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by gwnywg 4y ago
I have seen nepotism first hand so I know it is a real thing. But in the same time I also have been in situation where I hated a manager from another division who was clear he wanted to take over my team. I did not manage those emotions wel
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by gwnywg 4y ago
I'd advice against 'tell then how you feel about the situation', I'd rather not voice what I feel (as it may be that I'm biased or that it would let too much of information out). The advice to start looking and inte
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by gwnywg 4y ago
Hmmm... feeding your body is overrated, will you stop eating now? ;)
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by gwnywg 4y ago
My email is not landing in spam for people I do business with, others need to add me to white list, do you think this is a problem? I don't, I believe more of us are self hosting less of a problem this will be.
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by gwnywg 4y ago
Interesting, I'm hosting my email since 2011 and I can't understand why would you advice against.
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by gwnywg 4y ago
I'm not in US, but here in my part of Europe it is common to leave a 10% tip when eating in the restaurant (though nobody will complain if you forget). Some restaurants will collect 10% service fee if table was sat by more than 5 perso
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by gwnywg 4y ago
I have been contributing into python project where loaded modules were dependant on config and it worked well.
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by gwnywg 4y ago
There was a time I thought expensive chairs are overrated. Until I sat on Herman Miller Embody [1]... this chair is so comfortable to sit on, I wish I learned about this chair earlier... [1] https://www.hermanmiller.com/en_
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by gwnywg 4y ago
When my wife was pregnant we purchased very nice bed with eco matress in it and all sort of development toys attached to it. When our child reached a few months we tried to get him sleep over there but after a few days resigned (damn britis
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by gwnywg 4y ago
It's not this year meal but the best meal ever was steak I had in 'Buenos Aires' restaurant in London. I don't live in London anymore but I dream to visit that restaurant once more :)
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by gwnywg 4y ago
Thanks, seen people suggesting this and I definitely will explore BeamNG, looks like simple way to make my kids a bit happier :)
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by gwnywg 4y ago
My 7yo son loves this, even though after few minutes he often ends up in such laggy experience he has to restart it..
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by gwnywg 4y ago
Some time ago I created a github page which is using google spreadsheet as back-end and in-browser aes encryption/decryption of secrets stored in that spreadsheet. It's not beautiful but good enough for me. Added bonus is I can ea
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by gwnywg 4y ago
I'm glad my wellbeing is not built based on me being part of platforms like Facebook or Twitter or Google Play or any other platform...
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by gwnywg 4y ago
Stories like this remind me why it's good idea to buy directly from brand website rather than through Amazon.
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by gwnywg 4y ago
Wow, this is shocking... I guess they had other customers who were paying them so they could afford to keep betting for 9 months? I would have to stop providing services to customer who would not pay one invoice, but I'm probably too j
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by gwnywg 4y ago
You assume real people want to have their real identity verified. Probably many won't complain but I'm one of those who prefer not to end up in such place where my real identity is verified in order to be able to use services on t
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by gwnywg 4y ago
I have very similar experience, to the point where I believe the only place where I would be really happy can only be place which I own (currently out of my reach). So since I can't be in my perfect place I had to make concious step to
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by gwnywg 4y ago
I was finding new job, and in each job first few months are always 'proove yourself' time, then there are a few months of low stress time followed by ups and downs (periods of time where more is required and periods of low stress)
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by gwnywg 4y ago
What can I say... all my employers to date were expecting more than what you describe here, and that was always making me feel guilty of not having energy when family time was coming...
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by gwnywg 4y ago
I agree with your conclusion about aggressive social dynamics of public schools add nothing to child's development, and I base my opinion on my own experiences. I pretty much hated school - not for what I was meant to learn there but b
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by gwnywg 4y ago
We use helpgidget.org (also found on HN :) )
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by gwnywg 4y ago
I go with montessori with my kids. My older started at the age of 4 and is now 7, I'm very satisfied with results I see (and I don't push for results, I still remember my education and so I take it easy with my kids). My older cou
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by gwnywg 4y ago
You rise interesting point. I'll turn it around slightly, I ask myself questions like this since quite a long time ago when I got an offer to work in tobacco industry. I have put some effort and figured tobacco is not good for human he
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by gwnywg 4y ago
Long ago I remember talking with colleague working for big brand anti-burglary alarm manufacturer. They had to obtain CE certification of their equipment releases, and once they have put a hair across box seal taped it. The hair came back u
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by gwnywg 4y ago
I thought about that after writing my comment...
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by gwnywg 4y ago
This sounds like future I'm not sure I would like to live in... Would Linux be developed if such legislation existed..?
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by gwnywg 4y ago
OK, so to my untrained eye it looks like putting a road block for small software startups..
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by gwnywg 4y ago
I am not an author of popular OSS project so my view is probably distorted, but as OSS develpper would you give a dime about legislation like this? Edit: It made me thinking, how would legislator ensure legislation is implemented? Would the
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by gwnywg 4y ago
I'd say it's good we have so much press for this case, maybe he got attention you had not but in my opinion it's good for community if cases like this get highlighted, even if it's not my case...

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