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by pkteison 13y ago
While I have no problem with an evenings/weekend work sample, I'd only agree to a trial week if I was currently unemployed and desperate. I also choose not to do contract-to-hire, which is the other 'trial period' appro
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by pkteison 13y ago
I know it's been too long and it's an unreasonable position to take, but I'm still upset about Stacker. Add on wasting the purchase of Danger (Sidekicks were amazing), intentionally changing their OS solely to screw with comp
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European Utilities: How to lose half a trillion euros(economist.com)
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by pkteison 13y ago
FYI, this was enabled by default in Lion (10.7.2).
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by pkteison 13y ago
I'm 37. I'm willing to believe there is are two decent reasons for some apparent ageism. I think #2 here is probably in the not-safe-to-share-in-public category, but honest discussion requires embracing one of those every now an
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by pkteison 13y ago
I don't see how the numbers work out that well. http://www.payrollforamerica.com/calculators/California-payr... suggests the numbers are: $13.4k to feds, $5k social security, $1.1k medicare, $5k california
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by pkteison 13y ago
No experience with VirtualBox, but I use OS X in ESXI and VMware Fusion and both of those work for me. Initial installation of OS X can be a challenge - you may need to disable some virtualization features e.g. interrupt remapping and you
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by pkteison 13y ago
Uber drivers still discriminate on location. When I wanted an SUV near Golden Gate Park, the first driver assigned to me cancelled the trip, and the second phoned me to verbally confirm before coming that far.
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by pkteison 13y ago
That blog is an extremely shallow ad for a book. Is there some new development that invalidates Dodge v Ford Motor? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_v._Ford_Motor_Company
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by pkteison 13y ago
It sounds like, by deciding to make a charge based on what amounts to a temporary cache of the balance, there has always been a race condition in the billing code? I would think it would have always been necessary to successfully update th
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by pkteison 13y ago
It's not some invented moral perspective, it's also a very practical concern about what is being taught. Cheating in the form of copying other people's work only works in an artificial environment where everybody is doing the same work - y
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by pkteison 13y ago
The beginning was good, but when you claimed that smart people are certain to not get along with authority you went way out on an unsupported limb. I personally think passion and drive correlate to conflict a lot stronger than intelligence
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by pkteison 13y ago
Any idea why most of the world is completely blank on that map? Is there really nearly-zero javascript work done in South America, or do they just use a different search engine?
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by pkteison 14y ago
Why? It has a more clear meaning than just 'understand', and a 'huh' response should be a pretty good filter for an unsuitable candidate.
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by pkteison 14y ago
Iceland has banned strip clubs and has an existing law against porn that isn't enforced; they are discussing enforcing it, including on the internet. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/25/iceland-seeks-in... I remain under the imp
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by pkteison 14y ago
I'm really impressed by the timeline on the article. Appears to be implemented with https://github.com/athletics/infostory ; anybody know if this was this custom made just for Forbes, or even just for this article? Seems like a ton of e
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by pkteison 14y ago
I believe them when they say that net revenue would go -down- ( https://twitter.com/HBO/status/210390531623227392 ). Right now they have a gigantic sales force by using the sales staff of all the cable and satellite companies, plus they g
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by pkteison 14y ago
Can somebody try to explain what considerations go into picking between merge and rebase, or when rebase is a better option? The example here "you've branched that file and made some changes. Meanwhile, someone else has modified that same
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by pkteison 14y ago
I wish that error handling would be a front-and-center part of any API instruction. There are a few obvious spots in the Evernote lesson I looked at where a sentence or two and a link to more info about how a remote network call might fail
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by pkteison 14y ago
I hope it will let people see tangible progress early, motivating them to really learn to code. I fear it will end up like fad diets, where early easy success gives a false impression that real work isn't required. I just did the Evernote
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by pkteison 14y ago
Car companies attempted to void warranties if -any- work was done by not the dealer, effectively locking buyers in to the dealership as their only source of repairs. Congress had to pass a law telling them they weren't allowed to. http:/
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by pkteison 14y ago
I'm disappointed that "Key Reality" #2 and #4 in an article about addressing a gender related issue are both unsupported gender stereotypes. Those points could just as easily say 'people' instead of 'women', and as near as I can tell be ju
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by pkteison 14y ago
You actually think this is a good article? Most of that case was also just testimony, this time people saying people are lying. The article backs up its case with: 1) Article written by a former police commissioner. 2) Quote about one actu
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by pkteison 14y ago
Story about people lying is exclusively based on interviewing a few people and trusting that they are telling the truth about people lying. I'm sure it happens, I'm sure it's terrible, but I'm sure interviewing people isn't a useful means o
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by pkteison 14y ago
I don't think this falls under your principle. I'm all about the doctrine of first sale, but this isn't a simple retail transaction where I fork over a sum of cash for a finished product and that's it. I paid for half a phone, my cell pro
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by pkteison 14y ago
The problem is the wrong person is punished, and the content creator has no recourse, and it nets out worse for everyone. Somebody who used to be rewarded for producing good content no longer is so they stop. Google's content gets worse,
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by pkteison 14y ago
I have had a gate-checked bag forgotten about and left in the boarding ramp. So yes, problems are still possible with gate check.
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by pkteison 14y ago
Serious question: How does laying off 325 product and technology employees get presented as speeding up how products are developed? Is there a kernel of truth hiding there, or is that just a polite complete lie?
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by pkteison 14y ago
Thank you for writing it like this. Parts of it I was quite familiar with, but parts of it I have zero exposure to, and I really like being able to review the parts I already know as a way to check your credibility on the parts I know noth
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by pkteison 14y ago
The patent was granted in 2002, then claims revoked in 2003 after bad press. So it's still fairly damning on the system.

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