altero

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by altero 13y ago
10 000 hours is about 3.5 years study. No need to take mortgage for university, no need to work for free 'to prove yourself'. Hell you can even babysit while doing it (as I am doing now while learning Scala)
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by altero 13y ago
It is impossible to argue with such generalization. Culture is sexist, ergo industry is sexist. I would only say that LA startup has very different culture from big corporation which still uses mainframes and Cobol.
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by altero 13y ago
I find it ridiculous how IT, the industry with lowest entry barrier that ever existed, is often marked as sexist and elitist. Wanna program? Here is computer and manual, see you in 10 000 hours.
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by altero 13y ago
You have no idea what you are talking about. It is very common to kidnap alone female tourists on broad daylight, since they "do not belong to anyone".
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by altero 13y ago
Sorry, that might sound sharper than I intended.
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by altero 13y ago
> However, users of these link-sharing sites will not be targeted under the new law and search engines and peer-to-peer users will also be exempt. Most of these sites are actually warez search engines. This makes this law pretty toothles
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by altero 13y ago
Let me guess: usually travels alone with just cabin luggage. No children or friend who needs assistance. Most 'dangerous item' is laptop. Always has a return ticket. Never visited Belarus, Iraq or other 'dangerous' count
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by altero 13y ago
Because UK airport security is usually very inflexible in such unusual cases (they provide great service for 'classic' disabilities such as wheelchair). Also the fact they travel from Heathrow (most overcrowded and busiest airport
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by altero 13y ago
Heathrow airport sucks for everyone, not just `businessman`. This is not 'decent thing' but PR stunt. Similar way when cat on tree is rescued by three fire cars and police squad. Just try to travel with someone who has serious men
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by altero 13y ago
Lets put it other way. Why someone should produce 10x more work, even if she/he could? Salary would be probably only 20% higher. And there is a huge pile of disadvantages (no holidays, extra support...). It is also career limiting move
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by altero 13y ago
Perhaps it could be sexist to men...
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by altero 13y ago
... and people with mild autism are classified as 'normal' and get treated as shit, if they do not fit.
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by altero 13y ago
Am I only one who finds this stuff disturbing and sexist? Author starts with some 'facts' and than just goes on and on with some speculations.
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by altero 13y ago
he was tasered, cuffed and than tasered several times more. No CPR. That is murder.
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by altero 13y ago
Last time I checked airport security in canada murdered Polish citizen because he did not spoke english.
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by altero 13y ago
I am fine with open-plan office as soon as I can book private room when I need it (hint: almost always).
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by altero 13y ago
Because otherwise someone else would complain it is white sausage fest?
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by altero 13y ago
Congratulation! Turbo Vision had this only 25 years ago, JS is catching up :-)
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by altero 13y ago
I think it is fair comparison. There are gangs stealing bikes, it is also frequently target to vandalism. And it is scalable to the level, that is not safe to leave your bike without lock. Also article only talks about single credit card. W
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by altero 13y ago
Two questions: * did police payed the damage caused by confiscating computers? It could be easily thousands euro. * crime was a few stolen theater tickets. Confiscating stuff seems like over-reaction, when bike is stolen (similar value) th
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by altero 13y ago
Please do not be so negative. They also provide other great stuff such as chairs and toilet paper.
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by altero 13y ago
You also lose unemployment support and other benefits. Very usual for someone who is changing career path. In my country loss would be around 1100 euro per month. Bit expensive for 'privilege' of experimenting with some stupid OS
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by altero 13y ago
> drink for "free" in exchange for x number of oranges Why just not eat the oranges?
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by altero 13y ago
Interesting how silent we are. Obama is way worse than Bush ever was.
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by altero 13y ago
For non-US companies this is even worse. We could actually get sued for not securing our data, if we use hosting in US. Already happened to Irish Google.
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by altero 13y ago
> The medical industry would make more money There is strong competition in medical industry. One company sells vaccine, some others sells medicine and hospital equipment.
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by altero 13y ago
Echolon is widely known since 1980ies, "spying on everyone" is just question how filters were set. And "all the data on incompetence and failure" you have now are just a few PowerPoint slides and speculations. I would sa
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by altero 13y ago
Yes, and someone who thinks that NSA is spying on him is tinfoil-hat.
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by altero 13y ago
Q8: Is a vaccine available to prevent human infection with H5N1avian influenza? Candidate vaccines to prevent H5N1 infection have been developed, but they are not ready for widespread use. http://www.who.int/influenza/h
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by altero 13y ago
Large part of population was not vaccinated. Also some countries did not provide vaccination at all. Dead were mostly related to overall fitness rather than some magic virus.

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