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by cgoddard 15y ago
Ummm yeah they're also OS's for a completely different platform. That makes a pretty big difference.
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by cgoddard 15y ago
Just because people who are trying to sell you something aren't using it doesn't mean it's dead. I've been using Ubuntu for 4 years now, and the latest releases are more streamlined and usable than ever. The mainstream distros have come an
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by cgoddard 15y ago
Thank you this is very helpful.
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by cgoddard 15y ago
Thanks. Didn't mean to send anybody off on a LMGTFY quest but i do appreciate it.
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by cgoddard 15y ago
I'm really just pretty panicked. And although i haven't interviewed tons of places for programming jobs recently, the few that i have either ended up choosing another candidate or just left the position open, which hasn't done much for my s
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by cgoddard 15y ago
I don't know where to find them. Can you direct me anywhere? I know basically nothing about this.
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by cgoddard 15y ago
Anxiety is my least worry. I don't want to get caught up in some sort of meta-anxiety about my anxiety. Once I'm done securing a more stable job then I'll see what I can do to fix the anxiety. :-)
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by cgoddard 15y ago
I mean the works alright. It doesn't suck. But work is work, and it's never been a reasonable thing for me to do one thing every possible moment and feel happy and balanced. Trust me job and money is my biggest worry, and there's not many t
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by cgoddard 15y ago
I'm doing it because I can make a living that way. I'm sure that's why most people do their jobs. Not everyone does what they dream of, because society doesn't value all contributions equally, and some not at all. Helping poor people with o
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by cgoddard 15y ago
Thanks. I do try and enjoy cheaper things when I can. Nothing too active though, as that's more calories and higher food expenses (kidding, but only slightly ;-) )
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by cgoddard 15y ago
Thanks. Your advice is really helpful. I'll see what I can do about making sure my LinkedIn is up-to-date and such. Craigslist also sounds like a good possibility too! I don't think I qualified at any point for unemployment since I resigned
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by cgoddard 15y ago
That's maybe a route I could take. I guess I always felt to freelance you had to be really good at selling yourself though, that there was a lot of competition, and I'm probably not the greatest at that. I do have some pretty marketable ski
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by cgoddard 15y ago
I could get good coworker references from about 3-4 coworkers at my last programming job. I had one coworker even recommend me for a job at their current company, but I didn't pass their interview process, though they were only hiring for o
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Advice needed: what's a destitute hacker to do?
5 points by cgoddard 15y ago|27 comments
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by cgoddard 15y ago
Keep in mind Apple has some of the highest profit margins in the tech industry too. It can afford to make conditions better, but chooses not to, given company awareness of the practices of its overseas suppliers.
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by cgoddard 15y ago
This article feels completely fitting with the hacker mindset. It's about people having a bad user experience. Trying to fix inconveniences and unpleasant experiences seems right along the same lines as the hacker ethic and entrepreneurial
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by cgoddard 15y ago
This post and all the comments seems a little rude. This isn't a 4h or toastmasters feedback forum. Letting someone know they need to work on their public speaking skills is something better done in private. Whatever they were trying to com
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by cgoddard 15y ago
When trying to improve public speaking skills this is a common thing to work on. It's certainly not easy at the start, but it is something that can improve a lot with practice, even for particularly nervous or fast-speaking individuals.
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by cgoddard 15y ago
Link please?
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by cgoddard 15y ago
When solar and wind power input is not meeting demand that seems like a good time to spin up the spare fossil fuel generators, at least as a transitional sort of thing. Maybe in the near future excess wind / solar power can be stored as che
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by cgoddard 15y ago
Maybe the problem is what you're looking for? All of these people you're interviewing aren't capable of being trained to do the job? They're just not smart enough for that or something?
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by cgoddard 15y ago
Also the first part of your argument is ad hominem, and doesn't lend any logical support for his critique being invalid.
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by cgoddard 15y ago
I don't see why a mental health worker's critique on the culture and practices of other professionals in the field wouldn't be valid cause for discussion. If someone observes corruption in the field they are working in, is it not valid to r
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by cgoddard 15y ago
Your anecdotal evidence isn't very strong support. If someone had instead stood up in the group and told the manager he was wrong, would you believe the opposite, that not blindly following leadership was the norm?
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by cgoddard 15y ago
What's the same? Not trying to be rude, but what point were you trying to make?
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by cgoddard 15y ago
Maybe the problem isn't with you, but with the things you're being required to do. Maybe ideally it would be better for you to focus on doing the things you're especially good at and enjoy doing, rather than following arbitrary and imperson
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by cgoddard 15y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinstitutionalization Granted letting people fend for themselves on the streets and be poor and destitute through financial marginalization isn't always a lot better.
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by cgoddard 15y ago
It's not my understanding that there was actual verified child pornography on the site that wasn't being removed when it was discovered. There were photo groups on the site with questionably legal photos of clothed underage children. I alwa
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by cgoddard 15y ago
It's much more important to be environmentally conscious with the bigger stuff. One test flight isn't going to make the tiniest dent in worldwide carbon dioxide emissions. It's much more important to advocate for changes on an industry-wide
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by cgoddard 15y ago
It doesn't matter if you took personal offense or not, or even if Rebecca took offense. And i don't think anyone's personally attacking the guy that gave the introduction, because chances are extremely slim he meant to make any objectifying

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