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		<title>A public (employee) apology</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nerdmaster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As negotiations have heated up for Oregon public employees, I&#8217;ve wondered a few times at my prior posts about the state of public employee pay and benefits. I have to admit, I was a bit wrong about benefits not being &#8230; <a href="http://blog.nerdbucket.com/a-public-employee-apology/article">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Public employees and one last point</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 15:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nerdmaster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m almost done with my ranting. And really, what have I proven? So the private sector sometimes is dumb, too. Big deal, right? It&#8217;s not like the private sector costs taxpayers when they screw up. Except when the banks screw &#8230; <a href="http://blog.nerdbucket.com/public-employees-and-one-last-point/article">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Technology choices and lack of innovation in the public sector</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 15:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nerdmaster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m continuing to talk about how frustrated I am that people believe that public employees are too expensive, public employees are lazy and incompetent, and unions only protect morons. So now, on to technology and innovation. I hear that the &#8230; <a href="http://blog.nerdbucket.com/technology-choices-and-lack-of-innovation-in-the-public-sector/article">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What does the union do besides protect stupidity?</title>
		<link>http://blog.nerdbucket.com/what-does-the-union-do-besides-protect-stupidity/article</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 15:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nerdmaster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last time, I discussed how the private sector is pretty bad (though admittedly not as bad as the public sector) about retaining incompetent employees. &#8230;but all I really did was prove that the private sector ain&#8217;t all that great. Those &#8230; <a href="http://blog.nerdbucket.com/what-does-the-union-do-besides-protect-stupidity/article">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Unions protect lazy, incompetent employees</title>
		<link>http://blog.nerdbucket.com/unions-protect-lazy-incompetent-employees/article</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 15:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nerdmaster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, continuing with my &#8220;public employees suck!&#8221; theme, I&#8217;m going to address another interesting and confusing myth: the belief that unions protect the lazy and incompetent workers. Really, this argument is ridiculous. I hear it a lot, and apparently the &#8230; <a href="http://blog.nerdbucket.com/unions-protect-lazy-incompetent-employees/article">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Incompetent public employees with ridiculous benefits, and the evil unions protecting them</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 15:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nerdmaster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Public employees are the DEVIL. That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m hearing a lot lately. We cost the state too much. In Wisconsin, they have limited negotiation rights now, and here in Oregon we&#8217;re looking at various cuts to our benefits to help &#8230; <a href="http://blog.nerdbucket.com/incompetent-public-employees-with-ridiculous-benefits-and-the-evil-unions-protecting-them/article">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The horrible cost of using explicit returns in Ruby&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 03:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nerdmaster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At my lovely new job, we got a trainer to teach us about Ruby, Rails, and agile methodologies. She was pretty good overall, but one thing she mentioned a few times really got on my nerves: &#8220;use implicit returns in &#8230; <a href="http://blog.nerdbucket.com/the-horrible-cost-of-using-explicit-returns-in-ruby/article">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic, problems launching, problems playing, and windows 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 01:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nerdmaster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This drove me completely freaking crazy for the past few days. Hopefully my pain can help somebody else. After dealing with the incredible disappointment of Elemental, Stardock&#8217;s newest game (a subject I will probably go into further detail on the &#8230; <a href="http://blog.nerdbucket.com/age-of-wonders-shadow-magic-problems-launching-problems-playing-and-windows-7/article">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m not dead yet.  Celebrate H-day!</title>
		<link>http://blog.nerdbucket.com/im-not-dead-yet-celebrate-h-day/article</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nerdbucket.com/im-not-dead-yet-celebrate-h-day/article#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nerdmaster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WTF is H-day, you ask? Why, it&#8217;s the anniversary of the day I survived a workplace shooting that was almost potentially likely to become a very real possibility! A little over a year ago, I (and various coworkers) were threatened &#8230; <a href="http://blog.nerdbucket.com/im-not-dead-yet-celebrate-h-day/article">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Postal 2 vs. GTA: Vice City</title>
		<link>http://blog.nerdbucket.com/postal-2-vs-gta-vice-city/article</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nerdmaster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a long time coming for me, but I&#8217;ve finally gotten around to really playing one of the 3D Grand Theft Auto games recently. Steam may have its annoyances, but as I pointed out in my middle-class piracy articles, the &#8230; <a href="http://blog.nerdbucket.com/postal-2-vs-gta-vice-city/article">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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