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by time_is_scary 1y ago
> Update: Brendan Gallagher, Beale's SVP of development, said in a statement: “We are disappointed in the decision not to pursue this opportunity for Tucson. [...] We see it as a missed opportunity for the city, as this project pote
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by time_is_scary 3y ago
One thing I have started doing is using a VPN with the location set to my home location 100% of the time when home. Then, when logging in abroad I use the VPN to my home location. It seems that using the VPN 100% of the time has trained man
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by time_is_scary 4y ago
I also use this extension. It works on firefox as well. Code is also on github if you want to learn from it: https://github.com/lunu-bounir/allow-right-click if you go back to the first few commits you see it started s
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by time_is_scary 7y ago
conservative andrew sullivan writes typical conservative opinion piece that falls in line with his party's political line HN treats it like it is some sort of objective, academic study some commenters even use this opinion piece to com
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Add-Art: Browser plugin replacing ads with art(github.com)
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by time_is_scary 8y ago
screenhero
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by time_is_scary 9y ago
Groupon just did a round of layoffs in engineering across the US offices
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by time_is_scary 10y ago
This job listing seems low for the experience they want, the small-ish (I assume) pool of Lisp programmers and the fact their website states: > We are home to over 1500 engineers, architects, chief architects and engineering managers wh
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by time_is_scary 10y ago
I think this is the patent: http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=H...
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by time_is_scary 11y ago
If there is a need, then they should be made. If there is no need, then they can still be made (maybe even revealing a new need in the process). I guess it seems like a non-issue to me. Then again, applying my own reasoning: There is no nee
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by time_is_scary 11y ago
I'm getting hung-up on the word "need".
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by time_is_scary 11y ago
This wins
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by time_is_scary 11y ago
These post titles are really good! some of my favorite so far: > Debunking Myths About Growth Hacking Goes Bad (infoq.com) > First Firefox OS developer to come (businessmandi.com) > Modern science and art go to jail? The law i
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by time_is_scary 11y ago
> A coding test doesn't tell you how well a candidate can collaborate. Agreed. > But white boarding is excellent for answering all those questions. I disagree. There is no team social dynamic in a white-board interview. There
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by time_is_scary 11y ago
I remember seeing that tweet, but didn't know it was posted here. Pretty interesting discussion both for and against this type of hiring process.
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by time_is_scary 11y ago
The part that is weird for me is that you are aggravated from a candidate perspective, I am aggravated from a hiring perspective, but nothing will change. I think it became standard because it scales, at least in some sense. Once big compan
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by time_is_scary 11y ago
> Google’s recruiting process is well documented online, and from this point my experience was pretty typical.The only difference is that I didn’t need to go through a technical phone screen since I had already demonstrated some profici
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by time_is_scary 11y ago
Of course there will be exceptions, but, given two candidates, the one who did better will get the offer. At big tech companies there is no shortage of people who ace a white-board problem. Also, if you interview with multiple people for a
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by time_is_scary 11y ago
1. Everyone will say they want to "see how you think" 2. You will not get an offer if you do not get a solution 3. Everyone ever: "White board interviews can be awful, but my company actually does a pretty good a job and I fi
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by time_is_scary 11y ago
This is the biggest myth that you will hear from every recruiter. If you do not get the problem correct, you will not get an offer. If you go through a 3 person loop and get 2 problems right and 1 wrong, you might get an offer, but I guar
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by time_is_scary 11y ago
I've had my own bad experience with forensic science. I was a research intern at Oak Ridge National Lab. They put on several educational events for the interns. One event was a guy from the group doing forensic science to come in and t
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by time_is_scary 12y ago
here is an MP3 link of a talk he gave that summarizes the thesis of this book pretty nicely (26 minutes): http://dconstruct.s3.amazonaws.com/2014/podcast/dconstruct20...