joesmo

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Soulless(sites.google.com)
4 points by joesmo 10y ago|0 comments
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by joesmo 10y ago
I've never had a pump in NJ or elsewhere not work. Self-checkout machines on the other hand, don't work often. That's the difference.
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by joesmo 10y ago
You mean like real soccer vs. the 10-0 wins without a single back pass of FIFA '99? Yeah, that's horrible.
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by joesmo 10y ago
So are these terms subject to change without notice? What will I be prevented from doing or where will I be prevented from going in my Tesla next? What if Tesla says I can't sleep in my car. Or I can't go visit other car dealershi
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by joesmo 10y ago
No, just hit some secret limit on returns.
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by joesmo 10y ago
Get worker's compensation now--don't wait. Physical therapy can help a lot! You'll have to improve your posture and start taking regular breaks (I use MacBreakz software). A stand/sit desk (I use a Jarvis) will probably
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by joesmo 10y ago
I haven't seen any new functionality in iTunes or Google Maps in years. I'm sure there are new features, but the basics have been the same for going on a decade now. Seems like they are just redesigning the UI to piss people off,
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by joesmo 10y ago
Right up till they close your account for returning things, their customer service is excellent.
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by joesmo 10y ago
I work for a small company (< 20 people) and I'm an integral part of the team, yet I take 3+ week vacations with no problem. If my boss ever said the above to me, my only answer would be "Fuck you," before I left.
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by joesmo 10y ago
"The bigger problem is that the (very large) community of reasonable nerds who care about bigotry has largely abandoned Hacker News. In doing so, they've conceded it to the racist fringe. They, too, should reconsider." Should
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by joesmo 10y ago
Sounds like you are the one with a problem, not them.
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by joesmo 10y ago
Until there are consequences for the corrupt and inhumane prosecutor behavior we see today, we'll continue to see abuses much worse than this. Hold them responsible or they will enslave you. Unfortunately, America has chose slavery yet
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by joesmo 10y ago
This is one way to increase and encourage piracy while pissing off customers, including those in the US like myself, who like to keep the VPN on all the time. They deserve all the lost revenue this brings them.
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by joesmo 10y ago
"Nobody's work-life balance is someone else's decision to make." Unless one is self employed with at least emergency funds in the bank (or better yet, "fuck you" money), I can say with almost certainty that one
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by joesmo 10y ago
After the license you give FB and most other such sites, yes, while legally you own the material, practically you no longer do because they are legally allowed to do whatever they want with it. I'm not going to address the stupidity of
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by joesmo 10y ago
But we already have engineering experts in the field telling product it's not a good idea. The problem isn't the lack of expertise, it's the lack of ability to push back on a stupid task. The point is, there is no mediation h
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by joesmo 10y ago
Ok, but what about in a startup / limited budget scenario where you can't afford dedicated UX people, something that is often the case?
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by joesmo 10y ago
White people are learning to never call/invite the police the hard way. Fascinating.
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by joesmo 10y ago
DDG failed every single technical search for me. I was putting !g to get google every time. It was at that point I realized Google really still doesn't have competitors in this field. Any search engine can bring up common stuff, say
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by joesmo 10y ago
In light of this, I think the whole point of the article is maximized. A couple of extremely rare fatalities every few years (hell, even every MONTH) are nothing compared to the carnage and hell we would be avoiding by removing humans as dr
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by joesmo 10y ago
If FB retains complete control, you don't own your data. If you own your data, FB (or any other party) cannot retain complete control. Otherwise, what is the meaning of "own" that you have redefined the word to mean?
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by joesmo 10y ago
How do you deal with the case of product coming up with a modal that needs to be scrolled even on a 1080p screen? It's certainly a UX decision and an incredibly stupid one. Should the developers implement it only to have everyone else
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by joesmo 10y ago
Yeah, I've heard this too. If it's true, it just shows what assholes they are when it comes to respecting people's time. Which I think is the original point of the article which comes in loud and clear: Google will waste your
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by joesmo 10y ago
You mean the wrong answers. Great, in a technical interview for the Director of Engineering (not legal, not HR) Google expects you to know when to lie and give the wrong technical answers and when to give the right technical answers b
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by joesmo 10y ago
Yup, those are SRE questions, but the fact that Google didn't interview him for the position he applied for makes them out to be even bigger idiots than I had them pegged at for using SRE questions on a director role. Regardless, just
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by joesmo 10y ago
"4. sort the time taken by: CPU register read, disk seek, context switch, system memory read. Me: CPU register read, system memory read, context switch, disk seek. Recruiter: right." This is the exact question I got in a phone scr
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by joesmo 10y ago
The Yahoo fiasco is horrible, but it shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who has heard of Snowden and his leaks. He talks about programs like this, though I don't remember the program's name. So, in other words, shouldn&#x
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by joesmo 10y ago
I guess Scotland Yard has their work cut out for them now if they have to arrest every person operating an HTTPS website. Or, the law is arbitrary and we might as well have an insane king deciding things as the outcome would be the same.
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by joesmo 10y ago
And, just as the literal interpretation of the phrase, the figurative interpretation is impossible (even if you have bootstraps). That's why it's not happening. It's enough though, for the masses of people to be stupid enough
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by joesmo 10y ago
No, JUnit would not exist without unit tests. Unit tests are not TDD. Try again?

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