dandersh

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by dandersh 5y ago
I'm leaving my current role due in part to them not hiring other devs efficiently, resulting in a long-term unsustainable workload and everything that it entails. The final straw was during a meeting when it was brought up that they we
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by dandersh 5y ago
Looking seriously for the first time in a few years and it's shocking how much worse the process has gotten. I did a technical, live coding screen for 45 minutes. It went well enough that they were interested in moving forward. 4, one
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by dandersh 5y ago
I was in the same boat as you. Definitely talk to someone, see someone, take something, etc. I didn't and it spiraled out of control.
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by dandersh 5y ago
The most productive (and probably happiest) was when I was able to work fewer hours. I was the only one on my team at this location so I would roll in a bit before 7am, eat lunch 10:30-11am, and leave around 1-2 when my brain told me it was
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by dandersh 5y ago
"No, I'd say power hunger is one thing, but what you face now is unique to this poisonous "Soviet Culture." A very special, aggressive brand of social nihilism at the apex of civil society, characteristic of one party&#x
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by dandersh 5y ago
God I wished I worked there. Even without Covid this past year would have been tremendously hard on me. When I've talked to my manager about what I've been going through and explaining how it's impacted my performance I get t
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by dandersh 5y ago
Multiple examples of a publication's analysis being found lacking and a reaction of no longer consuming it as a result is not "pretty petty". I'm reading them for their non-US coverage, and if I find their US coverage to
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by dandersh 5y ago
There are some benefits to the Economist, such as the ones you mentioned but I don't know that I could recommend it, at least without a secondary source for what you're reading there. I stopped reading it about 10 years ago for a
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by dandersh 5y ago
"They dont talk about or even cover the same things, which makes it hard to compare liberal vs conservative perspectives. This is the most common form of bias I've come across." I've noticed this as well. Going from WaPo
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by dandersh 5y ago
Happened to my wife. All the messages were obviously fake as they would say the exact same thing with a word here or there changed. While I remember it being a big deal in tech news I don't recall it gaining a lot of traction in the es
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by dandersh 6y ago
Had this happen to me as well, only my background is JavaScript. I've had more than one conversation with a recruiter where they didn't understand the difference between Java and JavaScript, so I'm unsure whether this was don
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by dandersh 6y ago
I definitely fell in this camp. To be fair I was fairly junior and was used to JS. It wasn't until I started using Haskell that I saw the benefits of knowing exactly what I was working with. It also helped me be more deliberate and tho
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by dandersh 6y ago
The Dixie Chicks. Country stations stopped playing their songs because listeners would call in to complain, threaten boycotts, etc. While I'm struggling to remember exact successes, I know the Parents Television Council would use petit
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by dandersh 6y ago
Coworkers of a family friend and my uncle died from it, even though their jobs could be done remotely (my uncle's a sysadmin ffs) Our oldest daughter's friend didn't get it despite it putting her 3 siblings and 2 parents on t
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by dandersh 6y ago
I've lost count the amount of Rolling Stones "farewell tour" concerts I've been too.
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by dandersh 6y ago
I'm guessing you're referring to DJ Ashba? One thing about GnR is they always had talented guitarists. Yea Axl's voice definitely isn't what it once was. Corey Glover (Living Colour) is another singer from that time peri
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by dandersh 6y ago
I took it that social media was the primary way under 40 white males were being told they were racist or were seeing others being called racist. Specifically I recall the many posts I've come across to the effect of "I used to be
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by dandersh 6y ago
The N word is a well known example of racist speech/action and social media is often where these uses are drug up and litigated. But I don't use my identity as a white male to paint myself a victim, so maybe I'm off base? Are
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by dandersh 6y ago
Which is why I was floored when my friend told me that not only did they get less than expected for theirs, but the person bought it to scrap it. This was in MN and using an online auction too.
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by dandersh 6y ago
They don't mention it because it's not true and an obvious rationalization for already existing behavior. Sorry but throwing the N word around and casual racism existed before social media. The "I'm not the racist you ar
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by dandersh 6y ago
Oh I'm definitely going to check that out. I've always been a fan of his writing and think he does a great job of making linguistics accessible to the general public. If I had been exposed to his writing in high school I definitel
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by dandersh 6y ago
McWhorter is a great writer and linguist. Incredibly entertaining and enjoyable to read. Which is why I find his political takes such as this one...so disappointing. Generally my biggest criticism is that he's not nearly as far left as
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by dandersh 6y ago
This post is misleading and outright false in some respects. From the first article posted: "By Claire Kirch | May 31, 2020 The civil unrest in the Twin Cities continues to take its toll on Minnesota's literary community—sometimes
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by dandersh 6y ago
When our youngest was born the nurses (incorrectly) thought his blood sugar was low and had him transferred to a different hospital via ambulance. We were able to fight and get the $2000 bill waived on account of the fact that it was a need
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by dandersh 6y ago
"White can start by moving his King's pawn 2 spaces, i.e. playing "e4". This move has many strengths - it immediately works on controlling the center, and it frees two pieces (the Queen and a Bishop). This is a popular f
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by dandersh 6y ago
I think your comment on intermediate skills is an important one. Personally it seems like there is often a dearth of intermediate resources to better understand and utilize the language. Maybe it's more complex use cases, patterns and
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by dandersh 6y ago
No, Biden had never won a single primary (while Bernie had multiple during this campaign alone) until SC, when most every other candidate dropped out while endorsing Biden in a span of a week or so in a (successful) attempt to deny Bernie t
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by dandersh 6y ago
The algorithm makes sense in certain cases, such as music or tv shows, but it's not a one size fits all solution. Another issue is the use of autoplay (which is enabled by default in chrome on my phone), where they keep shoveling more
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by dandersh 6y ago
Very interesting, thanks! Only one I didn't recognize is Bongino. I would be very curious in the age demographics of FB users. My understanding is that initially the user base was young and now it's older, specifically boomer age
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by dandersh 6y ago
Yep. Also it can be (not saying that's the case here) used as a way to exclude undesirable politics while keeping desirable politics in place. For example the "don't bring politics into sports" that was bandied about dur

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