siskiyou

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by siskiyou 11d ago
I worked at LinkedIn (briefly, before retirement) and the product had been useful to me for years before that, so I used it a fair bit but not much anymore since it doesn't serve any of my current needs. There were always awful million
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by siskiyou 3mo ago
For decades after my WorldCom experience, I cashed out all equity grants immediately and invested the money elsewhere. Even if the company appears solid and is not run by criminals, it's still sound risk management. Bad things can happ
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by siskiyou 3mo ago
I worked for Advanced Network and Services, which operated the NSFNET and was later acquired by America Online. Then one day the company was acquired by WorldCom. A few years later the CEO was sentenced to 25 years in prison for a ~$10 bill
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by siskiyou 3mo ago
If you expect to get paid for doing a job, are you extorting your employer?
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by siskiyou 5mo ago
I've been juggling for almost 50 years and there's a lot of good stuff in this post. I just want to add a few things from my own approach to juggling and teaching others. I often tell beginners two things: (1) a big part of learni
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by siskiyou 11mo ago
(Turning up my hearing aids) that's right mate
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by siskiyou 11mo ago
Thanks for your answer. I get it, you're people, it's a mistake, it's not the most horrible thing ever, but a simple "oops my bad" would have been a shorter blog post. Would you really have been in the same boat if
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by siskiyou 11mo ago
The part I found surprising: 'Twitter fell outside the “things we take seriously” boundary' Sure Twitter is rubbish, but it's still a huge platform, still tied to your brand, you're still using it, so it can still hurt y
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by siskiyou 2y ago
I stumbled into this because I volunteer at three food shelves around Burlington, Vermont doing food distribution. At the largest one there is a day shelter with outreach workers and a kitchen serving hot meals. I gave a few phones to the o
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by siskiyou 2y ago
So far I have never handled a stolen phone as far as I know so I don't know much about that angle. What I get are peoples old iPhone 7's that have been sitting in a drawer for a few years. They are eager to donate them but have no
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by siskiyou 2y ago
None of the carriers care if the phone is stolen, unless it's reported as stolen. They only care if it stays on their network. As a practical matter I have to work with the phone's previous owner to erase it (eg, an Apple phone th
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by siskiyou 2y ago
Just adding a little bit of context about AT&T: I collect used cell phones, erase them, unlock when possible, and distribute them to unhoused people through several local food shelves, which allows those people to access benefits, housi
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by siskiyou 3y ago
Worldcom acquired the company I worked for. I saw their culture featured all manner of players, hustlers, empire builders, untouchable princes, etc. battling for turf. Lords and serfs. The stock was supposed to always go up. "Genius&qu
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by siskiyou 3y ago
Reminds me of working for MCI-Worldcom. When you think you’re working for crooks, you probably are. Run away.
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by siskiyou 4y ago
My YouTube addiction is scrolling the home screen looking for the viral garbage they promote to pollute my recommendations with things I would never want to see. I frequently don't watch any videos - I just play Whac-A-Mole on the reco
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by siskiyou 4y ago
Fastidious care for tires, and brakes. Best available tires for local conditions. Perfect windscreen hygiene. Possibly LED lights or replacement lenses.
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by siskiyou 4y ago
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/07/13/crypto-ba...
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by siskiyou 4y ago
Repaired a bicycle. Thankfully Shimano's site was up.
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by siskiyou 4y ago
This is why the industry is functionally begging for government regulation
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by siskiyou 4y ago
Stepping in to support the wages of mismanagement may not seem so excellent if the situation worsens further
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by siskiyou 4y ago
This diet falls into the same trap that all temporary diets do: assuming a brief change followed by a return to SOP will result in meaningful change. Your diet is properly understood as what you eat regularly for long periods, or forever. C
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by siskiyou 4y ago
Deleted my account when 5G hysteria came to town. I’d rather stick with waves and good mornings, and not know what my neighbors are thinking.
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by siskiyou 4y ago
It first went mainstream on "social media" aka Usenet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Canter_and_Martha_Sie...
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by siskiyou 4y ago
When I untangled my my self-worth from productivity, I retired. Consider it a possible outcome of succeeding at that.
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by siskiyou 4y ago
I had great experiences in the tech industry for over 25 years with very little overwork, great pay, and though I have some skills, really nothing special. My way to win was getting along in teams, and being vigilant on behalf of customers&
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by siskiyou 4y ago
If anyone looking for a career in the tech industry says they love games and game development, please tell them not to work for a gaming company. I suppose they're not all horrible, but the percentage of horrible companies in the gamin
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by siskiyou 4y ago
"our analysis shows that misinformation about COVID-19 was disseminated overtly on both Twitter and Facebook by verified, high-profile accounts." My view: bots make a lot of noise, but they are usually not very persuasive. Authent
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How many bots are on Twitter? The question is difficult to answer, misses point(theconversation.com)
6 points by siskiyou 4y ago|1 comments
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by siskiyou 4y ago
I loved it when Facebook released the Messenger app, because I could occasionally install Facebook to post vacation pics without ever installing Messenger. I've still never used Messenger.
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by siskiyou 4y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=oefnak

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