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by maxk42 4y ago
And yet the study only considered the application of filters, which are pure "polish".
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by maxk42 4y ago
And as I said: That isn't fair. But it also doesn't detract from my point that the people who put more effort into their applications are likely to also put more effort into their work. Once again: It's not a strong signal,
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by maxk42 4y ago
If that had happened, then no. But it didn't.
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by maxk42 4y ago
I'm going to buck the trend and say that candidates with attractive photos are quite possibly actually more competent. When hiring, I consider the content of a resume and not its aesthetics. But the people who go the extra mile to ad
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by maxk42 4y ago
> It is truly shocking to me how many resumes has spelling and grammatical errors
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by maxk42 4y ago
Until a couple decades ago it was well understood that in English the "masculine" was gender-neutral and the "feminine" was an honorific. Hence why esteemed possessions, countries, etc. were referred to in the feminine.
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by maxk42 4y ago
I've experienced similar. It's so they can tell their clients they've met with each candidate in person. Decidedly less of a selling point these days.
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by maxk42 4y ago
I used to. Stopped doing it as it was too much hassle to keep track of, but the biggest spammers were tech recruiters. I think some of them post fake jobs just so they can harvest your email address when you apply. Then that email addres
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by maxk42 4y ago
Still incorrect. Valid email addresses can contain multiple '@'s as long as all but one are quoted.
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by maxk42 4y ago
Content moderation. Moderation creates the culture of online communities by reinforcing or diminishing certain behaviors. Not all communities have great cultures.
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by maxk42 4y ago
They don't rely solely on Bing. If a popular site doesn't appear, it's definitely a conscious decision on their part.
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by maxk42 4y ago
Taiwan is a separate country.
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by maxk42 4y ago
Many were skeptical and they were right to be skeptical. We're now experiencing inflation the likes of which we've not seen for decades. And it isn't over. It's not unlikely we'll enter a period of hyperinflation
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by maxk42 5y ago
Didn't China try something like this and end up with crumbling skyscrapers that were totally uninhabitable and expensive to replace?
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by maxk42 5y ago
That's exactly what a credit score is - only the defaults disappear after a certain number of years to give people another chance.
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by maxk42 5y ago
This is how it begins... mandate a "privacy-respecting" electronic currency capable of offline, anonymous, peer-to-peer payments. Then a few years later, mandate an exception for convicted criminals: gotta get their money to pay
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by maxk42 5y ago
Ubuntu is too heavy. Try CentOS.
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by maxk42 5y ago
Back in 2010 I built and operated MySpace' analytics system on 14 EC2 instances. Handled 30 billion writes per day. Later I was involved in ESPN's streaming service which handled several million concurrent connections with VMs b
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by maxk42 5y ago
Shouldn't that be "daylight saving's time"? As in "the time of daylight saving".
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by maxk42 5y ago
Perhaps I am misinformed but I was taught bacteria come in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic varieties. Are algae not bacteria?
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by maxk42 5y ago
Why would they call these the largest when things like this [0] exist? It's my understanding that even these large cells aren't the largest. [0] https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/creatura-blog&#x2
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by maxk42 5y ago
What's worse is they didn't surrender after Hiroshima was destroyed. They reasoned that the US military probably only had a few of these weapons, and therefore losing a few cities was considered acceptable losses. The leadership
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by maxk42 5y ago
Neither Hiroshima nor Nagasaki were civilian targets. Hiroshima was the headquarters for the Japanese 2nd Army, which defended half of Japan and Nagasaki was the production center for 90% of the Japanese fleet. Both were critical military
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by maxk42 5y ago
Everyone judges. That's why we have judgement. As the ancient saying goes "To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing."
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by maxk42 5y ago
Five months, eh? Convenient that you just missed July and August. Let us know how you feel in another seven months.
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by maxk42 5y ago
I imagine it's kinda what it must be like living in the CCP: Everyone is self-censoring and putting forward a fake face in hopes of appealing to some nebulous authority that may or may not be watching. Facebook is becoming more and mo
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by maxk42 5y ago
Can't they be sued due to truth in advertising laws?
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by maxk42 5y ago
No, but $20 - $30 might be reasonable, and anything cheaper than $70 might be sold out by then.
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by maxk42 5y ago
You don't need the parentheses either.
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by maxk42 5y ago
I'll throw in my two cents as someone who quit sugar in the past six months: I wasn't really free of the addiction until more than two weeks had gone by. Since then I lost 20 lbs without exercising and I just have these periodic

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