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by xenihn 6y ago
Supplement your HN with Blind.
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Going to bars in other countries and/or frequenting bars that attract tourists is the solution to your problem. You'll have less inhibition when traveling, or at least I do. I would never start a conversation with a stranger in th
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>What this means is scarce financial assets are going to go up, and up, and up Until they don't...The exuberance I'm seeing lately scares the shit out of me. This is going to be a horrific crash when it comes.
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big sur is the first osx release I have downgraded from after upgrading on my personal laptop, and also downgraded on a new device that came with it installed (new mac mini). I do not plan to upgrade to it unless forced to. my first osx ver
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I don't care what you call me as long as I'm getting paid.
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i never had a job in my degree field, and I learned the majority of my current skills on my first job
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I've been wanting to do an online MSCS program for years, but it probably won't happen anytime soon. I looked into WGU, but I didn't like the lack of accreditation. I found one school/program that seemed fair in terms of
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The best employers don't care. People will stop asking once you have FAANG experience, but once you do, why would you want to work at the places where interviewers ask that question anyways?
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Her spat with the Facebook guy was before that.
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>The only evidence of toxicity was an email she sent after being forced to retract a paper that she wouldn't have to retract under proper academic circumstances, based on feedback they weren't even going to provide to her. What
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Obsidian is downright abusive towards any of their staff that isn't part of the old guard, and doesn't compensate any more to make up for it. source: three people I know who worked there
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legalize it and regulate it
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with all due respect sir (or madam) we live in a capitalist society
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I know people who have worked on drone targeting software that has killed civilians. No one cares.
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https://www.newsweek.com/clifford-stoll-why-web-wont-be-nirv... http://www.mtv.com/news/2460774/miyamoto-wants-nintendo-to-f...
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Any chance you still have that project/curriculum? Would love to see it.
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Sure, but how hard is it to prove it in a court of law?
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It feels like anyone who is getting heated over this link and the subsequent discussion didn't even read Scott's post to begin with.
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Any recs?
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The most obvious example I've seen of accentism is ABAs referring to people with accents as fobs. I first heard the term from other people my age when I was in grade school, and I've heard it constantly since then. I'm surpri
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You know China doesn't refer to themselves as China, right? China is Portugese in origin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_China
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Sure, but if you had neighbors who immigrated to the US from Moscow in the late 80s, would you refer to them as "Soviet" or "Russian"?
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Conspiracy theory time: That's not a quirk with our language, there's a deliberate lack of distinction between the country and the people. During the Cold War, you could say "Soviet" instead of "Russian" to cle
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Who would be filing these complaints? Do you think they would primarily be filed by men, women, or an equal mix of both? And do you believe it would exclusively be white people regardless of the gender distribution?
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>All of this perfectly aligns with finding racism within said company, and the tech industry as a whole. I don't understanding why you're stopping at the tech industry when it's a problem in every other industry too. I&#x2
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I really like the theme! But spending $10 on a Something Awful forums account sixteen years ago is the last time that I'll ever pay money for the privilege of producing monetizable content for others, with no forms of profit-sharing fo
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It's not spent efficiently.
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TLDR: The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
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Where do you think most HN posters live?
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>They earn something like $4/hr + their portion of the tip share. You are posting this on Hacker News. Most of the people in this community live in states where waitstaff earn more than $4/hour base, thanks to state laws. Read

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