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by korzun 9y ago
Like it or not, the liability of diversifying just went up. It's clear that the lynch mob of armchair activists will no longer be satisfied when action is taken against the individuals who are directly at fault; they tend to drag every
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> The downvotes are likely because the GP doesn't add much to the conversation. It's an uninspiring one-liner that a grade schooler might say because their parents told them the government is incompetent. That sounds a bit too
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The same people who were held accountable for the war in Iraq.
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I think that just a 'cool' filler for the blog that doesn't translate to the real world.
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From my personal (start-up) experience, any interview that revolves around a whiteboard is a pretty reliable indicator of general incompetence. It should also raise all sorts of flags if you are looking for diversity and innovation. If the
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by korzun 9y ago
> I have independently verified > Nope. I don't need to be to have a conversation You can't publicly claim that you independently verified something and provide absolutely no information on that verification. You are not a
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That's irrelevant. Those decisions are approved and closely monitored by federal agencies responsible for national security. The state may dictate the way federal laws are translated or adopted on their level; everything else is under
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by korzun 9y ago
Somebody signed off on electronic voting; someone signed off on all the procedures and safeguards years ago. Etc. A hacking incident of this magnitude would indicate a complete national security failure on every single level. You can't
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by korzun 9y ago
The correct course of action would result in a complete restructuring of NSA. The idiotic course of action would be waging a nuclear war with Russia.
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> "Fuck Trump for pulling out of the Paris climate accord" - is that "anti-American"? Name one country that will grant you VISA if you start yelling similar things about their president.
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> For US citizens, they may hassle you a bit but they have to let you in. This does not apply to U.S citizens. The very first paragraph of the article covers this.
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Then you don't get a VISA. Pretty simple.
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That will fail on the first day. The likes of WSJ are not going to take that currency and people will not bother with 'digital wallets'. Adaptation is the key to success. Something like that would be counterproductive.
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Start-ups in the health care field have difficulty managing their HIPAA / HITECH compliance. You would have to be a special kind of idiot to allow them anywhere near your blood.
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> I know, it's not like huge numbers of people view web pages on low-powered devices with limited battery life connected via an unreliable, metered wireless internet connection. Love the sarcasm. What devices are you talking about h
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> Basically, what it comes down to is that if all 37 requests are done in parallel, then you're only loading the page as slowly as the slowest Doesn't apply here. Facebook is using async and downgrades the experience for mobile
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Your experience on 2G networks is already degraded; removing an asynchronous comment system will not magically fix it or make it better. > 37 Javascript files out of which, I'm willing to bet, most are tracking agents employing ever
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by korzun 9y ago
> Requests to Facebook's servers accounted for 1.5 MB of the 2.4 MB tranfered by the ENTIRE page. 87 network requests, 35 javascript files injected and it didn't even load all the comments! (I had to click on a "Load more
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by korzun 9y ago
> Yes and no, they are in a space which is extremely price competitive. I literally am watching Uber take a dramatic hit in my area right now. You are 'literally' watching Uber take a 'dramatic' hit. Okay. Extremely p
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> Two luxury retreats, in Centreville, Md., and Oyster Bay, N.Y., where Russian diplomats have gone for decades to play tennis, sail and swim, were shut down by the Obama administration in retaliation for Moscow’s alleged hacking in the
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by korzun 9y ago
You can't measure engineering productivity over a span of a couple of weeks. You can't compare the output from week X to week Y unless the test conditions and subjects are completely in-sync. We all know that would be impossible.
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> I gasped when I saw this article at the top of HN due to the relevance of it right now in my life. You are not the only one :)
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> Before you make any changes at all write as many end-to-end and integration tests as you can. I don't agree with this. People can't write proper coverage for a code base that they 'fully understand'. You will most l
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You can't sell a decent library to stakeholders.
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> The separation of concerns inherent to microservices is such a great advantage It is not. Not even close. You have to manage separate onboarding processes, ensure the standards are completely up to date, ensure that training is extrem
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> Microservices are just one option of refactoring Breaking down a monolithic platform into different microservices is not something I would call refactoring. > Microservices are for mature services with crystallized interfaces. You a
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You are an exception. I was a huge advocate for working from home because I would get things done and end up saving two hours of commute. Your perception of this approach changes relatively quickly in a managerial role. If you are shaving 1
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They probably took a good look at the performance of people onsite vs. offsite and noticed an issue and decided to act on it. I view this move as a life lesson since they will most likely do their best to retain remote workers that are in-l
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The original post claims they had the service for over two years and everything was smooth. Something does not add up here.
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> In this position my first step would be to determine if there's any legal basis for disputing the charge Let's calm down. The first step is to pay the bill, set up better infrastructure monitoring on your end, so you don&#x27

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