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by shaftway 3y ago
I don't really have a problem with this. It's not like they're lying to the customer about battery capacity or vehicle weight. The best you can argue is that they're not being as efficient as they could be, but I could m
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by shaftway 3y ago
This is probably the winning move.
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by shaftway 3y ago
I never used it because last time I asked they told me I have to be buying something that needs it, like an appliance. Wood didn't count. So maybe that is an option, but.... > By the time you turn 35, you're in a blood feud wit
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by shaftway 3y ago
> somehow it became a cultural icon to have a pick-up truck that doesn't ever pick anything up This is actually the struggle I'm going through right now. I rarely need to cart around something large, but when I do it's som
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by shaftway 3y ago
I wish I had the space for that with some of my projects. The expensive one was a desk with walnut, maple and resin. The resin cracked and discolored. The lesson was that when they say you can pour it 2 inches thick, you have to remember th
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by shaftway 3y ago
In general I agree and I've preached the same. But the moment when you're holding the result of a month of weekends in your hands and you have to drop it in the trash can is tough.
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by shaftway 3y ago
Not sure woodworking is "low-stress", though I guess it depends on what exactly you plan on making. I have had a number of failures at all phases of projects. One was 20 hours of work and a grand in materials that I were totally j
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by shaftway 3y ago
Another way to handle this if you haven't made the change yet is to do a `git rebase -i head~4` (or however far back) and mark the place where the change needs to happen as "edit". Make your change, add the file, then `git re
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by shaftway 3y ago
There are a few federal laws in the US that prohibit exploiting children sexually, even if done outside the country and in a country where it is legal. https://www.justice.gov/criminal-ceos/citizens-guide-us-fede...
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by shaftway 3y ago
I moved into my development before all of the houses were complete, and after about two years they started building a new set of houses that they described as "zipper" style. The houses are basically "L" shaped, but turn
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by shaftway 3y ago
I was a Google engineer, team lead on the Play Store. I know what data we collected, but I also know controls around accessing it were very strict (rumor is in the early days of GMail an employee was caught accessing his girlfriend's e
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by shaftway 3y ago
If you're looking to coast like that then yeah, it's hard to leave it. This person actually got out from the PIP by transitioning to 80% (you work four days per week for 80% of the pay and equity). That's definitely not the d
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by shaftway 3y ago
> I don't believe for a moment that Google isn't collecting massive amounts of data about young people and categorizing them by their intellect while taking careful note of their test scores, conversations with friends, and the
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by shaftway 3y ago
I was put on a PIP at Google in my first year. I worked my way out of it (it was mostly a perception-of-work thing, not an actual-work thing). And then for other reasons I transferred out about 6 months later. I think this helped a lot in g
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by shaftway 3y ago
I don't buy that. Vasectomies are pretty much covered by every insurer, no questions asked, because it's massively cheaper than another kid. And health insurance is basically a monopoly. Anywhere you go you'll be in one out o
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by shaftway 3y ago
It's certainly not more deceptive than almond juice or blended beans being sold as "milk".
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by shaftway 3y ago
This is not where the GPS said we were going. Similarly, if you like your nostalgia mashed up with unexpected genres, it's worth trying out Organ Trail. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hatspr
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by shaftway 3y ago
Metformin also helps keep you under that threshold. Without Metformin my A1C is typically around 10 but with it I'm usually around 5. This complicates classification.
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by shaftway 3y ago
> No, this is FAANG. You're in MTV, but the people you need to collaborate are in NYC, LAX, SEA, AUS, SFO... I don't think this is really that common. I spent a decade in MTV on a wide variety of teams. I had VCs with people in
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by shaftway 3y ago
To be fair, I don't think this person ended up being involved in that decision. I've been in contact with them since and there doesn't seem to be any animosity. There are plenty of more obvious reasons I was let go: - I was i
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by shaftway 3y ago
It's the stock, but only when the stock is publicly traded. I have zero trust in the long term outlook of my current firm. My stock vests every 3 months and I sell it immediately. This makes up about half of my total compensation. If t
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by shaftway 3y ago
Woodworking. I picked it up during the pandemic and now it's an outlet when I don't want to code any more. The current project is a beer stein made out of white oak reclaimed from an old whiskey barrel. I'm trying to retain t
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by shaftway 3y ago
I'm going to rise to the bait on this one and pick apart every piece of this. > I think it's bizarre and irrational to tell someone "you must know the answers to pass this test, but you're not allowed to study by look
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by shaftway 3y ago
It's not about saving that 15%. You've already demonstrated the will to leave the company. If they don't train someone up on your responsibilities then they're likely to left holding the bag. Add in a touch of spite and
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by shaftway 3y ago
Yeah, that was from memory, and I was thinking of dZ as steps around the Z axis, and dX steps around the X axis.
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by shaftway 3y ago
I didn't find this, I was given it by a grizzled veteran, but... Back in '99 I had a lot of experience with Adobe's SVG plugin, especially around the javascript capabilities. I had been commissioned to build some demos but gi
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by shaftway 3y ago
I think cutting legroom so they can cram in an extra 5 rows has a bigger impact.
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by shaftway 3y ago
Look for another job, but do not present it to your employer. I think you should always be interviewing. See what you're worth, see what the climate is like, hone your interviewing skills for the next time you *need* to interview, and
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by shaftway 3y ago
The problem is that it's difficult to add raisins without them being consumed sequentially.
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by shaftway 3y ago
I'm not sure what you're advocating as the alternative. If you're saying that they shouldn't have been bailed out, then that's legit, but it was a rapidly evolving situation and it's easy to play armchair quart

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