J-dawg

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by J-dawg 11y ago
If we're talking about corporate stinginess, look no further than IBM's London office. They don't even provide a place to make your own tea or coffee, let alone the actual tea or coffee. Bringing in your own kettle is banned.
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Ask HN: Where can I get interesting data sets online?
2 points by J-dawg 11y ago|2 comments
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by J-dawg 11y ago
What practical steps can we take if this becomes law? If police and local councils are given access to browsing records, abuse is inevitable. There are already well-documented examples of councils using terrorism legislation to spy on peopl
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by J-dawg 11y ago
It's good to know I'm not the only one here! Yep, pretty thankless sums it up. Plus having to go through a long appraisal process at the end of every year which is essentially a test of how good you are at networking and self-prom
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by J-dawg 11y ago
I'm a web developer in the consulting business of a big international IT company. I'd like to be paid more, but if I'm honest with myself, my salary probably isn't far from market rate. However in terms of recognition of
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by J-dawg 11y ago
This is so true. I went to a University in the UK which is well known for sport, so I was friends with a few aspiring pro athletes. They were the only people I recall being given a 'pass' when it came to peer-pressuring people to
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Ask HN: When learning a new framework, should I try to understand everything?
4 points by J-dawg 11y ago|5 comments
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by J-dawg 11y ago
Not sure if this proves or disproves anything, but there are rumours she's a vintage radio enthusiast http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/the-truth-is-out-there
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by J-dawg 11y ago
I'm in the UK, it seems that here the PD measurement is not considered part of the prescription, and you don't have an automatic right to that information. Personally I still think it's a little unethical on the part of the o
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Ask HN: Have you bought prescription glasses online?
3 points by J-dawg 11y ago|13 comments
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by J-dawg 11y ago
I've seen fundraising campaigns from the big charities (Oxfam, Unicef etc) where they put a price on different interventions. E.g. £5 buys a dose of medicine, £10 vaccinates a child, £50 buys a goat for a family, etc. I've often f
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Disco Dog – The smartphone controlled LED dog vest(discodog.nyc)
1 points by J-dawg 11y ago|0 comments
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by J-dawg 11y ago
This may be counter to a lot of the comments here, but please, please, please don't hand in your notice until you have another job offer. I did this a few years ago, and ended up doing crappy temp jobs for months. My savings ran out, I
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by J-dawg 11y ago
Derren Brown did an interesting piece about the Skinner experiment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-FuV8LB3gU
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Ask HN: Why did multicopters suddenly take off?
39 points by J-dawg 11y ago|63 comments
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by J-dawg 12y ago
I've also heard this (I'm also in the UK), but pretty much never seen a "survey" done in practice. As you said it's usually just a video or some page buried deep in the corporate intranet. I wonder if it's reas
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by J-dawg 12y ago
This is fascinating! I immediately compared UK with USA, everything comes out red apart from "make 41.55% more money"
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by J-dawg 12y ago
This is pretty cool, I was just going to complain that I couldn't afford the electronic version. Typically, it is more expensive here in the UK than in the US. It's $489 in the US [1] and £465 ($705) in the UK [2] [1] http:/&
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by J-dawg 12y ago
Oh yeah, I discovered those too! A few wall angels seem to loosen up my neck and shoulders almost instantly. I just wish I could get away with doing them at work, I think I'd get a lot of strange looks..
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by J-dawg 12y ago
+1 for this, I'm a huge fan of MMM and this is the first time I've heard he's not popular here. I'm also curious to know why.
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Ask HN: What are you doing to look after your posture?
41 points by J-dawg 12y ago|54 comments
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Ask HN: Please evaluate my web site idea
1 points by J-dawg 12y ago|1 comments
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by J-dawg 12y ago
This thread from a couple of days ago should be useful: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9458082
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by J-dawg 12y ago
That's a great quote, and so are all the other ones on your profile!
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by J-dawg 12y ago
I really appreciate you saying that! Deep down I know I'm not the only one, but it's nice to have it confirmed. Yep, let's hang in there together.
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by J-dawg 12y ago
I possibly wasn't completely fair to myself when I said I constantly ask questions. I don't just blurt stuff out, I always use Stack Overflow etc first. I think the problem might be that where I work there is no technical manageme
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by J-dawg 12y ago
This is awesome, thank you. It's weird how good it feels having a complete stranger pay me a compliment. Thanks for all the advice.
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Ask HN: Any advice from developers who started their careers later in life?
27 points by J-dawg 12y ago|19 comments
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Ask HN: What are the most uplifting comments you've read on HN?
325 points by J-dawg 12y ago|67 comments
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by J-dawg 12y ago
Mr Money Mustache has a good primer on the subject, he also recommends the same book. The rest of his blog is well worth reading too. http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2011/10/02/what-is-stoicism-a...

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