iamdave

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by iamdave 7y ago
I wonder sometimes if writing articles “Trolls did thing trolls are known for doing” is incidentally giving the trolls exactly what they want.
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by iamdave 8y ago
IT tries to be proactive at first, but being proactive usually costs money, so it's often ignored. And then a failure happens as a result of ignoring that issue and then the tech people get yelled at. Reminds me of a line I heard onc
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by iamdave 8y ago
Wasn’t that about perfectly healthy people being forced to die against their will? The specific episode I referenced it wasn't so much about perfectly healthy people being forced to die against their will, since the character in qu
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by iamdave 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_a_Life_(Star_Trek:_The_Ne... Star Trek: The Next Generation has an absolutely brilliant episode on this topic that touches on a lot of the things brought up in the article, as well
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by iamdave 8y ago
Has that been the case for your content, and would you say it's at all worth it for someone looking to start out?
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by iamdave 8y ago
I insinuated that your statement wasn't overly concerned with the merits of democracy vs. corporate interests, pretty directly in fact, and asked you to let me know if that assessment was incorrect. Turns out it was. I was incorrect in
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by iamdave 8y ago
No, because I already did .
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by iamdave 8y ago
"Governing itself" isn't some magical good I don't think one who holds this particular stance is particularly concerned with the merits of democracy. Call me on it, if I'm wrong, scarejunba.
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by iamdave 8y ago
I'm not disagreeing with that and I'm not even making a value judgment on what's more acceptable, porn or racism. I don't care to have that discussion. Perhaps my initial question was unclear to receive already negative
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by iamdave 8y ago
Now Tumblr is a sex-free haven for white nationalists and Nazis. Is the author basing this on anything other than checking to see if white nationalists and Nazis are simply using the site as some sort of electronic forward operating base
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by iamdave 8y ago
Clearly that person has some fears or has had some troubling experiences, and it's not helpful or kind to be provocative. And how do you know throawaysea isn't speaking from the same or similar position? minikites made an unfai
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by iamdave 8y ago
So Arch?
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by iamdave 8y ago
Why would it be defined only in terms of the government? "Freedom of speech only applies to the government" exists as an argument that is technically true if one were to go to court over the matter, so it is often used as a phil
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by iamdave 8y ago
Pffft, the Metra catches fire even when it's not -20 below, we've become quite used to it.
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by iamdave 8y ago
Better idea: Change your name to Wallace F. Davidson, write this same article but in novel form, publish it under the title "Infinite Mess", become best-selling author, send me a check for $200,000 when you become a millionaire.
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by iamdave 8y ago
It's not that the left dislikes freedom of speech, it's that the right has twisted the meaning and use of freedom of speech to promote hate, conspiracy, and fear. Seems to me that in the US there's an incredible unwillingne
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by iamdave 8y ago
Because prosecutors sometimes care more about being seen as tough on crime and not compassionate towards young kids who do stupid things at an age where they're not blessed with an abundance of restraint and good decision making skills
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by iamdave 8y ago
That in mind, in the interest of specificity I wonder if the phrase '[foreign] state actors' would be better used?
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by iamdave 8y ago
I have not but will take a gander this morning. Thanks for that!
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by iamdave 8y ago
This looks like something that may be useful for my team. A question for the developers if you're reading this: something we've needed for a while was the ability to audit changes and review past values in our AWS environment. Clo
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by iamdave 8y ago
The fact that you succeeded doesn't matter You don't get to determine that for someone. It is not my nor your, nor anyone else's place to tell someone what matters to them as an individual in their career goals or decisions
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by iamdave 8y ago
Well sure, if you want to get into the weeds of actively measuring what success looks like across different methods of screening out potential employees then that conversation can break down to the atomic level. A part of me feels like the
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by iamdave 8y ago
then you're doing it wrong What's right and what's wrong in this case here? I'm gainfully employed now, at a company I actually have come to really enjoy working for, making arguably the most I ever have in my career s
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by iamdave 8y ago
>You know, where people typically list "8 years experience in 3 year old technology" and the laundry list of every other keyword/language/framework they've ever heard of. I have a really funny story about this in
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by iamdave 8y ago
Sure but this can be said about nearly any aspect of evaluating who you want to work for, hindsight will always be 20/20 once you sign the offer agreement. I'm sure most if not all of us have taken jobs where all the things on our
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by iamdave 8y ago
Whether or not a company encourages burn out probably has nothing to do with whether or not they put this or that boilerplate on their job ads. Interesting you put it that way, since I've learned to be on the lookout for boilerplate
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by iamdave 8y ago
I don't think being a shareholder gives you such rights. Doesn't the state of California actually allow vested shareholders to inspect certain financial records and other inspection rights? Wouldn't this include the records
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by iamdave 8y ago
I suspect this will be a take that someone is going to have a problem with, or maybe many do-but this is kind of the editor's job. Editorials while probably not the express opinion of the publication you're writing for does need t
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by iamdave 8y ago
They'd push this initiative occasionally. I wonder if anyone has any experience in flat out refusing to participate in this sort of thing. I did it once, but was already on my way out the door/in my two week notice period and HR
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by iamdave 8y ago
I (once) wrote a Sports Illustrated opinion article years ago (similar situation to yours: made a comment on twitter to one of the popular talking heads, talking head took notice and replied, SI took notice, asked me to write something), yo

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