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by fragola 10y ago
First of all, my child is only 8 months old, so I don't think he will be getting caned. Secondly, the reason I am interested in Singapore is that it is a very diverse country, with a lot of different ethnicities and religions living to
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by fragola 10y ago
Yes, I think this is all about the mystique of Google as an exciting and innovative place to work. I mean, it is essentially an ad company. (No offense to Google, what they do is really very cool and the scale is mind boggling. But capturin
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Ask HN: I'm interested in moving to Singapore as a dev, I have some questions
3 points by fragola 10y ago|5 comments
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by fragola 10y ago
We can all donate to organizations like the Reproducibility Project: https://osf.io/ezcuj/ But yeah, larger entities (universities, businesses) should also be factoring the cost of reproduction when they commission res
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by fragola 10y ago
I live in Seattle. I love the look on new coworkers' faces when they see Mt Rainier for the first time in April: "HOLY COW IS THAT A VOLCANO??"
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by fragola 10y ago
IMO Yahoo was just unfortunately not salvageable and MM gets a lot of criticism from a lot of directions (I've seen a lot of articles by women criticizing her for not taking "enough" maternity leave, for example). I feel like
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by fragola 10y ago
Thanks! Especially that last article is pretty informative. I automatically use baby talk with my baby, but I've always felt kind of ridiculous and guilty about it. Now I can say it's science, I guess.
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by fragola 10y ago
I live in Seattle and I agree: the umbrella shame is real.
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by fragola 10y ago
Only tangentially related: I'm a little skeptical about the claim that "caretaker speech" shows adeptness -- have there been any studies about whether it helps or hinders your kid to say stuff like "doggy-woggy"?