SergeAx

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by SergeAx 4y ago
Okay. If not revenue or customers acquisition, there should be some other productivity metrics. Because lines of code committed or tickets moved to the right on Kanban board are definitely not those metrics
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by SergeAx 4y ago
But we are talking about soared productivity . It cannot left key company metrics unaffected, otherwise what kind of productivity it is?
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by SergeAx 4y ago
In another great, although fiction book "Cryptonomicon" I found a life-changing passage about the ultimate raison d'être of every commercial company in the world: "increasing the value of shareholders". That goal ca
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by SergeAx 4y ago
Only if they used a byte value to store repetition/days count, which is unlikely.
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by SergeAx 4y ago
> Without managers, productivity soared. So, the revenue that year increased dramatically? How many new clients your company acquired?
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by SergeAx 4y ago
This is what you get with "corporate" software, when people making the decision are never actually use it, and people using it are never have a vote on buying decision.
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by SergeAx 4y ago
Wow, America made it again. I thought I know all the esoteric units, and still here I am. For all poor souls like me: one acre-foot is 1233 cubic meters.
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by SergeAx 4y ago
A powerful compact GaN USB-C charger. Freed my backpack from bulky laptop charger, and can at the same time charge both laptop and a phone. Strong win-win.
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by SergeAx 4y ago
I am using a small hygienic shower with the button for more than a 15 years. It is really easy to install, a skilled plumber will do it in an hour, putting a T-connector where the toilet takes its water. Did it in every place I rented since
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by SergeAx 4y ago
I googled air fryer and found out that is a second generation of kitchen tech. First generation was known as Air Grill and was good, but quite bulky, with big glass cover and not easy to wash after using, to be honest. Does anyone have used
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by SergeAx 4y ago
> the contractor is looking to make money, just like the YouTuber That's a very valid point. The question is who has more skin in the game. Contractors have more of a positive feedback: if I am satisfied, I will recommend them to my
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by SergeAx 4y ago
> I wrote a fix for this bug in the linux driver and sent to the linux-kernel mailing list (linux-input), so that a DS4 with a broken calibration does not cause a kernel panic. I really admire people, who contribute their random finding
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by SergeAx 4y ago
I know nothing about nuts tighten patterns. I always tighten four bolts system diagonally because I saw how things could deform otherwise. But I took it from my own experience, not from some guy with the camera and strong wish to earn money
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by SergeAx 4y ago
I am sorry, I must be at the wrong place. I thought it is a tech news forum, but it is obviously a Stripe support board.
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by SergeAx 4y ago
How can you be sure that the YouTube is right and real life professionals are not? Making money on YouTube ad revenue share is quite popular thing today, and no one verifies what is uploaded there, unless it is a copyrighted material.
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Semaglutidonomics(astralcodexten.substack.com)
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by SergeAx 4y ago
My current company uses MS Exchange with Outlook as client, and there's a cap on a recurring meeting occurrences. First I thought it is annoying, but now I believe it is actually a good product decision to force people to re-evaluate t
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by SergeAx 4y ago
You mean, like in giving false answers to get a job you are not fit for?
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by SergeAx 4y ago
This is a very good answer, actually.
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by SergeAx 4y ago
The idea of this question is not about getting spot on prognosis, but about the general sanity and maturity of the candidate. It is not a technical, it is a behavioral question.
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by SergeAx 4y ago
> My opinion on such a hypothetical question? I hate these riddles fiercely. Then maybe you just not a good fit for the company, and it is actually a very good question for that company's interview, after all?
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by SergeAx 4y ago
So, am I understood correctly that the endgame of cable or Amazon business is selling the company, as a whole or via IPO? And what the endgame for buyer(s) would be then?
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by SergeAx 4y ago
If you use the car every day (as, I believe, most people in the US do) - there is a strong incentive to invest in the quality of that part of your life. Like, everybody understand why you need good bed frame, mattress, pillows and bedsheets
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by SergeAx 4y ago
There's a comment higher from here that expensive car is a good proxy signal of wealth. Preferring wealthy people may feel unjust and even obnoxious, but it is definitely not superficial thinking. I personally would too steer clear (pu
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by SergeAx 4y ago
Well, one of the feature of the Mercedes is a very smooth suspension. It is much more convenient to type on the mobile keyboard while onboard of such a car. I think Gen X really should notice that.
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by SergeAx 4y ago
I actually took that program and was running 5k. Once I even got to 10k relatively easy. But I never get the kicks from running except those numbers achieved. The only pleasure from running for me is when I stop running and go to shower to
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by SergeAx 4y ago
> Many workers say they see little connection between working hard and being rewarded. At the same time, in most tech companies I see a lot of backpressure against performance reviews, which is exactly the instrument of rewarding hard wo
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by SergeAx 4y ago
This is a false assumption, because some people definitely are. What is the real point of your statement? That you are not interested in opinions of such people?
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by SergeAx 4y ago
Why shouldn't you? It's a comfortable car with lots of bells and whistles. From personal experience, it is much more pleasure to ride inside one, compared to cheaper cars. I think it is also much more pleasure to drive one (I don&
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by SergeAx 4y ago
Mercedes is not a status symbol for Gen Z only because Gen Z generally just can't afford a Mercedes. Therefore for Gen Z a pair of sneakers is a status symbol.

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