mrslave

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by mrslave 6y ago
I feel the need to move around a lot, typically alternating between standing and sitting. At home I also have several normal chairs I borrow from around the house and a yoga ball. About every 2 hours I'll take a break and change chair
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by mrslave 6y ago
This is one show where I believe most agree the US remake is superior. Character development gives the US edition far more depth at the expense of trading off a little subtlety. Gervais masters cringe to the point of extreme viewer discomfo
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by mrslave 6y ago
Or meetings, meetings, and... more meetings! My 2 cents: As a contractor, charge a lot. They either have budget and want to spend it RIGHT NOW or they don't. The manager engaging you doesn't really care about your daily rate (rela
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by mrslave 6y ago
I agree completely, but to my mind this is more a validation that there is a lot more money to be made with things that scale. With respect to taste and quality, it is unfortunate that this means lowest common denominator mass market trash.
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by mrslave 6y ago
It's like comparing BitApples to BitOranges.
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by mrslave 6y ago
I don't consume energy drinks under normal circumstances. I save it for that once every 6-12 months when it's 11 PM and something critical needs to be done by SOB. With it I can get 4 hours of zone quite reliably. Then at 3 AM I c
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by mrslave 6y ago
Link please?
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by mrslave 6y ago
At first mine behaved like parent, but then behaved like grandparent. Perhaps the was another update?
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by mrslave 6y ago
Late comment. There is an audio book of Snow Crash that strikes the right tone (a bit flat?) and the humor of the work is not lost. Makes for the right amount of background noise for some coding activities if you've already read the bo
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by mrslave 6y ago
Reminds me of Space Quest.
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by mrslave 6y ago
Clearly the interviewing Googler with a 250k salary doesn't value a decent wrist watch where whole minutes and hours tick over nicely in a single movement. ;-)
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by mrslave 6y ago
Hilarious. Long time Thinkpad fanboy here until I finally needed Lenovo support and it took 1 month to get a faulty part fixed under a next business day support plan. The replacement was faulty. Replaced again (a little quicker this time) b
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by mrslave 6y ago
That's what I read into it. While nature vs nurture is fun to speculate on, when raised in criticism of another's work it is usually only speculation and otherwise unproductive. Also often ignored is that they are somewhat conflat
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by mrslave 6y ago
I see it less as forced collaboration and more as a vehicle for high frequency interruption, which is a core tool of what I call panic or chaos management. At most places I've been, team management and inter-team cooperation are both s
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by mrslave 6y ago
I hate them too. When someone does an overhaul and introduces role-based areas, the library (where you really are allowed to tell people to shut up) are immediately more popular than the few stand-up desks on the floor. At one place I worke
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by mrslave 6y ago
> Daylight is the best disinfectant Shame about all the deplatforming then
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by mrslave 6y ago
Something about this reminds me of Snow Crash.
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by mrslave 6y ago
Requesting best book(s) on probability estimation: techniques, model accuracy, and strategies in applying them (e.g. markets, marketing, business operations)?
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by mrslave 6y ago
There's a lot of variance in the employment processes of $$$MEGACORPs. Your attitude to give it a go and maybe learn something is admirable. I suggest you incorporate risk/variance into your time investment formula next time. And,
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by mrslave 6y ago
I'll never forget the basic message from my first day of motorcycle training: you can argue about who was right from your hospital bed, or you can take responsibility for your own safety at all times/under all circumstances.
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by mrslave 6y ago
> until this whole place is gentrified and cleaned up Because the rents are still too affordable.
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by mrslave 7y ago
Last time I just opened the door and spoke first: "Sorry I don't have time to talk to strangers right now" and closed the door before he could say one word. I'm thinking of preparing an mp3 of a chaotic household (think
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by mrslave 7y ago
When losing a deal worth $1 billion/year for 10 years (gross, of course) the right course of action is to sue the customer, hoping to then win them as a customer. One rule for the rulers and another for the ruled.
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by mrslave 7y ago
Today we have affordable wildcard CA-signed SSL certificates (thanks Let's Encrypt!) so there's no excuse for not following https://username.host/ structures.
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by mrslave 7y ago
A little bit unusual, but in the absence of more information let's give him the benefit of the doubt? I find the division between those who are donating or pledging, vs those lining up for a handout, far more interesting. https:/
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by mrslave 7y ago
On LeetCode, how would you estimate the split between slogging-enldlessly-at-things-I-already-know and I-actually-learned-something? I had never heard of it until I read the thread under your comment so I apologize if this is obvious to peo
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by mrslave 7y ago
Do we have an analog to Occam's razor for can't/won't? It sounds like your colleague has an obscure sense of humor or has simply checked out.
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by mrslave 7y ago
Your comment brought a much needed smile to my face. Thank you. To this, and to the greater question touched upon by others in this thread - what is art for? - I recommend a film titled The Art of the Steal.
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by mrslave 7y ago
You may be right but nobody cares. People by and large want simple stories, and the story will be "Coronavirus caused all the problems." The same people will be in charge on the other side. They will admit no responsibility for ma
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by mrslave 7y ago
It is always difficult to give advice, even when sought, on something as serious as this. My 2 cents follows. > Wondering if I should just quit? Possible. But is this a false dichotomy? Toxic environment, politics, conflicts lends to lea

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