kingbiz

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by kingbiz 5mo ago
Ha I've been following that group for a while now and it gets bigger every week!
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by kingbiz 7mo ago
I'm doing the same thing except YouTube and certain niche subreddits have been very hard for me to kill off. Also apps that I want to check up on every now and then get put behind a firewall so they can only access the network when I a
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by kingbiz 10mo ago
Same, we have been in a "hiring freeze" for 4 years now. Contractor hiring via WITCH however has been booming.
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by kingbiz 1y ago
Ancient Egypt had plenty of slaves, but also a whole class of skilled tradesmen. We won't even have that in the future.
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by kingbiz 2y ago
So as a manager you get to fire 5% without you being affected then in turn the other 95% work harder to make you look better. Sounds like a win win. I can see why you are in favor of this insane policy.
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by kingbiz 2y ago
Yeah I was disappointed with their RenTech episode, despite it being hyped up on HN. Think I learned more from the Jim Simmons numberphile (I think) interview.
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by kingbiz 2y ago
Does management ever get PIP'd? In my experience its lowly ICs that take the brunt of PIP culture.
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by kingbiz 2y ago
Yes, but usually they believe it is their own kid
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by kingbiz 2y ago
Sony is making high end phones that have all these features, like the xperia line. The UI is a little wonky, and you have to degoogle the phone, but after that its pretty solid.
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by kingbiz 2y ago
At least to me, there's nothing subtle about it. As soon as I read that paragraph I wondered how obvious it was to Zuck that Thiel was blowing smoke up his ass.