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jimscard

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    Comment #39621490

    Everyone who publishes software that runs on iOS devices is an Apple customer, though. This isn’t the same thing as a browser — apps running on iOS devices consume APIs on the devi…

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    Comment #39621132

    You’re missing a key point by calling this a “competing app store”. That’s not what it would be. It would simply be Epic’s app store with Epic’s apps in it, the purpose being to ma…

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    Comment #38541268

    In the case of books, the product with value is the content (the words), not the packaging (the pages of the book). Books are very recyclable, though. The question, really, is what…

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    Comment #38484722

    Not actually supported by the science, which shows that the misalignment with our circadian rhythms is the most important consideration. Permanent standard time is the optimal scen…

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    Comment #34387095

    So the men’s dress code requires covered arms as well, since it requires business attire, including coat & tie.

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    Comment #34386238

    The article states that they get 2 years of free rent. In exchange, the property owner gets the use of the deposit money. From what I can tell, the scheme depends on property value…

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    Comment #34377939

    That’s exactly what’s at the core of the request — if it was some rich friends of SBF, maybe they’d be happy to gift him the money — but the requirement is that the invidividuals p…

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    Comment #34374497

    I don’t think it’s really so much the hardware and software vendors as it is the music industry — and their very powerful lobbyists and lawyers. The tech companies have to play alo…

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    Comment #34374272

    Did you have (and use) an externally vented range hood?

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    Comment #34345162

    Offers etc. are almost never “employment contracts” — in fact, every one I’ve ever received points out that it is not a contract, and that the relationship is at-will. There’s no d…

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    Comment #34344606

    At the end of the day, for a salaried employee, it's not a vacation day if you do any work -- and checking email IS work -- no matter how it's accounted for, most Microsoft FTEs ne…