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by vlod 4y ago
Doesn't really matter. If HR are the employee facing 'front' of the company and do all the work of booking flight, hotels, transport etc then the buck stops with them. i.e. If one is a tech/product team lead with an exte
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by vlod 4y ago
When you're reliant on them, every single HR dept I've hard to deal with (across many companies) has been incompetent. It's too the point I have systems in place to cover their inevitable screw up. e.g. I was living in the US
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by vlod 4y ago
Competition helps consumers with pricing. We don't have that now. Apple can and does charge whatever they want. From a capitalistic point of view that's fine IMHO. But not allowing alternative app-stores and controlling what apps
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by vlod 4y ago
Financially, it's in their best interest to focus their resources on native apps. >web tech is still vastly inferior to what you can do with native apps. >there are also lots of valid technical reasons why platforms would prefer
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by vlod 4y ago
>I used to work at Pex, where microservices were done beautifully. Would love to read about this architecture. Is there a blog post you can link to? >If your problem can be solved by load balancers or caching or DB indexes, you are no
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by vlod 4y ago
Not sure 'hatred' is the correct word, more likely overused and solving a problem that most often doesn't exist (yet) or developers interested in playing with shiny new tools (resume-driven development). It can also lead to e
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by vlod 4y ago
Would down-voting anything against the law be appropriate/incentivizing?
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by vlod 4y ago
I don't think so. A lot of people don't do well at this sort of thing and out of politeness, people won't help you do better. We could all need tips every now and again!
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by vlod 4y ago
>FORD: Family, Occupation, Recreation, Dreams. Meh. When I hear "What do you do?", followed by "What do you do for fun?" I get irritated. If both of you are at a conference/meetup, I find this a bit lazy and real
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by vlod 4y ago
>I talk very fast, shortly, and pack my sentences with information I can't help wondering what this sounds like (in good way!). I think I have a tendency to over-communicate ideas/thoughts (especially if it's a topic I am
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by vlod 4y ago
These games sounds complex and exhausting. As a Brit in the US, maybe this explains a lot. Having lived in the middle (Chicago), East coast (NYC) and West coast (SF Bay area), I'm curious if this explanation is generally consistent acr
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by vlod 4y ago
You might find this informative: Ask HN: What happened to Magic, the text-message concierge? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34148402
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by vlod 4y ago
Using FF: "Our live demo currently only supports Chromium based browsers (Chrome, Edge)" BOO :( back button.
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by vlod 4y ago
Well I am constantly muttering "FFS" while battling with my code/compiler, so maybe.
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by vlod 4y ago
Since Facebook are also having problems with Apple, I hope a 3rd player enters the race. Not sure what opsys to use. Android with their own Appstore?
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by vlod 4y ago
FTA: "“Apple has also threatened to withhold Twitter from its App Store, but won’t tell us why,” Mr. Musk said Monday." >Space Karen should be focusing on fixing whatever issues Apple and others raise with his website Isn'
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by vlod 4y ago
I'm not OP. I see an email in their profile.
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by vlod 4y ago
Trying to understand the plot in Nolan's movies.
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by vlod 4y ago
Oh.. never thought about that. My approach was on Pop_OS.
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by vlod 4y ago
If you're curious on how to do this on linux: <ctrl>-<shift>-u then enter unicode char: 00B0 and then press <enter> list of unicode codes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters#
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by vlod 4y ago
https://archive.ph/RPXbD
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by vlod 4y ago
>I work for myself now, Do you mean as a contractor/consultant or you're own startup idea?
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by vlod 4y ago
It's almost as if they don't test their software. I mean what's the worse that can happen to not test your internal accounting system? It's only money. /s
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by vlod 4y ago
Doesn't sound fun at all. I wonder what the employee attrition level is. Maybe everyone is happy with this (or don't question it), I certainly wouldn't be. :shrug: Unless it's not clear, remember people leave employment
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by vlod 4y ago
This is a good opportunity to test your backup/restore from the cloud functionality.
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by vlod 4y ago
Are you saying you should empty your account constantly (nightly?) in case paypal gets shut down your account, for unknown and un-communicated reasons?
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by vlod 4y ago
There is a choice to not go through them and get a 'pat-down'.
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by vlod 4y ago
Looks like this is using the FB app, which the users has little control over. I don't use FB or Instagram anymore, but when I did, I used Firefox, so I could at least use uBlock or a Tampermoney script.
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by vlod 4y ago
Sure, if a minority is a small percentage and it wont hurt you financially (much), plus you can milk it to get press (and most likely increase your profit), then I can understand that. (I think you're referring to the cake shop if I re
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by vlod 4y ago
I didn't realize this was a thing till I read it. nytimes [0]: "To Make Orchestras More Diverse, End Blind Auditions" [0]: https://archive.ph/kCb9N

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