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by tekdude 4y ago
Anecdotally, I've heard multiple stories of companies hiring staff, but not having any useful work to fill their time. Cases like product managers being hired but not assigned to any actual products, or engineers hired to infrastructur
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My husband was right about DVDs(slate.com)
324 points by tekdude 4y ago|405 comments
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The FTC Is Right: Noncompete Agreements Are a Scourge(slate.com)
49 points by tekdude 4y ago|0 comments
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by tekdude 4y ago
In a previous role, during a performance review, my manager told me I had been awarded a small bonus, but also, "Don't discuss this with your coworkers, we don't do that here." I wasn't planning to, but at the same
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by tekdude 4y ago
I'm not the one at my company closest to the situation, but my understanding is that even though our federated gateway is self hosted, we still pay to use Apollo's proprietary schema verification and compatibility check service. I
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by tekdude 4y ago
I wonder if this is in any way related to my laptop's tendency to go to sleep, get hot, and then never wake back up when the lid closed OR it put itself to sleep OR it turned the screen off... even when plugged in the entire time. Thes
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Analytics is American Football's new Bogeyman(theatlantic.com)
1 points by tekdude 4y ago|0 comments
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The Bad Bet Tech Companies Made That Got Them into This Mess(slate.com)
1 points by tekdude 4y ago|0 comments
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Airbnb is more successful than ever. Why is everyone so mad at it?(washingtonpost.com)
24 points by tekdude 4y ago|20 comments
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by tekdude 4y ago
Some thoughts, probably a bit ramble-y: For whatever reason, I don't know why, it seems like young boys have less 'intrinsic motivation' to learn and gain skills than girls. This means that if a boy wants to grow up into some
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Ockham's razor: how the rule of simplicity can lead us astray(openmindmag.org)
1 points by tekdude 4y ago|0 comments
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From boom to gloom: Tech recruiters struggle to find work(nytimes.com)
2 points by tekdude 4y ago|0 comments
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Why fast food is racing to ditch the dining room(slate.com)
5 points by tekdude 4y ago|2 comments
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Everyone should join the “cult of privacy”(slate.com)
3 points by tekdude 4y ago|2 comments
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The Immortal Awfulness of Open Plan Workplaces(nytimes.com)
1 points by tekdude 4y ago|2 comments
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After ‘quiet quitting,’ here comes ‘quiet firing’(washingtonpost.com)
21 points by tekdude 4y ago|37 comments
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Foreign Candy Puts American Candy to Shame(theatlantic.com)
7 points by tekdude 4y ago|5 comments
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Why It’s Been Such a Brutal Summer for Streaming(slate.com)
3 points by tekdude 4y ago|0 comments
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Sports Streaming Makes Losers of Us All(theatlantic.com)
1 points by tekdude 4y ago|0 comments
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No song, movie or show can escape the digital age’s revisionist urges(washingtonpost.com)
7 points by tekdude 4y ago|2 comments
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The Rise of the Worker Productivity Score(nytimes.com)
13 points by tekdude 4y ago|2 comments
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In defense of LinkedIn's viral crying CEO(slate.com)
1 points by tekdude 4y ago|0 comments
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The Dawn of AI Mischief Models: Someone Trained an AI with 4chan(slate.com)
2 points by tekdude 4y ago|0 comments
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Kids’ Sports Can Take a Toll on Families(theatlantic.com)
1 points by tekdude 4y ago|1 comments
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The rise of the keyword search warrant(slate.com)
2 points by tekdude 4y ago|0 comments
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Why the Myth of the Miserable Lottery Winner Just Won’t Die(slate.com)
24 points by tekdude 4y ago|0 comments
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College financial aid is a sham based on what colleges think families will pay(slate.com)
64 points by tekdude 4y ago|13 comments
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Elon Musk and Silicon Valley's Overreliance on AI(slate.com)
5 points by tekdude 4y ago|0 comments
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Loans Could Burn Startup Workers in Downturn(nytimes.com)
1 points by tekdude 4y ago|0 comments
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Why Computers Can't Generate Randomness(slate.com)
1 points by tekdude 4y ago|2 comments

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