jackmodern

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by jackmodern 10y ago
put in my 2 weeks not long ago.
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by jackmodern 10y ago
this, I work at Facebook and try out all of the demo devices over at Oculus. I keep hoping that they are going to advance the pixel density, but have gotten so disappointed by it that I've stopped testing their new equipment at all in
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Ask HN: What billing system do you use?
4 points by jackmodern 10y ago|2 comments
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by jackmodern 10y ago
100% agree, a great example of this would be with chocolate chip cookies. If you halve the brown sugar, white sugar, and reduce the chocolate chips by 75%, you end up with a much better tasting cookie. I can't go back to eating full su
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by jackmodern 10y ago
said this below as well, but relationship issues aren't always PIP worthy if the person does their job well enough outside of being unlikeable.
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by jackmodern 10y ago
if the reason they want you to leave is relationship based (i.e. people don't like you, but you still do your job effectively) then firing isn't really an option due to legal ramifications, PIPs can be though, but not always.
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by jackmodern 10y ago
she said she quit in the 4th paragraph I think, although when I read the first paragraph this was at least partially my initial thought. at top tech companies people get their ego's and self worth overly intertwined with their job and
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by jackmodern 10y ago
be aggressive, be bold, crack the whip on your widgets, get promoted. I hate managers like that, it creates such a toxic miserable existence and creates horrible work life balance (albeit well paid probably).
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by jackmodern 10y ago
Well I am not really calling out the fund raising. I am calling out: 1) The super delegate system that gave HRC a 500 delegate lead before the primaries started. (Watched millions of redditors turn on the DNC over this) 2) The media picking
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by jackmodern 10y ago
Disagree here completely, DNC rigged the primary for HRC and gave away the independent vote with it. This was a very forseeable albeit depressing outcome.
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Normal for recruiters to ask for last 4 of your social / dob on first call?
46 points by jackmodern 10y ago|48 comments
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by jackmodern 10y ago
Can you elaborate, please?
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by jackmodern 10y ago
That's what happened when Facebook gave out monthly housing subsidies to employees a few years back, rent increased by exactly the same amount as the subsidies in the areas that qualified for the subsidy.
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by jackmodern 10y ago
Try fluidapp, solves that problem very quickly.
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by jackmodern 11y ago
"Now imagine a neural implant that makes you feel like you simultaneously ate a great meal, had the best orgasm of your life, and did the best work of your life" It's called acid, and other psychedelics. Sure, people get addi
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by jackmodern 11y ago
Her answers were very trump like "some things have gone well, some things haven't gone well, some things have grown faster than expected, some have gone slower" "Have we made big bets? Yes we've made some big bets&q
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What do you use for resource capacity tracking/forecasting?
1 points by jackmodern 12y ago|1 comments