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by smtddr 12y ago
>>A compliment alone should not constitute sexual harassment, that would be total madness. That definitely depends on the compliment; exactly what attribute about the person you're complimenting.....
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by smtddr 12y ago
I think the implied part of this discussion is "captive". The person must at least feel that there is no other choice. We see that in prostitution, in illegal immigrants working in horrible conditions, Dubai laborers[1], etc. In
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by smtddr 12y ago
Hmm, then what can Google experiment with that doesn't carry the risk of harming a preexisting smaller company? I guess only things like self-driving cars that nobody else is doing?
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If we go down this logical path, I'd say society already has lower-than-minimum-wage and/or dangerous jobs being done by people who have no feasible alternative... so we've kinda already accepted that this situation will occu
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by smtddr 12y ago
Well to be fair, it does say "experiment". I read that as "We can terminate this thing at anytime and you should expect as much"
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by smtddr 12y ago
sure, I'm game. Send me info in a private message on twitter @smtddr. :)
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>>Yes, that is unfair! The whole reason we have the ADA and anti-discrimination laws is that plenty of people would rather just work with people that look and talk and think like them, and in fact believe they are more productive tha
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by smtddr 12y ago
>>Do you also believe that you can reliably assess it in a face to face interview with a candidate? Nope, I don't. I absolutely believe there is a significant margin of error there but I also believe that, as human beings, we h
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by smtddr 12y ago
Too hard for me to define. Like not hiring because the candidate didn't have "passion". I realize how frustrating & annoying it is to be disqualified based on such of an ambiguous intangible concept - it borderlines on no
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In general, I just don't like trying to describe people with science. That's a personal philosophy that I don't think I can really convince anyone else of if they don't already believe it. But specifically: >> Do
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by smtddr 12y ago
This is the first comment from tptacek that I disagree with; strongly. I know this HN audience loves its scientific approach to everything and everyone in life, but I actually don't. I'll probably never accept applying science to
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by smtddr 12y ago
The fact that I can count on opinions like this countering propaganda is exactly what makes comment sections valuable.
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by smtddr 12y ago
Thunderbird is my go-to client in any company I work at if I can figure out how to make it work. For those of you at companies with newer Outlook exchange servers ( http://i.imgur.com/J31q7xo.png ) or the even newest-newe
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by smtddr 12y ago
Here's where coinbase could make an interesting feature. Coinbase QuickPay A dropdown of popular companies. Select the one you want then enter the amount you want to pay this company in USD. A confirmation screen comes up asking you &
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by smtddr 12y ago
http://www.wsj.com/articles/jostling-begins-as-fccs-net-neut... """Google has grown. And strong net neutrality rules are now no longer a top company priority. They could even be a hindrance. Officially,
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by smtddr 12y ago
Another anecdotal... I originally got rejected from my current position. It wasn't until a month later that they called me back and we're like, "um yeah, actually come back and let's talk about compensation." Foun
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by smtddr 12y ago
Since we're talking hypothetical here; we're never going to convince each other. We can just skip this debate and make College/University free for everyone.
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I'm very confident that the laziness-factor accounts for less than 25% of the people out there when it comes to student-debt. Afterall, they had the discipline to go to school and get that degree. But like I said, this debate shouldn&#
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by smtddr 12y ago
If paying money out of my own pocket means I've helped people who were _scammed_ into crushing debt while holding a near worthless degree that they've spent prime years of their life working for; time that they cannot get back..
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by smtddr 12y ago
>> Joking about what is, or isn't treasonous, is to my way of thinking in just as much poor taste as joking about sexual orientation or race. Honestly, I use to feel the same way as you but.... I've begun to realize that j
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by smtddr 12y ago
Some advice for the accused; not that I condone your actions (based on the article, you seem guilty) but if you get the devices back you should probably assumed they've been compromised. You should just destroy them complelety. Or may
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by smtddr 12y ago
What's HN's stance on posting a paywalled article to pastebin like this? If I were to guess, I'd think this to be frowned upon.
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Doesn't matter if they already have the means; always helps to have a Plan-B... or C, D, E and F. I also suspect that not everyone knows every trick and/or some people are more comfortable with certain methods than others.
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>> Google is just as evil as any large corporation. Let's not exaggerate. Google might not be perfect; nobody is, but their actions are great magnitudes in distance from the evil some other companies have done. I'd rather
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by smtddr 12y ago
>>Then the hackers would send the target a photo of themselves loaded with malware that penetrated their personal files and stole information. The mainstream public is going to freak out over this line. What I assume this means, is
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by smtddr 12y ago
Bitcoin's cryptologic is open-source; it doesn't have to be secure from tampering in the same way a videogame console has to be secure. A videogame console doesn't want you modifying game code or running your own code on the
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by smtddr 12y ago
>>I think its us-vs-them tone and cherry-picking of facts makes it very easy to dismiss outright. This only happens because the problem is constantly ignored. Personally, it's clear to me that nearly every single time anyone tr
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by smtddr 12y ago
>>I do agree college should not be free. It devalues the education and puts those who are there to truly learn at a disadvantage. Who wants to be in classes alongside people who just there because its free, or for the ride? Being fr
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by smtddr 12y ago
>>You would not get (much) child molestation if there was no public for these images in the first place. You don't know that. Also, your argument sounds very similar to those that blame violent video games for actual acts of vi
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by smtddr 12y ago
As someone who is an American-born-Nigerian and my wife, born and raised in Nigeria, I can confirm this. My wife got malaria all the time in Nigeria, it was like a really bad cold or a flu in America. You get over it and move on. Only if yo

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