s). I like to measure “return” in terms of impact/urgency and “investment” in terms of cost/complexity
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by zjs 6y ago
> It’s the constant moving of the goal posts and redefinitions. > > Is the argument that Trump is racist or right wing? They aren’t the same. I see three points in the "grandparent" comment: 1. “The guy had armies of whit
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by zjs 6y ago
The next day, he was asked point-blank by reporters what he meant and whether he misspoke. His response was to: 1. Say that he didn't know who the Proud Boys are. Even the most generous interpretation of this doesn't look good. He
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by zjs 6y ago
I'd be more willing to let is slide as a slip up if not for the surrounding context — both during the debate, and during the days following. The whole premise of the question ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIHhB1ZMV_o
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by zjs 6y ago
Could you provide some sort of source or citation for this? The Southern Poverty Law Center, Anti-Defamation League, and FBI all seem to consider them extremist.
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by zjs 6y ago
> Progressives seem to believe that Western = white, and that is how they make the leap to white supremacy in this context. I'll note that my comment did not directly link proud boys to "white supremacy". Instead, I (and t
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by zjs 6y ago
Please say more about the point you're making. On the surface, it's not clear how it relates to anything I said in the comment to which you've replied.
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by zjs 6y ago
> Those networks must limit themselves to neutrally reporting the news and let the people make up their minds. Impartial coverage is important, but neutral reporting is dangerous. Good journalism requires analyzing evidence, not treating
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by zjs 6y ago
> It's been a constant stream of catastrophizing from them for the last four years. I've looked at a few definitions, and I don't see how it's an accurate description of what's happening here. For example: “Catas
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by zjs 6y ago
> Trump will challenge the election results in court and succeed or fail. It's as simple as that. Personally, I hope it's a failure because I don't want there to have been any impropriety. If that's the case, Trump is
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by zjs 6y ago
Which part of the statement are you disputing? That he didn't say "stand by"? That the proud boys aren't right-wing extremists? That the meaning of "stand by" was somehow misconstrued? For what it's worth,
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by zjs 6y ago
From my perspective, the two things that people mix up are: A. Russia interfering with the election. B. Trump welcoming Russia's interference. For me, (B) is significant regardless of whether the interference was impactful — and bringi
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by zjs 6y ago
There's some thoughtful analysis of the proposition from SPUR: https://www.spur.org/voter-guide/san-francisco-2020-11/prop-...
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by zjs 6y ago
I suspect this varies widely from person-to-person, but I'll share things that I find effective. 1. Create space for thinking. Block off chunks of time. Snooze notifications. Close sources of distraction. Set a timer/alarm so that
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by zjs 6y ago
> only a certain stance on controversial issues is acceptable, and implying (or stating outright) that divergence from this orthodoxy amounts to an affront to human dignity There are a variety of controversial issues where one position i
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by zjs 6y ago
I'm sure a lot has changed since I worked in a mailroom ~15 years ago, but I think there's at least two important factors here: 1. Bulk mail is slow. First class mail takes a few days to be delivered. Bulk mail may take a couple w
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by zjs 6y ago
> It’s also on the public suffix list A bit of a tangent, but: how and why?
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by zjs 6y ago
Do you have a more complete write up of matrix accounting anywhere?
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by zjs 6y ago
Constructive feedback can be positive. "Hey GEBBL, you did a really good job on that project. It was great that you focused on the end-to-end problem, and not just the main part that PM asked for. This is something you're better a

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