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HollywoodZero

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    Comment #35110682

    It's laggy on Safari on Mac too. It's moving at like 15 FPS, so it's pretty choppy.

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    Comment #34472410

    they do a great job at compressing and encoding. I'll buy the bluray/dvd, then download the torrent for the movie to put into Plex. Like a backup, but MUCH better and easier on the…

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    Comment #34472378

    Anyone else rip their DVDs, import them into Plex, then share your Plex library with others?

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    Comment #34150926

    +1. The URL is a huge red flag since it's exactly how scammers create fake links online.

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    Comment #34150909

    It's not just India. The rise in the random texts (which end up pushing investment scams) also originates in off shore call centers in Southeast Asia. Often times they get migrant …

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    Comment #33494562

    > I'd imagine that creative engineers who can ensure clean water supply and working electricity (or other smaller services) would be more valuable In the World War Z novel, there's…

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    Comment #33144928

    I am 100% supportive and in agreement of this. Case in point was going to Athens for a work event. I felt like the Parthenon was disappointing experience. The crowds were terrible.…

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    Comment #33052438

    You could also just use an Xbox controller, right? I mean, I'd rather use that than the Stadia controller.

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    Comment #31575425

    The interesting thing is that in MANY of these situations, you can guarantee that executives are getting free drinks, lunches, etc. as part of the perks. I've seen it happen. No so…

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    Comment #31575371

    You do bring up a valid point. One of the tricky issues is when you have other office locations based outside of the US. There's TONS of hoops you have to follow to offer comparabl…

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    Comment #31575349

    I used to be in a management role a number of years back and faced this same issue. Thankfully I was able to convince executive management that for our several hundred employee com…

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    Comment #31281261

    I've noticed now several random pages on Facebook that have been offering some BIG PRIZE to a random person who comments. All of the comments get followed up with a request to "sig…

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    Comment #30899990

    +1. My oldest is in high school now and even in her honors classes there's the ability to turn on some things late and even some re-takes are allowed. I don't know where these ZERO…

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    Comment #30746723

    I'm not a developer, but a PM. I wonder if in the age of GitHub, if this node to root process still exists the same fragmented state. Any devs with insight? Doesn't, the modern git…

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    Comment #30128547

    > The fact that keeping infrastructure safe is "political suicide" Is this a good reason why politics should always include term limits? It would prevent anyone from NOT doing some…

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    Comment #30128479

    I got the context. But can someone explain how this is funny?

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    Comment #30047652

    I love these commercials that at the end everyone is sitting at their desks with their suit jackets still on. Who does this?

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    Comment #30047599

    Just like Oracle. No one talks about Oracle. But they're still around. We did a major tech project to migrate off of Oracle after an acquisition of a large org that was running it.…

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    Comment #30047554

    Isn't this the typical corporate acquisition process? * Bring in Deloitte, McKenzie, or other consulting group. * Gut the acquired company to reduce costs. * Fold newly acquired di…

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    Comment #29951854

    As soon as many of us went to remote work, suddenly there's this rise of making the "perfect" home office. Why? why do I need to buy more stuff, take on the extra work of making my…

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    Comment #29951836

    Another, maybe even more simple approach is: the art of saying no. Corporate life today has this idea that we should always be doing more. Side hassles, taking on more. Putting in …