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by settsu 9y ago
It was a qualification, of sorts, meant to suggest “regardless of principle or viewpoint”. I.e., the tasks mentioned generally required less skill than most minimum wage jobs ostensibly require. Admittedly, I was working from anecdotal evid
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by settsu 9y ago
In the current US marketplace , $9/hr for essentially a zero skill delivery driver isn’t terrible, is it?
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by settsu 9y ago
It was an interesting read... that I couldn’t finish because the page kept crashing until my browser (Safari, iOS 11.2.5, iPhone 8) finally gave up on reloading it. Even made my phone warm up at one point. Happens too often on Gizmodo Media
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by settsu 9y ago
No, he’s saying the internet upended the old funnel model by providing democratized global distribution to anyone, but now Facebook has not only largely reversed progress, they’ve done worse by profiteering on content they’ve assumed effect
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by settsu 9y ago
> (Of course, most designers won’t have the chance to ask their users whether or not they want to be tricked, so they have to make that call on their own.) It’s a well-documented fact of user experience that asking users what they want i
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by settsu 9y ago
Sorry, no. Just... no. No no no. (Ok, a little yes, but so much no as to render it a net no.) > Nobody wants to read your shit is... ...terrible advice. > Make your point fast. > Less is more. I see what you’re trying to say. But p
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by settsu 9y ago
In context with the content and tone of the post, it reads as self-aggrandizement—a seemingly not uncommon affectation among those who have attained notoriety in their own lifetime. And while one might regard it as distasteful—it’s certainl
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by settsu 9y ago
I'm a remote developer (FTE w/large out of state co.) who happens to be a 40 year old single dad of two elementary school-aged kids living in a one bedroom apartment. Yet even if I was able to recreate a workplace with my favorite
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Code42 shuttering consumer offering, CrashPlan for Home(code42.com)
8 points by settsu 9y ago|2 comments
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by settsu 9y ago
I see. As someone living in the U.S. with children, I neither feel nor observe indications of this as an imminent danger. If anything I'd posit we've faulted much the opposite direction. A history of stubborn individualism, regard
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by settsu 9y ago
Or, as pointed out in an article cited, a person is sufficiently, if not exceptionally, proficient but is simply ill-suited: "I was in the throes of a brief, doomed romance. I had attended a concert that Saturday night. I answered the
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by settsu 9y ago
I don't understand. It's a valid example of how people are prejudged for interest and proclivity at a young age. It was neither an indictment of the author's parenting nor an inherent indication to an underlying bias.
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by settsu 9y ago
> "Note that, even if men in STEM fields are no more sexist on average than men in other fields—or are less sexist, as one might expect from their generally socially liberal views and attitudes..." Sadly, that has not been my e
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by settsu 9y ago
> ...you ostensibly are committed to keeping manufacturing jobs in the US > ...these companies aren't going to stay in the US A problem with these is the presumption that it is a timelessly, inherently, and unquestionably good ob
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by settsu 9y ago
Wanted to add that you might consider writing about this then build on that by continuing to share the progress of your journey. At the very least you would have something to reflect back on but moreso I suspect there are others who would f
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by settsu 9y ago
Wow, what a journey you've made! I can see where you're coming from, literally & figuratively. (If it wasn't obvious already, background is firmly rooted in white, male, American privilege. My family wasn't the Weste
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by settsu 9y ago
To confirm what others have said: becoming a developer will not inherently "[cut] out bureaucracy and office politics" and certainly does not hold any guarantee of being "paid decently." That doesn't make it any les
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by settsu 9y ago
At first I just thought he was oblivious to some degree—regardless of his document's veracity, it was clearly a case of "wrong time, wrong place." Furthermore, it's one thing to "stand on principle, even if you stan
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by settsu 9y ago
Let's hope this was an anomaly, if a disturbing one. Unfortunately, given the palpable desperation of the corporations actions, I fear it may not be.
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by settsu 9y ago
Ebay.
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by settsu 9y ago
I understand the disappointment and frustration here, but choosing to be out $90 for something that will never be used—vs. recouping some money and having the offending item gone—seems like a questionable decision.
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Kids Pass Just Reminded Us How Hard Responsible Disclosure Is(troyhunt.com)
4 points by settsu 9y ago|0 comments
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by settsu 9y ago
I'm curious how the smaller screen affects productivity. I've had the primary responsibility for building applications with associated web services and tackling that on a 15" Retina Macbook Pro was, while possible, hardly ide
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by settsu 9y ago
> Also, most of us run a load just before going to bed, and shuffle it to the dryer in the morning. Not if you care about the longevity of your clothing and mildew in your washer. I don't know anyone who does this routinely on purpo
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by settsu 9y ago
While this was arguably a legally heavy-handed act on Trader Joe's part, it also seems like Mr. Hallatt became increasingly bold and antagonistic as his revenue increased. I mean, he did change his store name to Pirate Joe’s (from the
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by settsu 9y ago
Conceptually, I think that's one of the primary reasons for a salaried, full-time, permanent employee (in "knowledge"-type roles.) Of course there is still have hourly pay based work but, in principle, those would be for spec
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by settsu 9y ago
Sounds like systems & practices weren't developed & adjusted for the change.
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by settsu 9y ago
> ... until they don't. Then you are screwed. His point works well in a world where Android isn't competing with Apple which, while far from perfect, does not suffer nearly as badly from the looong tail of terrible quality ap
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by settsu 9y ago
> - Devices are your personal property. We won’t force you to have anything on them you don’t want to have. Ok, so at first glance this is just a diplomatic, manifesto-ese way of saying "no bloatware". However, there's p
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by settsu 9y ago
Except I find I'm biased against an author when they make categorically false statements that are within the same realm as the primary topic. > It’s getting hard to remember, but a decade ago — before iPhone — all our mobiles were

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