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possibly related. When you are forced to look at someones data sheet to decide on them rather than see them in public being themselves - it seems natural to get sucked into coming up with check-lists on a bunch of qualities you otherwise w
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the person you replied to was being unnecessarily semantic, but in computer science "sort" has a specific meaning which is only the ordering of a set. So 'sorting' cp implies making it easier to find specific cp. The mor
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>expertise is far more transferable than ever Small nitpick on this statement that makes a significant difference to me. I think the spirit of what you are saying is that "Experts are far more accessible than ever" The youtube
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If a universal basic income existed, I would agree with you. Since it doesn't, this employment model is exploitative. There is a limited amount of paid work to go around. Being able to avoid being one of the people who draws the shor
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>Given that car batteries aren’t an option yet to power homes this is a problem that will stick around for a bit One was posted here not too long ago.. so this may not be far off. But it's a bit of a chicken-egg situation because p
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My thoughts exactly. Solar -> Desalination, with all other energy consumption in the middle. Granted, I am not up to date on desalination. I know MIT released something recently but idk the details. Is energy the bottleneck now or is it
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Ill have to check out Cal's implementation because thats relatively close to what Im doing now. I have a WORKSPACE folder I dump multiple .txt files into and then go through them later to organize. Ill post a path in the .txt if its r
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does it actually help to confine all of this into a single app? outloud personal reflection: I much prefer using simpler tools dedicated to specific tasks (todo, calendar, notes, pictures, websites, etc) > I chuck random things into this
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"What is the budget for this role?" "the scale and scope of responsibilities for the type of work I do have so much variation that it is impossible for me to tell you what I would expect to be paid for this position this earl
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What's the point in hiding your name if you submit a job history which narrows the scope of your anonymity? how do you verify the contents of said resume without having enough information to identify them? I could just take anyone'
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my healthcare was actually better when i was unemployed than it is with my current company
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I would, yes. 30 day terms would work for me as it does for many business to business agreements. I dont agree with the other commentators entitlement to 14 weeks of severance pay in any situation, however
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>The entire industry focuses way too much on 'experience with tool X' as a proxy for 'technical skill Y' Strongly emphasizing this. This is HIGHY applicable to the analytics environment. As a business analyst who spe
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ugh, i hate it. "We are a family here" ... "haha jk, get lost"
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are the 2/4 and 0/10 interviews the same level of work? Or are you applying to higher level positions now?
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I think the part about that strategy that bugs me is that the workforce doesnt know they are effectively doing a tryout for the company But at the same time, these are probably the same companies that say "competitive work environment&
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>It doesn't matter if he's guaranteed to reveal the goat or not Yes, it does. this is the entire point behind the popularity of the Monty Hall problem. It is counter-intuitive and feels like overthinking, but it is truth. I
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4y ago
I have government contracting experience in construction management QAQC
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Im pretty sure predatory and toxic mobile game industry would fall under the same (or worse) categorization as ads, so would fall under the same logic of "if you cant afford to run your website without doing something unethical, then y
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they can appeal for grants and funds as a non-profit to keep it running. why does such a website need to make a profit?
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This sums up the probabilities cleanly, but doesnt provide any intuition on why the option to pick both doors B&C is the same as the original problem
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if it's opened randomly then it doesn't matter, it is 50-50. You have to account for the situation where the host might reveal the prize in his random pick, and by not doing so you learn that your choice is more likely to be th
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I had this problem beaten to death in my probability and statistics courses in college. To make the problem much more obviously intuitive, simply imagine a thousand or a million doors instead of 3.. and after you make your pick - the host r
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That does sound pleasant. I wish I could push notifications into a todo list with 1 button / click. I am usually not bothered or distracted by seeing a notification, but having to choose to delete it or act on it immediately is what
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i still find games to be great for my mental health, even more so now as an adult than as a kid. they are a place where i can make uninformed decisions based on my gut, and experience no negative consequences to my life. i treat every game
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im guessing a very loyal employee to an enterprise company outside of tech - probably logistics
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Lowkey I think the current education system has evolved from communities that allowed teachers to beat their kids to teach obedience. that obedience was passed down through generations in those communities establishing a culture of obedien
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so you're squatting domains, cool
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yeah, linkedin for sure - although i usually dont exchange it directly as much as someone randomly inviting the other to connect after we talk to each other in person
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Coincidentally I asked for some friends emails over the weekend to put together a viewing party for a show release next month. it was received well. In general, I exchange phone number, email, or a social media account. Email is still the
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