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by bloat 10y ago
In my experience the recruiter gives the candidate enough coaching to know the format. I couldn't say how it might work for other routes.
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by bloat 10y ago
Computer Science is a three year degree at least - you can't spend an hour talking about it? Even implementing something simple and well known (like a breadth first search for example) on the white board can take an hour, if you are di
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by bloat 10y ago
Yes this is pretty common in my area (finance in London). Especially in the HR interview which is sometimes called a competency interview. You will get questions of the format "tell me about a time when you persuaded your manager to do
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The Hugo Awards: George RR Martin, Vox Day on the Prize's Future(theguardian.com)
5 points by bloat 10y ago|0 comments
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by bloat 10y ago
"Under an obscure paragraph of Germany’s criminal code, prosecution for insults against organs or representatives of foreign states requires both a notification from the offended party and an authorisation from the government." h
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by bloat 10y ago
Conrad's "Modern Times, Modern Places" is a wonderful book about modernism in art in the 20th century, if you're interested in finding out more about the whys and whos and wheres and whats of the whole business.
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by bloat 11y ago
The Guardian has its faults of course, but should it really be described as corporate media? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Trust_Limited Compared to say the Telegraph: https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
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by bloat 11y ago
This is actually a well written and researched and interesting article about race as a social construct and as a physical reality. Perhaps you shouldn't just dismiss it because you (apparently) can't be bothered to think about the
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by bloat 11y ago
If you're using GNUS to read your IMAP mail, you can link from org into GNUS. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15736590/how-to-automatic... Org can also store arbitrary links, with custom protocols - for in
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by bloat 11y ago
How big of a tank on your roof do you need to replace a box of lead acid batteries?
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by bloat 11y ago
I've been a professional developer for 20+ years. Not once have I gotten a job from a personal connection. Not once. It's always been a submit-a-resume-and-interview (via an agency). At the risk of bragging, I'm very good at
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by bloat 11y ago
a) He says just that, three paragraphs before he uses the shorthand "shakes" - which is in quotes, indicating the inaccuracy of the usage.
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Herzog's wild ride through the web(theguardian.com)
74 points by bloat 11y ago|21 comments
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Window Manipulation Utilities(wmutils.io)
26 points by bloat 11y ago|10 comments
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What is functional programming?(blog.jenkster.com)
11 points by bloat 11y ago|7 comments
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by bloat 11y ago
Also known as a bus! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/09/uber-uberh...
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Building the Tamagotchi Singularity(spritesmods.com)
2 points by bloat 11y ago|0 comments
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by bloat 11y ago
"The Electric Monk was a labour-saving device, like a dishwasher or a video recorder. Dishwashers washed tedious dishes for you, thus saving you the bother of washing them yourself, video recorders watched tedious television for you, t
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by bloat 11y ago
This is a complete non-sequitur. One statement: Bike helmet laws do not help rider safety. Another statement: If you, the individual, crash, then wearing a helmet can save your life. These are not contradictory.
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What's New in IntelliJ IDEA 15?(jetbrains.com)
10 points by bloat 11y ago|0 comments
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by bloat 11y ago
You must have pretty specialised knowledge to look at that photo in the junk shop and say to yourself, "You know, that might be Billy the Kid. I should get this appraised."
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by bloat 11y ago
This fellow writes some good articles on the subject and will send them via a mailing list once a week: http://marcusblankenship.com/list/
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by bloat 11y ago
And from the "plus ça change" department - the company that owned the tank tried to avoid responsibility by claiming that it had been blown up by anarchists.
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Great Molasses Flood(en.wikipedia.org)
16 points by bloat 11y ago|5 comments
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Maths palace built by calculus 'rock star' on sale for £11.4m(theguardian.com)
3 points by bloat 11y ago|0 comments
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by bloat 11y ago
OK, so maybe it won't work for graduate CVs. For anyone else, surely you just list your university and your degree. Edit: Ah. Just noticed the article is talking about graduates.
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by bloat 11y ago
In the UK the 90's started when The Stone Roses and The Happy Mondays appeared together on Top Of The Pops. November 1989.
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Phineas Gage and the effect of an iron bar through the head (2010)(theguardian.com)
7 points by bloat 11y ago|0 comments
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Phineas Gage and the effect of an iron bar through the head (2010)(theguardian.com)
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by bloat 11y ago
Don't forget that a sprint is followed by a period of rest and recuperation, i.e. the retrospective and planning period. Only then does the next sprint really begin. So in that sense the metaphor is valid, and you can keep sprinting in

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