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by rabidrat 8y ago
It's so weird, I've had something like this at a co-working space I was at. Upper level smelled "musty" or something to me, and I felt half-sick every time I would spend a full day up there. Went to the lower level and
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by rabidrat 8y ago
Vibranium would be pretty cool.
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by rabidrat 8y ago
Sounds like you are experienced enough at life to fall prey to the "experienced people underestimate their ability" side of Dunning-Kruger.
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by rabidrat 8y ago
It doesn't matter what the data says, the feeling that our society is crumbling is palpable, and that is what drives this overwork. People my age (40s) and younger do not believe that our institutions will be able to support us in our
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by rabidrat 8y ago
I agree that it can get better results. But I'm not sure if you've noticed that the political party-in-power in the US is actively against collaborative approaches. I'd love to cooperate and win-win for everyone, but at s
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by rabidrat 8y ago
I think we're all increasingly aware that our society and infrastructure are crumbling, and no matter how "rich" the country as a whole is, if you haven't built up your own security through wealth, you're [going to
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by rabidrat 8y ago
The company should be training employees to use their process, not expecting to hire people who already prefer their process. TDD is not some magical thing that requires years of study and practice and apprenticeship to do correctly. It&#
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by rabidrat 8y ago
Thanks for letting us know! Should be better now.
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by rabidrat 8y ago
CIONIC | Full-time Remote (US-only) | Sensor Design Engineer CIONIC is a newly founded (and funded!) startup, that builds wearable solutions to improve quality of life for people with mobility issues. We're looking for someone with ele
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by rabidrat 8y ago
Have you actually tried it? It's different than you think. (At least it has been for me).
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by rabidrat 8y ago
Right. But too often, as gregmac said, "people send mass company emails with, for example, new policy or forms attached, and don't post them elsewhere". Email should be used for notification and ephemeral communication, and
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by rabidrat 8y ago
So now you have to store each email that includes important information in a second place, so that you remember to include it in their onboarding. Why not just post it to the intranet in a well-known location in the first place?
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by rabidrat 8y ago
To the parent's point, how do you get a future employee to receive the information in an email that was sent before they started?
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by rabidrat 8y ago
Yeah, I wish you could migrate messages to a thread retroactively.
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by rabidrat 8y ago
Bringing conservative interview clothes to Burning Man would also mark you as "not a good culture fit" though.
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by rabidrat 8y ago
Your dignity? Americans may think that anything goes if you're broke, but in other countries (Japan for example) suicide is an acceptable way to save yourself and your family and your legacy from complete ruination.
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by rabidrat 8y ago
He basically stepped down from active management with the birth of his second child. (Ballmer became CEO in Jan 2000).
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by rabidrat 8y ago
For ages there have not been billions of people. Now every year there are ~100m more people on the planet.
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by rabidrat 8y ago
and eating habits are only the hardest habits for a culture to change, after all..
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by rabidrat 8y ago
In college (90s) we had an ACM student chapter with an office that had several different workstations: Sun, AIX, even an SGI. Of course the beefiest computers with the best graphics were the most popular and first to be claimed on any day.
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by rabidrat 8y ago
Such a left-brained thing to say :)
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by rabidrat 8y ago
You've got that backwards. Attitude can be adjusted, but only if the person is willing. Talent can't be learned--at least not by most people, and not on the timescale of an actual job to be performed.
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by rabidrat 8y ago
Too bad they don't have Amazon's foresight to platformize their systems and salesforce.
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by rabidrat 8y ago
I remember a time when Republicans and Democrats shared a consistent view of reality.
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by rabidrat 8y ago
Isn't this Salesforce?
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by rabidrat 8y ago
As someone who does not have a great eye for color but would like to become better, I really liked this model of color and how to create harmonious color pallette. The color wheel never made sense to me.
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by rabidrat 8y ago
Try "War is a Racket" by Smedley Butler, USMC major general.
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by rabidrat 8y ago
Yup, I get it, I want that too, but I don't want to learn another language just to do that :/
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by rabidrat 8y ago
How about using an existing language, like Python? You can make a really great DSL using Python, and then people have access to all the other Python language features that they already know, and the stdlib that they already know, and 3rd-p
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by rabidrat 8y ago
Same here. It was straightforward, until I wanted to just make a simple "bank account" concept (you receive credits for completing certain tasks, and then you can spend credits for other purposes). Maybe there is a reasonable way

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