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sosborn

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About sosborn

Digital Communications Director in the education space.

Proficient in Japanese (JLPT Level 2) and lived/worked there for nearly 10 years. Hoping to move back soon.

Based in Honolulu.

Love my job, but always open to other opportunities.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-osborn-0580481/

Recent public activity

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    Comment #49106615

    I think you the nail on the head. Go to any hobby sub on Reddit and you see the same story play out.

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    Comment #48821171

    If they know it's a url, all they need to do is wrap it in an tag. Laziness probably wins out though.

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    Comment #48283723

    > And if the dues doubled in just three years then you bought into a mismanaged HOA, which makes it worse. Not necessarily true. Our HOA fees doubled precisely because of drastic i…

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    Comment #48201736

    This matches my experience with human too FWIW.

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    Comment #48100933

    How many billions of people start their day by getting one Scotch Bonnet (or two smaller ones), two oranges, lime and a piece of ginger into a cold press and then drinking it in on…

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    Comment #48099554

    I would be worried about long term damage. In 10 years you might be in a world of hurt from this. At the very least I would let your doctor know that you are doing this and see wha…

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    Comment #47980237

    CAS capabilities are prohibited in the SAT: https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/sat/what-to-bring-do/calcu...

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    Comment #47840085

    > all i see is retargeted ads for stuff I already bought. IMO, nothing exposes the folly behind targeted ads as much as this.

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    Comment #47619618

    TBF - It still does "just work," The fact that it doesn't completely fit into your (and my) preferences doesn't really change that, and if that's the standard, then everything will…

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    Comment #47565425

    Building production facilities isn't like flipping a switch.

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    Comment #47521473

    Early Facebook was kind of a great mix. It had enough people on it, it was making money, and the advertising was much more reasonable. At the time it really was a place to connect …

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    Comment #47171535

    I really doubt that 30% productivity gain would result in 30% developers losing their jobs. Believing this would require an assumption that businesses and economies will never grow…

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    Comment #46662460

    Those are all products.

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    Comment #46660468

    It’s almost as if the roles/titles aren’t the determining factor.

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    Comment #46546461

    Most of what's happening in the word can be boiled down to either someone craving power, or someone in power desperately struggling to hold on to it.

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    Comment #46544296

    Unless you are listening through the same studio monitors in the same room or headphones as the mixing engineer, it will never be the same. IMHO, people place too much importance o…

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    Comment #46356625

    For an independent artist, exposure matters more than album sales as it leads to ticket sales. For large labels, exposure is a solved problem and album sales are all that matters. …

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    Comment #46314383

    At the scale these companies operate and the number of actual scammers they block because of their 0 - 100 policies, I can see how they got there. I bet all of us have had the luck…

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    Comment #46281392

    https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/business/hub/difference-betwee...

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    Comment #46279871

    If the tool doesn't adhere to those standards, the resulting signature isn't legally compliant (at least, not in a way that satisfies corporate structures).

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    Comment #46221604

    A great example is the DotCom bubble. Wiped out a lot of capital but it really did transform the world.

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    Comment #45988905

    Read the thread again. You lost the plot. Pay attention to the usernames.

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    Comment #45960775

    Again, that's what I'm saying. We are in agreeance but you really seem to want to argue.

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    Comment #45960761

    The original Bard's Tale was my first RPG and I've been hooked ever since.

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    Comment #45950781

    Yes, that's my point.