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“ For a while it was: “we don’t like Donald Trump”.”

I’m about as liberal they come, and so are many in my circle. But not one person wore a mask for the sole purpose of not liking Donald Trump and then using a mask as a statement. That’s a bizarre take.

Probably not as cool as everyone else’s but I made savonius wind turbine to learn more about the basics of wind energy. It was a fun jaunt!

This is pretty par for the course and the quality of writing largely makes sense, especially if you’re sending to an internal team of people you work with somewhat regularly.

He just sent a pretty complex and in-depth walk thru of a terrible experience in probably about 15 or minutes or less (not including the time it took to actually go through this process).

You write that this is more focused on personal productivity, yet everything from your copy to the features seems to be focused on teams.

There’s nothing wrong with that, but what I am taking away as someone who wants a personal PM tool from your positioning is that most future updates will be team productivity focus rather than individual productivity. Therefore, I shouldn’t invest in it as an individual.

Really cool PM tool overall tho!

This is really cool! Obviously some work to be done here, and I see the Hacker News bump may have come a bit early even for an MVP!

The more accessible we can make this technology, the better. Best of luck on your journey, and I’ll be sure to check in!

“ My agent tells me that if I’d been willing to set aside my ethics and allow Audible to slap DRM on my books, I’d have made enough money to pay off my mortgage and save enough to pay for my kid’s entire college education. That’s a price I’m willing to pay.”

I have to be honest and say… I think I would be very frustrated with my spouse if this principle cost us so much potential financial freedom in other parts of our lives.

That’s not to say they shouldn’t do this. That would just be hard for me to swallow!

Our family is no longer financially reliant on these gov't agencies. It wasn't feasible to work in an environment where the county targeted (again) the health department she worked for budget cuts, which led to higher case loads, higher insurance premiums, longer hours and virtually no chance for raises in the next 2 years at minimum.

Voters chose to not invest in agencies that protect the most vulnerable in the population. As a result, those who remain are overworked, more abuse gets through the cracks, and even the best in this group start to break or start giving up on caring. Pretty big bummer.

It gets a lot murkier for CPS and its varying contractors unlike law enforcement.

https://www.kare11.com/amp/article/news/investigations/mn-su...

CPS is very often put in a “damned if you do; damned if you don’t.” Miss _one_ case, and the state is on the hook for millions, a case manager who makes $47k a year at 60 hrs a week with an oversized case load takes on an incredible amount of liability.

My wife worked as a case manager and I worked in a group home from 19-21. It was appalling how cruel and terrible parents (or other relatives) could be. No matter what socioeconomic class you’re in, child abuse is not as uncommon as one would think.

And we haven’t even touched on vulnerable adults….

This particular experience is not an ideal situation. But also, I am concerned by how many commenters believe CPS and their related agencies are completely incompetent or unnecessary.

There was valid points made that were forward but certainly didn’t strike me as angry. And I agree with the sentiment. I am weary of more and more startups and companies like Google these days. I can’t rely on a lot of them.

Is there an explanation on the differences between universal and GA4? I’m finding it difficult to understand how GA4 works.

Love this. Thank you. Definitely something I will use every day. Would love to provide "coffee money" ($5/month) to keep the lights on.

There are a bunch of Nissan Leafs in my area and that’s it. Doesn’t really qualify as “options,” especially during the winter months.

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This is very frustrating. We know that it was not meant to reduce deaths.

The lockdowns were, and are, meant to spread out the deaths that we knew were going to happen. The goal was, and is, to avoid acutely overwhelming our hospital systems so people with emergency ailments like a heart attack could still get immediate care.

I thought their response to this was very humble, and I wish them the best going forward.

Plenty of companies right now are trying to give their workers a break to prevent burnout, keep talent, etc. Not to mention a lot of folks request this time off for the holidays anyway. Losing your payment processor in 48 hours would just be as substantial of an issue even if they had an entire crew anyways.

Most of his pontifications and influence are only distributed to people at scale because of Twitter. I’m not sure he’s great or particularly good example to follow.

This doesn’t surprise me at all. I need a flu vaccine every year. We’re just rapidly responding/thinking this is out of the norm because we are trying to wait for our baseline infrastructure for taking care of sick people (nurses, group home staff, etc.) to meet capacity (of course, it might just not!)

I think it’s quite whimsical and appropriately dainty without ignoring the institution’s rigid, demanding formality.

As a fairly technical person, relative to my peers in the industry, Airtable was the first time I really understand what a relational database from a tactical perspective is/could be!

They haven’t lied. It’s quite possible they just aren’t servicing your area yet, which then means there’s no point in giving you a device at this time.

Courts exist for this reason. On one hand, you have the right to privacy (though it is not spelled out that clearly, it is inferred).

On the other, you have freedom of the press clearly outlined in the first amendment. There is no perfect answer and it will be subject to some debate. But in this particular instance, precedence has made it clear that people of significant stature (and that could mean a blue check is a signal of that in court!) have less of a right to privacy when weighed against the first amendment.

This is where trust comes in. Most people need a narrative and a story to follow the threads; they are not experts in determining what the data does or does not tell us, and someone has to attempt to do so.

I'd give ProPublica the benefit the doubt here. They have the resources to hire the right talent, and that talent is likely empowered to keep conjecture at bay or properly disclosed.

And, of course, you're unlikely to get all the data. Stories like this will nearly always, in some form or fashion, be based on a somewhat incomplete snapshot of data or documents. But taking that data and corroborating it with what we do know is often enough to add validity to the assumptions that are being reached by a publication such as ProPublica.

They are not private individuals. They are individuals that are of public interest (much like celebrities) and hold significant sway over communities (much like public officials). This is pretty standard legal precedent.

Things are being put into your body with or without your knowledge. You had no idea if you were infectious with COVID for up to 14 days possibly, so it doesn’t matter if you didn’t go out when you “felt sick.” You may feel like your being responsible, but that does not mean you feeling that way actually means you are being that way.

Over 500,000 people have died. Awesome. You recovered. A lot of other people didn’t. I wouldn’t be so confident you’ll always recover. And it’s possible that you’ll infect folks who can’t recover along the way, because of your “lack of interest.”

Meh. The money is already (basically) spent.

I’m a big fan of the iPad not being a device that aims to be my Mac. An iPad is not a workstation, thankfully. It’s a device to have fun with, watch Netflix on, play casual games, and take notes/draw (which can be used in professional context). It’s kid friendly, and doesn’t require a lot of hand holding to get started on. What is this moving an app to a folder business on a Mac?

I like my iPad and Mac running two distinctive operating systems. Each serves its purpose and intent for use very well.

That’s... not at all the same concept. There are a lot of companies pre-pandemic that had hybrid offices. Many global companies have had zoom rooms and other teleconferencing solutions for years.