swampangel

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by swampangel 9y ago
It's not necessary, one account lets you reply/boost/communicate with anyone. But if you find an instance catering to a community/topic you like, you may want to create an account there to fully participate in that insta
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by swampangel 10y ago
If you end up in the crosshairs of a user with many aggressive/abusive followers, seeing their tweets in your mentions ruins the SNR of your twitter experience. There's a reason why celebrities have had the "quality filter&qu
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by swampangel 12y ago
Caramel colour is widely used, but some whisky enthusiasts are opposed to it: (2001) http://www.just-drinks.com/analysis/caramel-addition-may-pro... (2011) http://www.masterofmalt.com/Blog/post&#x2
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by swampangel 12y ago
While this doesn't sound like a great working environment, my advice while you're there is to ignore the tone of your coworkers' comments and focus on their content. If a developer condescends to you it's likely (a) acci
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by swampangel 12y ago
Ask them to make a better offer. If they can't/won't do that for you, why would you be expected to make a sacrifice for them? Regardless, your old company can't compel you to go work for a new employer. Morally or legall
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by swampangel 12y ago
> about 65% of our applications are currently from men, and men are about 65% of the people we invite to interview That sounds to me like the point where blind review of applications would take place.
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by swampangel 12y ago
Consider 2 candidates with github profiles: - A has a created small number of functional and elegant projects - B has created a large number of functional but sloppy projects Which is objectively better? The candidate who is more productive
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by swampangel 12y ago
They did point out that the first round selection is done based on anonymized applications. It might not be not perfect, but if round 1 is blind to X, and rounds 2 and 3 admit people in similar ratios to round 1, it sounds pretty good to me
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by swampangel 12y ago
> Like Shanley Kane's claim that men have a much easier time getting a 6 figure job out of college... except that unemployment among male college graduates is 50% higher than women's "A study of more than 400,000 graduates
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by swampangel 12y ago
The post that spawned this subthread amounts to "Since gittip's main beneficiaries are women I disagree with, gittip should be shut down". In that context, do you see how your post is stoking the fire? You didn't indicat
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by swampangel 12y ago
"Renewals available at regular price." Their regular prices aren't expensive -- $9.78 for Comodo PositiveSSL and $11.90 for Geotrust RapidSSL. But it would be nice to have a moderate recurring discount instead of a one-time b
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by swampangel 12y ago
Just to follow up, I picked white people because I'm confident they don't suffer discrimination in those areas. I'm white, so the only "someone" I feel comfortable speaking for is a white person. I'm less certa
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by swampangel 12y ago
It shouldn't be the main deciding factor, but it helps. It's a signal like any other, although because it's superficial, it might be something you pick up on earlier. Most people aren't driven to just one career path in
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by swampangel 12y ago
No research here, just opinions: "Representation" might be a better word than "role model". Simply, it helps to see someone who is superficially similar to you in a job/role that you aspire to. You can imagine that
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by swampangel 13y ago
Lots of us are really weird, but only a few of us are in charge of mid-to-large organizations. And of the examples that you gave, I don't think any of them worked to have their brand of weirdness enforced over other people as law. Eich
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by swampangel 13y ago
Team Rarebit, two developers who are a gay couple, have made several blog posts about how support for Prop 8 affected them from an immigration perspective, which of course had both personal and professional consequences. They also posted ab
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by swampangel 13y ago
While I understand that nobody should have to work for a boss like that, I don't understand why he didn't give two weeks' notice. He would have gotten out of there quickly enough without damaging any other relationships and,
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by swampangel 13y ago
I wouldn't recommend this unless you get written approval from your boss/legal dept/president, OR you leave the office for lunch and do your coding at a cafe/restaurant. Many companies include language in the employee ag