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by jacknews 3y ago
"I help private equity portfolio companies maximize growth during the holding period using their technology organization." This sounds like a laser-focused specialization/niche, and yet no specific skill? That does explain th
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by jacknews 3y ago
Good news. I guess there are some valid (societaly desirable) reasons for companies to buy other companies, but this doesn't seem to be one. Now, I want to read that Microsoft is abandoning the Activision/Blizzard acquisition, a s
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by jacknews 3y ago
Yes you're right there's currently no 'third system' just as there's no 'new democracy'. But we should be looking. In the case of capitalism, I think it is inherently and fundamentally misaligned, and can
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by jacknews 3y ago
This makes no sense, and is actually quite patronizing. The author is not really being pessimistic, but simply saying the current system kinda sucks, as a big picture. It could be so much better (yes of course it could also be worse). Or mo
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by jacknews 3y ago
The point is we're not even trying to find such a better system, and there's constant pressure to strip away the checks and balances that make the current one even barely tolerable. A better system might not need 'redistribut
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by jacknews 3y ago
Please describe how to 'always find a software dev gig'. I'm sending multiple applications a day, to dev and dev-related jobs, and I get mostly no response at all. The freelance sites (I don't have a track record on any
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by jacknews 3y ago
I completely agree, finger counting makes much more sense, smaller times-tables, etc, but I don't like the naming, using existing numbers, or 1000 groupings. One problem with all these alternative base number systems is they reuse our
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by jacknews 3y ago
That's ludicrous. The "nutritional content" is the part of the food that your body can make use of. Mostly carbs, proteins, etc. The trace minerals are essential, but hardly central. Even if the definition of 'nutrition&
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by jacknews 3y ago
Exactly, this is just clickbait. Certain minerals may have become less prevalent, but that's not at all the same as a reduction in 'nutritional content'.
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by jacknews 3y ago
"published without much thought given to legal issues." Indeed, with all these logos in the code/repository, I wonder how long this will last.
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by jacknews 3y ago
Obviously the logo itself is copyright, trademarked etc, but what about the svg? EG, If I submit svg of my logo to this registry, does it become owned by vercel in some way?
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by jacknews 3y ago
6-day work week? Through sheer fatigue, you'll get nothing done on the 5th day (just like now), and certainly not the 6th.
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by jacknews 3y ago
The simulation is fine, we just hit the 'Truman sphere' surrounding the solar system.
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by jacknews 3y ago
Germany in particular has good social security I think? No disrespect, but count yourself lucky you don't have kids, or are in a developing country where there's no social security and casual work pays just a few $/day, and e
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by jacknews 3y ago
The title is completely misleading, and the article is incoherent, for example, arguing on the one hand that attempts to discredit Orwell are not at all attacks on his work, but also claiming that his personal failings made it into the book
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by jacknews 3y ago
OK, if the 599 is the same. I simply googled, and found this for hd598: https://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-HD-598-Over-Ear-Headphones...
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by jacknews 3y ago
The current version looks like a great solution, because it's so basic. You risk adding too many features (and cost) in the next version. A cell modem is going to require certification and of course a separate sim-card/data plan.
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by jacknews 3y ago
um, but these are actually $400 cans...
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by jacknews 3y ago
I even think this conflates 'clean' with 'duplication'. The first code is clearly 'clean' conceptually, although there's plenty of duplication, it's very clear what's going on, it's 'fl
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by jacknews 3y ago
Not being able to own land does not mean you cannot be sole occupant. It's just that you'd lease it from government (aka the rest of society), rather than owning it outright in perpetuity (and pass to your offspring), to do as you
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by jacknews 3y ago
I never touched it myself, because it's 'Microsoft's version of Java', so double-plus-ungood. But my 14yo son has been trying all the languages the last year or so (from lisps to lua to rust, to C, to icon, vale, to, etc
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by jacknews 3y ago
It's rather easy to 'imagine' finding a job quickly. How about trying to do it, and then you'd see for yourself? Reminds me a bit, but the opposite of, of the Saruman/Wormtongue scene in Lord of the rings, "But
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by jacknews 3y ago
Short of banning land ownership (IMHO the correct solution, since the earth belongs to all of us) they should just put large taxes on land, with some rebates if you actually live there, farm there, etc.
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by jacknews 3y ago
Exactly, and the additional safety concern too. As others have said, there are already wireless switches, some using battery-free ultrawideband. But even if you prefer wires, it makes no sense to have the actual load-carrying wires routed t
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by jacknews 3y ago
not at all. except in the sense that technology/products are political. Mozilla advocates a free and open internet. Providing a free and open browser is quite essential to that, and in fact any other effort is pretty much wasted if the
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gross I don't mean that in the 'before costs/taxes' sense.
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by jacknews 3y ago
I have the one-time biggest computer company, I guess the Apple of it's time, on my CV, and was pretty good (still am, I think!). Currently out of work. Such things are not the panacea you make it seem.
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by jacknews 3y ago
Yeah, seems like one lesson to learn is don't let ATC be jerks.
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by jacknews 3y ago
Can't get seem to get SQ where I am, but currently looking at older GE/whirlpool models with minimal or at least modular electronics - anything from before the Great Enshittening. I can't figure out if any new models are modu
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by jacknews 3y ago
Yes, one was Samsung - I've earned the same conclusion as you, that most of their stuff is garbage. The other was also a Korean brand, LG, which seems to have a better reputation (for washers anyway), but maybe undeserved. But in both

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