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Comment · 7 years ago
Those overdraft fees are absolutely reversible, it's just a pain to contact the bank to have them reversed.
Comment · 7 years ago
I understand that. This planet is far more likely to not be habitable, period. We might as well consider Neptune to be "potentially life-friendly".
Comment · 7 years ago
> potentially life-friendly

Spoiler: it's not

Comment · 7 years ago
> you have to admire the sheer brazenness in their admission that they will not adhere to the law

I mean, that has been Uber's MO since they started. AirBnB too, nothing new about this

Comment · 7 years ago
That's pretty interesting, I look forward to see what comes out of this! People often tend to conflate "computer science" with "professional software development" and I admit my first reaction was "so what? I routinely use just a small handful of data structures, do we really need something like this?" but seeing it visually laid out in an easily-digestible format is somehow inspiring. From a scientific perspective I can imagine discovering more advanced structures much like "missing" elements from the periodic table.
Comment · 7 years ago
Yeah but scandal attracts eyeballs and people are more interested in spectacle than choosing the morally superior option
Comment · 7 years ago
I'm not trying to move the goal post. I'm only taking umbridge with the fact the previous poster said "No one has claimed that Oumuamua is likely an alien device". The person interviewed in the very article this discussion is about seems to think that maybe it could be. So we are talking semantics between "likely" and "possibly".
Comment · 7 years ago
Ok how about the introductory paragraph that states

> The following October, Avi Loeb, the chair of Harvard’s astronomy department, co-wrote a paper (with a Harvard postdoctoral fellow, Shmuel Bialy) that examined ‘Oumuamua’s “peculiar acceleration” and suggested that the object “may be a fully operational probe sent intentionally to Earth’s vicinity by an alien civilization.”

or another spot where he says

"Every now and then we find an object of artificial origin. And this could be a message in a bottle, and we should be open-minded."

Seems to me like he is saying it could be worth considering that maybe this is an alien object.

Comment · 7 years ago
Well, apart from the interiviewee in the article that this conversation is about who certainly seems to make that claim. From the interview:

> "It is much more likely that it is being made by artificial means, by a technological civilization."

Comment · 8 years ago
Hopefully the manager of the team is also subject to performance reviews. Generally the manager of the team is responsible for the performance of the team, meaning the manager fails if the team fails or has significant problems.

This is highly dependent on company environment however and obviously can come with it's own set of motivations and problems.

Comment · 8 years ago
i.e. an internship
Comment · 8 years ago
> the pay sux

Strongly disagree. Waiting tables or bartending at high-end restaurants could be considered gig work. Wedding photography is gig work. I have a friend who runs a stationary side business as a "gig". These jobs, if you are able to market yourself effectively and gain a good reputation and some solid contacts, can pay extremely well. I have a nice 9-5 with benefits and stability, but my friends in the above positions earn about the same I do and work close to half of my hours.

That obviously isn't the case for everyone who does these, but I don't think you can make the claim "the pay sux" for all gig work.

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