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by mattm 5y ago
I've tried both Supermemo and Anki. Supermemo's algorithm is much better - I found I spent less time reviewing compared to Anki. Unfortunately, it's Windows only so I use Anki for the convenience.
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by mattm 5y ago
Don't agree with this at all. In fact, this seems like a very American point of view. There's plenty of poor countries where people are allowed to fail. It doesn't correlate to upwards mobility. Some of the richest people
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by mattm 5y ago
I interviewed someone referred by my manager. He had 10 years working at one company and had probably not interviewed in over a decade. It was a pretty poor interview and I recommended no hire. My manager still hired him since he had wor
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by mattm 5y ago
Same here. I did a take home that took 6 hours. Sent it in and then a few minutes later received a rejection. I'll never do that again. I now reject any take homes that will take more than 90 minutes. That's by my estimation
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by mattm 5y ago
Disagree. For posts like this we should be skeptical. I've seen many posts from people saying how their Stripe, PayPal, etc. account got shut down and they're innocent. Suspiciously, they never give details about their business.
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by mattm 5y ago
My first programming job was unionized and the hours were strictly from 8:30-4. With breaks, that worked out to be about 6-6.5 hours per day. I would leave work with lots of energy and be energized to start the next day. I left that job
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by mattm 5y ago
Almost Famous is another example. I love the movie. But then I watched the director's cut which added 40 minutes more and it was very meh. The jokes weren't as crisp and there were scenes that didn't really add anything an
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by mattm 5y ago
This is a good article on the topic http://www.bawiki.com/wiki/Waterfall.html
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by mattm 5y ago
Good luck. I previously worked for a BI company. It's an extremely crowded space.
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by mattm 5y ago
Thanks. Did not know that
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by mattm 5y ago
Halo and talon, you look to be shadow banned. Your comments show up as dead even though the ones ive seen from you here are reasonable.
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by mattm 5y ago
FWIW Ive heard the same thing from someone I know who ran a consultancy. He said it was 50/50 of whether a new grad would be up to speed and productive enough after 8 months. Basically the first 8 months the company was likely to lose
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by mattm 5y ago
> People like a good narrative. One narrative people seem to like is that I'm a good problem solver, and that problem solving ability is generalizable. But reality is messy. Electrical engineering seemed like the most natural thing
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by mattm 5y ago
> In your first few jobs...you will be taken advantage That assumes the inexperienced person rises above their expectations like in the story. More often than not that doesn't happen. In those cases the junior employee is getting
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by mattm 5y ago
It also depends on which company. The budget rental companies, which I assume Dollar Rent a Car would fall under, are notorious for doing stuff like this pre-pandemic as well.
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by mattm 5y ago
> we will probably experience massive inflation in the next 20-30 years Go back 40-50 years and you can find people that said the same thing then. Things looked a lot bleaker than today. Gas shortages in the 70s, interest rates of more
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by mattm 5y ago
> marriage fails more often than not That's only true if you include all marriages. People who have been divorced tend to get divorced again if they get married. First marriages are more likely not to get divorced. And to answer the
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by mattm 5y ago
At the size of these companies, it's more like several companies that happen to be under the same roof.
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by mattm 5y ago
Your internal recruiters must love you
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by mattm 5y ago
Being good at something is more fun
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by mattm 5y ago
It's been a while since I read that book but I believe the message was also that money allowed groups to grow larger than the Dunbar number. In a small community, you can keep track of the favours with everyone. It's also highly
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Creation of “levindrome”(capitaldaily.ca)
1 points by mattm 5y ago|0 comments
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by mattm 5y ago
If you view NVC as manipulative, isn't all communication manipulative? Can you give an example of expressing yourself during a conflict that wouldn't be manipulative?
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by mattm 5y ago
Obviously, there's a line. If you're asking questions about every line on the code review, yes, it's going to make others hold a low opinion of you. I like the rule of 3. Review the code but make notes to yourself first abo
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by mattm 5y ago
I will do this sometimes if I don't understand how something works and want to confirm it on my own before asking about it. I'll also run the code if I suspect something was missed and want to confirm before bringing it up.
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Well Written Pull Requests(mattmccormick.ca)
2 points by mattm 5y ago|0 comments
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by mattm 5y ago
Also their return policy. I recently purchased something from Amazon rather then the producer's website because they only offered a 2 week return policy plus I'd need to be responsible for the shipping. I know how returns work wit
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by mattm 5y ago
> She's unwilling to do programming interviews > she's unwilling to take advice > She's been unwilling to try things > How can she overcome this hurdle? It should be obvious but if someone's not willing to ch
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by mattm 5y ago
"Some people with swine flu travelled on a plane from New York to China, and many fellow passengers got infected. Some researchers looked at whether passengers who wore masks throughout the flight stayed healthier. The answer was very
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by mattm 5y ago
Wow, this is interesting. Are there any diagramming tools that allow importing PlantUML to display them a little nicer than the examples?

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