alansmitheebk

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by alansmitheebk 8y ago
I'm guessing that you're an introvert and being around everyone in the office is what wears you out. If this is case, try and move your desk to a quieter less crowded part of the office and invest in some good headphones. You can
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by alansmitheebk 9y ago
I don't want my family and friends to be ashamed of me. If I get the job, will people know I use PHP?
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by alansmitheebk 9y ago
I think that any employee, whether remote or not, should see a therapist if they are suffering from depression or any other mental health issue. Hopefully your employer provides you with a healthcare coverage plans which includes a mental h
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Ask HN: What are some interesting tech trivia questions?
2 points by alansmitheebk 9y ago|1 comments
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by alansmitheebk 9y ago
Of course they should. Back-end developers usually build APIs. Hell, I'm a front-end developer and I can easily answer that question. The only thing I can think of is that the people you are interviewing do not have web experience. Are
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Ask HN: Happy numbers in JavaScript that's readable and ESLint-able?
1 points by alansmitheebk 9y ago|0 comments
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by alansmitheebk 9y ago
The ability to learn new things quickly. The technology is constantly changing. You are never done learning.
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Ask HN: Where Should I Move To?
3 points by alansmitheebk 9y ago|0 comments
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by alansmitheebk 9y ago
A week-long technical assessment? Cooking meals as part of the interview process? Jesus H. Christ. Now I've heard it all. We as a community have got to start pushing back on the increasingly obnoxious interviewing process for software
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by alansmitheebk 9y ago
Why?
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by alansmitheebk 9y ago
I use protonmail (protonmail.com). It's encrypted email developed by the scientists at CERN. The data is hosted in Switzerland and therefore subject to Swiss privacy laws. There are app for iPhone and Android. They just came out with a
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by alansmitheebk 9y ago
I replied earlier, but here are a few more ideas: * Ask if the company is involved in mentoring, community outreach, or any other type of philanthropic activity. If they do some things like Script Ed for example, they're probably nice
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by alansmitheebk 9y ago
I'm not a woman but I have a few ideas that might help: * Check glassdoor.com to see what current and former employees have said about the company and how they rate it. While the feedback may not be specific to gender / diversity
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by alansmitheebk 10y ago
I would imagine that the medical community could learn a lot about what causes this phenomenon by studying the DNA of the parent and child.
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by alansmitheebk 10y ago
That was a really thoughtful answer. It had almost as much depth as the thought process of the average American voter.
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by alansmitheebk 10y ago
I am wondering the same thing. Either "all the polls were wrong" or the election was hacked. Polling has been conducted for decades. It seems highly unlikely that all of the institutions involved suddenly forgot how to do it prope
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Hyperloop Cofounder: Help CA Secede from US and Trump(cnbc.com)
3 points by alansmitheebk 10y ago|0 comments
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Anti-Trump Protests in Major Cities(cnn.com)
3 points by alansmitheebk 10y ago|0 comments
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by alansmitheebk 10y ago
I'd go on strike right now just based on the principal that he is totally unacceptable. I would love to see everyone from the blue states go on strike unless he steps down. We have wall street. We have silicon valley. We have the cultu
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by alansmitheebk 10y ago
Well, it's quite significant. How can we even talk about which news is objective when their is a large portion of the US population that consider rightwing pundits to be "the real news" and everything else to be lies? This is
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by alansmitheebk 10y ago
I'm talking about the kind of Republicans that rail against "The Mainstream Media", which basically means anything that isn't Fox News, Brietbart, Rush Limbaugh, etc. These people literally think that all news is "l
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by alansmitheebk 10y ago
I agree with coreyp_1; there are no unbiased news sources. Also, people perceive bias based on their world view. For example, a Republican in the US will perceive "liberal bias" in any story that doesn't present Republican po
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by alansmitheebk 10y ago
I think ADHD is actually considered a disability. However, most people probably wouldn't be comfortable telling their boss that they have ADHD. If your ADHD having a negative impact on your performance and you're about to get fire
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by alansmitheebk 10y ago
Thank you. I think I needed to hear that.
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Ask HN: Of Introverts, the Open Office, and ADHD
6 points by alansmitheebk 10y ago|10 comments
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by alansmitheebk 10y ago
Are the wireless carriers (ie Verizon, AT&T, etc) complicit in the manufacture of these products? It would seem to me that those companies would regard the use of a "Stingray" to impersonate one of their towers as an unauthori
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by alansmitheebk 10y ago
Since we're keeping score on what speakers make others reluctant to participate, I do not feel comfortable speaking at or attending conferences where Kassandra Perch is a speaker. And when it comes to the selection of speakers and thei
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by alansmitheebk 10y ago
Seems like that would translate into lower salaries and / or less work for Android developers in the US and Europe...
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by alansmitheebk 10y ago
This is ridiculous. At some point we need to face up to the reality that most women in the US are just not interested in working in technology. There is no evil conspiracy to keep women out of tech. Maybe high school guidance counselors and
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by alansmitheebk 10y ago
What the hell is wrong with you people? Stop behaving like petulant children. This isn't just a protest vote. It has real consequences. Even if you don't care that you are fucking up your own economy can you at least be mindful th

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