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by ticmasta 6y ago
hold start & end time in normal DB columns, use business logic for your rule enforcement, have a query to identify rule violation. Maybe add constraints on your warehouse data but I probably wouldn't on the operational DB. I could
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by ticmasta 6y ago
Not required, but knowing a little relational algebra helps queries make a lot more sense. A lot of the features like constraints and indices are very thin veneer over the underlying concepts. At the other end of the spectrum, once you can
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by ticmasta 6y ago
I also don't understand the value in giving away more than you need to get someone to commit. If your product has any type of cost associated with converting you may be better to filter poor prospects early, i.e. those who won't e
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by ticmasta 6y ago
I largely share your opinion and conclusions; good managers were always a combination of filters and selective connectors and I don't think this has changed. If anything it's far more important these days. What I fear (and hate) a
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by ticmasta 6y ago
>> scheduled call after lunch, at the end of the day, or first thing tomorrow morning This sounds great in theory, but one of the key issues with managing remote teams is there is no common time in the day that is "after lunch,
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by ticmasta 6y ago
I think what they mean is that (from my experience on both sides) small kids are noisy, messy and very active. This makes parenting in a shared environment (if you care about your neighbors) hard. When you go camping the kids have space, ca
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by ticmasta 6y ago
less environmental impact if they would just pee on the existing trail markers then...
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by ticmasta 6y ago
That's pretty unfair, the parent explicitly differentiated between navigational and aesthetic purposes. The former is a critical part of any trail more remote than a boardwalk, while the latter for someone's FOMO insta post.
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by ticmasta 6y ago
I grew up in Tsawwassen in the late 70's & early 80's and Pt. Roberts was nothing like today; you could buy property for next to nothing, but why would anyone want a swamp shack in the middle of nowhere? I remember a neighbour
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by ticmasta 6y ago
I'm a Dev Manager but started as a mid-senior developer at my current company (now about 350 people). We grew a lot by acquisition and one thing I noticed was many "cultural silos" that made it hard to build a shared, unifyin
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by ticmasta 6y ago
one of the issues that does matter is how/where you are applying the language. Ada use is super niche so unless you're looking to stay in the same domain it does matter. As an educated, non-HR gatekeeper I do care about the contex
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by ticmasta 6y ago
This implies you can't determine your value based on contribution, so just use coworkers as a relative measure. Doesn't seem to make passengers happy wrt airline tickets so not sure about salaries...
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by ticmasta 6y ago
It's also often supported by those at the most extreme top end for whom it has very little positive or negative impact beyond signaling. See philanthropic billionaires and top-level athletes for examples.
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by ticmasta 6y ago
I don't know why people always jump to "collective action" as the answer to anything related to compensation. Software engineers and program managers are not powerless, uniform skilled, replaceable cogs. You have unique &
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by ticmasta 6y ago
The province of New Brunswick announced their plans for choir after "some of the hardest planning and preparation of my career" (from the Minister of Education). The master plan: "sing quietly"
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by ticmasta 6y ago
what about the "thin air" part? Does this imply they can only grow it at extreme altitude?
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by ticmasta 6y ago
This isn't a bad take-away, but should probably be combined as "the flu is more dangerous then you think, and COVID is more dangerous than the flu"
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by ticmasta 6y ago
if he played age of empires as religiously as I did, he should have realized nothing beats the long bows of the Britons...
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by ticmasta 6y ago
So when I worked for the cable company straight out of uni and we would look up famous local people to see what packages they subscribed to, we should have all been fired? I guess technically, but that's pretty draconian. Are you also
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by ticmasta 6y ago
>> just prevent future crime by helping people. OK "just" prevent future crime via... helping people. What does that even mean? Have you costed out your helping program to show this is true. We have more social programs, ca
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by ticmasta 7y ago
I too am scared of trying to onboard a new-hire (especially a junior) in a completely remote fashion. Part of this is because we are not set up nor do we have the proper support; but this seems a little chicken v. egg. The other is how to c
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by ticmasta 7y ago
Calgary! oh, you said poor AND sexy... funny enough though, as oil and gas declines in importance (and loud, oxygen-sucking volume) some new and preexisting voices are getting an opportunity to emerge. We're young, educated and ambitio
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by ticmasta 7y ago
Total was floating the idea of doing just this in Alberta a recently as the past decade. The science really seems to work but the idea of a small nuclear explosion in your backyard (on purpose is a hard sell (even for the relatively open-to
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by ticmasta 7y ago
>> It is crazy how much well intentioned people do in the interests of sustainability I just don't see this. Paying a few dollars more or (gasp!) going without a straw is low-effort virtue signaling. In aggregate I don't see
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by ticmasta 7y ago
I have and admire this graphic and I think it highlights a few top-level things you mention like the right representation for the right audience. It takes some time and concentration to understand the Napoleon graphic vs. a simpler presenta
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by ticmasta 7y ago
how many hands do you have :) The story could largely be reduced to: Giant Multinational sues Giant Multinational; both gain support of other Giant Multinationals while World's Most Powerful Government sides with plaintiff Giant Multin
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by ticmasta 7y ago
If they are successful in a particular segment an acquirer could look to just buy that part of the market rather than earn it organically
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by ticmasta 7y ago
maybe? sometimes (often?) a debt-raise at this level comes with options to convert to equity if it turns out to be desirable. So unlike a bank loan (where the bank most certainly doesn't want to be your partner) a debt raise might end
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by ticmasta 7y ago
>> I know that NBA players have a union, and top players definitely get rewarded well. relative to what? the top players have always gotten big paydays, and the economics suggest without a union they would get paid even more. They are
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by ticmasta 7y ago
Fitting old onion post: https://www.theonion.com/americas-homeless-want-a-hand-up-no... Replace the Good Samaritan with Reid Hoffman and the homeless with startups

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