jenscow

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by jenscow 8y ago
Your gripe with Google can be firmly applied to Microsoft. However, I believe this instance was more a case of Microsoft scraping/ripping the youtube site, rather than continuing to collaborate with Google. I'm sure if you or I di
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by jenscow 8y ago
They will post on forums threatening to throw their iPhones away.
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by jenscow 8y ago
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by jenscow 8y ago
> Microsoft is reinventing itself. Agreed. They're no longer selling software licences, but targeted ads based on what you do locally on your personal computer. And people "allow" this by not jumping through hoops to disab
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by jenscow 8y ago
> full of rubbish meat You're exaggerating the amount of meat in them ;-) Most pasties from the supermarket appear to be veg seasoned with meat.
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by jenscow 8y ago
Two wrongs don't make a right. You really don't want to be sending offensive material out to people. you don't know who the recipient could be. The chances are it's just their job, and the decision to track you wasn&#x27
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by jenscow 8y ago
Sorry, it was a dig at slack - not you.
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by jenscow 8y ago
You compare it to slack, of all things?
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by jenscow 9y ago
And the critic should also be open to criticism.
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by jenscow 9y ago
It's a positive signal of the quality of code + team. I sometimes ask if the rest of the team have taken this test (I was once told I was the first, and I'm the replacement)
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by jenscow 9y ago
Well, if you have such a trait then you can figure it out yourself.
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by jenscow 9y ago
yet they decided to destroy the one thing everyone uses... the start menu.
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by jenscow 9y ago
yes. at least put something decent on a server.
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by jenscow 9y ago
> make it Linux exclusive for a time I completely disagree with that. I don't believe anyone should be forced to use a different platform, when the only reason behind it is a handshake and a piece of paper - even if it's my pre
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by jenscow 9y ago
I'm was a long time Visual studio user (when it was called Visual C++), and Android Studio preview was my "gateway drug" into the Jetbrains IDEs. If anyone uses Resharper, I highly recommend trying Rider.
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by jenscow 9y ago
To me, a gap isn't a bad thing. I said "unexplained gap". It's just one of many signals, not a show-stopper. I'll ask about it, and if I'm told "I did nothing" then that's not a good signal. I&#x
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by jenscow 9y ago
And if related your job, make the site yourself so you have a technical project to show... put the code on github.
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by jenscow 9y ago
When I'm hiring, I don't care about gaps - provided you've done something productive with yourself. Unexplained gaps (or just stating "sabbatical" / "unemployed") are a red flag. List it like a job,
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by jenscow 9y ago
Same here (I'm in the UK). It really depends on the age of what you know.
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by jenscow 9y ago
Surely it's the people who use the guns with evil intentions who are the evil ones?
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by jenscow 9y ago
This has always bothered me when I visit. I tend to over tip just to make sure. My visits are short, and the level of service would normally deserve a tip anyway.
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by jenscow 9y ago
Reasonable compromise, compared to being aggressively locked into a proprietary platform.
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by jenscow 9y ago
Yes, exactly. "Unfortunately we have to increase prices, because we now have be careful with your personal data"
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by jenscow 9y ago
I found it ironic, this type of "article" being on LinkedIn - possibly the most sleaziest site, after Facebook, in terms of personal data capture.
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by jenscow 9y ago
Much much better than being forced to use an OS that you dislike. Installing an additional browser is a nice sacrifice.
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by jenscow 9y ago
Nobody is blacklisting them. The visitors are just being informed of the risks. The warning used to be the absence of a pad-lock, but who notices that?
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by jenscow 9y ago
> E-mail is about as terrible as IRC and yet it just won't die. At least with email you're able to send messages to those on different "networks".
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by jenscow 9y ago
In theory. Have you used their client?
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by jenscow 9y ago
Yes, exactly what I do. I found that using the new language as though it's the familiar one makes you quickly understand the limitations. As you try to bend the new language into supporting your own familiarisation, you accidentally le
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by jenscow 9y ago
I read it as: the UI is as modern most other applications on your desktop (it uses whatever theme they do)

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