rnovak

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by rnovak 10y ago
I'm sorry but why do you think you know more about this guys' experience than him? This is like when I'd get calls from a delivery driver telling me I didn't know my own address... Plenty of companies will do custom setu
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by rnovak 10y ago
> Software engineers have a NEGATIVE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE. > land a job within a year of actively seeking A year lead time is what a negative rate looks like?
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by rnovak 10y ago
Not everyone believes that romantic relationships are "one of the best things about being a human." Just because you believe it, doesn't mean everyone else does, or that you should imply that people are somehow "less tha
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by rnovak 10y ago
The second the interviewer changed the parameters people would start complaining that they were "Setup to fail." These threads commonly illuminate that interviewers simply cannot win, regardless of how genuine they are.
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by rnovak 10y ago
Personally, I don't bother. I went the route of requesting candidates go through a work sample project that I spent a considerable amount of time trying to standardize across all the languages relevant to the role. In the end though, m
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by rnovak 10y ago
Okay, give us a generalized example? everyone who (appears) to care about being empathetic while at the same testing for these skills is continually asking for better options. If you're hiring a point guard, isn't testing their
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by rnovak 10y ago
The point is that solving problems, either by inventing new computer science, or more likely formulating a hybrid of known algorithms requires some semblance of problem solving. A genuine interviewer (and I realize several/many may n
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by rnovak 10y ago
What happens when you're asked to solve a problem that hasn't been solved before? By definition something you CANNOT google for That's what I was looking for as a hiring manager.
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by rnovak 10y ago
> What is the employer putting up? Generally nothing. Unless you've been in the shoes of a hiring manager, I'm unsure as to where this idea is coming from? Having been a hiring manager, it is a horrible experience. Unless it&#
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by rnovak 10y ago
Unless they have a gun to your head, they aren't making you do anything. Applying/Interviewing is your choice .
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by rnovak 10y ago
I'm confused as to why anyone would think facebook's security is good? Their entire profit model is based entirely on sharing information that most people would consider private (and have no clue is being sold to third parties).
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by rnovak 10y ago
Many people who are actually on the autism spectrum (such as myself, though technically I was diagnosed with Aspergers a long time ago) don't want your help. I'm continually annoyed that I actually have to say "autism spect
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by rnovak 10y ago
Having been on the hiring side of this, I'll note that it does require a bit of start-up cost (i.e. work) on the employer's part, if you want to standardize the process (i.e. to make sure you're giving the same exercise to ev
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by rnovak 10y ago
Do you not use frameworks or anything? CoC (Convention Over Configuration) solves most of the problem for you, since it's basically CRUD, and that is boilerplate stuff in pretty much any language.
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by rnovak 10y ago
Again, citation? What monitors are you comparing? I honestly hope you're not truly complaining that a 1080p monitor looks less sharp than a 4k or 5k display. Also, where's your citation/article/ anything that you can&#x
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by rnovak 10y ago
What? Citations for any of these? I have 'make' installed on my mbp without XCode (along with clang, etc), and I use my mbp with 2 24" monitors all the time (in clamshell mode), and it's no less sharp than it is with a d
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by rnovak 10y ago
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=secure+enclave
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by rnovak 10y ago
\D is a subset of \S, so the \S accomplishes nothing (said another way, there is no character that matches \D that doesn't also match \S). Secondly, there are very few intersecting character classes (sets) that I'm aware of, and i
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by rnovak 10y ago
I completely disagree, there is a lot of semantically valid information in the talk, like "make file paths configurable". Is that really only applicable to iOS? I think not.
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by rnovak 10y ago
Interesting, exercise has been the biggest factor for me, and it's actually kind of two fold. 1: it burns calories, 2: because I dislike working out, it makes me not want to waste it by eating shit food. A lot of people I think take th
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by rnovak 10y ago
Why are you advising him to run before he can crawl? All of those paradigms are built on top of the 70's era threading-model as used by the JVM (as well as every other language, behind the scenes). How can you understand these tools th
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by rnovak 10y ago
> So does Qt. No, they don't. Not in any meaningful sense. They're offering to let you evaluate a bed, so long as your evaluation doesn't include sleeping on it. > expect to dictate pricing terms after the fact Excuse m
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by rnovak 10y ago
Why do many enterprise software companies offer free (or low cost) trials then? Does the company that you work for (or yours if you're a founder) take the same "take it or leave it" attitude towards potential customers?
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by rnovak 10y ago
Thanks for the correction. I will point out that the article does indicate that there is some type of difference, so I would still think that such a loss would have some sort of impact (though obviously not ~400-500 calories worth).
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by rnovak 10y ago
From his picture from the biggest loser, he looks a lot different at 191lbs and 5'11" than I do at 195lbs and 5'11". With as much cardio as they did, with as little as they ate, I can easily see them having a different b
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by rnovak 10y ago
Now, here's my opinion, and I know it might be wrong. Anyone, please feel free to correct me, but: Everything I've read suggests that 1lb muscle requires about 50 calories a day to maintain. The workout programs these contestants
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by rnovak 10y ago
So according to you, doing mediocre on an IQ test makes someone not smart, right? What about people with dyslexia (such as myself)? What about people who have test-anxiety? They aren't arguing that hiring smart people is a bad idea, th
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by rnovak 10y ago
> Later on, we will gradually leverage into a fractional reserve, but we will always be completely transparent about our USD reserve levels and how close we are to running out. So again, you'll be co-opting merchants into a credit i
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by rnovak 10y ago
Or, you know, less people vote in the south. In the 2012 Election, southern states all had far less turnout than northern states[1]. Your'e not comparing apples to apples. Saying the entire south in aggregate is "stupider"
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by rnovak 10y ago
So you're co-opting them into a credit issuing agency? What if your company goes bankrupt in that 30 days?

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