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by _odey 4y ago
"Stardust, an astrology-focused menstrual tracking app" Can somebody please explain to me what the purpose of "astrology" is in all of this?
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by _odey 4y ago
`- Take-home technical assignment (~4h) or similar at candidate's choosing` This. Get rid of this. Everybody that reads this, get rid of it if you have such a step in your interview process. Do a 1 hour maximum live challenge instead,
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by _odey 4y ago
Speaking from personal experience here (bootstrapped, not startup, but should apply similarly): Good: - honesty about the reason why they wanted to start the company: "I wanted to be a owner and not an employee anymore" and "
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by _odey 4y ago
Can't tell you about Andrew Ng's coruse as I haven't done that, but for Michael Nielsen's course it was Matrices and Partial Derivatives. I'm assuming it's quite similar.
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by _odey 4y ago
Not a full course I'd say, but I've used this one to learn the math behind deep neural networks and code my own from scratch in elixir and C: http://neuralnetworksanddeeplearning.com/
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by _odey 4y ago
This comment seems off topic and it's heavily down-voted but there is an element of truth to what this person is saying. Please hear me out. I've been through the process of installing Ruby on a Linux (Ubuntu 20.04) laptop I got f
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by _odey 4y ago
...continuing here: 5. Slow Update Cycles. This is about hardware support; in recent years there have been rare cases in my experience where some new hardware was not supported on Linux quickly enough (let's say either on launch day or
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by _odey 4y ago
There's many factors to this, some of which are: 1. Branding. Unlike MacOS/Windows, there is no ONE Linux, you have Linux "Distributions". So the brand is split between different entities with different goals and mentali
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by _odey 4y ago
My website is not a blog, it's a knowledgebase of snippets, kind of like a personal stackoverflow with bits and pieces here and there where I was experimenting with different content types. The main purpose is to serve me, first and fo
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by _odey 5y ago
According to my reckoning, on his kitchen scales ;)
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by _odey 5y ago
I've bought Proton Mail. But I don't like the fact that I depend on their mobile app instead of being able to use K9-Mail and their proton-bridge on desktop to connect to Thunderbird. Also they don't allow you to initiate an
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by _odey 5y ago
The article does not touch upon why exactly android + encrypted chats. But it does make sense not to give your employer access to your personal affairs. If I'd ever work for Google, I'll switch my and my families devices and acco
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by _odey 5y ago
I am, it has Adobe Acrobat Reader: https://snapcraft.io/acrordrdc Which I need when I have to declare my taxes in Romania since it's done via a PDF file that can't be opened and filled in with any other tool: htt
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by _odey 5y ago
Here is what workred in my recent job search, that just ended this week: 1. Messgae people on LinkedIn, the more senior in the company, the better. This was by far the fastest and most reliable way for me to get to the first round. 2. Messa
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by _odey 5y ago
At a previous employer I had people that we just hire be our +1 and shadow the interview process, if they wanted to of course. They really appreciated this since it showed them that there was no hidden conspiracy in the process, we were giv
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by _odey 5y ago
I'll write an article about it on my website once I'm confident enough in my skills and knowledge that I won't accidentally encourage people to grow dangerous molds or botulism bacteria... Meanwhile you can enjoy the youtube
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by _odey 5y ago
I drilled a hole in a fridge and put temperature and humidity sensors inside, plus a fan, and a dehumidifier. Now I have a miniature "basement" that I can inoculate with good mold, fill with different types of meat, and make my ow
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by _odey 5y ago
I don't get what's the big deal. Just unfollow everyone you connect with, disable all notifications, and check it once a week. That's what I do, and I see no "cringe". This way LinkedIn becomes just an "instant
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by _odey 5y ago
Advice from somebody currently job searching in the UK: 1. Post your jobs on LinkedIn and Glassdoor. Any other website is basically pointless (maybe HN's Who is Hiring? at the beginning of the month can get you some attention too) beca
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by _odey 5y ago
You mean "de facto relationship"? From what I understand, no, it's the exact opposite. https://www.gotocourt.com.au/family-law/de-facto-relationshi... "The courts can make an order for the division
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by _odey 5y ago
Common Law Marriage doesn't seem to be a thing in the UK since 1753. Is this just a US thing? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clandestine_Marriages_Act_1753 https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/family&#
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by _odey 5y ago
So how does one find your email? I'm asking this to showcase a problem I'm having right now while job searching (not at the junior level). Basically I'm trying to get in touch with companies directly, in the UK, and not throu
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by _odey 5y ago
EDIT: Already accepted an offer, removing this so I don't get any more emails. Sorry for the trouble!
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by _odey 5y ago
It definitely matters how I interpret it as I'm one of the parties signing it. The judge comes in when there is a disagreement on the interpretations, which means I have to state what makes my position stand and bring arguments. With a
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by _odey 5y ago
True, reason why you don't stop at just the employment contract. You should also disclose existing projects to them and have them sign that your work outside of hours/facilities does not upset them.
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by _odey 5y ago
It does not apply retroactively.
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by _odey 5y ago
But I do understand ptx's confusion in this thread. After reading through all the tweets and replies, especially this one https://twitter.com/_strlght/status/1467460142279143428 where @arkivanov replies they
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by _odey 5y ago
That's not how I see it, the important part being "which relate to, or are reasonably capable of being used in, the business". This part was missing from my old contracts. As far as I understand it, this clause does not force
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by _odey 5y ago
Of course, I wouldn't rely only on the employment contract. But this is a good start since this means you didn't sign a document stating "all you do belongs to us no matter what". Personally, at the same time as signin
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by _odey 5y ago
Company WiFi falls under their "equipment"/"facilities" as far as I'm concerned and it's fair for the company to be upset about you using it for your personal benefit in my opinion.

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