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by throwawayIndian 10y ago
So you don't like the "default skin" of the application. That should be pretty easy to replace with something that suits your taste. Consideration of "good" vs. "bad" of anything is essentially a trait o
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by throwawayIndian 10y ago
+1. Totally agree! I hate this bullshit propaganda that goes like "this is skeuomorphic and the other thing is not". There is nothing in the world of software that isn't a skeuomorphic equivalent of some thing or some process
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by throwawayIndian 10y ago
> Sorry for the rant, you're just responding to a demand. It's a demand I'd rather see met through educating better data visualisation than through prettier gauges. If there is demand it's probably good to respond to
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by throwawayIndian 10y ago
https://delight-im.github.io/HTML-Sheets-of-Paper/ Except that it does resemble a plain A4 loose sheet of paper - skeuomorphically ! :)
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by throwawayIndian 10y ago
So you think Apple's design are away from skeuomorphism? In case you do, you're very wrong and probably don't understand what skeuomorphism is.
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by throwawayIndian 10y ago
> Instead, it has been added only to disassociate from a HTML/CSS imitation of paper (the material) by itself Assuming that digital screens cannot truly be produced using cellulose and starch (the material) the dissociation and di
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by throwawayIndian 10y ago
Good design? No, it's just marketing-speak. Good design is one where a user doesn't lose focus from the task they had on their mind -- be it in physical realm or software. In fact for this reason alone there is no well-designed so
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by throwawayIndian 10y ago
Yes, more or less! It's quite hilarious to see how a certain class of developers think (or portray) that something is skeuomorphic, and therefore, undesirable, when in fact there is nothing (zilch!) in software that is not stemmed on s
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by throwawayIndian 10y ago
> why does getting a degree in the US give any more credibility? It does not! And probably never will. A lot of people who I know went on to get a phd because of lack of options or because of frustration and failure in corporate life. Th
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by throwawayIndian 10y ago
For the backlog of this year - yes! But imho it is just the beginning of clogging pipeline and the symptoms will only worsen going forward.
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by throwawayIndian 10y ago
Thanks to the unquestionable red tape and annoyingly ( really annoying ) slow and sloppy work-culture at the USCIS it is a privilege here to share with you that even the EB1 categories of both India & China are now s̶i̶g̶n̶i̶f̶i̶c̶a̶n̶t
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by throwawayIndian 10y ago
> flash, perhaps we'd instead have links that opened up native video players, or whatever, and we'd be better off for it. That's a hilarious mother of all assumptions. Kool-aid has taken a full effect on you! :-)
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by throwawayIndian 10y ago
> Just like the web is nicer without flash, ebooks are just nicer without publishing formats like PDFs. Web is nice because of flash. The video tag in HTML5 happened only after successes of services like Youtube and Vimeo and hundreds
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by throwawayIndian 10y ago
Okay. I'm glad that the feedback was read at least once. And that they want it to be only a convenient truth from here after. Enjoy :-)
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by throwawayIndian 10y ago
> but you can't just say that in an interview There was no interview call. Rejected even before that. In fact my measurements show the application was rejected even before reading the application. :-)
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by throwawayIndian 10y ago
Sure this comment helps the cause of recurse center and that you're happily invested in that cause. Good for you. :-) Yet, it goes without saying that they're just a fancy recruitment service. Have a good day!
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by throwawayIndian 10y ago
To become a "good developer" isn't vague at all. > RC applications are about culture fit ... No they're not. That's a standard canned response. The total amount of time their assessor spent on the demo app I sen
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by throwawayIndian 10y ago
> That probably isn't why. How do you know? Which companies exactly? Advantage in that case will be ofcourse that of future sponsors. Lame. The number of instant downvotes from those "invested" in this fraud is an ample
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by throwawayIndian 10y ago
> a fancy placement agency This, a hundred thousand times!
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by throwawayIndian 10y ago
This was a few years ago. My application indicated that I wasn't looking for a job following the program and that I was only interested in becoming a "good developer". That likely didn't fit their business model.
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by throwawayIndian 10y ago
I applied when I needed it the most. Was rejected for a reason that revealed more about them than about me or my readiness for coding skills. Now they're a must avoid at all costs!
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by throwawayIndian 10y ago
And what about public executions of plenty of unarmed colored civilians and even their kids? Justify it with "uncertainty of how much risk" everything on this planet poses? > Oswald's gun jammed because the first approachi
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by throwawayIndian 10y ago
Good that you listed these questions above. Now the next step for you is to put these questions to yourself. Answer them all on a piece of paper. Measure every bit of your responses to these questions. Although those would still be anecdota
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by throwawayIndian 10y ago
> In India it's not only easy to build political parties and contest elections but also very good chance of winning them… Great! I agree that is a nice quality about India that western countries don't have and should (or may be
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by throwawayIndian 10y ago
> is it possible that you're confusing corruption and cronyism with a lack of free speech? It is possible. It is also possible that they got corruption, cronyism and lack of free speech all at the same time. :-)
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by throwawayIndian 10y ago
> India's de jure protections on free speech are far greater than (for example) what the UK grants. Nope, it is isn't. Comparison between UK & India with vastly different citizenry, laws, enforcement and track record is a
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by throwawayIndian 10y ago
India isn't really a full democracy; it says it is a "democracy" as long as it is convenient to say so. India has hardly ever stood for free speech or even understands what free speech is all about. For example, during 1984