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by mk89 7y ago
I hope other countries follow the same example. China gave a great demonstration that it's unfortunately the only way to stop such a thing from spreading. People just don't give a f *. Here the cases country by country: https:&#
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by mk89 7y ago
No I didn't say anything like that, and to be honest, I don't generally ask such a question. However, in some cases, for example if you are a Junior, it's interesting to know how you learn, what drives you, etc. A book, a cou
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by mk89 7y ago
Tell me some truly objective methods to find out if someone is skilled. There is always a subjective reason why someone can fail. Whiteboards? Some don't perform well with those. Take-home assignments? People can lookup solutions. Ever
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by mk89 7y ago
Yes and no. Such a question tells whether, how and what the person is learning. Lots of people can do the job. Is this person a learner? And what kind of learner. Learn on the job? Learn in your free time? And what does this person like to
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by mk89 7y ago
I think that if we truly want to keep people safe, we should stop making assumptions about how low the risk is, etc. All it takes is that you are in that low percent and that's it. I am not saying we should start panicking, however, le
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by mk89 7y ago
Italy wasn't yet on the list, indeed. However, nobody prevents you from sharing it and saying "I am going for a check up". His manager wouldn't have minded at all. Also, sometimes it's just reading the f news. I
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by mk89 7y ago
I think if you have a low immune system also doesn't help. And all it takes is that you get a cold, which is unfortunately the worst period now, your body is already weak, and this virus as well, and it might get dangerous. This story
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by mk89 7y ago
A colleague of mine came back from Milan just a few days ago and he was just sitting there in the office, as nothing was/is happening. Only after some us got pissed, HR anonymously sent him an email to ask him to work from home for the
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by mk89 7y ago
Typically, before implementing a feature it'd be nice to have a design for it. Nothing that takes 6 months, though. TLA+ would be really helpful there, especially if you become familiar with it, so that you can answer the "what if
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by mk89 7y ago
Naa that's too nasty. However, a sleep or something that gets printed just for fun is less harmful and somewhat fun :) I got downvoted. I think my colleague also reads HN. :p
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by mk89 7y ago
For Christ's sake. This comment made me laugh so hard because you just gave me some ideas for a colleague that keeps leaving his screen unlocked. :)
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by mk89 7y ago
I think also France allows that, not just for entrepreneurs, but for anything. A colleague of mine just took a sabbatical and next year he'll be back.
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by mk89 7y ago
Thanks for sharing. I didn't know and I still don't know how much typically a (good) health insurance costs. In most countries in Europe, however, it doesn't justify the lower salaries in the SW industry.
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by mk89 7y ago
Unfortunately in Europe we tend to be brainwashed about the health insurance, as if this was taking half your salary. Thanks a lot for clarifying this, I hope that people start to understand that the salaries for highly skilled people in Eu
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by mk89 7y ago
We are talking about a God given website. Of course it's old and still ongoing :P Jokes aside, the first thing I read was the sentence "here there is a java applet, sorry your browser doesn't support it" :D Which is funn
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by mk89 7y ago
Thanks for sharing your experience! Much appreciated.
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by mk89 7y ago
I never understood why that feature is not disabled by default. I am so tired of this madness for frictionless UX everywhere. Just because someone has to have everything readily available without having to click. Where is the UX when someon
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by mk89 7y ago
Well, then what's the point in keeping a status page ? Ah, right. Marketing. That's my conclusion on what status pages have become. Which of course raises the question: what do I do when I see a service with N problems in their s
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by mk89 7y ago
It's a nice trick that many companies use. The best way is to build small agents to monitor the service you depend on to know whether they truly respect their SLA. In case of LastPass they don't even have an SLA....so good luck wi
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by mk89 7y ago
Yeah, except... Who wants to be the guinea pig here? There is a difference between "oh, I did 7000 steps instead of 6000" and "oh my blood pressure is 200/90 instead of 120/70". We are getting so used to poor s
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by mk89 7y ago
Oh BTW, I also have met very ambitious Indians that work way harder than Europeans. So, take my precious words with a grain of salt.
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by mk89 7y ago
And I think you are right. However, I wonder how you communicate your needs for... Let's say a raise? Or a better position?
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by mk89 7y ago
I second this one. I am currently reading the Manager's path and it mentions a lot 1-1s. Like, a lot. However, let's be honest. A - 1-1 takes time, effort, willingness to do something. Listening, trying to solve a problem, etc. Re
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by mk89 7y ago
That's how it currently is in some shops. Amazing how marketers are always ahead on such technologies.
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by mk89 7y ago
I think everything is relative. I have met and I know many indians that have a lifestyle that we (Europeans) would never follow or think about. That's probably the "luxury" that the parent comment is talking about. As usual,
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by mk89 7y ago
> But no, you want more. You want luxury life, you want to keep the rest of the world underneath you. Why does wanting more imply having people underneath you? Your comment is full of frustration, hatred and anger, it doesn't have a
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by mk89 7y ago
Why did you get downvoted?
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by mk89 7y ago
Wow, I did not know that. Or I just forgot. Anyways,thanks for the information.
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by mk89 7y ago
If I recall, in the very beginning they were massively using Yahoo and to some extent Bing. It might be that over the years Bing has become a more reliable source.
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by mk89 7y ago
Why? Are they unsafe?

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