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by blablablame 10y ago
I sorta kinda understand that, but where I live (southern europe) I always had different experiences. As soon as any talk/workshop/whatever is 'segregated', there is a lot more gender issues talked than when it is mixed.
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by blablablame 10y ago
Hi Not in Oakland or a woman (but a swift developer, 1 out of 3 ;)) but if she is learning to code, and wants to chat with other people, won't it be ok for her to just join regular swift groups? (I know there are a few around that gene
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by blablablame 10y ago
Portuguese here, red wine + some cheeses is also common here. Not very strong, smelly cheeses, but your typical gouda's and the like (not sure if gouda as I don't remember the english names for the cheeses we use here)
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by blablablame 10y ago
Not really. Im open to discuss any solution to a problem, from the most performant one to the most simple one (code wise) that does the job. When someone says: Maybe you could use a binary tree. and the reply is: No, that is wrong, what you
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by blablablame 10y ago
If the only look into a company is that tech interview, and he or she will be someone you will have to work with on a day to day basis, and s/he is someone that just flat out refuses to accept that maybe his answer isn't the right
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by blablablame 10y ago
then do it like I do. Whenever they send you a link to one, don't take it. Explain you are more than happy to talk to an engineer but you won't do some random online test. (or if you want to be mean, take it, answer every question
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by blablablame 10y ago
I just turned down an offer after a technical interview. Just after my tech call, I call the hiring manager and said I didn't want to move forward. Technical interviews aren't the problem, is when interviewers already have an answ
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by blablablame 10y ago
I'm a bit younger but also used to walk to school when I was little, but now with a kid, I probably wouldn't let him do the same trip as I did. Growing up, my town had like 2-3 main roads where people tended to drive slow (roads w
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by blablablame 10y ago
We were relatively lucky since my wife gets access to medical supplies for almost free and we used the individually wrapped 'gauze' (not sure if the right name, basically squares of cotton in a gauze like pattern in layers) and wa
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by blablablame 10y ago
We used waterwipes as well but ended up switching at the time. I don't remember exactly the cause, but the fruit juice (I think it is grape or rapeseed extract) had some problems and was linked to some health problems. I honestly don&#
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by blablablame 10y ago
Not sure if you want to pick the game again, but never ever losing track of the ball helps with that. You physically can't, but try to see the ball hit the strings. That helps.
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by blablablame 10y ago
Thank you. We are trying to get it sorted, but fortunately, we are at a place that even if they still refuse, we can afford the surgery. But what happened to us happens everyday to a bunch of folks that can't really afford to (or have
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by blablablame 10y ago
Speaking for Portugal, but just this month I'm battling with our provider since they are saying a condition that started 6 months ago didn't. Their doctors, without seeing my kid are saying the problem is more than 2 years old and
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by blablablame 10y ago
Do whatever you think is more 'scary/make people laugh at you'. Then repeat, and again, until you no longer care. I'm 33, haven't cared in a long time. Just do stupid shit and own it, with time, it is still stupid s
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by blablablame 10y ago
In 2001 (before e-books were a viable business) I wrote a C++ book that throughout the book we wrote a full usable library (games) and 2-3 full games. It isn't hard, thing is, most tech authors I've talked with shouldn't real
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by blablablame 10y ago
Yes, but the EU numbers use similar data as the US, and while average is 9% unemployment, some countries are in the 20% range. And this is with a lot of 0-hour contracts or in 'courses' (doesn't count as unemployed).
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by blablablame 10y ago
Think you are painting a starker picture than it really is. I never paid a 'bribe' or a lunch to anyone in 33 years living here (Porto and Algarve). My parents have said to me the same. There was one occasion where a gov. official
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by blablablame 10y ago
I get drunk every so often (when my kid isn't around) and I still I love the little bugger and wouldn't trade that experience for anything. I don't suggest people to be parents (some folks won't be happy with that choice
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by blablablame 10y ago
Yes, but it takes something like 30 people working on it (honestly no idea how many are required)? so 7 months * 30 and we are getting close to 18 man years.
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by blablablame 10y ago
I know about that, which sorta validates the gp post. This isn't a EU thing but UK-France thing which shouldn't matter if the UK is or is not in the EU and France threaten to cancel the agreement if the Leave campaign wins.
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by blablablame 10y ago
Actually, the migrant camp agreement is between UK and France, not UK and EU. (Hard to find the reference now since 90% of the results are related to brexit when you search and I don't have much time)
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by blablablame 10y ago
I worked there. The lines sometimes took hours. Saw cars dismantled trying to find drugs/tobbaco. I left after 5 months as I couldn't stand the border anymore. Sure, if you need a visa, things will be harder, but really doubt the
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by blablablame 10y ago
I sorta agree with you, and have been cutting back on where I give (and now only work with places I trust and visit personally). But coming back to the nurse example, I could volunteer my time to be with the kids, use my very basic carpentr
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by blablablame 10y ago
I'm 5'6 and normal weight, I did a standard flight from EU->San Francisco and on the return when checking in I bought pretty much any update that was available to give me more leg room/space. I swear I will never do anothe
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by blablablame 10y ago
So if I enter a casino with 100 bucks set on betting on number 23, it means I actually own 1000 bucks? (or whatever that gives you?) Giving stock on a public company you can sell the moment that vests is valuable. Owning stock on a private
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by blablablame 10y ago
Or have 2 cars (or god forbid, more if your kids drive) and include a few thousand mile trips here and there and it isn't very hard to get there.
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by blablablame 10y ago
Because something something, DO NO EVIL, something something. Seriously, Google is as bad as every other tech company, but for some reason, when they do shit like this, people tend to over look it (not sure if because a lot of folks directl
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by blablablame 10y ago
Do you do any sports? Tennis/golf clubs are great for meeting people. Gyms as well. You can't expect to have a new bff in 2 days, but you will meet people from all walks of life and maybe it will click with one or two. As for the
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by blablablame 10y ago
Yes, of course, because if you aren't talking about code 99% of your awake time, doing 54 projects in your free time, contributing to open-source libraries and writing blog posts and have no life or interested outside looking at a com
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by blablablame 10y ago
Same here. Bing imagery is more current. Apple maps has traffic information. Google maps has.... well.... its slow... that is pretty much it.

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