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by mwfunk 9y ago
I don't think there's enough context to say that. There are people who are serial job hoppers, and (depending on the task) that might be a red flag when interviewing someone. On the other hand, some people just naturally follow a
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by mwfunk 9y ago
IMO #6 (Believing Your Own BS) is very similar to "Success Hides Failure". If a company achieves great success, it can become very hard to push against the status quo. Any argument that boils down to, "we've done X this
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by mwfunk 9y ago
Many/most companies pay something like this for relocation. I never thought of it as a bonus, rather a way for an employer to offset the expense and misery of moving. If a company didn't help pay for relocation, I wouldn't wa
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by mwfunk 9y ago
No bitterness there, nope.
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by mwfunk 9y ago
This would be the best possible outcome. The whole LibreOffice naming thing was very unfortunate.
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by mwfunk 9y ago
Actually no, the internet is just where many people realize that the things they think are OK sometimes aren't, because on the internet they're telling the whole world what sketchy stuff they do, instead of just their buddies that
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by mwfunk 9y ago
You made it look like "Spare me the logic" was a direct quote but it wasn't, and it clearly is not a summary of what was meant. Always argue against what people say and (even more importantly) what they mean, not against your
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by mwfunk 9y ago
They can't do a lot if the resultant stock crash causes the board to fire the executives. Executives call the shots but in publicly traded companies their continued employment is decided by the board (who represent investors, who liter
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by mwfunk 9y ago
That's what cable TV wants you to think, sure. But even if that's true, all of those people and organizations you mentioned should be resisting getting sucked into political vortices whenever it is remotely possible to do so. It&#
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by mwfunk 9y ago
I don't understand what you're saying. The alternative is not doing business in China at all, how would they sell more phones in China by getting out of the Chinese market, vs staying in China and complying with the government&#x2
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by mwfunk 9y ago
That's a pretty ginormous "but unless...". It would not surprise me if more people are building and using Boost than all other platforms put together. I haven't done any Windows development in 10+ years, but it's no
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by mwfunk 9y ago
I think of it as, money can't buy happiness, but poverty can create unhappiness. I do think it's important for most people's happiness to get to a point where they can earn enough (at a job they don't hate) to never have
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by mwfunk 9y ago
But if there's no disclaimer at all, then someone can sue you, even if the whole case is BS and the software you contributed to wasn't at fault. It's still something you'd have to deal with. Never contribute to something
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by mwfunk 9y ago
When you get to college, you'll be very disappointed to discover that's that's literally the only reason people publish in most cases. It ain't for the money, that's for sure. It's how you make a name for yours
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by mwfunk 9y ago
This isn't because it's unreliable or because you (the developer) would be a test case. I mean, I don't know anything about this project so I can't vouch for it, but pretty much every open source project in this area is
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by mwfunk 9y ago
I guess that's the root of our disagreement then. I don't see him as a run-of-the-mill asshole. I see him as one of the most dangerous people in the entire world. I could point to some other national leaders who on the surface see
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by mwfunk 9y ago
Again, I judge people in my own country (and my own country's government) just as harshly when they advocate or implement policies that I consider immoral, unethical, or just plain stupid. I also don't freak out when people from o
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by mwfunk 9y ago
Well sure. That's my whole point. If the US engages in what I consider immoral or otherwise indefensible behavior, the fact that I am an American has no bearing on how harshly I judge that behavior. I hold Russians to the same standard
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by mwfunk 9y ago
In the abstract I agree, where it gets awkward is in what that actually means. In one sense, "maximize shareholder value" can be interpreted to mean simply, "run this company as well as possible". That's fine, that&
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by mwfunk 9y ago
There's a pretty wide range of corporate behavior that lie in between "maximize shareholder value" taking priority over all other considerations, and shareholders getting ripped off by the company they invested in. There are
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by mwfunk 9y ago
It's not that simple by a long shot. Minus any information or critical thinking, no one ever thinks of themselves as the bad guy. I'm an American and I can tell you no end of past and present instances in our history in which we w
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by mwfunk 9y ago
I didn't believe this as a child in the '80s, but in the last 10 years at least, Putin's Russia has been freaking horrifying to me. So yeah, they aren't the world's only bad guys, and they're probably not the w
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by mwfunk 9y ago
I am much more likely to pay attention to someone who makes at least a token effort to communicate his beliefs to human beings (including ones with very different backgrounds or values), yes. Of course. When people don't do this, it do
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by mwfunk 9y ago
I've found that WD40 is amazing for removing even the worst sticker goop.
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by mwfunk 9y ago
You are literally agreeing with everyone accusing him of being ignorant though. You think you're defending him, but this is what everyone is saying. The fact that dealing with NHTSA or what that entails is "hindsight" to him
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by mwfunk 9y ago
Vegan is a lot more restrictive than vegetarian though- I know many Indians who are vegetarians, but I don't think any of them are vegans.
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by mwfunk 9y ago
I think I get what you're saying, although the point of gerrymandering isn't to empower communities by giving them representatives who reflect their residents' political affiliations (although it works out that way for the ru
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by mwfunk 9y ago
You are drawing all sorts of mean and nasty conclusions about someone's character (and feel so confident about them that you went ahead and voiced them to the world) based on few if any data points. Surely you wouldn't want other
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by mwfunk 9y ago
Weird, I've never heard this either and I grew up in Michigan (not quite "positive anymore" territory according to Wikipedia, but certainly in the neighborhood). I believe it, I'm just always pleasantly surprised to lear
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by mwfunk 9y ago
I don't know where you get the idea that "no one gives a shit about inhaling diesel fumes". That's an odd assertion to make.

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