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BTW, I know I'm probably a sucker, but I donated.

The short form... People got elected to the local council and found out that all the power is held at the state level. Now, there is a legal defense fund for an old guy that tried …

Just like any large organization, some jobs will suck. Some will not. For this job announcement the pay is $99,172 to $166,500 per year, depending on experience. I was a GS-14 with…

I know this was in England, but I always think of Bristol TN whenever I see "Bristol". So, I assumed everyone drowned.

Is this truly a Sanskrit Effect or is it an effect of memorization? I've heard of similar effects on London can drivers. I do like the name, though, as a shorthand. Sanskrit Effect…

I have always thought the way to go was to mimic their practices. If you have a requirement to partner with a local company majority owner, so do we. If you require IP transfer, so…

I came across this sentence today on a page for a public swimming pool. "Recent ADA changes have required the installation of entry steps and a power lift." [0] It reminded me of t…

The reason the message "All taxes are bad" resonates so well is because there has been a near constant cadence accompanying it that "All government is bad". Many people think there…

What do the references "downstate conservatives" and "Donny" mean?

> older browsers or without JS For sites that just convey text, they should work without JS. This would mostly solve accessibility (a11y) issues if sites looked to use simplicity w…

I heard arguments where US Government employees were working on creating open access policies for the research they funded. People would lament, "Nobody will work with us if we for…

>There are trade-offs involved with any paradigm,... Reminded me of the aphorism, "All models are wrong, but some are useful" [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_models_are_w…

I found this to be so true at a job I had in international development. Being on a small but respected team in the org and having input on how projects all over the world would be …

I'll look into the regulator. Thanks.

Good news. The customer service rep said they are forwardning my request to the Networking Team after I shared https://www.troyhunt.com/heres-why-your-static-website-needs... and p…

I have had several frustrating exchanges with my local utility http://www.btes.net/ over their lack of https. How does one get a company like this to listen to sound advice?

Thanks for the post! I just deleted my FB account, and I am a little less of a product (today).

NASA has a nice summary of the rights the government has to contractor created works.[1] A contractor may claim copyrights, but the government still has a license to the work that …

There is an interactive display of the Green Book at the National Museum of African American History and Culture https://nmaahc.si.edu/ (I think on the second or third floor). Also…

Any news articles or court documents of these events?

The US Government is trying to address access to publicly funded research by requiring that most government agencies have open access plans. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=public+access…

> ...failures like Theranos... I thought Theranos was still operating. They shut down the draw center in PA, but they still have a lab running and draw centers in AZ aren't they? I…

My 5 and 7 year old LOVE DragonBox. (I would be bragging more, but they get into pretty big fights over whose turn it is.) The way it eased them into algebra is so simple that it i…