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by the-pigeon 8y ago
> multiple layers of fact-checkers Not sure if you are being sarcastic or not. One of the worst things to come from modern media is that editors do not fact check because they want to break the story before anyone else and fact checking
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by the-pigeon 8y ago
This is actually somewhat common too. Like chlorine being replaced by other disinfectants in drinking water. https://www.npr.org/2011/01/07/132743638/disinfectant-to-cle... Basically you have some popula
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by the-pigeon 8y ago
I thought there was particular brain wave patterns associated with it. Which if so you could certainly measure them.
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by the-pigeon 8y ago
Most poor advocacy groups keep pushing low income subsidized housing. Which is a small band-aid that will never work. It creates lotteries where literally hundreds of people apply for a single home and one lucky person gets it. So one perso
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by the-pigeon 8y ago
For me personally it's about double dipping. I'll play a free game that is monetized via loot boxes. But I won't buy a game that then requires me to buy loot boxes to do better in the game because in my mind I already paid fo
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by the-pigeon 8y ago
There's also the idea of having them put cold groceries directly into the fridge and freezer. Or a dog walker being able to use an Amazon access to open the door to get your dog. I think Amazon wants to go anywhere consumers will let t
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by the-pigeon 9y ago
On the flip-side I've worked with engineers that were so entitled it completely undermined their ability to work with others in the company. Work is going to involve some bullshit. That's life. If you can't jump through a few
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by the-pigeon 9y ago
Performing well at a job takes a lot more than just technical skills. Social skills and having a compatible personality with others on the team is very important to team success too. May have been something else but you saying "did the
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by the-pigeon 9y ago
Also a good interviewer WANTS questions from a candidate. They show that you've actually thought about what it would be like to perform the job and understand what sort of environment you thrive in and thus can filter yourself out if y
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by the-pigeon 9y ago
I think they did you a favor because if that's how they treat a candidate you don't want to know how they treat employees.
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by the-pigeon 9y ago
The clause is unenforceable in most (perhaps all) US states.
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by the-pigeon 9y ago
> But if you can work with someone before you hire them full-time, you'll greatly increase your hit rate. Sure but you also filter out a ton of good candidates. I can't do my full time job plus family life stuff and work for so
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by the-pigeon 9y ago
One that hit me hard was a homework assignment that I absolutely aced. It was timed and I was super proud of myself for not only getting all of it completed including the bonus questions with what I considered very good quality code. But I
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by the-pigeon 9y ago
> I've resolved not to take any more live coding interviews, on the grounds it is uninformative, degrading hazing. Depends on the job. I'm currently hiring and the live coding exercise is a must for the position because I want
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by the-pigeon 9y ago
> entitlement to drive and park cars everywhere Most places in the US at least are not very livable without a car. You majorly hurt commerce and people's quality of life by removing vehicles without completely changing the layout of
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by the-pigeon 9y ago
It would be subject to local wireless spectrum control. So like for your example it would have to sell to Chinese customers illegally if it wasn't going to comply with their censorship regulations. Which the Chinese government could th
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by the-pigeon 9y ago
Yeah but they froze most of his assets initially so he didn't have money to defend himself. It's been a mix of luck, US Government mishandling the case and the tenacity of Kim.
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by the-pigeon 9y ago
Authentic Mexican cuisine means Mexican food in the style of someone's favorite Mexican restaurant. Typically one in their hometown.
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by the-pigeon 9y ago
No, this article is nonsense. Basically saying because nothing incredibly ground breaking has yet to come out of the LHC that it's a disappointment/failure. Feels like saying SpaceX has failed because it hasn't put people on
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by the-pigeon 9y ago
What's the point of it being an app instead of a podcast or audio file downloads then?
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by the-pigeon 9y ago
I think the media's coverage of the Trump tariff's support the point. We have a lot of tariff's. Obama used tariffs, Bush used tariffs. Did any president in recent history not use them? But instead of the media discussing the
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by the-pigeon 9y ago
Why would we do anything to give multi-nationals more power? They need reigned in. If Bernie and Trump are both against the TPP then it's a safe bet it's bad for the people.
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by the-pigeon 9y ago
How so? Hardware startups have been bought before. This isn't a unique event. I worked for a hardware startup for a couple of years and VCs being cautious about the category is very well deserved. It is easily an order of magnitude har
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by the-pigeon 9y ago
But you still have people doing the job of a manager. Someone has to set meetings, someone has to call out issues, someone has to communicate with upper management and other teams. No-manager really means distributed management or an inform
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by the-pigeon 9y ago
Hmm isn't that just like a swear jar? You don't get rid of the swears or the trivializing but rather you just replace the particular words being used for the trivializing. So what's the benefit?
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by the-pigeon 9y ago
You might not but you should. If you don't care about the welfare of your cows they will not grow as large and you'll have less product to sell. Putting that in more literal terms, if you damage the user experience you will damage