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I was laid off in a face to face meeting with the VP. Checking my phone might be irrational, but irrational thoughts can be a symptom of trauma. Then again, I do work fully remote, so I'm checking for tell tale signs. Mysterious meetings on my calendar, DMs from the CTO, etc.

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This article doesn't mention it, but being laid off will change you at a psychological level. It can be a deeply traumatic event.

I was laid off over 5 years ago, and, as these things usually go, it was a complete shock to me. The company had been acquired, and my services were no longer needed. It ended up being a very positive change for my career, but to this day, if I ever get a moment of déjà vu, my immediate thought is to check my phone and see if I've been fired.

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These devices are typically installed in "high crime" areas. They then detect more crime (Or just loud noises). This calls police to respond to the area, and increased interaction with police commonly leads to increased confrontation with police leading to arrests. Thus re-enforcing the "high crime" reputation of the area.

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If this were a camera that identified when and for how long a software engineer showed up to the office and notified their employer of "unwanted behavior", how long would it take for that story to end up on the front page of this site and torn apart as invasive and infantilizing?

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It did [0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paycheck_Protection_Program

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I think the first sentence of this article may hold the key. Weeks after the President takes office with the mission to undo every accomplishment of his predecessor, the Cuban embassy is 'attacked' with Cold War era fantasy weapons with no motive, suspects, or physical evidence. Giving the President the excuse he needs to revert another of his predecessors key accomplishments, and return to locked-down relations with Cuba.

Its no wonder the administration has done nothing to de-escalate the situation, but instead fanned the flames of public speculation, and re-enforced the claims of the affected embassy workers.

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He made a joke about Trump's taxes in the very same monologue.

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My father has worked with metal his whole life. If just a tiny sliver of metal shaving landed in his eye and worked it's way around to the back, an MRI would tear it straight through the eye ball.

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I can't speak for iOS development, but Google cloud messaging is dead easy to implement. Firebase messaging, even easier.

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I can't seem to understand the buzz around chatbots. I read an earlier article on here about chatbots replacing apps in China, but something about it seems so gimmicky. Why should I spend the cognitive energy to attempt a scripted conversation with a machine, when I can just talk to an actual person or use a native app?

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Slides.com is focused on the presentation. The audience is not typically interacting directly with the deck.

When you create a deck, there is a pretty good tutorial explaining how the interface works, including what spacebar and escape do.

The real advantage of the service, for me, is the support for embedding any digital media you want into a slide via iFrames, and the ability to use your phone/tablet to advanced slides and see speakers notes if your venue did not provide you with a clicker.

It also has another pretty neat feature where audience members can pull up the presentation on their laptops/tablets to follow along, and their slides will automatically advance to match my progress through the deck.

I'm just trying to explain why its very much a tool for the presenter, not the presentee.

Edit: Slides.com is a locked down instance of reveal.js

Here is a link to their deck, explaining all of its features http://lab.hakim.se/reveal-js/#/

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So you can only verify, at best, one user every 90 seconds?

Also, I have to assume Twilio would look at this as a form of abuse.

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Hello! Are you guys interested in recent graduates?

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I'm not informed enough to have an opinion on Dan as a person or on HubSpot, but this is the third article I've seen posted to HN that all pretty much say the same thing, and are all obvious attempts to sell his book. Why do these articles keep getting voted up?

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It's not browser based, but they definitely used a loose interpretation of Google's Material Design. What stands out to me most is their Card design and use of icons in the drawer layout.

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How outraged will you be when those sensible immigration policies reject your dirty London culture?

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I also thought that line was interesting, because, the way I look at it, Pearl Harbor was a pre-preemptive strike by the Empire of Japan. They figured our entry into WWII was imminent and decided to strike early and decisively to cripple our strength in the Pacific.

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"It brought a case against Discover Bank last summer, saying it inflated the amounts it said borrowers owed on their loans.

Discover Bank paid $18.5 million without admitting or denying wrongdoing."

These fines are just a calculated cost of doing business for companies like Discover, Sallie Mae, etc. They take the likelihood of getting caught breaking the law, multiply it by how much they'll have to dish out when they get caught, and subtract that from what they'll make by extorting their "customers."

In this case, Discover made a good financial decision on their part. Hooray for creating value for the shareholders.

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Sequel to GATTACA(PZ)?