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Always looking for ways to change the world for the better
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Comment #19003044
This is why legal governance is important. One could argue it's the customer's choice to enter into a theme park, so they could choose not to go instead if they don't want to give …
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Comment #18990337
The author seems to have buried the lead here: "Someone on the team noticed that if you refresh the page, you get logged in as the user that was making the API request" And that is…
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Comment #18970339
They also sell your data now: "We have updated our Privacy and Cookie Policy with changes to how we use and share information. Among other things, our updated Privacy and Cookie Po…
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Comment #18937336
In fact, the earliest anti-housing policies were designed to harm Chinese residents of the city: https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/demolishing-the-ca...
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Comment #18937325
They should get Captain Marquet of "Turn the Ship Around!" to go get them ship shape. The book has some really good lessons on how shifting leadership style and culture can produce…
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Comment #18916645
There's actually a great company that has a solution/card for this: https://www.truelinkfinancial.com/
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Comment #18880633
"the first thing I did was hire a team in the Philipinnes to ensure I never had to stay up until 1am building lists" Is it possible for anyone to share how they found people to hir…
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Comment #18840326
They sort of weaken their own premise, first saying that: "In the past two decades house prices have doubled in real terms" Then saying: "Most empirical work shows that a 1% rise i…
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Comment #18834183
Except, there are lots of reasons to subsidize subways, for example to encourage ridership which in effect can then decrease public roadway congestion. Thus, even the people who do…
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Comment #18827499
I believe the subtle point is that Struensee did these actions for the good of the people, only for the people to then use these new tools against him. I'm not sure we know of Stru…
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Comment #18813032
That is so cool, can't believe had never heard of it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera
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Comment #18811711
That's exactly what we do. Snowplow does a good job, but having the comparison points in GA is very helpful.
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Comment #18772694
Average price is $3.27/gallon in December. Source: https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/RetailMil...
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Comment #18771802
Would it be possible to run a comparison vs. some of the ultra-efficient mini-fridges out there? I had previously seen a few folks on youtube showing some of their setups with exis…
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Comment #18658973
Yes and no. Some developers really want to stay in the same place working on the same sorts of things and to have control over the domains they are working on. There are usually ma…
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Comment #18658791
>I deliberately try to make things complex I see this often with someone who has made it into a senior role and then is attempting to ensure job security through complexity. Reflec…
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Comment #18656926
This one hurts because I recommended to and helped a number of business users to use Fusion tables as an alternative to building out something in-house. It's really weird for them …
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Comment #18652211
Everything has a cost. Controlled burns cost money. Is the cost of regular controlled burns < the cost of eliminating most risk of wildfire starts? Im not sure we are qualified to …
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Comment #18651731
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18560153 (which also links other comment threads on it)
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Comment #18642708
Sometimes they end up investigating and at least getting someone to pay: https://www.reuters.com/article/macquarie-group-settlement-i... https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/24/business…
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Comment #18629621
Who is best to work on this? Is there a firm that you'd recommend that specializes in this? We had a great person for a hard to fill position (blockchain skills needed) from a coun…
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Comment #18571264
Or at least hire review coordinators who can manage the program effectively. Our volunteers review 15,000+ loans a month. Happy to share insights with Mozilla on how to run an effe…
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Comment #18484242
"And I am not sure hard pivots are good for anyone" Except, it was good for Slack and its investors and all of its users. Slack is oddly acknowledged in the first paragraph and the…