twerking
coast through
They were broke, their struggle became a bond for them
she decided to bail on me
then leaves me stranded there
Some areas may be roped off for VIPs
If you want to be a high-roller, you can get bottle service, which is $200-500 for a bottle of alcohol
This place is on-par with Vegas nightclubs but with a techie crowd
Cut somebody off
Asking these kind of asinine insane questions
knife fight
the mainstream media guys are raking in the dough
Hold on, did Joe biden just called Bill De blasio a little as snitch.
Adrenaline junkies
the biking is revving up
look past the apex of the corner where I want to end up
that's what you want to avoid at all cost
make sure your bike is in tip-top shape
patio and pool
The app was Apple’s most popular paid app of 2017 and reportedly boasts over one million paying subscribers to date.
I've got a plan to reinvigorate collective bargaining so we can increase wages finally.
General Motors got a bailout
Deductible Amount
Why you weigh in here?
Making sure unequivocally that no sick American goes without the care they need
We will hep those who've been victims of this malfeasance in this country
We need a Marshall plan
the division that's been fomented in this country
some who wants major systemic change and some those who wanted to fiddle in the margin
"if they miss this opportunity", he said, "things are going to look pretty bleak".
The kind of knowledge that one would use in R&D as well as solving hard tactical problems
This sudden explosion of applications for blockchain has started a serious fist-fight for scarce blockchain developer talent
He might like their(french) loose views on monogamy
he took his beefs to next level
Beijing Presses Hong Kong Government to Quell Unrest
The California Service Center will adjudicate this case within 15 calendar days
abrasion resistant
cornering strategies
My parents are tiger parents who won't let me to go sleepovers.
It was difficult to reconcile my so-called exotic Chinese heritage.
They skip the needless banter and go straight for the "Where is your family from?"
We're similar enough to be accepted, but we're different enough to be loathed.
I'm a horrendous driver.
I then moved to an international school because my English was starting to die out
Swarms of grasshoppers are invading southern Nevada.
The flying creatures are no sign of the apocalypse.
Late 2008 saw widespread expectations that tech was about to crater along with all other sectors. This was the era of Sequoia Capital’s infamous “R.I.P. Good Times” deck. They could hardly have been more wrong.
Apple’s went negative for one lonesome quarter, but otherwise stayed north of 20%.
Even at the time it was clear that to some extent the chaff was being sifted from the industry, albeit at widespread painful personal cost.
Money is a just byproduct
It's ton of work to get to the bulk of revenue
bait-and-switch
priced out
oasis farming
oasis grill
Proficient enough to know the intricacies so I can really pass on the tips and tricks on how you can do this.
once you get into the grind, you're just grinding.
It's really a good way to wear down your car.
You can extract the value as you can before you return the car.
There is a porta potti I can use
Their competitors' staffers for close to free
I made a mistake. I got upset, and I acted impulsively
hourglass
accidentally got booted off the queue
I was really guzzling up the gas here
spark plug changes
Image you got dumped by somebody
paddy field
no one gonna be mug you.
(I get mugged outside the grocery store)
That's the under-reporting of crimes
he committed a burglary while on parole.
imposter syndrome
You got ripped off, my brother.
It's disproportionate people are always stabbing people
doctors in China went on strike and had a big meeting
you get disgruntled patients who had botched operations
This appears to be a copycat of the hit-and-run killing
the traffic is so hectic and crazy
pound for pound, China is more dangerous than America
this is not to discredit China
tell us your perception of safety in America or wherever you live is overblown or under-reported
We keep hearing the media regurgitate talking points about how the economy is doing so well
I see a precarious economy that is built on debt
A lot of Democratic senators aid and abet this
This kind of test can be a ticking time bomb
Protocols are incredibly useful and versatile in Swift
reduces at least 90% of ambient noise
The inconsistency you created is going to create churn
those keyboards are so mushy
A deadpan
Even when interests and aspirations vary significantly from person to person
we've converged on a set of guiding principles that reflect our values as an engineering organization and that we believe support engineers’ growth most effectively
By ensuring we have consistent standards across the company, we can enable fluid internal mobility and further support individual growth
Promotions are a powerful tool for defining organizational culture and values because people tend to emulate those who are promoted
Panelists are trained on unconscious bias every cycle and use a checklist and a rubric to help interrupt bias in the review
The way you analyze that I'm not saying is out of ballpark, I'm not supportive of that
now people are badgering him with questions he's already answered
where is the clitoris?
ken doll
compare that tirade, to the straightforward questions
Democrats kept reading excerpts of the report to Muller
went off on an unhinged rant
very curt response from Muller
I don't want to jinx it.
I know you're watching, I made this collage for you.
I'm super psyched about the program
Have a jubilant July!
Show affection in public is pretty inconsiderate
If brute force doesn't work, give your self some extra traction by wrapping the lid in dish rag, or better yet, a rubber glove
Give the lid a few quick taps on the side with a spoon in order to dislodge any food
Thank you for getting back to me and for evaluating our solutions, I will stop pestering you
I let her steal into my melancholy heart
you can not remove a cat's claws
declawing was a little weird
Boris is a watered-down Trump, literally
Facebook deceived users about the way it used phone numbers, FTC to allege
learning the art of solving difficult algorithmic problems trains the brain and makes it more apt to solving various other problems, in the course of your day-to-day work
Finally, you will be speaking the same lingua franca as other advanced programmers
in their understanding of computing, are very much tied to its choices and idiosyncrasies
Read uninterrupted, even with a spotty connection
the lodging and boat would be free.
The federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
I wasted 10 minutes today trying to clean that one smudge that kept me from seeing clearly
climb Mt. Everest
As code stealing is rampant in the MUD community
They're the precursor to player-driven MMOs
That's the turning point
It requires inordinate amount of time setting in front of computer
totally different career trajectory
I am super stoked to be here
That's not nice Russia, you don't cause a blackout in a heatwave
a dismissive shrug
Coyote howl
The room was alight with lamps
That morning wee fired our first kiln of charcoal
Warmth emanated from the fireplace
whoa
Christmas carol
rabid dog
a rabid football fan
bronchial pneumonia
an albino tiger
The corridor opens into Mr. Brown's office
Banqueting hall
he countered with a left hook.
Over-the-counter drugs
I was gasping for breath
Which part are you auditioning for?
Ugh! You’re all sweaty and horrible!
The blackout might be a sign of something a lot more ominous
It's absolutely abhorrent to tell her to go back to where she came from
he just sensationalizes it
rile up his base
There is a tendency
it was great, it wasn't cringe
Using trial and error to learn what they wanted.
You're doing a great job of playing devil's advocate in the conversation, you're bringing all of the counterarguments
it can easily go off the rails
That makes him double over with laughter
when asked whether he was relishing his confrontation with the congresswomen
The use of an armrest, as in a traditional chair, takes some strain off your neck and shoulders and makes you less likely to slouch
When you look at your computer, your gaze should be aimed at the middle of your screen
Home Remedies for Neck & Shoulder Pain
Immobilizing the neck for long periods of time will make painful muscular conditions worse
This means that a fall, jolt or muscular exertion precipitates the injury
This pain is typically achy, but it may be sharp with movement
variety-store
Trunk muscle
postfix notation
infix notation
a workaround is to copy the input array to a doubly linked list.
operator
Western ideology won the war long ago and the internet is just the nail in the coffin
Japan is everything written on the box
let's get down to brass tacks here things like cost of living
Here in China is bit of a mix and match
lactose intolerant
There is security up the wazoo here.
I took a look at the Chinese restaurant there and they were not up to scratch
in order to support this culture you've got something called izakaya
it's kind of like after-work pub
it was really a blast and lot of fun
It's a big turn-off for any expat living here
bear that in mind
unfortunately in China this is still a very big problem you always have to be on your guard
wet market
as long as you're not trying to do dodgy things you can avoid the scam together
It's quid pro quo
We don't have economic embargoes or sanctions on Syria
The Iranian politician have been calling for reprisal
they don't need a foreign power marching in with ulterior motives overturn the govt
so it wouldn't make any sense whatsoever for Iran to pick a fight and try to escalate into a war
however, Israel want to topple Iran
they don't want to be imperialize by the west
vicious, anti-Semitic screeds.
pretty much everyone watched this thing was sickened by what they saw.
You're married to who is a naturalized US citizen
quite a scene
A raucous fight exposed those deep partisan divided here on the hill.
inquiry
Either this congressman is being woefully ignorant, or he is genuinely clueless.
condemn or condone
The Democrats tried to get him to retract his words.
The guy presiding over the chamber just decided he had enough.
An up-and-coming programming language, outperformed the industry-standard OpenSSL in almost every major category
We began collectively fantasizing about how we could exact our revenge on IE6
The result was a massive dip in Internet Explorer 6 traffic to YouTube
they “begrudgingly arrived at the conclusion that the ends had justified the means.”
Where you roam in the office. What’s on your computer screen employers are parsing those interactions to learn who is influential, which teams are most productive and who is a flight risk
employee turnover
Quite often people publish monstrous single .vimrc files that try to control every aspect of the editor
In reality Vim has a tidy structure, where .vimrc is just one of several inputs
buckle up
Dubai - A U.S. naval ship destroyed an Iranian drone that ignored multiple calls to stand down on Thursday.
a knockout punch
He must have been a knockout when he was young
A shower would soon perk you up.
She is perking herself at mirror.
The weather seems to be perking up.
"If only I had known you then" he said wistfully
He was a shoo-in for re-election.
pistachio
The patient with emphysema is hacking all day.
play the lute to a cow
I saw a cougar slinking toward its prey.
You look like a hedgehog, why don't you put some gel in your hair.
storm Area 51
They're not espousing the views of our country
blank check
appropriated money
acclimate
(is becoming acclimated to the tropical heat;)
There is a lot to dissect there.
This was a manufactured crisis yada-yada-yada
jurisdiction-dependent
The idea is a turnkey solution to affordable housing, both for renters and homeowners in expensive markets
I see all the intention of working for this other person just vanished.
sitting alone by yourself on the beach drinking a Mai Tai
10 Mastermind Hackers That Outplayed Everyone
The same picture would eventually become his own downfall.
Even though all these hackers indeed sound menacing
Procedural programming has been with us since the advent of the first high-level languages, in the 1950s
You'll never get a smidge from me
guantanamo bay
you're not welcome in open arms
race-baiting
little pawn
But New Yorkers handled the inconvenience in stride, from helping to direct traffic to impromptu Broadway Theater performances on the street, and within a few hours power was restored
I'll probably mostly lurk, but I'm sure I'll enjoy
by saying they came from “countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe”
You apparently can’t be a self-professed Nazi, but Twitter has said it’s talking with experts to figure out its more general rules around white supremacy
Sometimes the Apple online store goes down due to an imminent product refresh
it is possible that the phone’s battery had already swollen due to use over the years which ultimately led to the fire
While there’s nothing inherently wrong with the use of string literals, there’s room for improvement
It's a Nirvana that was tailor-made just for you.
suburbs
Family dinner is now a nightly tussle over carbs
he was so facetious that he turned everything into a joke
They got pantsed
dime store criminals
Although he can never condone what I did, fair enough.
Santoshi may written the white paper, he may have laid the ground work.
only publish these stories they were willing to stack their reputation on
I didn't set out to change the world.
I was once accused in the aftermath
As a woman of color, she always is going to tiptoe
Uh, excuse me. I have to tinkle.
I saute spinach and opinions in white wine
a flirtatious glance
fraternity, frat party
Streetwalker
a botchy piece of work.
Buildings spring up out of nothing
like on the precipice you're always going to fail
lots of dust bunnies
bug bash
pound on the product
In order to become a really well-rounded software engineer, it's not just about technical skills.
But grocery stores have remained largely impervious to the digital revolution
intimate, intimidate
well curated.
Don't fret the annual membership fee: you get a store credit for the remainder if you don't save $60 by the end of the year.
Rights and duties, spectrum of duties
iPhones in India sell at a much higher price thanks to custom duties and other taxes
IT teams are always on the lookout for new ransomware and exploit spreading in the wild, but can all these unforeseen cyber attacks be prevented proactively?
I fell in love with the dream that Blockchain is trying to realize and I would be more than honored to make a contribution towards this grand vision
Also, it is compelling because it gives us the hope to swipe off the traditional centralized parties like banks and the government
Wayfair Walkout is Not Only Absurd, but Immoral
I want them to remain in snotty conditions.
that's you can have one-up on Republicans? that's not OK.
the profiteers can be held accountable and brought to justice
The Wayfair rationale is inarguable. If the govt takes steps to provide more humane conditions, it (the sale) deserves support
Big and deep-pocketed business interests have exploited the H-1B visa program
and Indian Nationals have used dubious petitions and fraudulent means to press this legislation and try to get around the mandated limit
Collectively, we wholeheartedly believe in protecting diversity in our skilled legal immigration systems so that foreign nationals from all countries can come to work in the US and have a chance at their American Dream
A fair immigration reform should not benefit just one nationality detriment to other nationals
Am I a booty call?
Go with your gut.
He is just acting a little standoffish?
Have your view controllers become the dumps of your projects?
A litmus test for whether an app has all config correctly factored out of the code is whether the codebase could be made open source at any moment, without compromising any credentials
office renovation
This is the status quo
What they're codifying is a right to the self
private property
Unless they came in and ransacked your journals, these things belong to you
I would tell My LA friends, "It's Mecca".
On a curated talent platform like Toptal because that way you will have a much deeper talent pool to choose from.
So this may all be a tempest in a teapot if Apple doesn't end up following through on this threat
we’ll all have to ponder the implications if Apple does kick these languages to the curb
Disproving remote work myths
Our relationship exists purely on Slack and is built on a steady supply of GIFs
watercooler chat
Your absence in the office means that you can’t quickly ask your deskmate how to do an Excel formula or run down the hall to consult with your supervisor about a tricky client email
assistive technology
There was never an armistice so technically nobody won the Chinese Civil war, because it didn't end.
The Korean war ended in a stalemate after 3 years
He is a giant pedophile
Trump administration is hell-bent on adding the citizen question to the census
is it gerrymandering
end game
why we have to just go full-blown into Medicare for all, rip off the band-aid and got for it.
they gonna spent boatload of money in order to do it
military coalition
when they cited ...
whatever you want to say it shelved, withdrawn dead gone it's not happening
Molasses Sauce
sesame
Yogurt Tahini
a balmy breeze
top off my head
If not Vim, then maybe Emacs. Or, well, just anything that is not a web browser masquerading as a text editor.
A sweetener found in some nut butters can be deadly for canines.
So you'll still have to pony up if you need more memory and storage
I'm a programmer/business owner, so perhaps it's useful for other sorts of creative professionals, but it feels like a total gimmick to me
99% of my interactions with the touch bar was pressing it accidentally with my right pinky
MacOS wouldn't fare any better as a touch screen OS.
Readers of this site are mostly “hackers,” however mutated or dumbed-down that term has become over the years, correct
git, in particular, is decidedly unfriendly
Hitchhiker
The group-chat app can make users feel tethered to their devices, often at the expense of doing more important tasks
trilingual
Such repositories are curated, and have submission guidelines for naming conventions and required components
eat your own dog food
let you slack off at work.
A bare unowned is unowned(safe)
erratic behavior
Belarus
Are they slow and methodical
She's way worse off because she has put up with me.
You basically have the perfect wife and still try desperately to find demerits
far east
one of the few countries where Google and Facebook actually faced local competition but things turned dismal in the end.
on the bright side
largest port on the bank of Volga
kremlin
Villages in Russia are in a deplorable state
Russia has been suffering from brain drain ever since the collapse of the USSR.
Russian Arctic National Park
Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world and the largest source of fresh water on the planet.
The Siberian taiga is the largest forest in the world, the lungs of the planet.
summer houses and country cottages
Vladivostok
trams buses, trolleybuses fixed-route taxi buses
subway stations in Russia are generally works of art
street crime and mob
nevertheless the statistics don't lie
KGB
vodka
cold Russians can become very hospitable people
football indisputably holds a leading position
gymnastics, figure skating
Programming is so instantly gratifying
Roster of contractors
Every week, I share my round-up of the most important stories at the intersection of psychology, technology, and business
Nobody wants to be alone, without anyone to confide in or commiserate with
confide my property to your care
voice chat to achieve the interpersonal closeness that can feel contrived or heavy-handed in a prearranged phone call
Men’s relationships, he said in an email, are “underpinned by ‘doing stuff together
online gaming is a casual way to stave off the loneliness
acquaintances
Of course, this is a contrived scenario, but you get the point
it’s worth spending serious effort thinking about places where you could spend a bit of extra money to reduce attrition
people don’t tend to leave because of money per se
the value of referrals; and why it’s in everyone’s interests to push back against penny-pinching measures
we wanted to dabble in some AI-generated media for ourselves
This is just the way Jon thinks about getting laid. It's all a highly planned, repeatable system.
Now maybe you are one of those brave souls who actually can muster up the courage to talk to a woman
It seems to be in-vogue to hate on them the last couple years, but it's just as solid a product as it's ever been for me
ripoff
shout out, call out
doodles
It was a hard sell to American people
wellbeing of people
Our founders have laid out for us
Tulsi Gabbard has been marginalised & ridiculously smeared by the mainstream
draft dodger
because they would recognize the futility of war with the United States.
many, if not most of, the coasters in CA are put through seismic tests
instill the ideas to our mind
The West is very well kitted out for credit card
I've always been appalled by this my entire life
street sweeper, busboys at restaurant
I don't want to get sidetracked here
loan shark
It's starting to rear its ugly head at supercharged rate
don't live beyond your means
muddle through
social housing
bought our house in 1985 in Orange County, CA, for $159k, now it's appraised at $1.1M
No debt in sight
having no downtime
For posterity’s sake
Every measure of a good developer is qualitative. That makes them all subjective
Baidu has weathered a plethora of troubles.
Candidate Source Breakdown
You got a glimpse of how your life on the job would look like
scope creep
While this strained dynamic inside Walmart is not unheard of for a well-established company attempting to navigate big, technological disruption, the stakes are huge and the company cannot afford the delays that typically result from infighting
If Walmart falls further behind Amazon or doesn't make up ground, we’re increasingly likely to face a future where Amazon is even more the de facto online store for everyone, with little legitimate competition or compelling alternatives on the market
not large enough to use stores to fulfill online general merchandise orders at a scale that would rival Amazon’s product catalogue
entreaties
Mushroom pepperoni pizza
restitution
there's going to be a draft, the owners gonna pick who they like best
berating yourself
I'm not saying you should let yourself off the hook
you make enough money to get by
when opportunity arrives, they back down
beforehand
to be a catalyst
in person
razor wire
You don't think in orthodox way
economy dislocation
broke down to tears
it wasn't a lie, but they just tell it in some sort of weird maudlin way.
The acronym Make American think harder some what retroactive
blood money
at minimum you need another sentient human to sign off on it just in case the president is not the decision-maker you want
Shoe Bandit - Be Aware!!
The agents will then disappear with the phones in order to snoop through them
Quran excerpts
He is not coherent
this appears in the API Design Guidelines as a fundamental, but also pervades the design of the Swift language itself
The boys’ chance of winning is in jeopardy
We helped him find workers to work during the strike.
I just need something to take the edge off.
My wife is going nuts not getting her package, I told her I can find some Kush
The bigwigs promoted me to manager.
commodity fetishism
scabs
We gonna be the laughingstock of the whole thing!
We're outrage about something, we need glitter and glue
I'm getting back in my sleigh now.
It's such bullcrap
100% hemp Tegridy Farm
It's nihilistic and out of touch with progressive thinking!
I'm trying to help, before there was war between classes, customers and workers at odds.
Kenny's father, Stuart McCormick, is angered that his son is not boycotting Amazon in solidarity with the strikers
As a result of this, Kenny becomes disillusioned with the commercialism in which he has participated, and tells his friends he will not join them in the bike parade
a development for which McDaniels is overcome with guilt
body count
it was edgy as fuck
A slick of lip balm.
slick seals and otters
an egregious mistake
A lapse of the tongue
the country has lapsed into chaos
genuinely, ingenuity
they boy showed ingenuity in making toys
the trot is a pace of the horse
I've been on the trot all day.
vaunt of one's success
Vaunter and liar are near akin.
the ambush occurred 50 meters from a checkpoint.
There is a glut of cars on the market
glut oneself with food
Even if this humungous big class was convenient it was highly clumsy and hard to modify, maintain and almost impossible to reuse
under siege
sarin exposure
nerve agent
trickle up economy
autistic
stop condescending