jt2190

20 ms·

361.
by jt2190 2y ago
Key Findings (1) 79% of Tech firms are Fully Flexible Tech has the highest concentration of Fully Flexible firms across industries. Only 3% of Tech companies require Full Time In Office for corporate employees. (2) Employee's Choice is
362.
by jt2190 2y ago
For this to be true, people will also have to be prevented from using AI to combat the “cheap car salesman on steroids” AI bot with their own “eternal tire kicker cheapskate car buyer” AI bot. So not an argument about AI but who gets to use
363.
by jt2190 2y ago
Reddit thread on “Why We Should Stop Using JavaScript According to Douglas Crockford (Inventor of JSON)” (2023, video 2’15”) https://youtu.be/lc5Np9OqDHU?si=u5a3feWZa946sk7D He doesn’t really say much other than it could be
364.
by jt2190 2y ago
During the dot-com boom I worked at a company that was hiring furiously, and was struggling to find a way to give everyone a desk. One of our spaces had a very high ceiling, and someone suggested vertically stacked “bunk cubicles”. I guess
365.
by jt2190 2y ago
Commenters here are really hung up on the "transparent TV in my living room" use case, but the article goes out of its way to point out that's not really what these displays are for, especially given the prices. The use-cas
366.
by jt2190 2y ago
There aren’t multiple levels of middle management though. This position reports directly to a very senior manager and will be expected to grow an “tree” of managers and employees under them.
367.
by jt2190 2y ago
The candidate was being considered for a management position, with a lot of responsibilities including creating a good workplace for their reports. This is something you absolutely don’t want to get wrong, it can’t be a “I dunno… seems ok t
368.
by jt2190 2y ago
On the surface it seems like we’re comparing two similar pieces of plastic that provide mechanisms for transferring cash from a purchaser to a vendor, but I think it’s more useful to think about the contract terms that you, the purchaser, a
369.
by jt2190 2y ago
This ignores the fact that nothing is stopping someone from suing you personally today , small business owner or not. There are two types of people who sue: - rational actors who have acted in good faith, exhausted all avenues of recourse,
370.
by jt2190 2y ago
> When a stock whipsaws, as in Crowdstrike’s Friday tumble, it can appear as if insiders were selling before an anticipated drop, but the planned transactions were set up more than a year ago. > CrowdStrike stock had soared in 2024, h
371.
by jt2190 2y ago
> Tech companies… decide which salary percentile they want to compete at. Do they want to compete at the top of the band (95 - 100 percentile) or at 75th percentile? > … It's a vanity metric for the company. Facebook could choose
372.
by jt2190 2y ago
SugarOS was really interesting and still exists [1], but the hardware was always a solution looking for a problem. Sure the hardware might have been kind of neat, but it was always too expensive and obsolete and never worth the huge investm
373.
by jt2190 2y ago
> But I still do wish someone would make a Linux laptop that's as tightly integrated with the hardware as macOS is on a MacBook. I feel like the forces around device driver development conspire to make sure this rarely happens, that
374.
by jt2190 2y ago
In an AI powered world it’s just a matter of time before the liveness checks used today (take selfie video and perform actions as instructed like “turn your head to the right”) can be perfectly replicated. Supposedly the livness checks will
375.
by jt2190 2y ago
Most people don’t prefer bone-dry wines, but are shamed into asking for them (example: “comically sweet”), so the vintners avoid calling anything “sweet” even when it does have a bit of sweetness.
376.
by jt2190 2y ago
The same thing is happening in Europe. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66623636
377.
by jt2190 2y ago
Yes, overall wine consumption in the U.S. is down 4.4% Yes, “bulk” wine (about 90% of all production last time I checked) is loosing ground to hard seltzer, etc., reducing demand for ordinary wine grapes. But, high-end wines (10%) has gotte
378.
by jt2190 2y ago
> This paper examines this most frequently deployed of software architectures: the BIG BALL OF MUD. A BIG BALL OF MUD is a casually, even haphazardly, structured system. Its organization, if one can call it that, is dictated more by expe
379.
by jt2190 2y ago
Text only: https://lite.cnn.com/2024/07/07/economy/stocks-week-ahead-se...
380.
by jt2190 2y ago
This article is a short overview and review of the podcast series mini-series "Not all propaganda is art" The podcast's self-description is: > “Not All Propaganda is Art” tells the story of three writers who got caught up
381.
by jt2190 2y ago
Having never used Shipt, I also find that part unclear: > Target… offered same-day delivery from local stores. Those deliveries were made by Shipt workers, who shopped for the items and drove them to customers’ doorsteps. Business was bo
382.
by jt2190 2y ago
If a comment points out a bug/defect [1], then it should block. If you think about it, as bugs/defects are removed, the code becomes more correct and thus more stable because it doesn’t need additional changes to remove bugs, so r
383.
by jt2190 2y ago
Maybe I’m missing something here… is there a “real” solution that they should be getting instead? My impression is that there aren’t any remedies for brain injuries yet, that we’ve only just been able to detect them, but I’d love to hear th
384.
by jt2190 2y ago
I’m not sure why the author ignores the “… that should block a submisson” part. The abstract of the paper: > Because of its many uses and benefits, code reviews are a standard part of the modern software engineering workflow. Since they
385.
by jt2190 2y ago
I think it’s more constructive to think about what risks are borne by each party in a transaction, how much it costs to take on each risk, and which party is better equipped to manage each risk. Then you can construct the thing that peopl
386.
by jt2190 2y ago
This argument boils down to: - database engines should always run on a server, never on the user’s own machine. - local data is never larger than the database engine, and it’s better in all cases to move all of the local data to the
387.
by jt2190 2y ago
Maybe you’re thinking of WebSQL? https://caniuse.com/sql-storage
388.
by jt2190 2y ago
If the company has gotten to the point that the only way to provide returns to the shareholders is to squeeze employee salaries, take that as a sign that the company can’t increase revenue and is struggling, and it’s time to look for anothe
389.
by jt2190 2y ago
I think the title is a failed attempt at humor: “Algorithm turned apartment [investment] pools green [like money]”
390.
by jt2190 2y ago
Let me editorialize that: > Strictly following Mosley and Marks’s different definition because it’s strange and I can easily poke holes in it… Again, I’m not sure why it was necessary to “strictly follow” that bizarre definition of ess

More ›