robbick

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by robbick 3y ago
Fixing this is not going to fix the energy crisis but as uses of fossil fuels go it is among the most egregious
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by robbick 3y ago
I have had some good experiences with 3rd party recruiters. You obviously need to keep the fact that they will say whatever to get you to take the job they find. But equally they will push the company to hire you.
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by robbick 3y ago
But isn't that how they get you? By lumping in some common sense good stuff with some dystopian crap. If they really wanted to fix the issue at abortion clinics they could have done that in a small quick bill. It is a smaller scale ver
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by robbick 4y ago
Up to now Twitter was a platform for watching other's carnage, now it is producing its own carnage
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by robbick 4y ago
Guessing here but I think the implication is that courts in the US are unable/unwilling to enforce workers rights even when laid out in a contract. In a post-union US there is not enough organised support for workers unless they are ve
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by robbick 4y ago
I can see this is probably a calm point that will definitely not escalate, programmers don't really care about tabs and spaces that much, right???
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by robbick 5y ago
In the UK very few stadiums are publicly funded. This can be done. I'd prefer my city mismanage my money into nurses hands than into a stadium.
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by robbick 5y ago
Agreed - if Ukraine is part of NATO then there are Nato missiles there, there is mutually assured destruction in invading.
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by robbick 5y ago
Indeed, it is always good to know the science but we should balance that against the benefits. I like this quote from David Spiegelhalter[0] "Given the pleasure presumably associated with moderate drinking, claiming there is no 's
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by robbick 5y ago
Can't see this and not post this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI0w_pwZY3E - A message from Skype CEO
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by robbick 5y ago
Indeed - I don't think the President is normally personally involved in safety protocols...
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by robbick 6y ago
I think it is that Apple abuses its control over the App Store market (e.g. Apple Music vs Spotify)
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by robbick 6y ago
Has there been evidence given why these 4 and not Microsoft are at these hearings? I understand each case is subtly different but it seems conspicuous in it's absence. In terms of Big Tech companies potentially violating anti-trust fee
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by robbick 7y ago
It definitely is the 'correct' way of doing it, but it will mean you use IE when in windows, which is often/normally not the correct way
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by robbick 7y ago
_It's not a cultural thing, it's a human thing to be impatient._ True, but certain cultures see impatience as much worse flaw than other cultures leading to significant cultural differences in, say, crossing roads. Seriously, if y
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by robbick 7y ago
If you are purchasing illegal drugs (except something someone could grow in their basement i.e. marijuana) - then you are funding some sort of organised crime
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by robbick 7y ago
I think this is a bit of a false equivalence- at most I might pay $5 for the cobalt in my phone once a year. That is a very harmful $5 but I'd bet most drug users are on 100x that
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by robbick 7y ago
One take away is for sprint planning - if there is a reasonable amount of uncertainty on a task, take it out, either break it down or do some investigation, and bring it back next time. You don't want a σ=2 task messing up your sprint
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by robbick 7y ago
*Or more likely, heavily fine
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by robbick 8y ago
And tbh - most people would still probably download google chrome, google maps, google docs etc - it would just level the playing field
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by robbick 8y ago
That is really interesting, and not what I had been lead to believe, but could you provide me with any reliable sources to this affect?
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by robbick 8y ago
I regularly quote said statistic - can you link me some reliable sources supporting your claim?
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by robbick 8y ago
Can you elaborate - what is inaccurate in the CNBC report?
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by robbick 8y ago
38% seems insanely high. Other estimates I've seen suggest more like 10%. If a code base has an unusually large amount of bugs caught by types it feels like it is missing basics like decent code review or unit tests. * I am a huge TS f
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by robbick 8y ago
As a Windows user VS Code is my favourite MS product
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by robbick 8y ago
AFAIK - no other western country has these budget limits, if a budget doesn't pass then you continue to work from the old budget, no lack of pay etc
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by robbick 8y ago
I can see how forcing kids onto FB is a major issue, but the article seemed to imply the same was true for other Big Tech EDU platforms (AFAIK the main ones being Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams for Education) Do the same issues exist
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Automated Front-End Development: A Critique(paulrobertlloyd.com)
2 points by robbick 8y ago|0 comments
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by robbick 8y ago
You are right to be concerned - so many side projects don't gain traction due to simple UI issues putting users off. 1. As other comments have mentioned - if you are willing to pay, a good designer will go a long way. 2. Use a common c
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by robbick 8y ago
This is so important to consider, chromium is more than a browser these days

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