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by davimack 2y ago
Since Google died I've been using selfoss. I haven't / hadn't been able to find the social features, and selfoss was just straightforward and solid.
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by davimack 7y ago
Double your rate for each new client until you can't go higher and get work. Then back off in reasonable increments until you have just enough work to be happy. I work in biotech. Companies don't blink at anything. $3,000 / d
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by davimack 7y ago
I think the hustle mentality is a different issue, and I would be very hesitant to conflate the two or to entangle them in some way. It is unfortunately common, in my experience, however I hope you are looking for something else. In my expe
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by davimack 7y ago
Basically nothing down in database-land has changed, from what I can tell. Added features, but everything in those languages is designed to be backwards compatible (unless you're talking PL-sql, which has had some major shifts, to bri
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by davimack 7y ago
I am always conflicted when I see something in here linking to globe n mail, particularly when the article is basically utter garbage, without any amount of research involved in it whatsoever. While there may be truth in there, it is certai
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by davimack 8y ago
I had been a consultant for a long time, started my own business, built teams, etc., but mostly independent. I decided to move down towards Silicon Valley & to do that I took a full-time job, rather than consulting. The problems for me
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by davimack 8y ago
I would ask whether they would like a future employer to know they'd Googled the address of a Marijuana dispensary. Or their employer to know that they'd looked at [insert kink here] porn.
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by davimack 9y ago
Not mine, but one I ran into. This is on an automated testing rig for microwave devices, which are odd things - you don't have wires for microwaves, you have wave guides, which are basically tubes which you can pipe the microwave throu
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by davimack 9y ago
A truly obfuscatory browser: one in which everything sent to the server looked the same, regardless of which user, region, etc.
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Technology Hiring Practices and Diversity(davimack.users.sonic.net)
1 points by davimack 9y ago|0 comments
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by davimack 9y ago
Indeed. One addition to this: retirement isn't about quitting working, it's about having the OPTION to quit working, which means that you can pick and choose the kinds of positions that really interest you, or that have some socia
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by davimack 10y ago
I've had friends move to the Netherlands & definitely they have more disposable income than I do. I've also worked in the UK (Scotland) where I made a hell of a lot less but where health care and prescription drugs were 100%
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by davimack 10y ago
If they've established a corporation on their end of things (known as a "sole trader" in the UK), then you can just send them a 10-99 as per usual, because you're paying a corporation, not a person. I have done this wit
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by davimack 10y ago
Responding to the contractor vs employee thing: I've run into people who manage to remain employees while doing the digital nomad thing, but they maintained "residency" back in their home country. It just requires that your
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by davimack 10y ago
Well, personally, I tried to escape by going and getting a Master's and a PhD. Unfortunately for me, I didn't bother to really LOOK at academia as a career path, so when I finished and started looking into it ... well, it's
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Why the imbalance in tech jobs posted here?
3 points by davimack 10y ago|0 comments
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by davimack 10y ago
I love how this conversation devolved into pedantry, honestly. Worry about the a/an usage, don't address the root issue, why don't you. Yup: programmers are grammar nazis.
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by davimack 10y ago
Domain gets tagged as distributing malware by my work's security system, FYI. Dunno what list it's gone on, but it's there.
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by davimack 10y ago
About 200 different feeds, so knowing what you're looking for would be good. I use Brief on FireFox with Live Bookmarks. Let's me control frequency of downloads, navigate using keyboard, etc.
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by davimack 10y ago
A Microsoft Access 97 database (written in 1997) is still the "system of record" for all instrument wiring diagrams within the biotech plant. I was recently asked to review it (19 years after I wrote it) and to develop a step-by-
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by davimack 10y ago
So, on the basis of once having taken an IQ test that you found not problematic and after which they hired you, you feel good about them. That's great. Sample size of 1, obviously it must be unquestionably a good thing. If developers
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by davimack 10y ago
"If they give you an IQ test or similar, run." Amen. IQ tests, or tests to see if you're psychologically a "good fit for the organization," are a sign that they haven't a clue what they're looking for, th
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by davimack 11y ago
I would actually approach this differently. I'd go back to whomever the authority is with regards to what the function is supposed to do, or to the spec, and then rewrite it from scratch. This won't ensure that it behaves as it
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by davimack 11y ago
After having been asked this several times, I've begun to make it clear that I will only engage in these tests if I'm compensated for the time. It's a delicate thing to do, really, telling someone that, no, you're not g
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by davimack 13y ago
Firstly, is this about the tactical objective, or what you'd do if you managed to get there? If it's just the tactical objective, you'd need to find someone on the inside who would be willing and able to convince everybody el
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by davimack 13y ago
Looks like the domain is fine. If this was intended as a joke, it lacked any humor whatsoever.
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by davimack 14y ago
There's a fundamental difference: Billable Hours. For a lawyer, if they put in 100 hours to come up with a 2-page letter, they charge for those 100 hours. The next time a client comes to them with a similar problem, they charge for 100 hou
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by davimack 14y ago
Totally agree (also a successful English major / developer from the first boom). A lot of what fascinated me was the underlying grammar and syntax of language and how, if you knew how to manipulate those symbols ("words") through the use of
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by davimack 14y ago
1) When scrolling is erratic (due to the mouse, the browser, or what have you) and reading a long article, I highlight a word in the last-read paragraph to allow me to scroll that paragraph up and not lose it. 2) When pages have low contras
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by davimack 14y ago
I wouldn't attribute the change to "agile" ... but would attribute the problem to poor design. Subtle difference, but you get the same garbage in agile stuff - just depends on the PM, really.

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