freshflowers

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by freshflowers 9y ago
> I have never seen any evidence that the WMF has been following standard software engineering principles that were well-known when Mythical Man-Month was was first published in 1975. If they had, we would be seeing things like requirem
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by freshflowers 9y ago
All that matters is having a good conversation and not appearing completely incompetent. After an enjoyable conversation, the hiring person will rationalize wanting you all by themselves, even if they have to make up / project qualitie
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by freshflowers 10y ago
Gee, and there was me thinking that the rise of Trump had put an end to the argument that these types of unethical behaviour are not symptoms of the same problem. Defending a lack of ethics with ideology is a nothing more than a cheap trick
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by freshflowers 10y ago
> now that the tables have turned, women might need to make a compromise Most of us here on HN work in the tech industry, with its notorious sexism and underrepresentation problems. So let's get real here. To claim that the tables h
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by freshflowers 10y ago
Suggestion to stop using the same fucking stock images with the same fucking benches everybody else is using to symbolize "cool company".
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by freshflowers 10y ago
Whatever sincere doubts and supposed nuances may have lead YC to continue to tolerate Thiel's presence before Trump took power, there can be no more doubts today. An organization that associates itself with both the ACLU and a fascist
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by freshflowers 10y ago
The latter has to do with the fact that those cups have a very different purpose, which is why the solo cups are marketed as "American party cups". The "American" refers to the format of the party as much as the cups. At
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by freshflowers 10y ago
Politics isn't some isolated thing. Politics is about everything we do and say. A techie elite deciding what they do isn't political, or worse, beyond politics, is part of what got us to this point in the first place. > HN is a
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by freshflowers 10y ago
Any management advice that consists of a one-size-fits-all approach is by definition bad advice. Every member of my team is an individual, and they all deserve an individual approach. Also, I find this particular approach rather condescendi
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by freshflowers 10y ago
In Western Europe, you'll especially get the latter. And be glad it doesn't result in an HR complaint. Or at least a permanent distrust of that creepy invasive manager. But the worse would be a truthful answer. As a manager, I kno
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by freshflowers 10y ago
> Hang out more on subreddits you don't agree with. Hanging out with people you don't agree with is one thing. Hanging out with people that want you to stop existing is an entirely different matter. If people are willing to (
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by freshflowers 10y ago
And somehow I have little sympathy for people who want to leave the US for political reasons but have a problem with countries where wealth is distributed more evenly.
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by freshflowers 10y ago
Which by far doesn't solve all problems, and subsequently creates a ton of new problems. How about just an appropriate workplace for the job, like 99% of all other jobs, even some of the lowest paid ones? Have a bit of self respect and
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by freshflowers 10y ago
The lazy part here is your writing and argumentation, not the fucking swearing.
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by freshflowers 10y ago
I agree with the "know the audience" part. As in: much of your audience here isn't American, and you obviously are.
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by freshflowers 10y ago
No natural light is pretty much illegal in most civilized countries. This is why office buildings in most of Western Europe aren't as massive and square as in countries like the US.
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by freshflowers 10y ago
No bullshit. I was taught this. It's standard practice. You may have just had a shitty instructor.
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by freshflowers 10y ago
Same experience, over the course of over decade. iBook, Powerbook, Macbook, whatever, all frayed power cords or other defects at the laptop connector end. I'm an Apple fanboy most of the time, but damn is this getting old. Sugru works
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by freshflowers 10y ago
As a European who regularly hires people from outside the EU (including Americans), it always seemed to me that the American H1B Visas were deliberately designed to suppress wages. Any other skilled migrant visa system I know of has a very
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by freshflowers 10y ago
> it taught me everything is breached More likely, sold . Every service that collects user data will get offers, and many can't resist the temptation. Doesn't matter however, businesses that will sell you to the highest bidder
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by freshflowers 10y ago
Ironically, the same issue is exactly why I, as a citizen of the Netherlands, support leaving the EU. Because even at this point, Net Neutrality is still less well protected by the EU than it was under our own national legislation. I cannot
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by freshflowers 10y ago
I buy from Bandcamp and voluntarily pay double just out of general principle. I listen most of music via Spotify out of convenience, but I'll gladly financially support any band that offers an honest product.
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by freshflowers 10y ago
Ah, the fine art of rationalization...
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by freshflowers 10y ago
I doubt a Dell XPS will last longer. The problem with non-Apple laptops, with few (and expensive) exceptions, is the build quality. It's 2016, people treat laptops like any common electronic household item, and the majority of non-Appl
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by freshflowers 12y ago
Please make sure it's something your team can actually get behind, and be very careful about how you put it. Because for experienced developers, any sign of pivoting to consulting is a sign to run for the exit. That's explicitly n
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by freshflowers 12y ago
There are many, many activities, paid and unpaid, in which people get confronted with entitled a-holes on a regular basis. This is not unique to open source, or tech in general. This is a generic social issue.
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by freshflowers 12y ago
Seriously, you claim it only cost the company a book and a week to get you up to speed in a new languages, but you can't be arsed to make that small investment in yourself before applying for a new job? That inertia and lack of motiv
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by freshflowers 12y ago
Try looking at it from an employer perspective. The fact that you have a CS degree tells me absolutely nothing about your engineering talent. So hiring you on that basis alone would be gamble, and the odds for that gamble are hystericall
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by freshflowers 12y ago
> At one time, a college degree and a demonstrable grasp of computing technology was all one needed. Yep, and that turned out to be a fucking disaster. So we learned how to filter for programming skills, and the results were utterly de
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by freshflowers 12y ago
> It's a software project management book disguised as a novel. That sounds horribly Randian. Something about the tone of absolute certainty and the cringe-worthy attempts at humor of Peopleware already rubbed me the wrong way, and

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