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finalarbiter

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  • Why some cities are ditching their Flock license plate readers

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  • Beware, obstructing your license plate can get you a ticket in a plurality of states. Not saying you shouldn't do it, just that you should be informed about potential consequences.

  • systemd has been a complete, utter, unmitigated success

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  • Interesting! TIL

  • systemd has been a complete, utter, unmitigated success

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  • Yeah, disliking non-sequiturs inserted for their own sake is a good summary of my point.

    I actually hadn't seen gibe before, but a quick search suggests it means something pretty different. Per Grammarly:

    Gibe generally means to make mocking or insulting remarks, used predominantly as a verb. On the other hand, jibe can either refer to a sailing maneuver... or mean that something is in agreement, often seen as 'jibe with'.

  • AI blamed again as hard drives are sold out for this year

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  • I think it has to be considered by degree of consumer-fucking. Some companies, like Micron, are outright discontinuing their consumer brands while others are 'just' deprioritizing consumers to chase the AI bandwagon.

    It's those companies' prerogative to chase profits, but I'll never buy another Micron product again if they ever decide to come crawling back.

  • systemd has been a complete, utter, unmitigated success

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  • Yeah I'm not actually against marvel quips, though I definitely feel they became detrimental to the writing style of their films over time. When I complain about it, I'm really complaining about interruptions where they aren't warranted and don't contribute to the narrative.

    A good quip isn't just funny- it can contribute to audience understanding, help with pacing, and fits naturally into the narrative. A bad quip interrupts the narrative for no reason other than to interrupt. I don't really have a good example for this, it's more of a 'know it when you see it' situation. It was definitely better in the early marvel films.

    As much as I love witty characters like Spider-Man, not everyone needs to be comic relief and sometimes it just doesn't jibe with the story being told.

  • Get bent, Brenda

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  • I'm not saying it's airtight. But the pattern of 'recommendations' certainly helps. It convinced a judge in my friend's wrongful termination case at a big box retailer.

  • Get bent, Brenda

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  • Imo the move is to respond with a clarifying question about whether the hr person is asking them to cut breaks short while reiterating that asking them to do so is a violation of labor law and document the hell out of it.

    If it happens again, then make a complaint with labor. This shows that you are operating in good faith and giving the company a chance to correct before going nuclear, which further strengthens your case if you do have to report.

    Sometimes the hr person is just an idiot. I've seen suggestions like this before and it turned out the hr person literally didn't know you can't just arbitrarily deduct wages without explicit permission from the payee (and in some states, not even then).

  • systemd has been a complete, utter, unmitigated success

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  • I recognize the reference, and am also not actually against people having joy in their lives.

    My problem is with the use of a tool that is built on a corpus of unlicensed works (regardless of how you feel about the current copyright system, which imo is broken af) and has caused significant environmental and economic damage to the world.

  • Get bent, Brenda

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  • And that's why you retain the email. Establishing a pattern makes the specific language less important, although in this case there's a pretty clear implication that the employee will be punished for using their full meal break.

  • Get bent, Brenda

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  • Hi Brenda,

    I wanted to reach out regarding a small observation I made in your last email. In telling me how to spend 30 minute meal break and encouraging me to cut it short for the company's benefit, you violated US labor law.

    Let's correct this behavior and try to be more mindful of that "our company is not above the law" spirit so we can keep your momentum going in the right direction. :-)

    Eric

    P. S. I will be retaining this communication in case this remains an issue. Thanks :-)

  • systemd has been a complete, utter, unmitigated success

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  • Fucking slop images contributed less than nothing to the article.

    /etc/init.d, uh, finds a way

    Logged logs logging loggily

    Go off, king. Great points. I can't bring myself to give a shit about anything this person has to say if they feel the need to interject Marvel quips into their own article.

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    What are theory-consequences of probabilitywaves having 3 states: future=gas, present=liquid, & past=solid, in infoprobability-field?

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  • Now that the concept's published

    Would you care to share this supposed publication? A link, DOI number, or even the title of the paper would do.

    Also, for your edification: How to Use Em Dashes (—), En Dashes (–) , and Hyphens (-). Slapping dashes in between random, unrelated words does not do anything to aid you in sounding coherent or intelligent.

  • Can people irl be as mean as some people online?

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  • Anyone who thinks people aren't as shitty irl clearly haven't worked in customer-facing roles, e.g. restaurants, retail, or support.

  • DHS Agents Arrest Man by Pretending to Be Stranded Motorists… A Ploy to Get The “Worst of the Worst” Who are Midwest Nice

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  • I feel that. I did my undergrad out in Pittsburgh and picked up 'yinz' (like y'all) while I was out there. Now yinz and yous guys (chicago-ism) do battle in my head and I never know which is going to leave my mouth

  • DHS Agents Arrest Man by Pretending to Be Stranded Motorists… A Ploy to Get The “Worst of the Worst” Who are Midwest Nice

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  • Yeah haha. Ope has to be one of my favorite words

  • DHS Agents Arrest Man by Pretending to Be Stranded Motorists… A Ploy to Get The “Worst of the Worst” Who are Midwest Nice

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  • Ope, totally missed that the other two were 100 years ahead as well

  • DHS Agents Arrest Man by Pretending to Be Stranded Motorists… A Ploy to Get The “Worst of the Worst” Who are Midwest Nice

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  • Wow, Reagan and Nixon were time travellers? I'm an idiot please ignore

  • Marjorie Taylor Greene Drops Bombshell: Trump ‘Fought the Hardest’ to Bury Epstein Files, Warns MAGA It Was No Hoax

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  • The thing is, the line here wasn't some moral conflict. From what I understand, she's mad because the republicans wouldn't back her senate run. All this was ok with her as long as she continued to have a political career.

  • What member of a major musical group would be most helpful if you were together in a spaceship where something was going wrong?

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  • Not part of a musical group, but he does appear to be a musician:

    Chris Austin Hadfield (born August 29, 1959) is a Canadian retired astronaut, engineer, fighter pilot, musician, and writer.

    During his free time on Expedition 35, Hadfield recorded music for an album, using the Larrivée Parlor guitar previously brought to the ISS.

    His collaboration with Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies and the Wexford Gleeks, Is Somebody Singing?—sometimes shortened I.S.S.—was aired on the CBC Radio program Q and released by CBC Music online on February 8, 2013.

    Hadfield has been credited musically on his brother Dave Hadfield's albums.

    Chris Hadfield Wikipedia

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