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11y ago
Still makes the customer a shitty person.
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There is a canyon of difference between what is "supposed to" happen, and what does. And before you bring up suing or reporting or anything like that, know that those activities usually require time and money that the employee pro
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11y ago
None of that changes the fact that someone who does those things is a terrible person.
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11y ago
Be easy to work with, but at the same time there is absolutely no reason to give the client in the beginning a credit. Doing so will probably hurt you more, as the client will lose all respect for you and your rates.
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11y ago
"but I'm becoming increasingly aware of the myriad ways that my personal privacy is being violated by the apps and services that I use, and I'm considering jumping ship again." The grass isn't greener on the other s
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11y ago
This is only for the commercial offering of Cyannogen. The random roms out there for different phones that you flash yourself are not part of this.
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11y ago
Why not? Remember, this is Cyannogen's distribution, so they could change it up so that the things that would be answered by Now are answered by Cortana. Now cards might not carry over, but that shouldn't be a big deal. And Cyanno
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11y ago
I know nothing about the company, their IP, their talent, etc. So we don't know if they weren't able to deliver or not. And this kind of short term thinking isn't uncommon for large companies. And by the time the vesting peri
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11y ago
1. It's possible, however very unlikely, especially given what we've seen so far. 2. It very much is, as inequality limits what sectors of the population can grow. 4. PG wouldn't be in a position to have that comparison made
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11y ago
The regular environment for Android is free. As is the regular environment for Windows Phone.
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11y ago
And? If you know that the person isn't there on Wednesday, you adapt.
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11y ago
Why? Is that much going to happen on Wednesday that can't easily be caught up on Thursday?
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11y ago
They might not want to go to Google. Doing this, an acquihire, they can at least get a couple years out of the team, holding the vesting of the shares over their heads, before the team breaks up.
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11y ago
What she's doing with the proceeds is really irrelevant.
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11y ago
And what did the people who've actually done the work get?
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11y ago
Right, but why would you work free overtime for that? Re-arrange your work day so the meeting is during it.
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11y ago
At the same time, you probably own the farm if you're living on it. Someone who's doing unpaid overtime for their company isn't getting any benefits from it.
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11y ago
Why can't your job be one of those? Why do your employers feel entitled to free labor?
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11y ago
People say a lot of things. Doesn't make them right.
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11y ago
No, it's not valid. The only reason it would be done is for deceitful reasons. Therefore, not valid.
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11y ago
"Reasons exist" And absolutely none of them are valid. If you're going to have this person work on the core of your company, there is absolutely no reason to not be up front with them.
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11y ago
"How is it not normal?" Because how the hell is anyone supposed to validate their findings?
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11y ago
Or an example of someone being too damn lazy to put effort into their offerings. I wouldn't be saying anything except that it takes so little effort to make it 1000x more readable than he did. http://bettermotherfuckingwebsi
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11y ago
I would not want to hire, nor work with anyone who felt that their job was "done" simply because they made a comment to someone at some time.
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11y ago
"Lets take for Leadership decides to incur technical debt to allow a faster entry into market, Development Team Lead decides this is unacceptable, and does not take on the Technical Debt, but instead does things 'The Right Way
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11y ago
"Many features which are just now being introduced in Swift have existed for over a decade in .NET languages." And nobody but insecure people give a crap. The rest of us just want to use good tools to get our jobs done.
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11y ago
No one should expect everyone to do that. This is basic, platform level stuff, that Google should be providing, unless they want Android to stagnate and whither away.
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Your math isn't correct. It's not one person continuously paying the artist. It's every time the company makes money by playing the song, they pay the artist.
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Those are punitive damages. So it's not just the value, but there's also a punishment in there. If you only had to pay the 99 cents or whatever per infringement, then no one would care, because you wouldn't have to pay much i
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11y ago
Good faith is one thing, but at the end of the day, if they're not paying what they owe, then they shouldn't be able to continue using the stuff.
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