jowdones

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by jowdones 2y ago
Well why then don't you put a sign on your "position ad" (assuming it's real and not dreamed up) saying "no negroes allowed"? Coze surely that's the vibe of your message.
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by jowdones 2y ago
Yeah, well, in today's shallow and blood thirsty culture, one mistake and you're fucked. And doesn't have to be today, it will follow you all your life, when you're more comfortable, bam! Someone finds something you said
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by jowdones 2y ago
I swear I read "toothbrush". Took me 4 or 5 passes to realize it's "toilet". Joking, maybe they did use the sponge alternatively as a bottom brush and tooth brush. Not in this order, probably :)
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by jowdones 2y ago
I had the same experience with referrals until I realized that the whole system is more corrupted than a public system clerk in third world country. Rules are for suckers and about as true to the letter as democracy in China. What you need
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by jowdones 2y ago
I don't know if "meaningful" vs "meaningless" as much as "hate it deeply and sincerely and there's not a thing I do that I find interesting or useful" vs "at least I don't hate it and might
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by jowdones 2y ago
I'm surprised you're surprised. I guess people from countries with fully functional monetary systems don't have an intuitive view how things work where money are essentially worthless. Most communist countries were like this
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by jowdones 2y ago
My expectation is the exact opposite, CIA chief would be a libidinous drug addict, but my view has been shaped by this character: https://americandad.fandom.com/wiki/Avery_Bullock
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by jowdones 2y ago
Doesn't seem so but your comment made me check bilsbie's profile and I realized something. I'm busting my ass off posting real comments and getting downvoted the hell out of it while this clown posts random news titles probab
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by jowdones 2y ago
I don't know who you are but chances are they saw you as a guillible sucker. That price is completely unrepresentative for Greece. Two beds and an umbrella for a day range in the 5-10 euro a day and I'm vacationing in Greece since
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by jowdones 2y ago
Crazy old coot.
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by jowdones 2y ago
>>With interest rates at zero (actually negative given inflation), almost anything is worth trying because you don't need a big return to come out ahead You still lose the principal, geez! Like if you worked your ass off for a li
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by jowdones 2y ago
When I lucid dream, usually I also have the ability to "fly" and in time I learned one thing. As much as I love to use the "fly" ability to explore, I must not steer too far away from the point I am currently. Otherwise
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by jowdones 2y ago
The cashier at the supermarket doesn't do life changing "move the needle", 10x heroics. Yet they need to get shit done. Most of us need to get shit done so we keep getting out paycheck and not get fired. Routine is pretty muc
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by jowdones 2y ago
Only the whitespace. From whitepapers I skim and read the whitespace :)
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by jowdones 2y ago
>> Ask HN: What is the best code base you ever worked on? LOL. Obviously. Mine! :)
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by jowdones 2y ago
Good!
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by jowdones 2y ago
>> Women can have short hair, too Yes, pubic hair. Preferably clean shaven, we're well past the 80s when you couldn't find the forrest for the trees.
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by jowdones 2y ago
>> Why an organisation would want to drop Oracle RDBMS, but why move to another proprietary solution? Bribes.
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by jowdones 2y ago
Wow, the kids discovered Notepad!
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by jowdones 2y ago
Summary: "canceling" someone coze they might not like transexuals entering their children restroom is good because they are nazis.
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by jowdones 2y ago
It's a metaphor. McDonald's business is fries, as software houses jobs is software. Math is entirely incidental to those, effectively don't matter. If you wanna get (and keep) a developer job, learn development. Leetcode is j
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by jowdones 2y ago
When they hire you as a cashier at McDonalds, your math is useless. All you need is learn to ask "do you want fries with that?"
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by jowdones 2y ago
In the end it's home office guys bending over and taking it up their ass from office loving fanboys or the other way around. I'd say to the office sickos go work something else, be a fishmonger or something that requires physical
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by jowdones 2y ago
So bees play, hence they are conscious. But a lot of animals play and they are oblivious to themselves (not self conscious).
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by jowdones 2y ago
I thought it's a repost of the story about a guy who prepared explosive (legally, I forgot which one, perhaps nitroglycerin) in his home lab and had a recepient with the 'thing' explode in his hands.
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by jowdones 2y ago
Presentation is close to entertainment business, a whole domain in itself. Takes time to master the craft but you can take inspiration from parody bits like "Every BBC series about the universe": https://www.youtube.com
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by jowdones 2y ago
Well it's high in Europe in general. And seems quite similar like in the US. That is you can use a rough estimate of 40%, meaning half the time you're working for the state. So the problem is not taxation as much as low wages. Ger
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by jowdones 2y ago
Well, in the "advice-industrial complex" as the OP correctly identifies it, the OP being in the advice business (sort of) himself, has two choices: join the inflationary 'self-help, you can do it' camp and have a hard
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by jowdones 2y ago
Well when I board a plane, first I get to my seat WITH MY HANDBAGS IN HAND, then after all the fuss settles down I put my bags in the bags compartment. Seems the sensitive and polite thing to do, not hold everyone in line till I'd done
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by jowdones 3y ago
And not interviewing is worse than useless and extremely unfair.

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