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by privacypoller 8y ago
How exactly would you propose a settlement of a criminal proceeding be paid out to a large number of victims? This is what class-action is designed for: it qualifies claimants, unifies proceedings and operates in civil court where the barri
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by privacypoller 8y ago
Don't count yourself so sure - A lot of shadow IT gets done by that excel expert in finance or the engineer who took a programming elective. If anyone ever gave them a database login password, odds are they're pulling into excel o
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by privacypoller 8y ago
They just demoed running a winforms app in the browser using .NET CORE so maybe it would be less work/more successful to explore this path instead of trying to somehow re-implement the oxygen-sucking monster that is Excel using only t
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by privacypoller 8y ago
When you have multiple accounts it's even worse - especially if you've got a work account with domain authentication, a private one with 2-factor, a sub-account email under another... I'm usually pretty savvy about typing in
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by privacypoller 8y ago
How many tech workers are highly-specialized interchangeable resources to be utilized in the highest margin capacity until uneconomic? About that many.
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by privacypoller 8y ago
Commercial properties are valued based on their cap rate, so while vacancy is important to a potential buyer the seller is going to take the current square-foot rental rate and multiply it by the total size to get the projected annual rev
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by privacypoller 8y ago
What exactly is your management style then? A review doesn't need to be the typical corporate slog - it's simply feedback comparing reality with plans and execution. It let's you know if (a) your planning is any good and (b)
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by privacypoller 8y ago
This is good but (and it's a big but) DO NOT ACT ON THEM IMMEDIATELY. There are likely plenty of things that seem askew or just plan wrong - and many of them are - but you have neither the understanding or earned authority to act on th
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by privacypoller 8y ago
You will probably need to push your boss(es) to be accountable but I like to define 3 broad goals over the first week: what you want to accomplish your first month, quarter and year (or 6 months). I further break this down into operational,
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by privacypoller 8y ago
Generally true - I had a contracting engagement start where they paid me to sit there and "program without a computer" for more than a week while they tried to get one built. My most recent start however was super-refreshing; Bran
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by privacypoller 8y ago
As a developer Microsoft has treated my far better than any other corporation pushing an agenda. Amazon seems kind of apathetic towards any one developer or group, Google and Apple can be down-right hostile in their policies or support. Mic
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by privacypoller 8y ago
It's also telling that a mid-level Engineering role makes you step through this many hoops for $80K/yr. Or that the refer to that as "market rate".
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by privacypoller 8y ago
I don't know MA law but I'm skeptical that a bike passing on the shoulder of the outside lane has right-away over a car making a legal right turn. If the car wasn't in the outside through traffic lane then that would be an il
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by privacypoller 8y ago
Killing someone who, if left alive, might kill you is arguably a worst justification than those used by actual terrorists. It throws away the very pretext of correcting a wrong, perceived or otherwise. As software developers we should see t
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by privacypoller 8y ago
Except knowing this is not the hard part - even professional investors sell too early on the upside and hold on to the losers too long. What does "already appreciated" mean? Is it Amazon today? or stock you bought for $60 and sold
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by privacypoller 8y ago
in my experience and I suspect most western countries it's about the bride, but the groom's role is largely ornamental. You are right about the amount of big-day work though; we had a huge spread of food and booze and I remember e
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by privacypoller 8y ago
I'm more concerned that the elected mayor, who has an obvious vested interest in the project being a success, wants to target "those most likely to make good decisions" - how is that universal? The whole pretext of these plan
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by privacypoller 8y ago
Anyone here ever work with a genius who wasn't an asshole? I did and he'll always be a key part of the template to which I both aspire and measure others. It's not like the stories about Carmack make him out to be a saintly
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by privacypoller 8y ago
THIS. there are countless stories of this happening inside Jobs' Apple. In fact it was a well known ploy that to get something contentious approved you presented it to Jobs who immediately torpedoed you, then let him stew on it until h
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by privacypoller 8y ago
from https://www.locationsmart.com/platform/privacy First Sentence: >> LocationSmart has built the most secure LBS location data exchange available today. They go on: >> Privacy and security are paramount i
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by privacypoller 8y ago
And now none of us will be allowed to travel with drones in our carry-on, all because of one bad actor </s>
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by privacypoller 8y ago
it can work though - sometimes the evangelist role is under marketing (with lots of cross-pollination); customer success is usually under marketing. Think more post-sale support (keeping customers happy and increasing engagement) vs. sales.
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by privacypoller 8y ago
You sound like maybe you've played football. If so, you must recognize that it's nothing particular about any sort of violent acts that makes it so dangerous, but the technique where action at the line teaches driving up from the
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by privacypoller 8y ago
I agree with you that this addresses the game of football, but certainly not the business of football. Which one do you think the NFL cares more about?
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by privacypoller 8y ago
Yes, there are risks in all these activities, the problem with full-contact football, or hockey & lacrosse is that there is no way to be educated and consenting for an aspect that is inherent to the very nature of the activity, especi
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by privacypoller 8y ago
That's why they don't even hire professors - they just use sessionals which are essentially low-paid contractors. No long term commitment, no overhead
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by privacypoller 8y ago
Not just recruiting, but evaluation and screening as well. Most people here are probably only looking for high-paying white collar jobs but Indeed does a huge business in front-line and blue collar postings. Now they're offering screen
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by privacypoller 8y ago
>> This move showed that Facebook was serious when they meant that Messenger will be a standalone project... except this announcement is about how he's leaving the project - what messages does that send? Maybe it's time for
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by privacypoller 8y ago
My dad has a good saying: "what takes three hundred years to accomplish in western Europe takes 3 generations on the east coast, takes 30 years on the west coast". Not surprisingly they moved out west soon after school and I'
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by privacypoller 8y ago
And you're in Victoria? that's not a cheap place to live, especially if you're considering buying a home. That companies think you're paid highly for your area is kind of this entire problem in a nutshell.

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