dneronique

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by dneronique 11y ago
9/10 times for me it's because I'm filtering them out. It's not a good feeling to go back to work after a few days being out to a full inbox. The other 1/10 of the time is because I probably pushed something out las
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by dneronique 11y ago
> I'm always looking for something interesting, but there isn't anything new. Agreed. There's been a shift where the focus isn't on introducing new products. Instead, focus has been on expanding the options within alr
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by dneronique 12y ago
I read it this way the first time, too.
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by dneronique 12y ago
I am a female developer about 6 years older than the author. I absolutely love the end of this article: > Slowly but steadily, I am learning to see my dresses and high-pitched voice not as hurdles to my success, but as symbols of the pe
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by dneronique 12y ago
> Humorously, a Facebook-esque header on one spectator’s smartphone screen has disappeared. I didn't notice the header. However, I did appreciate that they changed the mountains on the smartphone picture to match the updated landsca
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by dneronique 12y ago
> people who actually have an understanding of economics and finance. I'm not sure such people exist. Economics and finance is full of very smart people who are very good at convincing other people that their opinion is more valid t
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by dneronique 12y ago
Stray cats/dogs are incredibly rare in NYC, especially Manhattan. The structure in place that allows people to report unsupervised animals works too well.
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by dneronique 12y ago
This is more than a bit snarky. I find traveling home for both Thanksgiving and Christmas is prohibitively expensive and difficult to acquire sufficient time off for both from work. I usually opt for taking no time off Thanksgiving week, ho
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by dneronique 12y ago
I've had similar experiences with recruiters, so I don't really understand all the hate. If you're not looking you can be direct and get rid of them quickly without being rude, and if you are looking you just need to be smart
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by dneronique 12y ago
> We need to teach boys that they are not, in fact, entitled to women's bodies It was my understanding that most harassment and abuse is about dominance of the mind rather than physical. It's not about exercising entitlement, i
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by dneronique 12y ago
> feelings of isolation and frustration I am a female born in 1987 and have similarily been interested in programming for a long time. After reading several comments, I'm getting some sense of resentment that you were driven away fr
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by dneronique 12y ago
So basically menstruation.
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by dneronique 12y ago
> If it goes well nobody cares, if you slip up then everyone jumps all over you and calls you a sexist. Most things in life are like this. Do what's expected and it's just another day. Fuck up and you'd better prepare for
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by dneronique 12y ago
> the marketing has to establish a hierarchy Most mature products (particularly of leisure) have an associated hierarchy of quality. Top shelf vs. bottom shelf liquor. Name brand food products vs. generic. High fashion outlets vs. walma
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by dneronique 12y ago
I don't know your card-usage habits, but if it was triggered by a jail phone operator within the US, it's much more likely your account information was taken at an unrelated time/event than this breach. If stealing card/
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by dneronique 12y ago
The Algorithm Design Manual My 'technical non-fiction' read to help keep my mind sharp. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B8139Z8/ref=oh_aui_d_det... The Disaster Artist My 'non-technical non
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by dneronique 12y ago
> Puberty range in most women and bitches At first I was offended and then I was 'Oohh...'
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by dneronique 12y ago
>> Oh no! He was attracted to and dated women! How terrible! No one is taking him down a notch for being attracted to/dating women. It's his chosen techniques in doing so. I'm going to say on a whole, most females enjoy
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by dneronique 12y ago
> Included in the basses oeuvres was a management role over other social pariahs, from whom the executioner could levy a tax, suggesting that he was a sort of sovereign of the underworld. I am so ready for this video game.
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by dneronique 12y ago
Do I drink 10 drink every day? Naw. But I drink 1-2 every week night and 6-15 on the weekends. So yea, I can see this averaging out awkwardly...
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by dneronique 12y ago
As an adult who reads a large variety of fiction and non-fiction alike within varying degrees of quality, I find myself enjoying the occasional YA book because they're often such shameless, reductionist broth that you're entirel
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by dneronique 12y ago
> but not anyone that thinks about the merits of various architectures, reads up on optimal coding practices, or that learns in their free time That's a bit demeaning IMO. As with any large corporation, there will be people who stay
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by dneronique 12y ago
>> For those who don't know, laws are different, sometimes in major ways, when you cross a state line > That seems like a recipe for a huge disaster that we should rectify. Naw, bro. It's by design. I'd rather not ge
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by dneronique 12y ago
> Simmons said all that the law requires is for a teacher to sit down with a kindergartener and ask about what he or she learned. This would have scared the crap out of me as a child. Heck, sitting down in front of an authority figure an
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by dneronique 12y ago
Wall Street is noticing that they're losing talent and are slowly but surely responding. The mentality of 'tech as a cost center' is still prevalent but slowly fading as the older crew retire and the younger generation takes
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by dneronique 12y ago
This is a bit misleading. Those 100 work weeks are for workers on the business/finance side. Software folk are expected to work ~50 hrs / week on the sell side, closer to 60 on the buy side. Source: I work at a large investment ba
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by dneronique 12y ago
soon, simstim, soon
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by dneronique 12y ago
> We were all told we have to memorize things because we can't carry the textbook around with us I was told to memorize things because it's much faster to recall items than it is to look them up. I also don't consider memo
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by dneronique 12y ago
Same here. I also see it as an almost endearing term between 'hardened' females. "That's my bitch."
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by dneronique 12y ago
Not untrue, but it's important to note that in many cases 'workplace friend' is basically 'someone they made me sit near that I feel share some interests'. Not exactly someone you'd invite to your birthday part

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