contactmatts

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by contactmatts 11y ago
Addressing the "elimination of poverty" statement: Isn't poverty a relative construct? Unless full-communism is implemented, there will always be those that have less than others. For example, poor people living in the US hav
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by contactmatts 11y ago
Exactly. When an entity (i.e. a company, tech conference, etc.) chooses someone for any reason outside of merit, it's discrimination, and marginalizes the hard work of others.
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by contactmatts 11y ago
Then so be it. We shouldn't _not_ talk about it.
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by contactmatts 11y ago
Brilliant article. Unfortunately, Rae's perspective does not fit the narrative of most HN readers.
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by contactmatts 12y ago
When I first read this post, I thought the link may be to this website: http://youmightnotneedjquery.com/ . I developed a Cordova application recently, and I only needed jQuery for Bootstrap. All custom JS was able to be do
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by contactmatts 12y ago
That escalated quickly.
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by contactmatts 12y ago
I do this all the time at work.
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by contactmatts 12y ago
Step 4 - Acceptance
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by contactmatts 12y ago
For reasons like this, I'm not sure I'll go back to a salary model (in favor of hourly model). I value my family time and personal time, but for those times where "the barns burning down", at least I'm compensated f
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by contactmatts 13y ago
"...a coding team's only salvation is smart coders." Yes!
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by contactmatts 13y ago
If someone is _solely_ working at company because their friends work there, it can be a fragile engagement. What if one or more of their friends leave, or worse, are fired? (Notice the emphasis on solely; obviously having your friends work
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by contactmatts 13y ago
I've been using Windows 8 on my laptop for well over a year, and I quite enjoy it. Especially with Windows 8.1, I just don't see how you can love Windows 7, and at the same time show an extreme displeasure for Windows 8. Have thes
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by contactmatts 13y ago
The reason you are even asking this question on HN shows some moral obligation that you feel to do what is "right" in this case; whatever "right" may be to you. Due to this, I would present your concerns to him, and th