P_I_Staker

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by P_I_Staker 8y ago
How many places have you worked? 60h is not the standard in my experience. I've never worked 60h. People I know that worked what I considered crappy jobs did on occasion. Vacation and maternity leave are bad, but plenty of us companies
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by P_I_Staker 8y ago
LMFAO, have you met Apple before? I'm not holding out for them to change their ways anytime soon. They seem to have made every effort to avoid having a general mac box. > "The smallness or thinness of the machine is absolutely
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by P_I_Staker 8y ago
Some of those things sound like positives!
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by P_I_Staker 8y ago
If it absolutely is something that they're qualified to make decisions regarding maybe. Oftentimes the people handling the day to day operations of a company, aren't qualified to make certain specific decisions. Just letting your
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by P_I_Staker 8y ago
No. Sometimes you must say no. No is important. Explaining why no is the answer isn't toxic, it's usually necessary, because otherwise you're saying: No, because I said so, which is toxic.
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by P_I_Staker 8y ago
> Do we really want social media monopolists and search engines to decide on what is truth and what isn't? Judging by HN and reddit threads, this is exactly what people want. In fairness, it's human nature. The vast majority of
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by P_I_Staker 8y ago
I simply cannot agree with this logic. I'd compare this to saying, if you don't like TV censorship create your own channel. Don't like censorship in Hollywood? Simply open a major studio. I've been extremely critical of
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by P_I_Staker 8y ago
No offense, but it might have to do with the way you seem to strangers. You get a sense of a person and sometimes you feel that you can talk to randoms; that they're interested and/or you're on the same mental wavelength. The
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by P_I_Staker 8y ago
People like finding little niches where they have power; makes them feel important and in control. They'll flock to power positions, even if the job is objectively pretty terrible. Or if you're being charitable, it's because
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by P_I_Staker 8y ago
Hey, you're probably right. I'm not so sure the user should be making that decision though. Users would probably do away with strong passwords and automatic updates too, if they had the option. It's not their call, and should
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by P_I_Staker 8y ago
I blame them. This is the world we live in. Google was nice enough not to lock down their ecosystem (like Apple), so in a way they're being sensitive to your concerns. Epic should not be punishing Google for being permissive. This way
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by P_I_Staker 8y ago
> Maybe if we shifted our view of management as "just being a different skill set" and not always being higher paid then we'd find people without the required skills wouldn't try and obtain those positions and would f
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by P_I_Staker 8y ago
Yikes, harsh. I mostly agree though. I thought this article was silly and couldn't even finish it. I'm not really sure what his point was. Since the conception of software engineering as a discipline, maintainability and code reus
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by P_I_Staker 8y ago
Do you think there could be some semi-legitimate reasons for that behavior, beyond just laziness and cowardice? Cost is a big issue in the justice system. Of course, you should still go after murders (and other serious offenders), even if i
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by P_I_Staker 8y ago
> Many Master Inventors earn more from the patent bonuses than they do in actual salary. So if we're being extremely conservative about pay at IBM, they're able to churn out 60+ patents per year? So more than one successful pat
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by P_I_Staker 8y ago
Yes, the pretentiousness can be over-the top. They literally see themselves as a global movement. I have the same problem with TED. It's just a place for privileged people to rub elbows and pretend they're doing something for the
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by P_I_Staker 8y ago
On your first point, inclusiveness and diversity is great; the issue isn't that rich people are joining in the fun, the problem is when values get warped. What I found most striking was the paid servants and private cities described. W
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by P_I_Staker 8y ago
There's a range of cannabinoids with varying effects; I believe this is something that's studied, acknowledged, but still not completely understood. THC is just the main one. The variations explain the differences between strains,