WingNews logo WingNews GitHub [2]

nrdgrl's comments

nrdgrl | 5 years ago | on: Lessons from six months at Shopify

Exactly. At the entry level end we should talk about the number of employees who end up on flaming out or on short term disability from the stress.

nrdgrl | 6 years ago

Especially a bin with tons of people standing really close to.

nrdgrl | 7 years ago

Thank you for mansplaining that to me.

nrdgrl | 7 years ago

> A $350 for an esthetily pleasing comfortable sturdy bra is a no brainier purchase when it's such a QoL improvement, you wear it everyday, and the alternative is a string of cheap bras that won't be that much cheaper in the long run and fit/feel worse.

Yes. You absolutely hit the nail on the head. I would _happily_ pay this much for a very comfortable bra, and it's reasonable given the quality of bras in the $100-200 range (I've owned several, although I got them at 50-75% off). That said I'll probably never be able to afford a $350 bra again in my life.

nrdgrl | 7 years ago

Also because every city gets to set their own consumption bylaws, many people who rent have nowhere to legally smoke it. eg: Calgary - public smoking is banned. You're allowed to smoke it in your own house. Except most rental companies have banned smoking on rental property (inside or outside). So the only way to smoke legally could get you evicted.

nrdgrl | 7 years ago | on: FBI Mysteriously Closes New Mexico Observatory

I once drove the highway through the white sands missile range, 2 days in a row (tourist). I went through a DHS checkpoint twice where they checked my ID and asked detailed questions about where I was going and why. The second day they wanted to know why I had gone two days in a row. There are (where back then anyway) big barriers they would lower to close a portion of the highway during 'missile' tests.

A fascinating place to visit.

nrdgrl | 7 years ago

Perhaps we just found out?

nrdgrl | 7 years ago

I wonder if any of these chips ended up in electronic voting machines?

nrdgrl | 7 years ago

GDPR applies to all EU citizens. It doesn't matter if the citizen is accessing the web site from the eu or another country. Blocking people in the EU doesn't block all eu citizens from accessing your product/service.

nrdgrl | 8 years ago

That is the permit application fee (one time, $5,000) and reporting costs ($200 / year). They aren't paying for the water.

nrdgrl | 8 years ago

> The watershed and the associated aquifer are where the river water comes from

Yes, that's where it comes from, but it doesn't fill up instantly. Depending on the depth and type of aquifer the well is tapping, it could actually take a very long time for the aquifer to refill (or it could refill very quickly).

nrdgrl | 8 years ago

> I don't know the particulars in this case but is Nestlé going to pay proper amount for this water?

This is just a permit to draw water from a well, not a municipal drinking water supply. I suspect that (other than the permit fee) they aren't paying anything for the water. (I had a look at the permit & didn't see anything there about payments).

nrdgrl | 8 years ago

Nope, they are pumping from the "White Pine Springs well". The aquifer likely refills at a much slower rate than the flow of the Muskegon River
page 1
more