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by j_baker 15y ago
Unfortunately, honesty is the last thing Silicon Valley's hiring system is set up for. Employers expect you to tell you what they want to hear, not the honest truth. This means that the people they tend to hire will either be someone who
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by j_baker 15y ago
I'm not sure how I feel about everyone getting a veto. It sounds like a surefire way to ensure only the least offensive candidates who are unlikely to challenge the status quo get hired.
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I think the purpose of this post was to examine why people decide to ask these kinds of questions.
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Well that was certainly nice of him. Did you have any evidence that Sandberg's strategy is wrong for her or even the majority of people in the tech industry, or were you under the impression that an anecdote from a completely unrelated i
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by j_baker 15y ago
Civil cases are when the court is acting to resolve a dispute between two parties. If I sued you, it would be a civil case. Criminal cases are when a law is broken. Therefore, jaywalking is indeed a criminal offense, albeit a very minor o
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by j_baker 15y ago
Are you a contractor? Or do you have a cool employer who's willing to let you work 25-30 hours a week?
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by j_baker 15y ago
Sorry, but I'm not sure I understand your logic. Using virtualenv adds extra complexity, but virtualizing the entire server doesn't? I mean, the only complexity using virtualenv adds is having to run the virtualenv process once. After th
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by j_baker 15y ago
It's usually best to leave these packages for the system python to run pieces of the system. There's one exception that I usually make for this rule: packages with complex C dependencies. NumPy is the first package that comes to mind. I
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by j_baker 15y ago
Having a global python installation where packages are constantly installed, uninstalled, and updated is the path to madness. If something goes wrong, what can you do? You can't wipe out the system python. You can wipe out a virtualenv
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That's a very big assumption, wouldn't you agree? I agree with what you're saying, but you have to be practical. Verifying things rather than just assuming things based on superficial observation is important. But we simply don't have tim
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by j_baker 15y ago
Email definitely does have disadvantages over face-to-face conversation, and studies have borne this out: http://www.spring.org.uk/2010/09/emails-dark-side-10-psychol... Anecdotally, I've had the same experience. I can't count the num
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by j_baker 15y ago
I think that's a much more valid argument than the one the author makes. In fact, Google definitely uses technology more extensively than any other company I've worked at. I suppose that probably wouldn't come as a shock to you though.
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Describing the internet connection on a shuttle as "seamless ultra-fast" (even if to a lesser extent) is laughable. The shuttles use much the same connection as your cell phone uses, which means the connections do crap out for a few seco
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by j_baker 15y ago
It's obvious that the author of this post didn't talk to any actual Googlers, and I would assume Facebookers (Facebookians? Facebookites?) as well. In fact, I do use my phone to find coffee as the coffee cart (which has better coffee than
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by j_baker 15y ago
I'd argue that a consistently poor interface is preferable to an inconsistently well-designed interface. I can get used to a poorly-designed UI if I only have to learn how to do so once. It's when I have to learn different ways to do the
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by j_baker 15y ago
Indeed. I think the thought going through most of these peoples' heads is "Workstations are going away. Everyone's switching to tablets. I'd better make my OS work on tablets, or else it will go away eventually too."
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I'd like to point out that it's theoretically possible to define a program without semicolons. Which major Semicolon library will be the first to ditch semicolons?
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Yes, but the company isn't doing anything effectively to stop this culture from existing, is it? You know, sometimes I'm amazed at how groups frequently take on a life of their own. I've been in this situation before, and it's almost alway
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by j_baker 15y ago
It's worth pointing out that it gets to be just a bit more complex if you're talking about B Corporations. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benefit_corporation
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by j_baker 15y ago
Ideas define execution. In the end, a poorly executed idea is worthless. But so is a bad idea that's executed well. Because I know someone will point out the number of businesses that were copies of other businesses, I feel it's importa
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by j_baker 15y ago
"A design is not finished when you have nothing left to add. It is finished when you have nothing left to take out." I'd imagine narrowing the idea down to 4 words took a lot of work.
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by j_baker 15y ago
http://docs.python.org/library/stdtypes.html#comparisons CPython implementation detail: Objects of different types except numbers are ordered by their type names; objects of the same types that don’t support proper comparison are ordered
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by j_baker 15y ago
This sounds like Auditory Processing Disorder[1], a very common condition. The problem isn't your hearing, rather it's how your brain processes sounds. One effect it has is dulling your ability to focus in on one particular conversation i
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It might also suggest that conferences in those places might be a bit more technology-oriented and less like spring break in Maui.
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by j_baker 15y ago
I suspect you and I agree on this, but I'd like to reframe your argument a bit. I would argue that a good manager should strive to never explicitly say "no". There are plenty of ways to limit misguided ideas without explicitly saying no
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I later asked him directly, “…but do you love your job?” He paused, looked down to his drink, and replied, “I love my team, but I fing hate my job.” There's one thing that I heard pg say one time that's always stuck with me: people make
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by j_baker 15y ago
Clearly getting out of bed isn't all the work in waking up, but it's a good start. If done in addition to the other things you mention, it's helpful. Getting up just seems to get your juices flowing better, at least based on anecdotal
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I put my alarm clock across the room so that I have to get up out of bed to shut it off. Negative reinforcement works!
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I'm curious why Google Books isn't involved one way or another in this. I suppose they may be tired of lawsuits involving publishers.
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I can't help thinking of this kind of thing as being like driving by a 10-car pileup on your commute home. You know you're not supposed to stop and stare, but you do anyway.

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