repolfx

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by repolfx 8y ago
I think it was implied by context that they weren't. Obviously if you need advice of "don't be greedy" then such a person isn't simultaneously weighing up an offer from the top of Google's pay tier, otherwise t
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by repolfx 8y ago
It is frustrating. I emphasise passion relatively little in my own interviewing process, but others in the firm can't quite get over the desire to do a "one last check" sort of interview. I don't stop them because, well,
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by repolfx 8y ago
I think you radically over-estimate the number of people who want to learn Elm in order to apply for a job. I've done a lot of hiring and we use a "cool" language (Kotlin). We don't mention the language to recruits altho
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by repolfx 8y ago
"Wikileaks" is an organisation, it can't be holed up anywhere. Assange is in the embassy for reasons that are officially speaking unrelated to Wikileaks - unless of course, you agree with him that he's being persecuted f
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by repolfx 8y ago
Is there something special about software with the level of introspection workers in this industry are expected to do, which cannot (or shouldn’t) be done elsewhere? It's not so much software, more engineering in general. You do find
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by repolfx 8y ago
The fast pace is meant for enthusiasts, learners, open source developers etc who don't face massive QA and upgrade costs. Not banks.
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by repolfx 8y ago
If you can make it past 8 to 9 then 9 to 10 and 10 to 11 are much easier. The reason the community is struggling with Java 8 to Java 9 is that 9 broke a TON of stuff. It's not backwards compatible at all. Basically every non-trivial ap
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by repolfx 8y ago
Neither of those things are true. The question in my mind is, do you know that, or are you just repeating garbled information you've heard elsewhere?
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by repolfx 8y ago
Despite the name Eurovision is nothing to do with the EU. That's why Israel, Ukraine and Russia sometimes compete. Actual eligibility is defined by a relic of the early television broadcasting industry, the "European Broadcasting
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by repolfx 8y ago
That would wreck Eurovision though. The reason these countries qualify automatically is because they pay for it, and it's expensive to host. The BBC has hosted Eurovision way more times than most other countries.