Anticapitalist

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by Anticapitalist 9y ago
Probably the rise of IoT bringing people down the stack to microcontrollers
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by Anticapitalist 9y ago
After the electrical grid, but before the internet the most accurate clock available in most people's houses was the 50/60Hz of AC power.
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by Anticapitalist 9y ago
The expenses you list would be paid by the company for in-office work. They should not lower your compensation.
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by Anticapitalist 9y ago
Stories of 8pm calls are not limited to work from home employees though.
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by Anticapitalist 9y ago
He's an exempt member of a union, not a contractor.
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by Anticapitalist 9y ago
Doesn't seem all that subtle to me
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by Anticapitalist 9y ago
There's tons of them. Facebook groups, linked-in groups and subreddits for any discipline already exist and are waiting for you to join them.
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by Anticapitalist 9y ago
It doesn't read like an ad. It reads like the often repeated (and ignored) experience of women in tech.
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by Anticapitalist 9y ago
If you go with the precision line from small business it's the same hardware, but with much more customization
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by Anticapitalist 9y ago
But shouldn't the time required to review also drop significantly when the reviewer is familiar with the module?
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by Anticapitalist 9y ago
Technically yes, but it's not as practical as the high end video cameras mentioned above.
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by Anticapitalist 9y ago
Why are you so enamored with giving up control of your hardware to the laptop manufacturer? From never-fixed bugs in manufacturer's firmware to setting up things to happen on the next boot, there are innumerable reasons to write to the
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by Anticapitalist 9y ago
You get Dickens-esque wordiness from pay-by-word, not short and punchy
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by Anticapitalist 9y ago
:s/willing/able
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by Anticapitalist 9y ago
You missed the most likely business case. The hardware across a family with different prices and features is identical. Features are then enabled/disabled by firmware alone. This is frequently done to save on silicon manufacturing cost
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by Anticapitalist 9y ago
That's 20 installations, not 20 users. In early computing many users would share the same computer.
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by Anticapitalist 9y ago
A 4 bedroom house in South palo alto is at least a $1 million property. Not exactly modest.
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by Anticapitalist 9y ago
Realistically it seems the impediment is perceived loss of comfort from loss of income.