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facialimpediment posted:Voyager I died in November. NASA undied Voyager I today. 
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Flikken posted:Fund NASA! Take the money from police 
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facialimpediment posted:Voyager I died in November. NASA undied Voyager I today.
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Apr 23, 2024 02:42
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not caring here posted:That sounds like the techno-necromancers from alpha centauri poo poo. Please don't go. The Drones need you. They look up to you.
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Apr 23, 2024 03:20
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Seeing the documentary about the JWSTS at Udvar-Hazy left me with such a sense of childlike wonder and fascination. All of my interactions with people involved in space- ranging from the professors who taught the entry level astronomy and astrophysics courses I took as electives in undergrad to the professor I met last month who talked my friends’ ears off about how cool eclipses are- have been super positive and left me convinced that they have the highest degree of personal and professional satisfaction with their work. More funding for NASA plz, preferably all of it
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Apr 23, 2024 03:44
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fun detail about voyager, the program code only exists in always-powered static RAM like all your SNES cartridge saves. The designers figured if the radiothermal generator output dropped below that threshold everything was hosed anyway and they probably hit a rock.
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Apr 23, 2024 03:56
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Fully fund NASA and the IRS and we'd be 300 years further down the road as a society practically in the blink of an eye.
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LtCol J. Krusinski posted:Fully fund NASA and the IRS and we'd be 300 years further down the road as a society practically in the blink of an eye. It was interesting how the IRS spent some of their new funding to deal with the massive boxes of paper in one of the buildings that was causing the floor to be at risk of collapse.
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Milo and POTUS posted:Take the money from police This is how we end up with Policenauts, isn't it.
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https://twitter.com/eorden/status/1782781390381064332?t=YkQVxiXA8Z0p_iV0i2zlUw&s=19 Not going well for Donnie in this gag order hearing. The state is only asking for $1k per instance of violation (that's apparently the maximum allowed by law here), but they also said they're not seeking incarceration, but the defendant seems hell-bent on it. At a minimum, the judge probably won't be granting any 50/50 calls to Donnie  btw happy bleachiversary https://twitter.com/BidenHQ/status/1782780187047788773?t=EKshH57gVY-Id2ZDCrPBFA&s=19
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Crossposting because Deutschistan is having a very normal onePerestroika posted:This place is so loving cooked what the poo poo.
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Duzzy Funlop posted:Crossposting because Deutschistan is having a very normal one Question: if you remove your name from the post box, does that mean German law enforcement can never prosecute you since the letter will just be returned?
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Duzzy Funlop posted:Crossposting because Deutschistan is having a very normal one To play devil's advocate, if there is one country+subject combination to not joke about, But then again calling the cops makes it a triple combo
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shame on an IGA posted:fun detail about voyager, the program code only exists in always-powered static RAM like all your SNES cartridge saves. The designers figured if the radiothermal generator output dropped below that threshold everything was hosed anyway and they probably hit a rock. We're gonna have to save voyager. We're going to have to send a crew out to blow on the cartridges
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Someone needs to make SNES cartridges with RTGs for battery backup. I wonder how small one can make one?
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OddObserver posted:Someone needs to make SNES cartridges with RTGs for battery backup. I wonder how small one can make one? how much radiation can your balls take?
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It's always wild how Donnie is such an idiot that he basically hands prosecutors a pogo stick to clear intent requirements https://twitter.com/AaronBlake/status/1782822627565789460?t=6A0j7y4_Pd9_epoO329ijg&s=19 The law: ok this is all probably legal if your intent was anything else but to influence the election. Hiding it from Melania is cool. Simple reputation PR management about loving a porn star is fine. Or spiking it because you're embarrassed is legal. It just can't be to deliberately bury a story so it can't influence the election. That's the one thing that's not legal, ok? Donnie: HEY PECKERHEAD, BURY THE STORY SO IT CAN'T INFLUENCE THE ELECTION
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Milo and POTUS posted:We're gonna have to save voyager. We're going to have to send a crew out to blow on the cartridges "Space Cowboys 2: Gen X" greenlighted.
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Uh, holy poo poo? https://twitter.com/BharatRamamurti/status/1782840622254063895?t=Me01KK_NqqihrXluZUeTIw&s=19 That's a loving monster once that rule hits law (180 days, but chamber of commerce might challenge it). And who gives a flying gently caress about the senior executives? Make them sign a forever non-compete for all I care
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facialimpediment posted:That's a loving monster once that rule hits law (180 days, but chamber of commerce might challenge it). And who gives a flying gently caress about the senior executives? Make them sign a forever non-compete for all I care Right, aren't non-competes unenforceable except for senior salespeople and c-levels, who can negotiate consideration for the non-compete clause anyway? Who does this help?
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:Right, aren't non-competes unenforceable except for senior salespeople and c-levels, who can negotiate consideration for the non-compete clause anyway? Who does this help? The employees whose old employer is a vindictive poo poo, and threatens to sue the new employer over the non-compete, and thus new employers drops the new employee because it's just not worth the hassle. Also, the threats thereof.
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:Right, aren't non-competes unenforceable For people who can afford lawyers, yes.
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Non-competes are unenforceable in the same way that wage theft is illegal.
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OddObserver posted:Someone needs to make SNES cartridges with RTGs for battery backup. I wonder how small one can make one? Use betavoltaics.
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Zamujasa posted:Non-competes are unenforceable in the same way that wage theft is illegal. And that’s why you always poo poo on company time.
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Depends on your state, industry, and position. But regardless this is a good development.
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not caring here posted:The employees whose old employer is a vindictive poo poo, and threatens to sue the new employer over the non-compete, and thus new employers drops the new employee because it's just not worth the hassle. Does this actually happen? I've signed employment agreements that include non-competes for practically every job including some in seriously anti-labor states, and it has never been a factor with changing jobs. It seems like a good policy change on paper, but is it like the federal marijuana possession clemency where it helped like 11 people in practice? If it's just a press release while a meaningful rule change is passed off to someone else for years (like actual marijuana rescheduling) that's less impressive. AreWeDrunkYet fucked around with this message at 20:30 on Apr 23, 2024 |
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:Does this actually happen? I've signed employment agreements that include non-competes for practically every job including some in seriously anti-labor states, and it has never been a factor with changing jobs. Its basically something companies slip in as a thread. A lot like NDA for illegal things - technically enforceable through threat, but easily laughed off in court. Its something to hang over your head if they need it.
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There are plenty of employees who don't really know any better, too. They agreed to a non-compete and will honor it (or figure they just have to) without knowing it's mostly BS. In addition, it's just a thing that has a chilling effect on, well, everything except the boss's sense of security I guess.
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:Does this actually happen? I've signed employment agreements that include non-competes for practically every job including some in seriously anti-labor states, and it has never been a factor with changing jobs. I know people who have turned down offers of employment over fear of violating a non-compete. It has the effect of deterring people from moving companies, which translates to suppressed wages as well as limiting the spread and cross-pollination of ideas throughout an industry
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Incremental change is good. Even this amount of telling companies to gently caress off is good.
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Even before I knew they were bullshit I thought they were bullshit. Like, "Sure, buddy, you can still have control over what I do and say once I quit. Whatever helps you get to sleep at night. ...just ignore the 50 foot tall neon sign of a hand giving the jerk-off motion behind me."
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Its funny how the easiest way for the Dems to own the GOP is to just....say out loud the quiet part:javi posted:https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1782852277780304221
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:Does this actually happen? I've signed employment agreements that include non-competes for practically every job including some in seriously anti-labor states, and it has never been a factor with changing jobs. yes. it's often a bullshit "legal/HR think we should stick this in because it can only work to our benefit" clause that companies don't bother to enforce, but some places definitely will. Epic Systems (of 'gently caress you we can require employees to agree to arbitration re employment dispute' SCOTUS fame) notoriously would blackball any employees who left to go work for (much better paying) 3rd-party Epic consultancies before their 1y noncompete was up
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non-competes are a big issue for physicians. it's common that if they take a job with a health system they'll have a non-compete for practicing within a 30 mile radius or whatever, and since new physicians tend to have lots of debt they're signing contracts very one sided for the employer and very difficult to get out of. anything that helps not gently caress providers at the altar of shareholder value so they can do their jobs better is a good thing
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Platystemon posted:Use betavoltaics. Yeah, I think RTGs require a heatsink and cooling fins. A bit too bulky.
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maffew buildings posted:non-competes are a big issue for physicians. it's common that if they take a job with a health system they'll have a non-compete for practicing within a 30 mile radius or whatever, and since new physicians tend to have lots of debt they're signing contracts very one sided for the employer and very difficult to get out of. anything that helps not gently caress providers at the altar of shareholder value so they can do their jobs better is a good thing With doctors earning an average of $350k/year* how many of them fall under the $151k/year threshold for the FTC rule? Again, not saying that this is a bad policy change. Just questioning whether it's going to practically help people, or if it's just something that comes off well in a press release. *https://www.nber.org/papers/w31469
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:With doctors earning an average of $350k/year* how many of them fall under the $151k/year threshold for the FTC rule? OP specifically mentioned new doctors, who don't make anywhere close to that amount. Once they leave their residency, sure, but that's years after graduating medical school. e: Guess someone really didn't like my earlier post about non-competes.
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:With doctors earning an average of $350k/year* how many of them fall under the $151k/year threshold for the FTC rule? If it's substantial enough to result in a CoC lawsuit I would think that should answer your question
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:With doctors earning an average of $350k/year* how many of them fall under the $151k/year threshold for the FTC rule? New doctors, regardless of income, are unlikely to be in a "policy-making position" so they should be okay.
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