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by spoonjim 4y ago
The thing that remote “pop in” doesn’t do is let me assess how interruptible someone is. When I pop in on someone in an office, I do it when I’m not interrupting their deep work — it’s extremely easy to tell when this is. Remotely, it’s muc
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by spoonjim 4y ago
Is it just me or are purple using a lot of goofy-ass fonts these days? What the fuck is the lowercase “f” in this post?
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by spoonjim 4y ago
It’s more like an import tariff in disguise. Countries other than the US, China, and Sweden have been under-successful in tech so they tax the exporters who supply their markets with these fines.
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by spoonjim 4y ago
“Deserve ain’t got nothing to do with it.” Both tech companies and governments are doing what they are doing because they can.
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by spoonjim 4y ago
It is when pretty much every country without a tech economy does this to the big players every few months
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by spoonjim 4y ago
Huh. A biochemical model of the Ballmer Peak.
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by spoonjim 4y ago
"Venice’s main island has lost more than 120,000 residents since the early 1950s, driven away by myriad issues but mainly a focus on mass tourism"... surely it's the tourists driving away the residents and not the fact that t
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by spoonjim 4y ago
No I can't, because my account would get banned. Probably under the pretext of the stated rule, "Eschew flamebait. Avoid unrelated controversies, generic tangents, and internet tropes."
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by spoonjim 4y ago
There are definitely ideas that are not allowed here.
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by spoonjim 4y ago
It was a joke, the Indian and Chinese engineers working at American tech companies are highly productive
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by spoonjim 4y ago
I consulted for a Fortune 500 where the CEO would spend a hour or so every month taking sales and support phone calls. He would use this information operationally -- he would send out missives to the head of marketing saying "people ar
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by spoonjim 4y ago
As a counterpoint, in most of the Latin American family empires, where the eldest son is by birth designated to be the next CEO of the company, he usually starts working at the factory in childhood, doing all of the menial jobs. Then he&#x2
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by spoonjim 4y ago
Oh yes, those lazy Indian and Chinese people, they never get anything done
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by spoonjim 4y ago
Every app that uses an in-app browser (which is most of them) can do this. This is a clickbait headline that relies on "Blue Company Bad" sentiments.
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by spoonjim 4y ago
Trimmed inflation is a better measure than non-trimmed for goods with substitutes. Bacon going up 1000% in price is not as bad as all food going up 5% in price because you can just stop eating bacon, but you can't just stop eating.
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by spoonjim 4y ago
Account will get banned
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by spoonjim 4y ago
An interesting article but kind of doesn't really say outright what needs to be said.
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by spoonjim 4y ago
Can’t disagree with that. I’ve made more (paper) money in the last two years owning my house than working at my job.
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by spoonjim 4y ago
This is a little cold. To get into the market, most people need to put in all the money they’ve ever saved plus a good fraction of all the money they’ll ever earn in the future. People will naturally be anxious about the value of that asset
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by spoonjim 4y ago
The Brother $100 black and white laser is quite civilized. And printers have come so far since the old days. I plug that motherfucker in and I can print to it from my phone, immediately!
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by spoonjim 4y ago
Of course. I think the real measure of who that 0.25% is though, are the ones where if someone McElroyed you, an entire town of 40 people would stay silent about it.
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by spoonjim 4y ago
Life with 4 kids under 6 is exhausting as hell but feels like heaven.
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by spoonjim 4y ago
It essentially already is a random drawing... at those acceptance rates, you're getting admitted or rejected because the orchestra needed a flute player, or because the admissions officer was feeling gassy after lunch. Having admission
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by spoonjim 4y ago
Buying a single $1 lottery ticket is fine. But I see people in gas stations etc. who look like they are spending a very large fraction of their disposable income on lottery tickets. People asking for "$60 of X" when they look like
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by spoonjim 4y ago
Oof. Now is probably your last chance to get a decent naturally asprirated I6 BMW without all that nonsense.
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by spoonjim 4y ago
What's your proposal for dealing with rapists/murderers/child abusers/etc? If it doesn't involve shooting them to Neptune, explain how you will keep them permanently out of my life.
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by spoonjim 4y ago
No, this sounds like a scrapbooking cruise but for lowlifes instead of soccer moms. I don’t want to live next to anyone who’s done time in a place like this.
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by spoonjim 4y ago
Yikes. This is why I support only under 30 days or life without parole incarceration, other punishments should be Singapore-style caning. I don’t think I should have to live next to people who lived in a place like what you describe.
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by spoonjim 4y ago
The overwork ecpectation is big part of American professional culture
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by spoonjim 4y ago
I believe it about open plan vs private offices, but this is a comparison between offices in general and libraries (which have effectively zero collaboration)

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