kevinthew

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by kevinthew 12y ago
The invite-only thing works when people actually are compelled to sign up for your site. What is compelling about this? Seriously, I'm already inundated with a bunch of equally terrible social media sites, why would I indulge myself th
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by kevinthew 12y ago
Might be cool stuff they're doing but it doesn't make it any less unethical no matter how much they try to whitewash it. This is slippery slope stuff
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by kevinthew 12y ago
They have a ridiculous amount of cash and need to spend it, that's probably the only reason to be honest
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by kevinthew 13y ago
Yup. This type of stuff is a major no-no and is taught as such in pretty much every entry-level econ and business class. All of these executives know better and were simply trying to skirt the system. There's going to be a huge settlem
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by kevinthew 13y ago
It's straight up sexual harassment, which goes beyond sabotaging code. He shouldn't have made it through the day.
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by kevinthew 13y ago
This is whitewashing because this isn't the same thing as a company failing. They (likely) stole millions of dollars (equivalent) from a huge base of customers. That's not the same thing as losing money for your investors, which i
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by kevinthew 13y ago
That this even could be conceivably real is the entire problem with Bitcoin.
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by kevinthew 13y ago
Except they didn't refund the stay. They should have refunded them, at minimum, pro rata for the lack of sleeping arrangements that they paid for (they paid for 4 people, were giving space for 3). So 25% refund, at minimum. These are t
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by kevinthew 13y ago
I'm not a software developer and no job I've ever had has checked my grades or transcript. And they shouldn't -- they're irrelevant
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by kevinthew 13y ago
This actually offends me that you called him Jamal Washburn. It's Jamal Mashburn, and you're conflating him with Chris Washburn who actually did go broke.
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by kevinthew 13y ago
Never, ever give more than 2 (or 3 weeks if you're like senior staff) weeks notice. It's not your obligation to make sure the company is run well. You should also look out for yourself because no company will ever look out for you
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by kevinthew 13y ago
This article reads like conspiracy-laden bullshit. Not surprisingly, it came from a professor -- ego-driven, vanity jobs for rich white men. Maybe he's projecting based on his probable lifetime experience in the fake-world rat race tha
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by kevinthew 13y ago
This has been confirmed in other studies -- that people with white sounding names do better than those with "black" sounding names on resumes, all things being equal. Our country is incredibly structurally racist is the moral of t
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by kevinthew 13y ago
What we could do is hold police accountable for the violent crimes they commit, shocking I know.
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by kevinthew 13y ago
I'd suggest SQLite unless you had a ton of users interacting all at once (if it's something involving editing excel spreadsheets, I doubt you'd have a problem with this).
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by kevinthew 13y ago
So what exactly makes the Koch Brothers and Monsanto worse than Facebook (also a horrible political lobbying monster corporation)? Because they're not tech companies who your friends work at?
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by kevinthew 13y ago
There are websites out there that do this, they're just not that great and usually only one sport specific. I'll definitely sign up for this just to check it out.
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by kevinthew 13y ago
Consider advertising your jobs at less male-dominated college campuses? RIT is one of the worst offenders in this regard. I think that'd be a start.
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by kevinthew 14y ago
Another thing I'd like to point out is how people confuse flavors of crude oil and crude oil itself. Tar sands/bitumen/whatever you want to call it is crude oil, it's just really viscous, really dirty crude oil. Condensate generally means c
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by kevinthew 14y ago
To the uninitiated, and those who like sports analytics (specifically the NBA), you should absolutely follow Zach Lowe's articles on Grantland and elsewhere. He's the best sports writer on the subject, and probably the only coherent one at
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by kevinthew 14y ago
Completely garbage to me as well. Chrome 25 on Windows. Looks like hieroglyphs.
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by kevinthew 14y ago
I'm glad someone is investigating this. Hospitals get away with charging whatever they want, and somehow evade criticism despite it all. We need to reform healthcare in the US and hospital price gouging needs to be included in the discussio
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by kevinthew 14y ago
Yes, because people care about Burger King's twitter account in a way that is meaningful to their bottom line. I think it'll probably help them, if anything. In a roundabout, unintentional way, Burger King got the attention of a wide audien
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by kevinthew 14y ago
I'm not sure how people can defend Broder. He lied in a very well-respected newspaper about the quality of a product he claims to be an expert in. That could sink a less vigilant company. I get it's just one review, and Broder also probably
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by kevinthew 14y ago
"My cravings and tastes closely matched with my needs. One day I accidentally put in a tablespoon of salt, rather than a teaspoon. I immediately noticed the mixture tasted unpleasantly salty. When I was deficient of iron I felt a strong cra
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by kevinthew 14y ago
All of my side projects inevitably circle back and help me with my primary tasks (either through practice/learning something I didn't know already/keeping me focused). I don't see why an employer would ever discourage this.
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by kevinthew 14y ago
this might be the dumbest blog post I've seen posted on HN. why is anyone reading crappy marketing blogs that have no basic understanding of accounting or microeconomics?