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931.
by 2rsf 7y ago
Actually there is a legal problem here- if you are not an employee you must be able to provide an invoice, which most of us cannot.
932.
by 2rsf 7y ago
> Ideally the candidate offers code samples Code samples are not like blood or urine samples, you should have serious and public projects to sample from. Many great programmers are not coding outside of the work environment, what should
933.
by 2rsf 7y ago
interesting concept, but isn't the overhead in such small projects bigger than the work itself ? It takes time to setup and learn a customer's new environment
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by 2rsf 7y ago
> I have to admit, it's hard to believe we'd allow this sort of thing these day Playing the devil's advocate for a moment- suppose you had some information about 9/11 one week before, would you torture your informant
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by 2rsf 7y ago
Here's how we intended the system to work at one of those big ones- We were using the sky blue devops system that the company developed to track development tickets. Bugs were triaged as soon as they arrived, by email or otherwise, and
936.
by 2rsf 7y ago
But HN doesn't hold my entire life's writings
937.
by 2rsf 7y ago
This clause from the privacy policy is not very encouraging: > We may terminate or suspend your account and bar access to the Service immediately, without prior notice or liability, under our sole discretion, for any reason whatsoever an
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by 2rsf 7y ago
You are comparing apples to oranges, your lawyer is self employed and those 365/hr pays for his office rent, secretary, pension, professional insurance, ongoing professional education an so on.
939.
by 2rsf 7y ago
Maybe to the first one, Big definite no to the second one- quantum physics, chaotic systems (as in Chaos theory) and the fact that we still don't know all the rules of nature are theoretical limits to your idea.
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by 2rsf 7y ago
Yes we can, that's how it works in Sweden and AFAIK in many other European countries. Tips are not expected, and are meant only for extraordinary service. The base pay is decent and so are the benefits like vacation, pension etc.
941.
by 2rsf 7y ago
Most (low cost) airlines I flew used one, or two at most, of the door. It would work even better if you could use doors on both sides of the plane. The problem is that usually, in most airports, this requires more than a single jet bridge p
942.
by 2rsf 7y ago
While I agree that "never" is a strong word, we usually over estimate ours and others importance and irreplaceablity. Sometimes replacement of a critical engineer might even do good to a company by forcing them to break the silo.
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by 2rsf 7y ago
That's a big one, and on top of that people don't realize how fast software decays when the man behind the curtain is on his coffee break
944.
by 2rsf 7y ago
with bills the quality is secondary, and indexing is more important. I scan using Microsoft Office Lens and email to myself adding a few keywords in the title "Electricity bill for November 2020"
945.
by 2rsf 7y ago
Relevant, you are not alone: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/01/06/fire-and-motion/
946.
by 2rsf 7y ago
But why are the original language subtitles not accurate ? and I am referring even to "simple" local TV series that didn't undergo several rounds of editing. As part of my Swedish learning I watch a lot of Swedish shows with
947.
by 2rsf 7y ago
Thank you for considering tests and testing as an important part of any code review !
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by 2rsf 7y ago
The backlight is what probably consumes most of the power, AFAIK color displays wouldn't properly work otherwise
949.
by 2rsf 7y ago
> pays reasonable money what are you comparing ? the number on your payslip or quality of life with the same salary ?
950.
by 2rsf 7y ago
> arithmetics true, but you should calculate everything- highly subsidized education, public transportation and medical, generous grants for students, more vacation days, long parental leave etc.
951.
by 2rsf 7y ago
Don't forget public transportation which is non existent or bad in many places in the US, a 30-45 minutes on a Stockholm Metro or train takes down the prices significantly. Those 300,000$ can buy you a nice semi detached and you won&#x
952.
by 2rsf 7y ago
I wonder why is Sweden is not part of the list ? lack of responses or simply forgotten ? > The biggest takeaway I got from this experience is that your English don't need to be perfect and you don't need a CS degree I disagree
953.
by 2rsf 7y ago
the rate is for general trash collection, not just those cans. From the link in the article: > Lam: Do you feel like you still need to be careful, even though you’re doing the same task every day? Veloz: Absolutely. Every time you get ou
954.
by 2rsf 7y ago
Good article on an important topic for novices, but why is it so long ?
955.
by 2rsf 7y ago
The title says > Researchers crack While the article says > the researchers stress that their findings do not represent an exact solution to the three-body problem Sigh..
956.
by 2rsf 7y ago
> "if everyone thinks something is a good idea, it's probably a bad idea" Note that this is not the situation in CS, everyone thinks CS is a good career but luckily for us not a lot of them can actually try it out. CS is
957.
by 2rsf 7y ago
> when you are 40+ you might find that you have trouble getting hired for a decent paying job I am surrounded by talented people over 40, none of whom had problems finding a decently paying job. I am aware that there's some level o
958.
by 2rsf 7y ago
that doesn't answer the original question of > Are mechanical keyboards that much "better"
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by 2rsf 7y ago
I don't think her shitty robots are something to look down at, she not only used a decent amount of technology but also had imagination, creativity, fun and had a talent to get the viewers involved. It takes an expert to get to her lev
960.
by 2rsf 7y ago
that's not how it works, nowadays concrete columns are the thing that supports the weight of the building, the space between the columns is then filled with bricks. Floors are usually made of thinner concrete, although sometimes a desi

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