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by donkeyd 7y ago
Why is it bad to ask about the actual experience someone had with something that I will be hiring them for? That makes no sense to me.
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by donkeyd 7y ago
I got a resume a while ago where the applicant rated their skills 1-5 stars. They has rated themselves either 3 or 4 out of 5 in Node.js. When asking what they actually did with node, they explained they built some proof of concept once. I
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by donkeyd 7y ago
Late response, but maybe you'll still read it... We had some issues because there was no real security on the API of our NLP tooling. So we put NGINX in front of it to create a from of API key auth. NGINX would deny the larger messages
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by donkeyd 7y ago
Well, in theory anyone can avoid bugs. It's just really costly and requires a very structured approach to doing anything. It's very unlikely, however, that you figure out every single combination of variables while writing tests.
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by donkeyd 7y ago
I worked with a product for natural language processing that wanted the text in a query string. This led to 100+ page documents begin sent as a string in the request. My usual REST testing app would freeze up if I wanted to test some of the
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by donkeyd 7y ago
After nearly 5 decades of declining traffic fatalities, the number has been increasing (at least in NL) for the past 3, with mobile use being one of the main drivers. I don't like surveillance everywhere, but I like people playing with
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by donkeyd 7y ago
I sometimes joke that Elon could easily get rid of the people who are getting a free Roadster (through referrals) by sending them an evil version of Autopilot. It's a joke, but there's technically nothing that could stop him.
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by donkeyd 7y ago
AFAIK, iPhone 11 isn't vulnerable to checkm8, so I don't think it's useful in this case.
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by donkeyd 7y ago
I'm sure that's a factor, but it's also a bit cultural. Countries with the highest proficiency tend to use subtitles in stead of dubbing for foreign language movies. Because of this, you get much more familiar with other lang
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by donkeyd 7y ago
From my experience, English has been mostly useless in these countries as far back as I can remember. Even in touristy Paris, there are plenty of places where nobody speaks a word of English and this gets even 'worse' when you ven
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by donkeyd 7y ago
I work currently at one of the firms in my comment and it's not bad at all. Currently working on a really fun project too. It really depends on the firm and even the team within the firm.
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by donkeyd 7y ago
I wrote 'big consulting', because there are many large consultancy firms that would be happy to hire anyone with FAANG experience. Capgemini, Accenture, Deloitte, PWC, etc. Many of them work with companies that are being disrupted
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by donkeyd 7y ago
Maybe try consultancy at a large or medium firm? Gives you the opportunity to work on different projects to find out what you want, while also paying decently and giving you a stable basis.
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by donkeyd 7y ago
There's also big consultancy, which allows you to see all kinds of companies, work on different types of projects and still have a bit of consistency at your firm. It's not for everyone, but if you value some consistency, decent p
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by donkeyd 7y ago
Yup. I DJ and use cameras all the time, so I'm not just a guy checking his Facebook. I swapped cables and have zero issues now. For every cable type there's now a USB-C equivalent for cheap on Amazon or Aliexpress. People just wan
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by donkeyd 7y ago
Things change, deal with it. I've swapped USB cables to USB-C cables. Only USB drives, which i rarely use anymore require an adapter. Meanwhile, I can use all 4 ports to: - Run a display - Charge my laptop - Charge a phone - Connect a
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by donkeyd 7y ago
> they can get visa and much better salary in almost any other place like US, Europe, China etc. In Europe I'm already seeing some pushback against this. In some companies there are so many Indians that it's starting to affect
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by donkeyd 7y ago
> I work in banking and payment sector and I had a chance to observe this on a dozen projects. I work for one of the big IT firms and we have many off-shore workers in India, but we're also bringing a lot of them on-shore now. Espec
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by donkeyd 7y ago
I've explained this multiple times now at large (even fortune 500) organizations. I had a project where they kept asking 'can you finish this on Monday?' or 'we need this by Monday, when can you finish it?' Every ti
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by donkeyd 7y ago
It's why I pick Uber over a taxi. How is that irrelevant to this discussion?
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by donkeyd 7y ago
I got a presentation by Google on API management last week and was surprised that someone thought they'd be a good example on the subject.
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by donkeyd 7y ago
I left my umbrella in an Uber in NYC once. I found the driver's number in the app and they were back a few minutes later and I got my umbrella back. This wouldn't have been so easy if it were a regular cab.
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by donkeyd 7y ago
That ballast would then make the truck use even more fuel, which wouldn't make much sense.
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by donkeyd 7y ago
It's probably a combination of manipulation on an incredible scale and the media attention this surge caused. We all know multiple people who FOMO'ed into crypto and lost most of their money. So that surge definitely wasn't a
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by donkeyd 7y ago
The article can be found here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-12831-0
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New Hydrogen Production Method Could Support Sustainable Fuel Creation(gla.ac.uk)
3 points by donkeyd 7y ago|1 comments
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by donkeyd 7y ago
Yup, that's the big issue. Being able to fly London to NY in 30 minutes is great, but the landing/launch sites will have to be pretty far from the cities to have the sonic booms not break windows all the time. That increases total
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by donkeyd 7y ago
You're just talking about the areas near power lines now though. Those fires wouldn't be as big of an issue if the rest of the area was properly maintained, not allowing the fire to spread. That part has nothing to do with the pow
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by donkeyd 7y ago
I know, that's why most of the pieces of highway still look like shit, because these companies don't actually take the time to maintain what they adopted. Which is exactly why I think it shouldn't exist and taxes should be us
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by donkeyd 7y ago
That's all relative though. In the US, California has high taxes. Compared to many European countries, taxes in California are still very low.

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