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by glonq 3y ago
+1 vote from me for a first-class client for .Net core. I'd tolerate wrappers for certain things, but not for this thing.
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by glonq 3y ago
If an employee has been working for a US company for a few years (like on a TN or L-1A visa), is it common or expected that the employer might cover the costs involved in getting permanent residency? Or is typically on the employee to sort
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by glonq 3y ago
Are they working on other API's besides Java and C++?
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by glonq 3y ago
I am a huge fan of adblocking, and didn't see whatever ad you mentioned :P I sometimes whitelist sites that I care about who also advertise responsibly. It's a very short whitelist.
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by glonq 3y ago
Remember in the 1980's when you might dial in to a BBS that was run by some tempermental teenager who randomly decreed whatever arbitrary and inconsistent rules suited him on that particular day? Well that kid earned a few billion buck
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by glonq 3y ago
Reddit recently accused subreddit mods of being landed gentry , so yeah that pretty much makes the users serfs .
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by glonq 3y ago
My buddy is an aircraft mechanic, and his stories could definitely make a person worry about flying! Kind of like how talking to somebody who works in any restaurant kitchen will scare you from eating out anywhere.
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by glonq 3y ago
> "Every time Software is used to fix a [Electrical/Mechanical] problem, a Gremlin is born" Early in my career, I was confused by seemingly-crazy questions in the Hacker Test ( https://www-users.york.ac.uk/~
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by glonq 3y ago
Fuck cancer. I picked it up a couple months ago at the ripe age of 50, and spend my days getting nuked with chemo and rads now.
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by glonq 3y ago
I get the feeling that "tech evangalist" is a pretty sweet gig, provided that you can find somebody who will pay you to do it ;)
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by glonq 3y ago
Early in my career, I learned that it's possible to accidentally credit thousands of dollars to people's credit cards instead of charging them. On the bright side, I learned a valuable lesson and did not get fired.
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by glonq 3y ago
Finland says hi. From 3 meters away.
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by glonq 3y ago
Well either the US is especially vulnerable to foreign sabotage or the US is especially vulnerable to self-sabotage . I'll let others debate over which is worse.
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by glonq 3y ago
Waking up early to work alongside offshore teams helped ruin my ability to sleep in. So it would only be a small stretch for me to start work at 6am, especially for WFH days. And for in-office days a <6am commute would probably be lo
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by glonq 3y ago
A few of my memories from working in the parking biz: 1. We were bidding smart parking meters to a city in California who insisted that, per the ADA, they should be accessible to the blind. We suggested to them that blind folks tend to not
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by glonq 3y ago
I spent the first decade of my career in that industry, working on the hardware and software inside parking meters. It gave me invaluable exposure to embedded devices, RTOS, electronics, mechanical design, UX, and wired/wireless netwo
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by glonq 3y ago
Sadly, one of the team memembers died in Jan 2022. Was he essential for continuing development, or is that just an unfortunate coincidence?
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by glonq 3y ago
I left and never returned. I spend more time on HN now, and am trying to become satisfied with Lemmy too.
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by glonq 3y ago
Two semesters of touch-typing in the 1980's has cemented two-spaces into my muscle memory. I can't shake it; it looks/feels wrong to use one space even though I respect the efficiency and aesthetics of that.
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by glonq 3y ago
I'd do that, in exchange for Canonical writing a 1000 word essay on what they love about me. Employment is a two-way street.
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by glonq 3y ago
My daughter once took a job at a place that did personality/compatability tests before hiring. As it turns out, it wasn't to help them avoid hiring crazy people. It's because they were the crazy people, and needed to find
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by glonq 3y ago
Ouch. I have a son in his mid-20's and this article pretty much hits the nail on the head. I'm doing my best to support him finding his path without me having to deliberately grab him by the arm and blaze a trail for him.
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by glonq 3y ago
Copyright [and the textbook cartels] is the reason why my kids' highschool is using social studies textbooks that are 20-30 years old. "Japan's incredibly strong economy is responsible for the manufacture of Datsun cars, boo
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by glonq 3y ago
I've done side jobs for previous employers, but was never ambitious enough to develop a side gig. All the hustle porn on HN amost makes me ashamed to have only one job right now /s
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by glonq 3y ago
Since computers were super expensive back then, I skipped the 286. I went from an XT clone w/CGA to a 386sx w/ VGA. Quite an improvement!
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by glonq 3y ago
I was too afraid to leave an accurate/bad review of my previous employer because the CEO was petty and litigious. I don't trust glassdoor to keep me anonymous. Plus I already knew that HR was producing good reviews to drown out
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by glonq 3y ago
We are a two-car family. I'm very happy with my EV, but a hybrid probably makes more sense for our #2. Especially for those days when you need to drive long or drive far.
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by glonq 3y ago
If this was reddit, I would invoke a !remindme to check in on you in a month. Hoping to hear a positive update from you in the near future!
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by glonq 3y ago
Those Finns are incredible. I'd like to think that I might have been a great programmer if only I lived in a place where there is no sun for half the year! /s
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by glonq 3y ago
> I can’t tell you why I keep returning to this venture when I’ve failed at it so many times. Sorry if this sounds stupid or obvious, but with this kind of thing I find that it's easier to cross the finish line if you maintain hum

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