mdip

157 ms·

721.
by mdip 10y ago
With a homework assignment that is not timed, you let the candidate do her best possible work in her ideal environment, and yes, while a work environment is sometimes chaotic, when she needs to get her work done, she is going to make
722.
by mdip 10y ago
There are many things you can do, and not really "one" silver bullet, but I feel the most important are "soft-skills" and a hyper-focus on learning. You asked for one, but the two of them are so deeply connected, I feel
723.
by mdip 10y ago
I'll second that HR comment. Honestly, I'd be considering expunging the entire team at this point. Assuming the allegations are correct, they violated the law directly in some cases and where they didn't, they ensured that
724.
by mdip 10y ago
> best outcome for Uber. Based on your comment, I'm inferring that your view is that the best possible outcome for Uber would be a situation where a sham investigation is performed, valid accusations are suppressed, they can claim e
725.
by mdip 10y ago
Gotta disagree here, especially with the statement that there's "no comparison". Your comment is making it sound like the author is both over-claiming the difficulty in the business he's setup and over-stating the capit
726.
by mdip 10y ago
> Myself and my co-founders have often looked at the comparable easy growth software based startups and wondered what on earth we were doing ... I've got an answer for that - "You're doing God's work". Sounds si
727.
by mdip 10y ago
I've got to disagree here, and again, I'm going off of personal experience at only four companies. On the one hand, of the four companies, three were well established, and none were startups -- however, in a strike against them a
728.
by mdip 10y ago
I get it - it's one of the reasons I don't really get excited about some of the higher end pencils (and why I avoid most mechanical pencils) -- the graphite feel is silky smooth, almost feeling like writing with a ball-point, but
729.
by mdip 10y ago
Unfortunately, it does a whole bunch of things other than microwave (it's got a full, electric, convection oven and a hybrid convection oven/microwave capability). It does all three of it's major functions very nearly as p
730.
by mdip 10y ago
You're completely right. In my case, I bought this model because my wife likes to cook and we only had one conventional oven (a gas oven, as well, which cooks differently[0] than an electric one). We decided on it because it would gi
731.
by mdip 10y ago
Do you drive a Ford Fusion with the Sync radio, by chance? The stereo in my Fusion does this -- about 2-3 minutes/month slow, so after a few months I start thinking I'm on time for things when I'm actually a few minutes late
732.
by mdip 10y ago
Oh, good point - you made me remember the mystery we solved at my old office. We were convinced that the microwave was a low wattage unit because it would require you to cook things about 25% more than whatever the package said. It turned
733.
by mdip 10y ago
OK, you got me there -- just sent milk from my cereal out my nose. For real! It would also be the only microwave on the market that no matter what's cooking, it will make your kitchen smell like the color blue.
734.
by mdip 10y ago
I have some Ticonderoga Blacks here. I gave them to the kids, though, because I don't like the weight. The cedar wood is more dense, making them hard to "hillbilly sharpen"[0] accurately. They're heavier, which kind o
735.
by mdip 10y ago
We go through a box of 96 ct. pencils every 3 months (4 kids in elementary school). Here's the thing, there are some really good pencil sharpeners out there , but at the end of the day, if you buy good pencils, any newer sharpener wi
736.
by mdip 10y ago
I'm a pencil junkie, personally. This is mainly because I'm particularly good at losing things, especially when said things cost less than $0.25/piece. They're so cheap you don't even waste time thinking about k
737.
by mdip 10y ago
But that's my story and I'm sticking to it. ;)
738.
by mdip 10y ago
The frequency at which those beeps are emitted, and the fact that there are, as you put it, precisely "2 strident beeps" makes it impossible to locate by sound alone. I misplaced one of these a decade ago somewhere in the &quot
739.
by mdip 10y ago
It took me about a second to think of Dixon Ticonderoga pencils. These are the perfect nexus of good and cheap. These things have the critical features one looks for in a writing instrument, my favorite of which is that I can put it in my
740.
by mdip 10y ago
Completely agree! The funny thing is the first thing I thought of was an old microwave I owned with a similar setup mainly because the microwave I own, today, is so awful [0]. I have a GE combination convection oven/microwave and it w
741.
by mdip 10y ago
I think the "this is unbelievable" comments are coming from people who have worked in the industry for a long time -- but not at Uber -- who are surprised that this sort of thing not only goes on, but that HR appears to be advocat
742.
by mdip 10y ago
Of course -- If you've read anything about the industry (this article, in particular), it's very clear this is part of training and "a requirement" of the job. It's also a very strict requirement -- they fire peo
743.
by mdip 10y ago
This read made me respect the cruise workers who have made my vacations so good over the years. About 13 years ago I took my first cruise, and from that point forward, about yearly or more, I cruise (though it's been two years since my
744.
by mdip 10y ago
This is one of those "Third Rail" issues in the tech community (on both sides, I've found) and there will be plenty of people screaming Nooooo!! because... Trump, but the H-1B program is a mess. I'm not going to argue
745.
by mdip 10y ago
A lot of folks are focusing on your circumstances at your former job (work not being valued, etc), but I don't find that terribly relevant given the way you've handled leaving your former position. > How would you feel if a fel
746.
by mdip 10y ago
I had a difficult time agreeing with very much of the author's arguments made in this article. In particular, the opening argument " What's the number one most important thing that we have to fight for? ... Well that's
747.
by mdip 10y ago
I have to agree with you there. I've always used the 80/20 rule for prioritizing immediate fixes: If I have to take a support call from more than 20% of the people I hae deployed my software to (and in some cases, this may amount
748.
by mdip 10y ago
I'm an Aldi junkie . All of my grocery shopping and most of my other shopping that can be done at Aldi is done there and I've been doing that since before they started taking credit cards (credit cards were recently added in M
749.
by mdip 10y ago
I tend to agree with you on this, personally. I can't speak to the code quality or whether or not VLC is a mess (I've never really looked) but I think the point here is the ability to play back (almost) any video/audio/
750.
by mdip 10y ago
I tried to find a link that would point to a definitive answer for you on this one, but I couldn't (well, short of the one in my media server). The best I could do was refer to the settings in my own player and my own experience. If

More ›