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by bpyne 7y ago
"If you’ve decided to buy a product but the particular capabilities it provides aren’t that special to you, it might make more sense to change how your organization works rather than embark on complex customization." Having spent
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by bpyne 7y ago
It depended on the company. MS interviewers came in khaki slacks and buttoned down shirts. Google came in jeans with lots of ink and piercings on display. Part of my friend's responsibility was to give feedback to the interviewers. Her
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by bpyne 7y ago
Funny that this was brought up. I agree fully that it's rare. But...a friend of mine was "den mother" for graduate students in a top 20 comp sci program. The students were often doctoral candidates but could also be MS studen
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by bpyne 7y ago
We enjoyed Quebec and Montreal. The singular rude experience didn't diminish it. We're eager to introduce our daughter to both cities now that she's old enough to appreciate them.
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I would have appreciated your approach. When I studied French we focused on reading and writing, not speaking. So, I was admittedly not a strong French speaker. I can understand their frustration. Had I been given the choice I might have ch
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by bpyne 7y ago
LOL! Love it. We could learn a fair bit about humor from the British as well.
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You make a fair point. I can understand fear about a loss of cultural identity. But, speaking from a strategic standpoint, if you want to preserve the language, you need to get more people speaking it. Corrections can come later. It's
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by bpyne 7y ago
I visited Germany (West Germany at the time) in the Summer of 1988. At the time, I had taken one course in German (Hochdeutsch) at my university. People seemed very friendly and willing to speak German or English. Mistakes were tolerated an
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An anecdote from a trip to Paris, I walked into a store to look for a gift for someone back home. After making the greeting in French, I started to explain what I was looking for. The woman stopped me. With a dramatic eye roll she said, &qu
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I've only met French speakers who could switch to perfect English in Quebec province. French speakers from France make mistakes all the time and their pronunciation is very far from perfect. (As long as I can understand them, I don&#x2
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I hope we're seeing the pendulum swinging a little back. I'm not giving up my e-reader. But, there's a place for paper books and the culture they bring to a neighborhood.
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Good observation. Not being busy is seen as being lazy in the US. Not working 10 hour days and commuting a couple of hours daily is seen as not being invested in your career. Not running your kids to two activities per night and all-weekend
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by bpyne 7y ago
I worked in a small sales and marketing office for IBM in the early 90's. I remember the sales people, who made very good money from mainframe sales, openly discussing how they didn't even want customers to know about RS6000'
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by bpyne 7y ago
I'm glad you made this comment. The article's author made wu-wei sound like "do whatever comes natural". But, that misses the thousands of hours of deliberate practice bringing you to wu-wei.
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by bpyne 7y ago
Your comment reminds me of another from HN a few years ago, "If you love software development, don't do it for a living."
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All that and it's important, for me, that the organization's mission aligns with my values.
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by bpyne 8y ago
Anders made a great point in the discussion about optimization: his hunches are often enough at odds with the profiler. I was heartened by it due to the high-skilled developer that he is.
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by bpyne 8y ago
Lack of exercise causes me a mixture of depression and anxiety. In a society in which we engineered physical challenge out of our lives, it's no wonder a segment of the population experiences depression.
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by bpyne 8y ago
The problem has multiple parts: pay, benefits, and definition of "skills". Two years ago I did a search for software engineering jobs within 30 miles of my geographic area, which covered Boston. I had a steady stream of opportunit
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by bpyne 8y ago
It's not common. But a few cafes around me are wooden utensil only. Metal and paper straws I've also seen an uptick in.
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It's not just Boeing, though. Formal training, at least in my limited perspective, is seen as a luxury now. A related point is that training used to signify a ramp up time for an employee with an unfamiliar technology. Employees didn&#
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by bpyne 8y ago
Another issue with living in urban areas, at least in the US, is education. Schools in urban areas deal with more issues around family and poverty. The school buildings themselves are often older and require more maintenance. For young pare
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I think it depends on your idea of suburbia. We tend to have smaller cities surrounding our major city. These smaller cities have mixed use neighborhoods - commercial and residential - and lots of multi-family homes. I grew up in such a cit
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It could be done more out of politeness than effectiveness in reducing transmission. It would make a lot of sense in places with a high population density.
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The participation rate for the next election is where I hope to see a jump for that age group. The last presidential election hopefully scared them into understanding the importance of voting.
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I'm curious to see how it plays out with the 20-somethings in the US. They've been brought up on more civic-mindedness and their trend is back to urban areas for living. They'll be a better bellweather.
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I've been with Apple Music and Pandora for years. A few months ago my teammates at work convinced me to try Spotify: I love Spotify! Both the content and the UX work for me. While this post represents Spotify's view without having
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by bpyne 8y ago
This sounds suspiciously like the battle software developers have been waging with people who want to run software development in a manufacturing model. The battle itself really sucks the love of making something right out of you.
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I had the same concern. My understanding is that finished aluminum doesn't give off the aluminum powder that causes brain damage. The Bialetti's aluminum parts are supposed to be finished.
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I tried different drip coffee makers, French press, and percolator over the course of years. The Bialetti Moka Express is perfect for me. However, everything depends on the grind, roast, and quality of the beans. After using medium and ligh

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