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901.
by phaus 13y ago
If you are going to recommend the Macbook Air, you should probably talk about what makes it a great web development machine instead of making one of the most ridiculous statements I've ever read. For example, the Macbook Air has excell
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by phaus 13y ago
The Lenovo Yoga Pro 2 is out. It starts at ~1100 and has a 13" 3200x1800 screen. Early reviews say they improved every aspect of the original Yoga. It weighs a hair over 3 lbs, has a Haswell processor, up to 8GB ram, and gets about 6 h
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by phaus 13y ago
I agree that it wasn't written in a formal, etiquette-laden tone, but I didn't find it to be malicious or insulting. I guess we'll have to agree to disagree.
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by phaus 13y ago
I can't speak for the rest of the country, but where I live $70k is about what I'd need to maintain a middle-class lifestyle, make meaningful payments towards debt, save up for a down payment on a house, stop worrying about financ
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by phaus 13y ago
The original comment wasn't attacking the author, it was simply stating that while many people seemed excited at the prospect of flying off to Thailand (one person even emailed the author after booking tickets) that they should slow do
906.
by phaus 13y ago
One of the annoying parts of this article was that the author dismissed the comment as "non-factual" without providing any evidence or explanation. Apparently whenever someone writes something that the author disagrees with, it is
907.
by phaus 13y ago
Before your resume gets you an interview, it has to get someone's attention. This has gotten quite a bit of attention so far, I have no doubt that at least a few interviews will follow.
908.
by phaus 13y ago
To most non-coder types, to include management and hr people, HTML is a programming language and CSS is a question mark. For many of us who code, however, it really hurts to see someone misclassify nearly anything. I'd be willing to be
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by phaus 13y ago
I see quite a few places advertise for Dreamweaver experience, so it makes sense to put it on a resume. He's first and foremost a designer, so I don't think it will hurt him too badly. Besides, just because someone uses a tool tha
910.
by phaus 13y ago
Good. Save that poor soul from having to keep working for Fox News. In all seriousness, I thought it was not only an awesome idea, but extremely well executed.
911.
by phaus 13y ago
Its really sad that you took the time to write this explanation, when a significant percentage of the folks who responded to it don't even seem to have read it. They just went right back to arguing their positions in a manner that does
912.
by phaus 13y ago
They have actually been sold out for about a month or so. The inventory has been cleared. Now they are above retail price through third parties.
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by phaus 13y ago
I thought it was obvious, but out of those two dozen intelligence agencies, some of them thought that he had weapons of mass destruction, and some of them thought that he was merely trying to acquire them. Perhaps I should have worded it mo
914.
by phaus 13y ago
There were over two dozen foreign intelligence agencies that agreed that Saddam either had or was attempting to build or purchase weapons of destruction. Nuclear weapons are extremely difficult to hide anywhere on earth, but many other type
915.
by phaus 13y ago
I just got a T430 with 8gb and a 256 SSD on the Lenovo Outlet for $449. They have been clearing inventory lately to make space for the new models.
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by phaus 13y ago
The lack of distractions is appealing, but I'm only 5'6" and I find airplanes to be extremely uncomfortable. I can only imagine how bad it is for someone that's average height or taller. I've done work on a plane, b
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by phaus 13y ago
If you look at pay, a GS-7 makes less than I did as an E-4 in the DC/Baltimore area. If you look at responsibility, it seems to fit.
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by phaus 13y ago
I'm less familiar with the Navy than I am with the Army and the Marines, but wouldn't the captain of a ship with a crew of 180 warrant a sizable paycheck in the private sector? I began by talking about the number of personnel they
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by phaus 13y ago
The three options you listed don't even begin to describe the multitude of reasons that a person might choose to work for the government. There are people who enjoy public service, that doesn't make them better or worse than the r
920.
by phaus 13y ago
What happens in D.C. isn't really representative of the rest of the military. A normal Colonel will be a Brigade Commander, in charge of at least 3 battalions, which each contain hundreds of people.
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by phaus 13y ago
Pension's great, but you don't come close to making up the difference between that and receiving twice as much of a salary.
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by phaus 13y ago
You're right, I was a rank off. That being said, a Colonel is often still in charge of a couple thousand people.
923.
by phaus 13y ago
Its like the guy who wrote this doesn't know what open source software is.
924.
by phaus 13y ago
GS isn't based entirely on how long you work. Most positions have a cap. There are also plenty of places that generally don't promote people because the management sucks or they don't have funding. There are also ways to prev
925.
by phaus 13y ago
The percentage of contractors might be somewhat higher, but there are tons of blue-collar federal positions.
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by phaus 13y ago
Most of the people who are making 100-200k would make at the very least double that if they were in the private sector. A GS-15 is equivalent to a Brigadier General(Who would be in charge of thousands of people). Now, keep in mind that some
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by phaus 13y ago
That's why I didn't call myself a libertarian, and instead said that I like parts of their ideology. Not sure what the problem is with that. If I do, I do, if I don't then I wouldn't have said it. I don't really thi
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by phaus 13y ago
I think you are on to something. My views lie somewhere in the middle, but I lean slightly towards conservatism. I like aspects of libertarianism, but I think capitalist fanaticism is immoral. I like the concept of individual responsibility
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by phaus 13y ago
Thanks for reminding me about those too. On the bright side, there is a spiritual successor to Syndicate in the works, I can't recall where I read about it though.
930.
by phaus 13y ago
In many organizations a promotion will depend on your supervisor's ability to sell it to his superiors. The system at Amazon just makes it more noticeable. I'm highly opposed to establishing quotas, either for promotion, demotion,

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