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tamana
11y ago
I wish :-(
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tamana
11y ago
And yet you haven't been able to name something culturally significant on the network.
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tamana
11y ago
TDD gets in the way of writing code that doesn't work. Experimental, toy, research code doesn't need to work. Everyone prefers to believe they are writing research code, and don't want to be bothered about whether it solves a
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tamana
11y ago
You can't get promoted by claiming that your senior peers' work was flawed and you fixed it. The optics fail.
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tamana
11y ago
Try metaphorically beating your head against the literal keyboard.
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tamana
11y ago
"Yes, Minister" was a dramatization of leaks from UK government. They had great sources.
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tamana
11y ago
That's a story about Russia
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tamana
11y ago
In astronomy, you only need to get the order of magnitude right to within an order of magnitude.
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tamana
11y ago
Once the PIP appears, improvement has already failed. If your peers and manager can't fix your performance problem, his could some arbitrary HR paperwork process?
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tamana
11y ago
Al Bundy invented a shoe with a built-in sock.
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tamana
11y ago
I pity the company who has a CTO who puts wishful thinking over the reality of law.
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tamana
11y ago
Right. If you are underpaid, make noise. If you are overpaid, you deserve a target on your back for profiting off your coworkers.
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tamana
11y ago
Boo hoo. You try to manipulate someone and invade their privacy and then act offended when they lie. Pseufo-moral behavior like that earns zero respect.
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tamana
11y ago
Why don't you just tell the candidate your offer range and let them decide if they are interested? Because you aren't honest at all, to system is trying to get rmpoyees for less.
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tamana
11y ago
Public companies publish quarter results..
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tamana
11y ago
That's on my bookshelf next to "Polygraph Interpretation for Dummies"
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tamana
11y ago
>Like when a person crosses their arms, they generally disagree with what you are saying, etc. That is pseudoscientific BS
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tamana
11y ago
You should read up on how Communism plays out in practice. The Chinese government is full of billionaires who embezzle wealth.
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tamana
11y ago
Congratulations, you live in a country where a few wealthy shareholders are capable of extracting value from the large majority of laborers. I guess that makes you great?
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tamana
11y ago
Is there any evidence that Sedol was anywhere close to winning?
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tamana
11y ago
That was before companies like Google were building datacenter-size computers for fun.
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tamana
11y ago
>I can't blame them for following orders Stew on that for a bit. If I get a job, where someone lays me to rob you, would you blame me for following orders?
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tamana
11y ago
That doesn't pass the smell test all. Your school sent 10% of its students to elite colleges, that's clearly not common.
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tamana
11y ago
It's naive to think that users will prefer the discreet way of expressing disapproval. They want to be loud.
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tamana
11y ago
There is no requirement to maximize shareholder value, as you yourself explained. the requirement is to not steal. You even snuck "the company" and "employees" in your paraphrase.
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tamana
11y ago
Give a few examples of companies that are father successful but didn't skirt the law. Compare to ones that have.
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tamana
11y ago
That advice can't work, as advice . We need better whistleblower laws and layouts.
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tamana
11y ago
Yes, and every time you choose not to do anything horrible for money, the buyer might find someone else. So?
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tamana
11y ago
"Maximizing shareholder value" is essentially a myth. Management has wide latitude in deciding how to make long term bets for the brand. Management's job is to decide almost all questions, shareholders choose to buy and sell.
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tamana
11y ago
You and Krugman are sinplistically ignoring complex macro effects, like someone sacrificing their previous home and skillset, moving to a new city for the promise of a better job, and getting stuck. Look at the laborers trapped in Qatar wit
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