stcroixx

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by stcroixx 1y ago
Skilled programmers working on boring stuff like office. Most programmers today don't have the skills they think they do and would find working on something like Office boring.
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by stcroixx 1y ago
Dumb fucks is what the founder of the company has thought about it's users since day 1. They've been caught lying to cover up terrible things they've done so many times it's just assumed at this point. Anyone relying o
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by stcroixx 1y ago
Splintered streaming services cost more than a cable package used to.
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by stcroixx 2y ago
Some are H1B fraud where they already have the person they want and advertise and interview to fool USCIS.
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by stcroixx 2y ago
I've had a great career and very positive feedback from every employer. I would do absolutely terrible in this kind of interview.
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by stcroixx 2y ago
Well, we're pretty unhealthy. These agencies don't seem to have been very successful at making us healthy. Probably time to try another approach.
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by stcroixx 2y ago
I was a developer for a long time before git and used many different VC systems. Didn't need to read the book on any of them and had no problems. For most cases, VC is simple. Git is just designed for this complicated case that appl
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by stcroixx 2y ago
Spot on. I think it won because of who created it. I love linux and have been a daily user for like 25 years, but that doesn't mean I'm going to have a positive bias towards new tools or projects Linus makes like git. I think h
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by stcroixx 2y ago
The US has planned for that scenario by heavily investing in defense to minimize risk to our security even if our allies abandon us. The rest of the NATO alliance does not appear to have done this and appears quite vulnerable. I know wher
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by stcroixx 2y ago
I do everything in my power to stop the US from funding Israel and any foreign war I think is immoral.
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by stcroixx 2y ago
Everyone outside China saw tankman and the other protesters get killed by the CCP in 1989. I think another group of brave Chinese like them will one day succeed in defeating the CCP and China will be welcomed into the international communi
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by stcroixx 2y ago
Maybe, but I don't think that would be the outcome. It's a risk I'd be willing to take. Personally I'd never side with communists for any reason at all, even if it meant my life became a little more difficult.
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by stcroixx 2y ago
I don't advocate war, but I'd prefer a relationship similar to Russia or North Korea. No trade whatsoever. No trade with nations that trade with China.
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by stcroixx 2y ago
The US and most of Europe share a military alliance. The US and China are adversaries.
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by stcroixx 2y ago
Do you dispute the persecution of Uyghurs in China? The UN, US Dept. of State, House of Commons in the UK and Canada, Dutch Parliament, French National Assembly, New Zealand, Belgium, and the Czech Republic? This is not a government to be
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by stcroixx 2y ago
Yes, I've worked on small teams of highly experienced people where code reviews may only happen a couple times a year for the purpose of knowledge transfer. This is how I've seen it work on what I would consider the most critical
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by stcroixx 2y ago
The kind of work you're describing doesn't benefit the company, it benefits the individual. It's not what they were hired to do. The poor quality code they produce can be a net negative when it causes bugs, maintenance issu
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by stcroixx 2y ago
This is the norm on my majority H1B team. Nobody sees anything wrong with it but me so I stopped caring too.
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by stcroixx 2y ago
This really only happens in states where the majority of residents share an ideology that criminals shouldn't be held responsible for their actions.
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by stcroixx 2y ago
Indians don't coast like Euros. Average standard of living is much lower in India which motivates them to do things to raise it.
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by stcroixx 2y ago
Toys? Not a priority. RCAT is the best American drone company. I won't disagree communists can produce efficiently, but that comes with a culture that guns down their own like the protesters in Tiananmen square.
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by stcroixx 2y ago
I don't think it's a problem. What's preventing other countries from building something similar to the US tech companies is a combination of regulation and culture.
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by stcroixx 2y ago
In the event that happens, and I'd not be surprised, I'd still expect him to remain just as popular with readers.
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by stcroixx 2y ago
All the developers I work with have stopped using Google search entirely in favor of ChatGPT. Even my wife prefers it after seeing how bad googles results are and full of ads.
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by stcroixx 2y ago
I like it too. Reminds me of Akavit, which I love.
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by stcroixx 2y ago
You would have to improve the interface substantially. I've been a developer for over 25 years, have used Linux as a daily driver for as long, and I can't stand using it. Only software developers would tolerate it.
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by stcroixx 2y ago
In the US there just isn't the infrastructure to deal with this. We used to have places people could be committed to against their will so they could get help. The few places like this that are left can't function effectively due
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by stcroixx 2y ago
Not enough to dissuade the people that like him from voting for him again. It's not like they don't know what it's like to have him in charge.
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by stcroixx 2y ago
We also actually saw very little of Biden during his presidency even during his 2020 campaign. The glimpses we did get often looked alarming regarding his fitness. Then the debate and it couldn't be hidden anymore. Many took this to
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by stcroixx 2y ago
There's also an over supply of these engineers. The H1B program was intended to address a shortage that no longer exists, yet the workers and program remain, ruining the market for citizens.

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