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Horn of Gabriel

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  1. Correct Incorrect I think you're letting your internal SJW read an implication that isn't there. I have no idea the labor rate for warehouse workers like the kind Amazon employs. BTW it is very possible that like any complex issue, there are multiple simultaneous right answers, including: Bezos did this because he's been beat up recently in the media for poor working conditions and low wages, AND, They're having trouble hiring in a scarce labor market and needed to raise wages to get the people they needed, AND, Even though this move may dilute margin in the short-term, the automation trend in general - and Amazon's aggressive automation and investment in technology in the specific will make it moot soon as they eliminate human positions in favor of technology
  2. What? I didn't say anything about the tight labor pool or competing with other employers, which is an obvious point. I'm not sure how you drew that conclusion based on what I wrote.
  3. Bezos gets good pub for awhile, but I bet you over the next five years he eliminates more than enough workers via automation to pay for this raise 3 times over.
  4. It's the most...wonderful timeeeee...of the year.... Seriously, favorite thread ever.
  5. It's the Mack Brown coaching tree. Get a lead then go conservative to keep it. Mack also liked to come back to trail by less than 3, get into FG range, then go conservative and win on a last-second FG. It's the low-risk 2nd half approach instead of continuing to put up points. The "NFL model" of college coaching. I think if you asked a lot of coaches the ideal score for a game it would be 14-10 or 17-14...
  6. I really hope that Disney/Marvel finds a way to bring the universes back together. Maybe in Infinity Wars 2 part of resolving that storyline introduces the XMen back into the timeline somehow.
  7. So it's not a full reversion to the old Gmail, but I really, really, really hate the new right-hand side bar they added. Really hate. It breaks all good user experience conventions by moving the scroll bar 20 pixel to the left of the the window where literally every application in the world normally has it, and it serves no purpose aside from duplicating stuff and advertising other Google products. Here is how you get rid of it: Worked perfectly for me on Safari, I'm sure Chrome and FF has similar custom stylesheet options.
  8. I think that's bait for the D's on the panel to overextend themselves in questioning BK and ask something really beyond the pale, putting him in a position to claim being the "victim." Because being able to claim ground as the biggest victim is what is really important in politics.
  9. I don't think you understand how this works. SCOTUS has always been a political appointment with political appointees. It's only the last 40-50 years that we started demanding that they had to go to Yale or Harvard, and have a lifetime of service as an appellate judge. And that wasn't because anyone actually cared about those things, but simply to inoculate the appointee against the other side's claim of "unqualified," which was made regardless of actual qualifications but because they didn't like their....political leanings.
  10. I've used J Hilburn for custom shirts (love them), slacks (were "ok" but took some tweaks after), and sport coats (love the materials selection). Pluses include good materials that they rotate regularly. However I've been less happy w/ the service from my JH rep. She wanted to charge me for an extra set of alterations on a sport coat when the fit wasn't perfect - uh no bitch, I paid a ton of money for a custom coat, you'll adjust it until it's right. Overall though, they've nailed the fit on shirts for me so I typically buy one every other month or so since I lost a bunch of weight to repopulate my closet. Recently, I needed a suit on short notice for a funeral. Because of the weight loss (hiya keto), none of my old stuff fit. JH couldn't turn one around quick enough and I don't have good luck buying off the rack b/c of my body type (barrel chest, athletic thighs). So I poked around and did Knot Standard. Same basic model as JH, a little more pricey and high end. Probably 10x the selection in terms of materials of JH, and they have a storefront where you go to downtown to get sized and make selection. Very happy with the experience and they turned my suit around in <2 weeks, M2M. That includes an initial sizing and they had their local tailor tweak it over the weekend to get it perfect for me on the next Monday when I needed it and couriered it to my home in Cedar Park to get it to me on time. Next step is to do a blazer in this, channel my inner Del Conte:
  11. Huh...so Tony leaves...and Brent Barry returns...coincidence? I think NOT!
  12. Because we do everything by committee and are as conservative AF. Also we do get our share of talent but we haven’t used it right, and misses in a Few key spots like QB and OL have hamstrung us. It’s not complicated...
  13. Cops lookout for their own, in other news, dog bites man and water found to be wet
  14. Same, I've been holding out on my S1. I'll just get GPS only though, no need for Cellular.
  15. "Unique challenges" with the fly sweep??? Doesn't EVERY team in the country have that play in the playbook? C'mon man.
  16. He's nervous. I can't imagine the pressure involved in being the Texas coach. Yeah, he chose the job and yeah he gets millions of dollars but that doesn't erase the pressure. I'm guessing that no one on this thread is perfect and no one on this thread has to stand up in front of the press after you screw up and own it. BTW I'm not a Herman fan, at all. But I can empathize with anyone behind that podium.
  17. He is going to regret that Of Mice and Men analogy for the rest of his career. It will span memes of memes.
  18. https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/dolphin-bathing-ban/index.html (CNN) — Watching "Jaws" as a kid might have left you with a lifetime fear of swimming with sharks, but who knew swimming with dolphins could be dangerous? The pretty coastal village of Landévennec in Finistère, in France's northwestern Brittany region, has been terrorized by a sexually aroused dolphin getting too close to swimmers. The dolphins antics got so bad that the local mayor, Roger Lars, banned bathing on the Brittany beach, issuing a new bylaw. Now local swimmers are prevented from getting closer than 40 meters to the dolphin.
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