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811.
by WWLink 7y ago
I'm going to sound really entitled saying this, but I hate morning status meetings because they eventually end up being used as a "this is a reasonable time to expect you to be in the office by" kinda measuring stick lol. It
812.
by WWLink 7y ago
Yeah it's pretty funny how people have a problem paying as much for their laptop as they do for their phone lol.
813.
by WWLink 7y ago
As long as they don't forbid companies from using OSS inside of (or to produce) a commercial product, I don't really see the problem? It'd actually give companies a competitive advantage. Speaking of that, it's absurd ho
814.
by WWLink 7y ago
Short answer: A lot of optometrists I've been to seem to only carry acuvue and can't imagine anyone wanting to use anything else. My mom used to have a favorite brand that wasn't acuvue and we'd have to argue it out with
815.
by WWLink 7y ago
After you've proven yourself, some places will let you get away with a lot.
816.
by WWLink 7y ago
The town I grew up in had a chinese restaurant downtown, right where all the busses stopped at the end of their routes. My mom and I went there all the time, since it was one of our favorite places to eat. I knew most of their family lol -
817.
by WWLink 7y ago
o_O Compared to what? G3s and G4s are pretty light on power usage - IIRC they use around 10-15w? The G3s were even less. The i7 in my desktop uses at least 95w, and some reviews suggest it's more like 140w lol. Edit: Unless you're
818.
by WWLink 7y ago
I am also pretty happy with WSL, but I'm even happier that I was able to get a mac at work lol. Although I admit, sometimes the BSD toolchain poses some rather hilarious speedbumps. At that point WSL can be smoother? Weird.
819.
by WWLink 7y ago
To be fair, tract houses are usually built poorly and don't age well. The 1960s tract house I currently rent is hot garbage and it would be better/safer to tear it down and rebuild, than it would to fix it up.
820.
by WWLink 8y ago
So what happens when you shoulder surf your team and they're reading reddit or hackernews? lol The funny thing is I work in an open place and really don't care if people see me reading reddit or hn or whatever else on my screen an
821.
by WWLink 8y ago
My Cadillac has a similar issue. It's also a known problem with certain volkswagens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkSuyXnCSO4
822.
by WWLink 8y ago
This can't be good for Apple's reputation amongst kids in school though! Apple is basically pulling what Chrysler and GM used to do with rental cars where they sold an even cheaper version for rental use. It gives a terrible first
823.
by WWLink 8y ago
I'm honestly not sure which. My favorite local fish place has a webpage with a "menu" link at the top that goes to .. a long scrolly list WITH PRICES. HOLY SHIT. Why can't more places be like that?
824.
by WWLink 8y ago
Ugh. I don't ever want to work for a company where my time tracking has to be so fine grained that I have to log bathroom breaks. Holy shit that sounds like a nightmare!
825.
by WWLink 8y ago
-grin- I get the impression you've played around with fortran 77 scripts before. (I sometimes work on software older than I am lol)
826.
by WWLink 8y ago
Historically, some spotify ads would straight up say they were being annoying to get you to subscribe. "if you subscribe you don't have to listen to these ads anymore!"
827.
by WWLink 8y ago
Fuck spotify. Their ads were so repulsive that when I finally did want to subscribe to a music service, I went with Apple Music instead. Partially out of spite.
828.
by WWLink 8y ago
Turn off your internet when doing work. Buy a stack of Postgre books. Memorize them. Never, ever, ever use stack overflow. EVER. Don't use google. Memorize everything. That's what that asshole is looking for. :) Though to be fair,
829.
by WWLink 8y ago
Rawr! Also, one person working crazy hours will not magically save the day on a project. Even if it does, the exec/product owner/whatever is going to get the bonus.
830.
by WWLink 8y ago
Open offices aren't so bad if you have a large personal space (eg, large desk and some room to move around). If you have a small/standard desk, it gets a lot worse.
831.
by WWLink 8y ago
Sadly, Apple seems more like the company to cut products that "don't produce enough growth". Look at how they killed off the ipod, airport, and time capsule devices. At the moment it seems if something isn't selling like
832.
by WWLink 8y ago
I don't believe that's the problem. Popular US market cars like the Accord have a few things in common: 1. They have a sunroof/moonroof, which makes the ceiling lower. 2. The larger sedans tend to have very slanted windshield
833.
by WWLink 8y ago
Software engineer here. I don't know ANYONE who would do that! I do know some people who spend $20 on lunch frighteningly often, though.
834.
by WWLink 8y ago
What kinda stuff does your company make, anyway?
835.
by WWLink 8y ago
On pay gaps and snacks: I've seen the opposite! Companies that pay less tend to have more spartan (and dated) facilities, cheap toilet paper, and no snacks. I've heard of some companies even having "water clubs" and &quo
836.
by WWLink 9y ago
You make a valid point, but a lot of people spend their spare time studying common skills - basically free training for their current and/or future employers. At least, I feel that way..
837.
by WWLink 9y ago
lol, parental involvement is a good thing! You're doing a great job at the parenting.
838.
by WWLink 9y ago
lol, it's cute that we give companies billions upon billions of dollars of ad revenue and don't say anything when they make cheesey useless junk, but we get all upset when NASA spends it to try and have the best and brightest engi
839.
by WWLink 9y ago
No No, the bridge decides that Toyota is too popular so when you drive across in a Prius they put you in the really bumpy slow lane that sometimes has a hole through the bottom of the bridge in it. XD
840.
by WWLink 9y ago
Thanks, you just reminded me of the cringe worthy commercial-inside-a-commercial that theme parks like to do on the radio now. xD

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