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Comment #20530107
San Diego typically the owner of the vehicle pays the fees when its towed from private property not the owner of the property. It seems the lawsuit is based around considering the …
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Comment #20529965
Why would they spend 12 hours day 7 days a week doing what the rider should have done in the first place? If the companies gave incentives for riders to put the scooters in those p…
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Comment #20529916
That's not how it works for cars why would it be different for scooters? You generally can't call police to impound a car parked on your private property. That's why you call a tow…
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Comment #20296792
I am more interested to see which side makes those statements.
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Comment #20296727
Most times its not definitive if the insurance will cover a procedure until after. I know for myself there is a fairly "cosmetic" produce I want, but no matter which surgeon or ins…
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Comment #20296661
How would eliminating employer insurance provide pricing transparency? Insurance companies don't typically disclose the prices they negotiate. They might disclose the prices a cons…
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Comment #20296264
This, I dropped out of college after doing the majority of the "core". I do well and can easily afford to finish without loans, but finishing requires a bunch of general education …
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Comment #20296115
In my experience tech companies tend to be the ones that are snobby about degrees. I know Fortune 50s (non tech companies) that don't care about degrees.
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Comment #20296087
The same thing happens with IT security. A common question that comes from high school or college students is how to get started in the field. When the question is answered by peop…
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Comment #20237852
Zoning laws or local regulations (not just HOA) most likely would prevent it. An example is in Seattle some of the most expensive neighborhoods have strict rules that prevent multi…
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Comment #20030768
I think its trying to point out that companies are increasingly relying on non-FTE positions. Why they are doing it is obviously about benefits. I don't work for Google but I do wo…
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Comment #19285999
Google has a history of using shell companies to hide its tax breaks.
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Comment #19285941
>The NDA would have easily allowed Amazon to give the impression that other cities are offering more than they actually are willing to offer. This could have driven up bidding even…
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Comment #19285374
There isn't one position in politics... L----------|----------R
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Comment #19285127
ACH is slow by design. It could take milliseconds if desired.
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Comment #19165921
Seattle has a housing crisis because it has large amounts of the city with extremely restrictive residential zoning and refuses to compromise. They have large areas where multi-ten…
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Comment #17863415
One caveat, you definitely want to contest the debt in writing regularly. If it goes away because the collector failed to respond you are fine. If it goes away because they "forgiv…
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Comment #17862894
It's not telephone service is considered critical infrastructure and therefore it is supposed to be illegal to disrupt service. This is why you have to block robo calls on your pho…
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Comment #17762685
The problem with what happened at Defcon is some of the security were refusing to be verified or show IDs.
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Comment #17762621
When I lived in Germany everyone was always like Americans are so loud! But their own were just as loud just as often. Its as if they have a blind spot for when their own country a…
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Comment #17605581
My understanding is mandatory homework is all the way up to the university level. If I recall correctly its something along the lines of 2 hours of homework for every hour of instr…
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Comment #17570281
Not everyone would be off the same days. In one position I worked we did 12 hour shifts that included a paid lunch. The schedule was 3 days work 4 days off, then 4 days work 3 days…
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Comment #17562481
I still say the greatest trick the ISPs ever performed was getting customers and content providers to both pay. I don't mean simply the content providers internet bill I mean backb…
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Comment #17356527
With all the blame going around how about California government? Some states have protections to prevent landlords from pricing out current tenants in order to raise incoming tenan…
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Comment #17026059
Finally, I will be able to order Pizza from the good place that hasn't heard of the internet without actually having to talk to someone.