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by radcon 7y ago
I worked for a company that was always handing out cheap tokens of their "appreciation" (we all knew they didn't appreciate the employees but I guess they figured pretending might reduce turnover). Sometimes it was a free pre
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by radcon 7y ago
> However, it turns out that there are a lot of developers that really love Elixir! Turns out it has nothing to do with being non-typical and everything to do with Elixir. This is more of an ad for their company than an article on hiring
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by radcon 7y ago
HN is no different from every other internet forum: Heavily moderated with very little transparency -- the perfect recipe for filter bubbles and groupthink. The moderators can even apply permanent penalties to individual users (your comment
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by radcon 7y ago
> I submit that the computer-only emergency brake assist is safer than the combination of human and computer You're choosing to ignore the fact that computers still make mistakes. My friend's car (an Acura) recently slammed on
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by radcon 7y ago
Not too long ago, we (America) were bragging about our ability to influence foreign elections[1]. Everyone seems to conveniently forget that whenever Russian "meddling" comes up these days. http://content.time.com/
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by radcon 7y ago
> the third most common reason given was an “unfavorable atmosphere” in the workplace. The top reason was staff shortages and the second most common reason was that their company did not offer it. If the company doesn't offer it, th
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by radcon 7y ago
Weren't plastic bags created because they have a significantly smaller environmental impact than paper? You need to re-use a paper bag at least 3 times before it's better than using a plastic bag[1]. And let's face it, no one
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by radcon 7y ago
> Residential customers are not allowed to . . . consume more bandwidth than required to support typical residential Internet activities. PhillyWisper may disconnect or limit the bandwidth for residential customers who use residential se
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by radcon 7y ago
> I don't have to wear that kind of outfit very often and the temperatures here rarely reach that high luckily. I usually grin and bear it but I know plenty of older people who don't tolerate heat well. Men especially seem to s
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by radcon 7y ago
> I said "thank you, but I'm Norwegian, we walk". The man looked at me for a few seconds then barked "Well I'm American!", then drove off and we both laughed. What a clever, considerate American, making use
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by radcon 7y ago
> Who are these managers cand how can I get a job working for them. Work in the IT department of any small or medium-sized enterprise. They seem to be the norm there.
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by radcon 7y ago
I know there are better examples, but the one that always comes to mind for me is Asbestos. Everyone thought that was safe, now it kills 100,000+ people a year. And to make matters worse, companies were able to suppress evidence of its dang
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by radcon 7y ago
Yup, devs.
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by radcon 7y ago
> a lot of people think that just by being in the office they are 'working' regardless of whether they are in fact getting anything done. This is the part that annoys me the most. Managers pretend that Seat Time = Productivity
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by radcon 7y ago
I've noticed a similar thing happening with prepared food. If there are Wawa stores in an area, there usually aren't as many sandwich or salad places nearby as you'd expect. Where I work, your options are basically Wawa or bo
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by radcon 7y ago
> In order to produce them cost effectively, I'd need molds that cost several times what this entire system cost. Was that price from China or the U.S. (or somewhere else)? > I passed on that at the time and considered producing
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by radcon 7y ago
Hopefully we go back to forums, where the format is more conducive to conversation rather than snarky one-liners and memes. This whole nested comment format becomes completely unreadable once you have more than two people involved in a comm
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by radcon 7y ago
I'm so glad I grew up during a time when you didn't have to worry about every single second of your life potentially being captured on video and used for some nefarious purpose. I can't imagine being a kid in this type of env
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by radcon 7y ago
Mesothelioma victims would beg to differ.
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by radcon 7y ago
> There is no reliable evidence. . . The premise of the entire article seems to rely on this one fallacy. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, especially in a case like this where the effects are extraordinarily difficult (if
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by radcon 7y ago
This is different, the comments are simply pushed to the bottom of the page instead of hidden. Usually, when you post a new comment it's boosted to the top for a short period of time. Now, the opposite is happening.
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Ask HN: How does the comment suppression on here work?
5 points by radcon 7y ago|3 comments
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by radcon 7y ago
I had already switched on PC because of Chrome's voracious appetite for RAM. On mobile I made the switch to avoid AMP pages. The list of reasons keeps growing...
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by radcon 7y ago
And then...? You got a high-paying job? You started a successful company? You finally sold more than 300 copies of your eBook? If you want to prove the article wrong, you're going to have to demonstrate more than just the fact that you
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by radcon 7y ago
> What's the other option? Not get a education and then be further disadvantaged? I thought the other option was obvious: Colleges should prepare people for jobs rather than hiding behind excuses like "We're creating well-
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by radcon 7y ago
Employers: "You have to go to college to prepare for the workforce." Colleges: "It's not our job to prepare you for the workforce." Recent grads with $50k+ in debt and no useful job skills: "..."
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by radcon 7y ago
Looks like it was flagged/removed with no explanation. It's currently ranked 107, even though it's vote:time ratio should easily put it on the front page. Kind of ironic given the subject of their post. If I didn't know
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by radcon 7y ago
I don't think it's just overwork that has this effect. Work, in general, along with the constant pressure to remain "employable" forces us to structure our lives in a way that leaves very little time and/or energy
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by radcon 7y ago
Is anyone else extremely reluctant to fly on a Boeing plane after this? A lot of people say "It's no big deal, they just need to update the MCAS software" , but I see this entire situation as a sign of much deeper issues at
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by radcon 7y ago
I agree, those are good signs. If these fingerprint protection tools are effective, my main fear is that websites will simply say "Disable your fingerprint protection if you want to proceed", much like many sites currently do with

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