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by marquis 12y ago
I was speaking in regards to the tech buses, where you have the same people on board every day. It's a natural inclination for myself, and many other women I suppose, to build relationships with people I see regularly.
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by marquis 12y ago
I agree, this should clearly be illegal.
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by marquis 12y ago
San Francisco in particular has really visible "bro" culture it feels to me. It's probably just a reflection of the kinds of perks the industry provides, and of the "gold rush" itself. Smaller cities have a far more
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by marquis 12y ago
It was the same for me while I was "just a programmer" but I've moved into executive positions and have to deal with people on a human level. I am really enjoying the change in challenges and often miss that I could spend day
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by marquis 12y ago
Imposter syndrome is totally expected when you have no public role models doing what you do, and all of your teachers are "not like you" as are all the books and education materials. Speaking for myself, it gets easier as I grow o
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by marquis 12y ago
Any app that allows users to create content that is not stored in persistent storage: this will be lost if they close the window without saving in some manner. An example: an HTML5 audio recorder or photo editor.
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by marquis 12y ago
Island nations thrive on this kind of economy: it's called "parallel imports" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_import . Australia and New Zealand would feel like 3rd world nations without this (no or
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by marquis 12y ago
Also female dev here - I think we all have our unique story about how we stayed in tech against the odds, rather than going with the flow. It might be helpful if we could, as women still working in the industry, compile a proper set of docu
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by marquis 12y ago
This is why I don't text and drive: Werner Herzog's short doc on what can happen when you do. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk1vCqfYpos Since this piece I haven't had the slightest urge to text+drive however
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by marquis 12y ago
I'm referencing the "cyberpunk universe" mentioned, not reality. I agree with you: there is nothing about cyberpunk nor mind-control going on in SF.
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by marquis 12y ago
Indentured slavery has a long history. The cyberpunk take on it just subverts the concept, where it becomes control of the mind instead of the body.
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by marquis 12y ago
I'm genuinely not understanding this. Taxing "income" and "cash spending" is the same (at least, where I am taxed). If I am a business and have earned $1000, keeping it in the bank is exactly the same as if I withdr
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by marquis 12y ago
Where I pay taxes, I cannot donate money to non-profit registered in another country and write off the tax. Therefore, if I am a business my donation is taxed as cash spending. If I have already paid PAYE tax, I cannot apply for a tax refun
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by marquis 12y ago
Are you not then further taxed on that $700 as it must be classified as cash spending?
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by marquis 12y ago
A problem with internationalization: One difficulty with wanting to contribute to projects like this is that you don't get tax credits on donations outside of your home country, which means I or my business cannot contribute any signif
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by marquis 12y ago
A well-written face-to-face interview with Snowden published recently: http://www.wired.com/2014/08/edward-snowden/ He seems very resigned to his fate of hiding - I hope in his future he may safely walk outsi
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by marquis 12y ago
I'm a cis developer and consider myself extremely lucky to have grown up with super-strong female role models in my family. When working for others and overtly treated in unpleasant ways due to my gender I was able to laugh. I started
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by marquis 12y ago
The New Yorker's take on this last year: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/08/12/taken
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by marquis 12y ago
This practice is (was?) fairly common in Moscow. It's been a decade since my last visit, perhaps no longer. I knew many single women felt comfortable with these renegade taxis, with a far lower price.
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by marquis 12y ago
The british, and maybe other countries, have the concept of a 'Gap year' where it is acceptable to take a year between high school and college for the purpose of travel and community service. This can alleviate the problem of &quo
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by marquis 12y ago
Another extraordinary story about a Suicide Catcher, this time in China. http://www.gq.com/news-politics/big-issues/201005/suicide-ca... "Mr. Chen would charge them like a dangerous man himself, wrestlin
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by marquis 12y ago
For what it's worth, the UK government currently makes a healthy profit from the Royal Family. http://relentlesslife.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/the-true-cost... In video form: https://www.youtub
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by marquis 12y ago
Given it costs at least $25 to send, and more fees to receive, a bank wire transfer it seems strange to only offer this method. Perhaps it is easier if you have a European bank.
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by marquis 12y ago
A comment on the name: I understand this to be pronounced as, and I assume suggest, the word "peacock". From the "who is using this" it seems to be very European-centric, so it may not be a problem that a native English
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by marquis 12y ago
I've been using this for about 6 months in various parts of the globe and have been very happy. If there is a donate button on their site (my Deutsch language is lacking) I would like to know.
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by marquis 12y ago
May I thank whoever is behind HelloSign and HelloFax for making a really, really annoying problem go away. Signing and especially faxing are relics of an old age and thanks to these wonderful people I don't need to find a fax/scan
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by marquis 12y ago
I read this as $3k including title licenses. 300 titles, with at least 50% being in copyright and possibly more, seems valid?
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by marquis 12y ago
Given that birds would be more closely related to Godzilla (as a dinosaur-like creature) I imagine he would have made more of a highly intense parrot screech rather than a lion/mammal roar. Then again: crocs have vocal cords apparently
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by marquis 12y ago
I am not a musician the calibre, or even near it, to Gould but I completely, utterly disagree about live music. Maybe he preferred the recording studio, but why would you want to take away live music from the tradition! It's like watch
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by marquis 12y ago
Glenn Gould is absolutely the definitive source in regards to Bach piano music. For me the beauty in Bach's music is the extreme technical expertise, which, like an extraordinary piece of architecture, unveils a perfect geometry and un

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