catshirt

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by catshirt 10y ago
depends on the project. and your hiring timeline. and a lot of other things... i mostly agree with you. i did try to soften it by saying "some" extra risk. as in, the net risk is > 0.
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by catshirt 10y ago
because it settled the best we can do is vet the material and make our own educated decisions. they're asking for proof of an opinion. (i feel compelled to mention, some opinions hold more water than others. i think we are free to care
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by catshirt 10y ago
yes, that's half my point. :)
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by catshirt 10y ago
i think on paper everyone will agree with you. i've hired for [insert specific language] and struggled with the same contradiction. the hard part is there is no obvious cost/reward outcome. the ideal scenario is hiring someone wit
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by catshirt 10y ago
if your definition of guilt is "found guilty by a jury"- then sure. but because OP claimed they were "breaking the law", whether or not they were found guilty is irrelevant (by your definition). that is, just because one
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by catshirt 10y ago
yeah- my response neglected "near future"- i don't believe our current encryption methods are "near" broken. to that end, i was obviously wrong. but i appreciate you reading between the lines and following up with a
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by catshirt 10y ago
> the NSA themselves are concerned that quantum computing will be a great threat to encryption in the near future. pardon my ignorance. but, isn't this an inevitability? not just a possibility?
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by catshirt 10y ago
> This isn't something a minifier could do without also modifying HTML and JS, and since a lot of JS automatically generates CSS names (something like $(`.list-${i}`)), this would be nearly impossible. the other option is what CSS m
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by catshirt 10y ago
the press release says: > nouns such as “dog,” “flower” or “human” or verbs such as “ run ,” “swim" or “fly” that out of the way... i suspect you wouldn't need video to detect those things... and the screenshot you're refe
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by catshirt 10y ago
how do you know the implementation details? it would be completely naive to implement it that way, considering there is an entirely new attribute video applies over images which of course is "time". I don't know shit about ML
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by catshirt 10y ago
> Interesting, I'm not aware of the difference. I'd say ambition subsumes enthusiasm. i can understand where your coming from: there is probably truth to the idea that... in general, if you are ambitious you will be enthusiasti
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by catshirt 10y ago
woah... woah. don't cut off that sentence. > I've gotten every job I've ever interviewed for that I really wanted. the point is not that "i get every job i interviewed for because i'm that good" -- i think t
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by catshirt 10y ago
if OP could only pick one piece of advice from this thread it should be this one. my 2 cents: 1. being able to demonstrate excitement is a huge bonus. i've interviewed a decent number of people. on average 0 were excited about any of t
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by catshirt 10y ago
hope i don't sound patronizing, just want to send a friendly reminder that hating your job is, as we say, a good problem to have! :) and a normal one... unfortunately. that out of the way. not getting feedback is probably not an option
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by catshirt 10y ago
> Maybe her manager knows something or heard another manager make an off-hand comment about the dress code. then they either have an unclear dress code which they enforce in an unprofessional and inconsistent manner, or two sexist manage
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by catshirt 10y ago
> In order for your criteria to be consistent, you're saying that if a man were to wear a tank top at Uber and his boss told him not to wear a tank top, that it'd be sexist? no... the exact opposite. it's sexist because,
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by catshirt 10y ago
yes, Valve does have an advantage- which might suggest other companies could not copy their playbook. but, i think the point we can generalize is that in an underdeveloped space that requires a lot of innovation, any company creating a wall
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by catshirt 10y ago
there was a video on here a few days ago of Gabe talking about Valves VR strategy. he kept reiterating how important it was for them to keep their ecosystem open because it helps their chances to succeed either on the software or hardware s
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by catshirt 10y ago
what gave it away? was it the VR hardware announcement they made a few months ago? :)
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by catshirt 10y ago
getting OT now but check out http://witheve.com
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by catshirt 10y ago
i've had the opportunity to hire a decent number of people at a couple of startups. i hope you can find comfort in the fact i disagree with you. :)
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by catshirt 10y ago
bringing Hitler into the discussion was a (perhaps rude or disrespectful) attempt at tongue in cheek humor, for which Id be willing to apologize. But- if I was trying to be seriously critical or hostile or start an argument - I would have s
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by catshirt 10y ago
must we check any semblance of emotion at the door? i am simply trying to put into words the emotions invoked having used their product. if we want to suggest I'm opening up a potential argument by being "unnecessarily inflammator
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by catshirt 10y ago
hey man, there is a reason shortness of breath will get you rushed past the ER. almost lost a buddy once to a brain tumor around 25. he was light headed with slight pain for a 3 days. checked himself in on day 4 for slight but persistent pa
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by catshirt 10y ago
can you share a link?
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by catshirt 10y ago
this is a pretty robust list with some good recommendations- but do you really think iterating on the existing feature set is sufficient? isn't that the focus that got them into this situation? like, if they implemented every single on
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by catshirt 10y ago
yeah, i still get jquery endorsements once in a while from my more tech-savvy buddies.
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by catshirt 10y ago
i appreciate your rational/educational/hands-on style of guiding culture. so i was trying to say, without sounding like a pushover, that i may not have responded in fear of undermining your hard work. cheers & thanks sir!
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by catshirt 10y ago
so, if i'd noticed you were dang before i responded i probably wouldn't have. only because i was trying to form a consensus. i didn't realize the consensus was being explained to me. :)
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by catshirt 10y ago
i enjoyed the conviction.

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