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by joeax 10y ago
I wrote a science fiction novel about an asteroid crashing into Earth, and did some extensive research on the topic (including how large an asteroid has to be to cause worldwide damage). Regarding global unity, my book takes the opposite st
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by joeax 10y ago
Your phone should update at one second before midnight UTC. So if your in EST then at 6:59:59, watch for 59 to be counted twice.
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The Cost of Native Mobile App Development Is Too Damn High(hackernoon.com)
2 points by joeax 10y ago|0 comments
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by joeax 10y ago
Disney/Lucasfilm signed an agreement with the estate of Peter Cushing. In the case of Crispin Glover, they used his likeness without his consent, which prompted him to sue and win.
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by joeax 10y ago
This should win them an Oscar for visual effects. Unlike what they did with Paul Walker in F&F7, Tarkin not only looked and spoke almost exactly like the 1977 Peter Cushing, the character had a substantial role in the movie. (note: surp
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by joeax 10y ago
That is true there is a cost to managing remote workers. But after 1 or 2 workers the cost diminishes as there are established practices in place to ensure productivity: Slack, Skype or appear.in, join.me, Google Hangouts. For more tips on
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by joeax 10y ago
> Are you being sarcastic Definitely not, I work remote. I feel I am more productive as remote employee, probably about 10-20% more. I read somewhere that for every 10 miles you commute daily, it costs you $10,000/year in gas/v
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by joeax 10y ago
The takeaways from the article: (1) They went on a hiring spree in 2015-16, dramatically increasing their costs before their revenue was able to keep up. Something to keep an eye on in 2017. (2) Half the team is remote! Kudos to them for ma
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by joeax 10y ago
I'm a big proponent of remote working, but I can see how some early-stage startups need a lot of face to face interaction, not just with other devs but all the way up to the CEO. But yeah, your everyday, run-of-the-mill corporate codin
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Tech employees vow not to help Trump surveil Muslims, deport immigrants(reuters.com)
7 points by joeax 10y ago|2 comments
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by joeax 10y ago
My wife bought me a book about anxiety. It talked about vitamin deficiencies contributing to low serotonin levels being linked to depleted B12 in the blood stream, so I gave vitamin B-complex a shot. In like a week I stopped having bizarre,
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by joeax 10y ago
I cured my anxiety and depression with vitamin B supplements. It turned out I had a B12 deficiency, and the lack of B12 was having a compound worsening effect on my nervous system, probably depleting the other nutrients and causing me const
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by joeax 10y ago
Every junior developer should start out learning nothing but HTML+CSS+JS. It's so beneficial to understand the quirks and gotchas of these three and how they interact, to really appreciate how these technologies evolved. I have a young
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by joeax 10y ago
I can't speak for the others, but I'll get contacted by a Microsoft hiring manager (not a recruiter) about once a year. Microsoft's recruiting process seems very decentralized; one group may have a totally different culture t
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by joeax 10y ago
I know I'm in the minority but I tried out Windows Phone for a couple years and loved the interface and the experience. But the app store/vendor lock-in is its achilles heel and ultimately its undoing. When I bought my phone I was
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by joeax 10y ago
I've sold houses using discounted brokers and he hates that. He said that buyer agents will dissuade buyers from looking at houses offering less than "standard 3%" to the listing agent (another protectionist tactic). I counte
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by joeax 10y ago
I get contacted by Amazon recruiters every couple months or so. They can be a bit aggressive and will sometimes try to get me to attend one of their hiring events in my city. I would possibly consider a SDE opportunity but they want me to r
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by joeax 10y ago
I had my mom install the join.me app on her laptop and tablet. When she has problems she just types "join.me" in the browser (or opens the app) and reads me the join code over the phone. In a couple minutes I find that disabled se
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by joeax 10y ago
Hopefully Apple learned their lesson to quit being a patent troll, and compete on the merits of their products. All that money litigating could have been spent on R&D for adding touchscreen capabilities to their Macs.
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by joeax 10y ago
> Oddly, my mortgage guy never looked at Zillow (that I saw) for figuring out values, so shrug. A few years back I called Wells Fargo to get some info on refinancing, and the first thing the loan agent did was get on Zillow to calc the e
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by joeax 10y ago
My bro-in-law became a real estate agent a couple years ago. Recently we were discussing Zillow, and he went into a tirade about how terrible it is. I just mentioned that it's a good tool to gauge the price trends of my neighborhood, b
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The biggest unanswered Nintendo Switch questions(polygon.com)
1 points by joeax 10y ago|0 comments
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by joeax 10y ago
I have 4 kids and they like to drop things. The very first thing I'm doing is buying a case for it.
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by joeax 10y ago
Anybody have any info on how the Switch will be backwards compatible with Wii U discs (i.e. a portable drive perhaps), and 3DS cartridges? I have a stack of Wii U games that hopefully will still be playable.
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by joeax 10y ago
I'm sure it will be gaming + apps like Netflix and YouTube (maybe Kindle too), the same apps that you see on the Wii U and DS currently. But yeah, it's better if the thing sticks to gaming.
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by joeax 10y ago
Yes, like I stated above Best Buy announced a similar plan a couple weeks later. I will mention though that companies like Dell and Microsoft later openly stated they were expanding their WFH policies so the anti-remote working trend was sh
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by joeax 10y ago
I never said my company emulates Yahoo. But "cool kid" or not their influence cannot be understated. Right after the Yahoo/WFH hoopla companies like Best Buy and HP followed suit. Remember this was back when she first took ov
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by joeax 10y ago
Because performance reviews are highly subjective to begin with, you can easily hide discrimination behind the guise of stack ranking. It's easy to prove liability, she is CEO she has all this performance data at her fingertips.
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by joeax 10y ago
I was once a fan of Mayer when she first took over Yahoo, until she led a crusade against remote workers. As a remote worker myself I can tell you this crusade sent ripples throughout the industry. A lot of tech companies (especially outsid
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by joeax 10y ago
Since C# is starting to look more like JavaScript (i.e. local functions) and vice versa (i.e. arrow aka lambda expressions). I'm going to throw my pocket change into a couple features I've been growing old hoping to see: 1. Regex

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