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by tj-teej 7y ago
Well that's a software/user solution to a hardware problem. If you have a quality headset/microphone you can be unmuted for a whole meeting, people collectively making noises (Ahh, or Ohh) are important ways of communicating
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by tj-teej 7y ago
You're right, garbage vodka is garbage. However the difference between a $20 bottle and a $45 bottle of vodka isn't that noticeable, especially when you consider the difference between equally priced tequila, whiskey or wine.
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by tj-teej 7y ago
I think this is a very interesting analysis. I think it's more apt to say there could be a Populist wave in Nov, which could be very positive for whichever party adopts a populist stance. Looking at the current state of the Democratic
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by tj-teej 7y ago
Some Backlog items still remaining, planned for next sprint.
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I think another aspect of it is the pressure to appear competent. No one wants to tell their boss that they don't have an f *ing clue what they're doing so they internalize the anxiety. In reality I think a lot of people feel thi
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by tj-teej 7y ago
This article implies that the correlation between gender-opportunity and representation in STEM is a causation. Look at the chart in the article, look at the countries on each end of the opportunity spectrum. There are many obvious economic
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by tj-teej 7y ago
It is not a UBI as it is not U. The McDonalds cashier is likely getting subsidized housing and food stamp benefits. Yang's plan would require that the cashier has to choose between the "UBI" or her existing benefits. I asked
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by tj-teej 7y ago
Sure, but most engineers are working for a business and most businesses don't have perfect processes. I think we can say (1) engineering productivity is severely impeded by interruptions and (2) it doesn't hurt to work on skills t
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Microsoft experimented with a 4-day workweek, and productivity jumped by 40%(insider.com)
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by tj-teej 7y ago
I think that a lot of people see a rise and mainstreaming of White Nationalism and want to push back.
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by tj-teej 7y ago
You should try and change their expectations. Often times it's not because they want to take advantage of you, they may just think you can handle distractions better than they can.
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by tj-teej 7y ago
Two years ago I wasn't. My mother had died a year beforehand and I was still getting through that. I had a boss who didn't accept "excuses" and was new to software and didn't know how to set expectations well. I wa
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by tj-teej 7y ago
Data in one geographic region is not always safe, period. Cloud aside, if you store data on Baremetal in one location (or boxes of tapes) and that location burns down, it's gone. If you have mission-critical data to store, it shoul
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by tj-teej 7y ago
I don't think it's contentless, because for a long time there was an idea that Social Media would free the general public from manipulation by a small group of wealthy/powerful individuals/corporations. This article is e
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by tj-teej 7y ago
I remember reading a story about a Grandmother who ate a strong pot brownie everyday for medical reasons and it had little noticeable effect on her. We know there's a direct correlation between alcohol levels and driving impairment, bu
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by tj-teej 7y ago
If the problem with Twitter/Facebook is that they have too much influence (a fair point IMO) and thus need regulation shouldn't we solve that monopoly problem rather than trying to remove the right of forums to choose what content
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by tj-teej 7y ago
It's not particularly important if the OP was being racist (I don't think they meant to be), the racism is the stigma that outsourcing to India results in unsatisfactory performance. That is a racist sentiment, leading to a racist
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by tj-teej 7y ago
Serious question: once the taxi industry has died what makes you believe that Uber won't implement similar policies?
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by tj-teej 7y ago
Why is it rent-control OR building new apartments? Houses don't appear immediately and isn't it a good idea to keep people in their homes while the supply grows (building new houses) and the economy stabilizes?
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by tj-teej 7y ago
Not being snarky, but have you ever seen kids drinking 0% beer? I sympathize with your idea but I don't think that it would play out that way in real-life. I think taboo plays into the attraction of these kinds of drugs.
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by tj-teej 7y ago
Rent-seeking Capital is building the Vast Digital Underclass not "The Tech Industry". What new tech did Uber/Uber-Eats, Doordash, Task-Rabbit create? They used Venture Capital to centralize industries which previously had dis
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by tj-teej 7y ago
I remember I was in a small CS class in High School. It was a mix of hardware geeks and software geeks. The teacher had a script which would turn off all our screens when she was giving lectures. One of my buddies (SW geek) developed this s
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by tj-teej 7y ago
Obligatory Mitch Hedberg Joke: I think Bigfoot is blurry, that's the problem. It's not the photographer's fault. Bigfoot is blurry, and that's extra scary to me. There's a large, out-of-focus monster roaming the cou
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by tj-teej 7y ago
My favorite is "Great minds think alike" the full expression is "Great minds think alike. Fools rarely differ."
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by tj-teej 7y ago
Not exactly, because sometimes there's refactoring which has 0 customer benefit. Sometimes it doesn't improve the UX/latency/etc. Sometimes it just makes the codebase easier to maintain, the point of what the OP is sayin
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by tj-teej 7y ago
Bay Area politics are much more nuanced than that. For example, there's always been a strong Libertarian community in the larger Tech community. And over the last couple years a lot of online Libertarian communities have shifted to mor
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by tj-teej 7y ago
I think the OPs paradigm holds. If the Code Refactoring has a huge performance impact then it's Offensive work, if it has no impact, then it's defensive.
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I wonder if this will actually result in better working conditions for the workers. The Cotton Gin just made cotton more profitable and actually resulted in much more misery for the working class and slaves at the time.
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by tj-teej 7y ago
Can someone explain why this is any different from the fact that almost every Train Station in the USA has the same couple newspapers available (NYT, WSJ, USA Today, etc.)? If the problem is the monopoly on how people get their news, then s
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by tj-teej 7y ago
The book’s title implies Muslim immigration is the death of Europe, that’s pretty xenophobic. He refuses to call Tommy Robinson a racist, that’s pretty racist. If there’s ever an argument and race is a component, you’re not going to find hi

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