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> I’ve worked at multiple jobs where I barely interacted with the subject matter. You are completely right. My point is that is the same for video games than any other subject. And following your example, you may join a video game compan
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> Despite how it sounds, I'm not in favor of regulation. I'm all for people learning lessons the hard way. That "tough love" idea is bullshit. Giving young people hope and telling them that are going to be rich, and t
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> "As soon as you could exchange Bitcoin for money, every scammer came out of the woodwork," he said. "A lot of people [involved in crypto] have a history of scams." This is well known. But, if you are a Reddit user o
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Developing games can be as frustrating or rewarding as any other product, it depends on how much you like the industry you work on. I know people that develops music software, they love playing instruments, they love music, and they enjoy t
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> We fantasized about telling the VP to stick it and quitting en masse, but we knew it wouldn't change anything. We'd just be replaced by someone that would. I sympathize with you. If you have quit, you would have my admiration
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> IE, you're part of the problem. You're just rationalizing to make yourself feel better. That's not true. Governments exist to deal with this kind of situation. If companies make it difficult for citizens to cancel subscr
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> We want to complain about them; we just don't want to fix them. This dismisses the actual problem, citizens of the USA are fighting against big corporation interests and systemic abuse. This is the kind of thing a movie bully tell
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> particularly when people are scared by elevated violent crime numbers. Crime has been down from the 1990s to 2020. People has been more and more scare of less and less crime. > "defund the police" led Minneapolis to actual
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> security isn’t usually seen as a feature. I have seen this changing since the introduction of GDPR in Europe. There is a direct cash incentive to avoid data-leaks. Being mandatory to inform of any data-leak and the possibility of fines
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Github is becoming "social media" instead of a code repository. I guess that it is Ok. But I do not know how smart is that level of brand dilution. Slowly I am becoming less and less inclined to click on Microsoft Github links, bu
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> But the “brain fog” that is one of the key issues reported by those suffering long-term consequences after a case of Covid could be related to exactly what this new research has found. I can relate to the term “brain fog”. One of my si
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> I don’t see why anyone would do anything else. Because that is the smart thing to do. I got to purchase my laptop when I left the company, and they still wiped it out before handling it. It protects them and it protects me. I do not wa
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> We were investigating the employee as part of their offboarding. I do not know how it works in your country, but anything that you discover of his personal life becomes a liability for the company. If he had AIDS and now you get that k
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This is a cool project. The part that I am not so sure about is why don't they just use an artist to paint the missing part? What is the advantage of using an AI? My guess, even that I hope not, is that people thinks that AI is going t
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> I don't love defending Facebook, but as of last year, they employed 15 THOUSAND content moderators If all that discussions in Facebook happened in cafes, libraries and schools there will be way more "moderators" in that
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> The web was born and grew up on Windows For many home users that is a reality, even if it is not historically accurate. And, more importantly, I think that highlights the current position of Windows. In the 90s and 2000s, Windows was s
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> presidential? Upsy-daisy. It sounds cooler, thou.
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> Nearly half of all students thought their degree offered poor value for money this year according to a survey that sheds light on the scale of student anger with their universities’ response to the pandemic Emphasis mine on "thi
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How to Re-Onboard Employees Who Started Remotely
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That is very interesting data. I always assumed that USA commutes are longer. It would be interesting to get a breakdown by means of transport. My commute is almost 25 minutes: 10 minutes by subway and 15 minutes walking. I could make it fa
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That is a very USA view of the work place. The part that I most appreciate from casual chats in the office is the non-productive part. To hear people laugh, to chat about vacations, to humanize your colleagues has a lot of value. That creat
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> People no longer trust their government, on a fundamental level. > The End is coming. > Chaos and upheaval is at hand, Stop your horses cowboy. There is a big difference between political disillusion and "The End of the Time
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Just out of curiosity I would like to know if this is a emulator written in JavaScript or written in C and compiled with Emscripted for the web. I have not found information in the linked source. Anyone knows?
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And that is how companies collaborate to keep salaries low. > "I thought we agreed not to recruit any senior level employees…. I would propose we keep it that way. Open to discuss. It would be good to agree." I will not express
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> sorry, it's 5:01 and the contract prohibits me from turning that screw, I'll be back Monday morning to do that for you Alternative view: "I have a life outside work, now I am free to enjoy that life as a normal human bei
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> I get from the other comments that you're responding here You should be better off ignoring comments from people you do not know, with unknown agendas, and without sources. Amazon is well known for astroturfing and creating "
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I had a similar experience when I searched on Google Photos and realized that it can find text in pictures. I know that the technology exists, but it still surprised me how it has been added to a product so seamlessly. I searched for "
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> Just ban advertisement networks. That seems a line that could be added to John Lennon's "Imagine". Imagine there's no advertisement. It's easy if you try. No more click-bait for us. The limit only the sky
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When I was a kid, TV was full of content like "Beyond 2000" were the general population was introduced to possibilities for the future, to what technology will bring to our lives, to what possibilities were out there. There were m
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If you look at the list some are enablers that help to achieve the others. If you get this ones: - Get to where they need to go conveniently and inexpensively. - Get access to education, training and credentialing. - Get access to things th
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