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by blumentopf 15y ago
What I don't understand is that this report seems to contradict other reports of software engineers being in high-demand, which presumably should lead to lower interview barriers?!
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by blumentopf 15y ago
Ludicrous! Imagine an employee living out of state doing work at home, like preparing slides for a presentation. No telecommuting, just doing work at a desk. And that's "doing business"?
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by blumentopf 15y ago
I had a customer project two years ago: Import data that came out of SAP HR-PT into a MySQL database. HR-PT is the SAP personnel time recording system. This thing generates plain text tables with each entry having a fixed-width data type wh
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by blumentopf 15y ago
I'd welcome such a job board. And it would be wonderful if it won't be just for permanent jobs, but also for contractor jobs.
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Smoothing iron turned into a phone(translate.google.com)
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by blumentopf 15y ago
Suggestion: As long as you're not putting anything useful on your landing page, why not join the This Page Intentionally Left Blank Project? http://www.this-page-intentionally-left-blank.org/
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by blumentopf 15y ago
Actually I've responded to the advice the Economist is giving in that article, which isn't objective at all. Italy needs to boost the sectors it's great in, instead of applying generic Anglo-Saxon recipes.
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by blumentopf 15y ago
It's amazing that the Economist still touts Anglo-Saxon "panaceas" for growth: deregulate, get rid of red tape, focus the economy on services rather than manufacturing. When Germany entered a period of stagnation after the Euro-introduction
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by blumentopf 15y ago
Ask HN: How do you say "Geiz ist geil" in English?
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by blumentopf 15y ago
Also: Antler Notes vs. Stickies (System 7.5): http://jens.mooseyard.com/1997/04/they-made-me-an-offer-i-co...
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by blumentopf 15y ago
German liveticker: http://www.heise.de/mac-and-i/liveticker
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How a 3 week business trip to the US got reduced to 3 hours(noop.nl)
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by blumentopf 15y ago
Submitted this because I think it's kind of funny: A website for strong opinions called Amen. Could this be this bubble's pets.com?
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German Twitter co-creator's new startup: "Amen"(translate.google.com)
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by blumentopf 15y ago
Working link: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:l0Yrdc_...
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by blumentopf 15y ago
Debunking myths: "This won't have consequences, it didn't have any in Sweden either." => After the nuclear phase-out was enacted in 2000, two power plants were shut down as planned (Stade 2003, Obrigheim 2005). => After the Fukushim
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by blumentopf 15y ago
I think the Germanic approach is particularly helpful for Asperger people, which are obviously prevalent in the IT industry. The social protocol is easier to parse. Interestingly, attitudes differ even among German-speaking countries: Austr
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by blumentopf 15y ago
It's a hard-earned skill and in trying to do it himself, the idea guy will learn to appreciate that fact.
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by blumentopf 15y ago
Der Spiegel among others had these horrendous stories about being a tenant in London: http://www.spiegel.de/unispiegel/studium/0,1518,723665,00.ht... http://www.spiegel.de/unispiegel/studium/0,1518,498084,00.ht... I truly admire the cou
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by blumentopf 15y ago
Here's the "Mietspiegel" for Berlin (geographic overview of cost of living, click download link on the right to retrieve as PDF): http://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/wohnen/mietspiegel/ People who want to avoid getting fleeced by landlo
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by blumentopf 15y ago
It is appalling that sexual harassment and discrimination is not outlawed in this industry. Florian Leibert, the harasser who was identified in the incident last November is still working at Twitter. Why haven’t the founders and/or executiv
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by blumentopf 15y ago
He keeps his life under wraps: No twitter, no facebook, publishes code under pseudonyms and declines interview requests. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that his day job is at french SIGINT.
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by blumentopf 15y ago
Lovely picture: Body language speaks volumes. The modest Bellard next to the über self-confident de Icaza. Guess who owns my sympathies.
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by blumentopf 15y ago
German suggestions: Tech: http://heise.de/newsticker/ http://blog.fefe.de/ (security & conspiracies) http://blog.koehntopp.de/ (database stuff) Design: http://designtagebuch.de/ http://ulani.de/ Media: http://bildblog.de/ Ec