mildtrepidation

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by mildtrepidation 12y ago
And I see no reason for you to assume that my concern for another human being is somehow projection. You like being alone. Congratulations. So does he. That's great, and I never said it wasn't OK . I tried to make suggestions tha
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by mildtrepidation 12y ago
An assumption I did not make . My statement about convenience was in reference to being around services central to population centers, e.g. medical facilities. Clearly most people here don't agree with me, but that does not justify pr
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by mildtrepidation 12y ago
I did no such thing. I responded to someone's statement that he's a recluse with the suggestion that perhaps that's not a natural state. Somehow this is offensive? Then I went on to make what I considered a positive and const
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by mildtrepidation 12y ago
Downvotes for an attempt at constructive suggestions. Fly that proud introvert flag, HN!
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by mildtrepidation 12y ago
Would be interesting to see a quality of life comparison (if such a thing can be reliably quantified) The fact that it can't be reliably (more specifically, objectively) quantified is why we see so many nearly-worthless income compar
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by mildtrepidation 12y ago
Not necessarily. As a small business owner, I aspire to this as well, if only because my experience has been "I expect my employers to get all they can out of my while paying me the bare minimum and treating me as poorly as I'll t
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by mildtrepidation 12y ago
I agree, with the exception of "that's how it's supposed to be." As defined by who? Knowing what happened and understanding why makes deciding on a resolution possible. The suggestion that keeping those things vague is s
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by mildtrepidation 12y ago
The idea that this is a potential haven after a man-made apocalyptic event is very much in line with the "well, we fucked up that environment, let's try this one next" way we've led most of our existence so far. Don&#x27
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by mildtrepidation 12y ago
I'd have a hard time calling humanity surviving a win here. But then I am pretty good at the Fallout games (as long as you're talking about 1, 2, or Tactics), so maybe if I move to Australia I'll have a better chance in the p
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by mildtrepidation 12y ago
I don't understand the outcry at "ageism" in advertising. The point of advertising is to address your target audience , not everyone . The vast majority of products simply do not cater to every demographic. Racism might at
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by mildtrepidation 12y ago
"It doesn't happen in America" and "it's un-American" are not the same statement. On the assumption you're being serious and not facetious, when an American uses the term "un-American," it's
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by mildtrepidation 12y ago
Well crap. After reading the intro I hoped to find and take it (in order to, of course, confirm my own rather egotistical beliefs about my language aptitude), only to further read that it "will eventually be available for civilians.&qu
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by mildtrepidation 12y ago
I'm definitely with you on the way she treated her team and what she expected from them... but seriously... please put your IQ back in your pants. I don't believe in "learn to code if you want to manage technical people,&quot
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by mildtrepidation 12y ago
Or you were chronically underpaid and didn't realize it. Or you were the victim of circumstances beyond your control that resulted in abnormal financial burdens. Or any of innumerable reasons someone's life can simply not go perfe
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by mildtrepidation 12y ago
Either you don't quite understand the purpose of a non-compete or there's an entire class of them I'm not aware of (which is entirely possible), but in my experience, their purpose is to explicitly bar employees from poaching
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by mildtrepidation 12y ago
This was apparently (anecdotally) the case a while ago, but I've never seen a single employment contract that included a clause like this. I don't know whether it's just FUD, whether it's not as common as it was in the 8
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by mildtrepidation 12y ago
Somehow you've decided that, despite labeling yourself unsuccessful, people should pay attention to what you say. The only support I see you making for this is citing your IQ, which is meaningless. You obviously believe you're tel
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by mildtrepidation 12y ago
Maybe its the best we can expect of a corporation. Corporations don't make decisions; they don't do anything at all. The people who control them do. "A corporation" isn't even a single abstraction; there are so ma
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by mildtrepidation 12y ago
It's certainly interesting to read this sort of reflection. The author discusses Jobs' mannerisms without either worshiping or demonizing him, which is refreshing.
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by mildtrepidation 12y ago
ABC. Always be coding. Always. Be. Coding.
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by mildtrepidation 12y ago
This strikes me as the same sort of statistical non-information that people strive to come up with during sports games (at least in the US). "Mr. X is the first person in 17 years to bat Y% during years modulo Z while facing right-hand
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by mildtrepidation 12y ago
No, but your name might be. ;)
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by mildtrepidation 12y ago
It's annoying but some people like bumps in the road. You apparently tried to build a prototype with a framework that very explicitly tries to provide more than just prototype capabilities. Invoking "one mans trash anothers trea
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by mildtrepidation 12y ago
Want your employees to cooperate better? Follow this ONE CRAZY RULE we learned from ants!
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by mildtrepidation 12y ago
While I see your point, I think it's invalid to equate humans and ants in this context. I am not an entomologist, but I don't think ants have nearly the sophistication in terms of cognitive function and social interaction that hum
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by mildtrepidation 12y ago
As others have pointed out, it's unlikely the company did anything illegal. That aside, I have been in the same situation as you and the OP, and it's far more important to learn the obvious lesson here than to waste time trying to
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by mildtrepidation 12y ago
I wouldn't go so far as to make this assumption, though it could be the case. I'd say it's more important to realize that management that would come up with this sort of 'reward' in the first place is not at all lik
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by mildtrepidation 12y ago
I can't help seeing this as a higher level in some grotesque cultural fractal that, somewhere along the line, also involves ticket middlemen monopolizing admittance to most concerts and shows. I don't know if they're part of
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by mildtrepidation 12y ago
This is a great idea! I'm terrible with names and faces, and this occurred to me as a way to improve that. It's definitely heartening to see that someone has done it with good results.
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by mildtrepidation 12y ago
Unless you go by recent popular usage, in which case every possible interaction with anything that is not specifically laid out in that thing's accompanying instruction manual is now considered "hacking." Case in point: Life

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