tutufan

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by tutufan 9y ago
> Do you want companies to hire based on how smoothly you're able to bullshit about what you can claim to have done in the past? I want to work for a company that doesn't start with the assumption that I'm a liar, yes. Goi
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by tutufan 9y ago
For the most successful jobs I've had, they just looked at my resume and asked some general questions about prior work. I've also had several positions where I passed whiteboard hazings. Those didn't go as well. My theory i
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by tutufan 9y ago
I'm less concerned with whether it's original and more with whether it's a serious silent attack on my phone (yes?). And whether Google intends to fix the problem (no?).
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by tutufan 9y ago
Opinions differ, but I hope most will agree that the sooner human judgement is removed from the roadways, the better. Self-driving vehicles are apparently already safer than real-world human-driven vehicles, and there's little reason
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by tutufan 9y ago
That's one real argument against remote work I guess.
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by tutufan 9y ago
It has occasionally been used in a racist way, yes. In that sense, it's a racist symbol, just as the numbers 12, 13, and 14 are racist symbols. ADL, who seem to be the self-appointed arbiter of such things, says that most uses are not
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by tutufan 9y ago
"Dear Diary, my new boss hovered over me for hours today while I was trying to get some urgent work done. Please kill me now. :-P "
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by tutufan 9y ago
Indeed you would. Which is why this sort of illegal behavior rarely happens. (Keep in mind that none of this is anonymous or forgotten--the exchanges and SEC know exactly who did what when.)
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by tutufan 9y ago
Skimmed that whole page, and now feel that I understand even less what it is than when I started. So, it's like a Smoodie?
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by tutufan 9y ago
The boring truth is that average Joes, who interact with the markets only via their retirement index funds, are better off with HFTs. Not necessarily a lot better off, but that's because HFTs really don't affect them much at al
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by tutufan 9y ago
Use all available lanes. If lanes are left empty ("for passing"), that effectively reduces the capacity of the roadways, leading to traffic. Let the downvotes commence...
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by tutufan 9y ago
Wat?
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by tutufan 9y ago
Put them into a niche where they can be successful. Skill is secondary. What is really needed is a readiness to learn, an openness to new ideas (and old ones). A great programmer in the wrong niche can destroy a project.
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by tutufan 9y ago
This is entirely rational behavior. Without credible ironclad insurance to backstop one's risks, "hoarding" assets is the proper path to take.
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by tutufan 9y ago
It's not a terrible idea. Economics requires, though, that the flying experience be made awful enough on average that customers are just barely willing to fly, versus their best alternative.
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by tutufan 9y ago
Perhaps best not to assume that it ever is.
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by tutufan 9y ago
For me, it's very uncomfortable. There's a reason why office chairs are not all fixed in a reclined position.
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by tutufan 9y ago
Flying in a reclined seat is pure torture to me.
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by tutufan 9y ago
Maybe. I did this for many years, and then by circumstance my overarching goal turned to dust. That's a lot to take. Make sure you're on a path that has some enjoyment in the now. Don't just suffer for some future pleasur
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by tutufan 9y ago
I've been through this as well, and it sucks. Sadly, even organizations doing societally important work can be incapable of policing their internal politics and professionalism in even a basic way. I'm still working on accepting
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by tutufan 9y ago
Ouch. The ones I've used (US) are a UI catastrophe. Is blaming the user really a good solution here?
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by tutufan 9y ago
A problem for who? People who feel the world should work differently? :-)
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by tutufan 9y ago
Exercise won't cause you to lose weight. It has other important benefits though.
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by tutufan 9y ago
There's a lot of that going around these days...
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by tutufan 9y ago
It is true that Perl being superseded doesn't make it immediately disappear. Even COBOL hasn't disappeared completely. That said, Perl openings do seem to be in serious decline. Right now on indeed.com, there are 700 openings me
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by tutufan 9y ago
Perl and Matlab? Seriously?
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by tutufan 9y ago
The Agile will continue until morale improves... :-)
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by tutufan 9y ago
Or it might mean that the company should be asking whether agile is actually a net benefit.
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by tutufan 9y ago
Interesting. So perhaps tales of shortages are bullshit?
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by tutufan 9y ago
This is silly. The idea that Greece was systematically hoodwinking the rest of Europe and no one had any idea is absurd. They're not fools.

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