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This one might not be 100% owned by the oil and car lobby, but it is clear that most companies want people to come back. Most cities want it too -- if you don't need to be in the c…

Big Oil calls the shots in TX mate. You're surprised?

No flesh involved mon ami. That's the selling point!

A couple hours in even moderately chilly water -- to include off the coast of California -- will give you hypothermia in an hour, often as little as 30 minutes. If you have to floa…

What's the ratio? 1:9:90? or something along those lines. 1:2 is amazing engagement.

It's a single-sentence answer: "there was a compensated non-compete" Have something to show for your time, like you took an online class or something, but it's not a huge surprise.…

I don't buy the "plenty of others" -- where are you pulling this? No offense but it sounds like projection. 2 years of non-compete aka 2 years of compensation to not work sounds WO…

"the note just says 'i do what i want'"

Many NDAs and non-competes wouldn't either. The point isn't to lock you down, it's to try to lock you down, and to come off as intimidating or onerous.

They contacted the Lorraine Williams, she said this was a good idea

OGL is the open gaming license. In this case, it refers to a large part of the Dungeons & Dragons system, normally kept in books you have to pay for. Wizards of the Coast, who down…

* they could have a book going to the publisher (book or website) in a few days * forces the issue, and demands action from WoTC; fairly common * keeps the issue front and center, …

Paradox is a publicly traded company out of Sweden. Their net revenue is great but they're not rolling in dough the way Hasboro is, and they haven't been in the market anywhere nea…

> Torrent client that I actually use for Linux ISOs It's okay boss, plenty of us pirate stuff too. You can just admit it.

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> it might be a bad area or a bad employer. Outside of big cities, there may not be enough demand, esp. consistent demand, to justify good pay and bennies. My uncle is a welder, ha…

Plenty of folks didn't, but even in the 90s and 2000s there was still a good reason to play ball, esp. if you were in a white collar STEM field. Dude might have grabbed his crotch …

Difference here is that Johnny Paycheck was signing about the common man being screwed. White collar STEM jobs have historically been very lucrative and most Dev / IT types have ha…