ConfuciusSay

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by ConfuciusSay 11y ago
This is exactly what I came here to say. It's all well and good that certain things (quiz) correlate more to performing well in a long-form remote coding task. But part of the problem of hiring is that these test-style code questions a
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by ConfuciusSay 11y ago
That's why you have a probation period where it's all worked into the equation that you might be let go after three months if it's not working out.
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by ConfuciusSay 11y ago
According to Ron Kirk, Obama's former top trade official, the reason he opposes making the text public is "doing so, he suggested to Reuters, would raise such opposition that it could make the deal impossible to sign". The st
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by ConfuciusSay 11y ago
In their desperation, the oligarchs are unwittingly sewing the seeds of their own demise. I suppose it's to be expected; profits for the next quarter above all other considerations! Their successors will have to deal with the fallout,
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by ConfuciusSay 11y ago
Tell me, there's been various minimum wage enacted in the U.S. since the 1930's. If a minimum wage is so bad for the economy, wow come during the last ~80 years, the U.S. has been the world's foremost leading economic engine?
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by ConfuciusSay 11y ago
The point remains that centering vertically with absolute positioning does not work with an element of variable height. Meanwhile, horizontally centering something of variable width is dead simple. Why the difference? It's a shortcomin
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by ConfuciusSay 11y ago
Except that nobody's arguing that you have to work at Tesla, they're pointing out that Elon Musk is a dick. Just as people can choose who to work for, people can also choose to share information on which employer is a dick.
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by ConfuciusSay 11y ago
The big financial institutions were demonstrably complicit in the fraud of the underwriters and loan officers. There are emails, and plenty of people willing to testify. The problem is that the SEC and DOJ never pursued those investigations
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by ConfuciusSay 12y ago
In the article they say that despite being banned, they still sometimes show up in their own Google interviews.
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by ConfuciusSay 12y ago
This only seems practical in a handful of climates that stay cold throughout the entire year. Many places that have very cold winters often also have very warm summers. In which case, do you turn the servers off in the summer?
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by ConfuciusSay 12y ago
"pump in free money into the economy and price of everything will rise relatively" This makes no sense. Runaway inflation is always a worry in any economy, but "free money" does not cause inflation. The government distri
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by ConfuciusSay 12y ago
This is awesome. I'll definitely become an avid player, right after I contribute meaningfully to several open source projects, have an active GitHub profile, while keeping my Stack Overflow reputation high, and having a fleshed out Cod
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by ConfuciusSay 12y ago
Now do one about Moore's law.
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by ConfuciusSay 12y ago
Fingerprint sensors that can't tell the difference between an image and a finger.
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by ConfuciusSay 12y ago
The only thing this scientifically proves is that marketing agencies are getting better and better at viral marketing. Imagine that, that very same dress is now back in stock. Purchase one today! http://www.romanoriginals.co.uk&#
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by ConfuciusSay 12y ago
Yeah, exactly. This seems to be what the criticism was, but seemingly the OP morphed that into "never ask for help". No, you should ask for help after you've spent a reasonable amount of time and effort going down the obvious
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by ConfuciusSay 12y ago
Yeah, it has very little to do with actual anarchy. A clickbait title in my HN? gasp
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by ConfuciusSay 12y ago
Nice job, now if you can make a simple Rust in Minecraft I'll be even more impressed!
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by ConfuciusSay 12y ago
Chill out everyone, like George Lucas said, technology companies "just don't have the margins" to pay employees market wages. That's why we need to flood the market with foreign workers who will accept peanuts for wages,
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by ConfuciusSay 12y ago
Except if consumers don't have jobs they won't be able to purchase the products made by machines, therefore the owners will NOT make the money, and the economy will enter into a "death spiral".
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by ConfuciusSay 12y ago
Now you can buy back stock algorithmically in the cloud!
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by ConfuciusSay 12y ago
Are you suggesting that excuses the copying?
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by ConfuciusSay 12y ago
Ahh yes, then we shall tax the machines!
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by ConfuciusSay 12y ago
The problem with your thinking is that you ignore the fact that socialist policies have been implemented successfully in all modern western democracies and somehow those societies haven't shattered yet. It's called a "mixed e
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by ConfuciusSay 12y ago
>what's qualitatively different between 70% of the population working with 30% on welfare, and 10% of the population working with 90% on welfare? The government receives less tax revenues because 20% of the population is no longer w
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by ConfuciusSay 12y ago
You contradict yourself in the article. You say that "Most people probably shouldn’t go to school" and that "you may just be better off not going to school", but when people call you out on that inane conclusion you tell
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by ConfuciusSay 12y ago
Economists might focus on that, but the point is that in actuality companies do not focus on 'providing the greatest possible benefit to the greatest number of people'. Partially it's because that goal is far more difficult a
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by ConfuciusSay 12y ago
Or getting "let go" 24 hours before vesting date.
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by ConfuciusSay 12y ago
No. Next question!
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by ConfuciusSay 12y ago
Also, even with the best equity agreement, you can still get royally screwed when it comes down to the wire.

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