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by strict9 8y ago
This is clearly intended for actual staff, not support position like building support and maintenance. They aren't employees, in fact they rarely are anywhere anymore. It's all outsourced to maintenance companies which are cheaper
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by strict9 8y ago
Ethical and environmental debates aside, I chose to be a vegetarian 10 years ago as a way of forcing myself to have diversity in what I consume. It was too easy to fall into the trap of eating junk. Giving up meat doesn't ensure health
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by strict9 8y ago
As creepy as it is to see detailed illustrations, I've always assumed they've been doing this for a long time. IP address patterns joined with timestamps, tags, and other social interactions are too easy to link and beneficial for
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by strict9 8y ago
>On a conservative news site called the NTK Network, dozens of articles blasted Google and Apple for unsavory business practices. One story called Mr. Cook hypocritical for chiding Facebook over privacy, noting that Apple also collects r
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by strict9 8y ago
I love Firefox but so many years later still cannot get used to that giant round duplo back button. It's obnoxious.
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by strict9 8y ago
They sure don't make it easy to find on their site, though this post breaks down some of it: https://www.cockroachlabs.com/blog/aurora-price-vs-cockroach... Cockroaches team also have their customers as a top leve
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by strict9 8y ago
Presumably it wasn't structured like MS's stack ranking, it was arbitrary. It's a weird feeling to come in regularly and be uncertain if you'd still be employed by the end of week, but not for anything you specifically d
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by strict9 8y ago
>Many employees say they see the keeper test as a guise for ordinary workplace politics while some managers say they feel pressure to fire people or risk looking soft. I worked for a place like this. Regular firings, sometimes every mont
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by strict9 8y ago
Like the author of this article I tried to like it, and just couldn't do it. I use non-touchbar MBP at work, but now only use an iMac at home. Thought I'd miss the portability of a laptop but a year later I haven't missed it
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by strict9 8y ago
Constant worry about ageism, discrimination, and making a living once you to get to late 30s/early 40s. In particular SV but this is a concern everywhere. What can you do then if you love programming and don't want to be a manager
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by strict9 8y ago
At best ai amplifies existing patterns and biases when handling repetitive work. Over and over we hear how Facebook, Twitter, Google, and others will solve the problem of problematic content and bad actors through ai and neural networks. It
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by strict9 8y ago
as long as it's not OLED like new iPhones.
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by strict9 8y ago
The companies cited in this article that are walking back podcasting efforts mostly repackaged existing content in audio form, and it was obvious. Or worse, they had talking heads in a conversational format going on about the week's ne
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Wharton professor says America should shorten the work day by 2 hours(cnbc.com)
266 points by strict9 8y ago|192 comments
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by strict9 8y ago
A Tesla using an automation feature doesn't operate as expected resulting in minor property damage is a guaranteed headline and so many eyeballs. But the massive number of fatalities that occur every day in cars are rarely or not even
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by strict9 8y ago
To many, whisper content in commercials and other A/V is the equivalent of nails on a chalkboard or someone clipping their finger nails. Can think of few trends that are so anxiety and discomfort inducing as intentional loud whispering
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Let's Stop Pretending Facebook and Twitter's CEOs Can't Fix This Mess(wired.com)
24 points by strict9 8y ago|17 comments
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by strict9 8y ago
Even the dedicated news section has headline now that reads: "x has a lot of people shook on twitter." Won't pretend to understand what kind of language appeals to 18-20 year olds, but is that demographic valuable enough to h
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by strict9 8y ago
>Candidates spend many hours completing homework assignments for companies which are not sufficiently interested in them. This is abusing candidates. Knock it off. Given a choice of spending 2-3 hours on a take home assignment vs. 1 hou
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Last South African coelacanths threatened by oil exploration(theguardian.com)
1 points by strict9 8y ago|0 comments
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by strict9 8y ago
Where is this in the US? McDonalds? Those don't exist except interstate highways.
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by strict9 8y ago
>Really, the life of nearly everyone improved a bit since Uber entered the city. Except for bus riders and cyclists that deal with much more congestion. And transit riders that deal with services changes as a result of decreased transit
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by strict9 8y ago
>have absolutely no sympathy for anyone that can condone; nigh constantly encourage the kind of cruelty that we see today from the GOP. Believe me, this is why I can't speak with some family/friends from back home. But packing
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by strict9 8y ago
This is why the red/blue election map broken down by county is so stark and shocking. I grew up in and still have friends/family in a rural area and there is no optimism for earning a decent living for most people. And this is a s
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Bourbon vs. Bourbon: Did Whiskey Really Taste Better in the 1800s?(popularmechanics.com)
1 points by strict9 8y ago|0 comments
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by strict9 8y ago
This is the worst thing about google products! One egregious example is Maps always showing you some random place you looked up a year ago. I don't want it to learn from me.
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by strict9 8y ago
For many of the reasons outlined in this introduction, I've taken up drawing, wood engraving, and origami/papercraft. The repetitive parts (carving lines or folding paper) in particular have an acute soothing psychological effect.
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by strict9 8y ago
>Be afraid, be very afraid, of economic loss. I've always made a mental connection between permabears/zerohedge readers as likely miserable and unhappy people. The wild conspiracy theories and general hatred of certain groups i
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by strict9 8y ago
It's weird to me too. But articles says it's because the brain alternates activity in hemispheres. It switches activity to each hemisphere, possibly as it gets too cool. >These marine mammals have evolved a half-brain style of
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by strict9 8y ago
It's recognizable, but why require a click to see subcategories? It's an unnecessary interaction.

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