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by s73ver 10y ago
"I couldn't care less about content creators." Then stop consuming content. "Piracy is also a form of protest and a valid one." No more than me coming up and taking your stuff, or me hiring you and then refusing to
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by s73ver 10y ago
You really need to put better guidelines as to what counts as "incivility", cause it really seems like you just make it up as you go. I've read the guidelines; and they are very unclear about what counts as "incivility&q
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by s73ver 10y ago
The biggest hurdle to biking and walking, for those who are already comfortable doing those activities, is showering. I don't want to show up to the office drenched in sweat, making the work area smell like a gym. And there are some th
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by s73ver 10y ago
So after you die, I should be able to just take your car, right?
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by s73ver 10y ago
Actions speak louder than words.
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by s73ver 10y ago
If it's not your job to figure it out, why do you feel entitled to their content without paying?
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by s73ver 10y ago
Loius C.K. got to do that because he had already made a name for himself. Louis C.K. couldn't do that if he wasn't already famous. And while you say your circle of friends just pirates to "try it", most people that I&#x2
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by s73ver 10y ago
And how do I know that everyone in the room is using such a client? I know that everyone using Slack will see the message as I intended it to be seen.
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by s73ver 10y ago
Then start actual marketing. And make sure that I can switch from Slack to your product without any hangups, and have exactly the same feature parity, especially for non-technical users.
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by s73ver 10y ago
You can get upset over this and argue with people, but that's not going to make anyone choose IRC over Slack.
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by s73ver 10y ago
Don't forget this problem: https://xkcd.com/1810/
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by s73ver 10y ago
Average tech worker? Cause that's the only comparison that matters.
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by s73ver 10y ago
I don't think most people are suggesting that these former employees turned contractors would be rubbish. Just that they aren't willing to put up with the BS of "going the extra mile" or whatever without being paid for i
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by s73ver 10y ago
Yeah, but usually, that 3x income also comes with normal, 9-5 working hours. So you slog through the day, and have plenty of time to do the passion stuff at home. Plus, if we're talking about games, you have the money to pay people for
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by s73ver 10y ago
"Feature wise slack doesn't really bring much new. It just has a good interface." That's a pretty huge feature. Never underestimate how making something more usable increases it's popularity.
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by s73ver 10y ago
Well, this one was supposed to be a little different, as instead of open vs closed, it was sync vs async. But when the topic of OS projects and closed tools comes up...
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by s73ver 10y ago
Not everyone is going to use the same client.
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by s73ver 10y ago
The article, at the end (spoilers) states that async communication should be preferred for open source work. And I agree that async is important. But there are times where you do need that synchronous, let's talk now communication. And
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by s73ver 10y ago
Ok. We'll just make sure to move them all next to you while this happens.
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by s73ver 10y ago
No, they haven't. And them taking advantage of people with no alternatives is not a good thing.
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by s73ver 10y ago
So how does this person feed their family, then?
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by s73ver 10y ago
I fail to see why Uber's poor business model should be praised. If they can't take care of their employees, that's their problem, no one else's.
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by s73ver 10y ago
Uber also was a pioneer in this trend of making everyone "independent contractors" who are clearly employees.
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by s73ver 10y ago
No. There's absolutely no need for it. Just because a handful of companies can't properly classify their employees doesn't mean they need to be catered to.
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by s73ver 10y ago
So where on your list does going to your daughter's soccer games go? Where does playing catch with your son fall?
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by s73ver 10y ago
I'm not quite so sure what your point is. The examples you gave of places that don't do so well on the Joel test still sound like places most of us would not want to work.
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by s73ver 10y ago
Some of that is needed, though. If you're going to just shut one or two people in a room for 9 months, then you probably don't need it. But today usually you're going to have bigger teams, and the business is going to need mo
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by s73ver 10y ago
Programming as a job doesn't suck. You were just unlucky enough to find one of the shittiest companies out there, and it sounds like you decided to live in an area without much competition. I can tell you right now, in an area with a h
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by s73ver 10y ago
"They need to be at the advantage, their life and time is being bought." Same is true for someone who is not good at negotiating, or is negotiating from a weaker position. "And because if the pay is shit, they'll only en
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by s73ver 10y ago
It's like context is an actual thing.

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