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by ribfeast 1y ago
Can be to validate the technology before using it for something more nefarious.
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by ribfeast 4y ago
I have no problem with call center worker with accents, I have a problem with call centers that are basically a human reading me an FAQ with no power to solve my problem. They have basically become heatsinks for frustration, not a way to ge
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Ask HN: Do your all-company meetings talk about the technical side of the house?
2 points by ribfeast 4y ago|1 comments
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by ribfeast 4y ago
At least according to [this]( https://www.cbi.eu/market-information/outsourcing-itobpo/sof... ), there's an under-supply of developers in the EU.
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by ribfeast 4y ago
Helps with salary gaps within those countries, but salaries are still laughable compared to US software engineering salaries. Does anyone know why that is?
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by ribfeast 5y ago
Multiple profiles have never been well implemented in any other browser. It's the only feature keeping me on Chrome.
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by ribfeast 8y ago
We should switch, not because it raises or maintains productivity, but because it's the right thing to do. Framing the debate in terms of productivity plays into the hands of those who would maintain the status quo. If laborers were pr
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by ribfeast 8y ago
What ideologies do you mean exactly?
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by ribfeast 9y ago
Could be native advertising?
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by ribfeast 9y ago
Hypersharkicane
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by ribfeast 9y ago
This does seem to be where the US government is heading: Conservatives are doing everything they can to destroy federal power so they can create communities around traditional values (or just exploit deregulation to socialize the costs of g
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by ribfeast 9y ago
> quickly bonded over their shared loves for mountain climbing and beer Didn't realize that was so unusual in Switzerland.
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by ribfeast 9y ago
I don't think it matters how much better Windows hardware is, or how far along the Linux subsystem gets, I only feel at home in a *nix OS. The best UX/most stable is MacOS, and it doesn't hurt that I can run Photoshop, Sketch
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by ribfeast 9y ago
Eh-- work in tech in Norway and our female engineers definitely feel outnumbered and sometimes avoid outings unless another woman will be there. That's in egalitarian Scandinavia.
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by ribfeast 9y ago
I literally just came back from grabbing a package at an Amazon locker in Italy (this exact concept, except it's been around for a couple of months now). It was convenient and beats the really unreliable parcel services here.
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by ribfeast 9y ago
Santa Fe would probably also land somewhere on here if the size limit were lowered.
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by ribfeast 9y ago
This article is long-winded, pretentious and misses Kingsley Amis' best definition of the metaphysical hangover: > When that ineffable compound of depression, sadness (these two are not the same), anxiety, self-hatred, sense of fail
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by ribfeast 9y ago
You'd say "ta bom"
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by ribfeast 9y ago
Maybe their jobs are also absurdly hard.
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by ribfeast 9y ago
I've only ever done web. What's the difference in your opinion?
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by ribfeast 10y ago
I always thought this on Windows-- the Linux subsystem is weak and I won't be happy with it until Windows is developed on a UNIX kernel, i.e., never. So then I switch to some distro with Gnome3 because it's cool and that's wh
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by ribfeast 10y ago
American who lived a year in Copenhagen. Just wanted to say that the Danes were aloof, but that I left with an extremely good impression of them. Kind, warm when you know them, reasonable and the kind of humble only janteloven can produce.
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by ribfeast 10y ago
I recommend checking ou the book [American Nations]( https://smile.amazon.com/American-Nations-History-Regional-C... )