ukigumo

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by ukigumo 11y ago
tell me more...
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by ukigumo 11y ago
This actually sounds like fun, but I would like to see some examples because I'm not sure what you would call quality requirements. For argument sake, are you using Volere or IREB or any other recognised requirement engineering method?
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by ukigumo 11y ago
That sounds really strange to me, to the point that I'm not sure if you are being sarcastic.
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by ukigumo 11y ago
The most comprehensive approach is to have an InfoSec policy portfolio which permeates into every corner of your organisation and dictates secure operating behaviours and mandates logical and physical security practices. This will include r
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by ukigumo 11y ago
Well, I guess it won't hurt if I offer my services for PCI guidance for startups here :-) One thing to keep in mind is that PCI is a bare-minimum of security "best practices" that aims at validating that a company transacting
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by ukigumo 11y ago
It's hard to correlate the two because there have been several policies put in place to reduce crime over the years, don't forget that our main industry is tourism and happy people spend more :-). I can tell you that in the late 9
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by ukigumo 11y ago
That's good to hear. Hope your project works out!
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by ukigumo 11y ago
Likewise, and also quite likely we are some of many thousands. Unfortunately I think in this case there are some people re-inventing the meaning of "digital" to signify young. Enough grumpiness for one day, I'll go organize m
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by ukigumo 11y ago
Out of curiosity, if you had received an application from a 40 something who has been "digital" since before the internet was deemed a human right, would you have felt comfortable hiring him?
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by ukigumo 11y ago
I'm not sure I follow that reasoning, sorry. The big "eureka" moment was to start treating drug usage as a health issue instead of a criminal issue. It's not legal to buy or sell drugs in Portugal and if you are found ca
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by ukigumo 11y ago
From what I can remember, the original plan had some provisions for "assisted usage rooms" where trained personal would help guarantee that needles were clean and offer assistance to reduce ODs, but this never made it into the la
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by ukigumo 11y ago
It's not often that I have the opportunity to feel proud of the legislators in my home country, but Portugal has been on the leading edge of drug prevention and rehabilitation since we moved from a "war on drugs" to a program
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by ukigumo 11y ago
But theft, burglary and robbery are all crimes against property while drug consumption is about personal health, be it alcohol or tobacco or un-taxed drugs.
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by ukigumo 11y ago
I think it's normal for startups to try to get things for free, be it software or work hours, and that's OK up to a point, but once a company reaches a plateau of business activity and operational maturity then it becomes a sign o
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by ukigumo 11y ago
I agree with you completely. Even our work schedules are still based on the mandated daylight times which were created so that factories wouldn't have to keep their lights on for too long.
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by ukigumo 11y ago
I'm an expat myself so I'm curious about this.. Were their visas tied to their work contract? Did they have their families living with them? As an anecdote, when I first moved abroad I was single and didn't speak the local la
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by ukigumo 11y ago
>One problem with organizations that bill by the manhour--law and consulting--is that even if the employee output diminishes, the firm still bills the same rate. There isn't a lot of incentive to keep your employees heads fresh. I t
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by ukigumo 11y ago
Well, I would classify it as work because it was a social interaction with a comercial intent. If you were a contractor you could probably justify those expenses as part of your activity because it's culturally acceptable to engage in
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by ukigumo 11y ago
That sounds like a horrible place to work and the arguments are complete nonsense. To me, and maybe I'm just too cynical, but it sounds like the manager was telling you that the company needed 50% of your work to be off the books in or
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by ukigumo 11y ago
The contrary belief is what is described in the article, where people are expected to stay in the office, or on-call for long hours to be valued as employees. The sad thing is how many people actually live like this, defining themselves thr
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by ukigumo 11y ago
My first reaction when reading the title of this article was to think of a variation of the punchline for an old _macho_ joke: "because other men pretend to care". In my experience, and granted I haven't worked in the US, the
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by ukigumo 11y ago
Because they don't "oblige themselves" to follow local regulation and are therefore able to offer services at lower rates, even at the expense of the occasional fine.
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by ukigumo 11y ago
Thank you for this. I was getting pretty annoyed with the scroll down to select video, scroll up to watch video routine.
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by ukigumo 11y ago
I hate it that in this day and age people would still be passed on a job they are qualified for and willing to do because of the way they chose to dress or ornaments they chose to use. Having said this, the article is rage-bait. Remove the
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The history of databases and data processing [video](infoq.com)
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by ukigumo 11y ago
That could be one way of doing things (all salaries raise in proportion to the minimum). It would make the company highly attractive for prospective employees and raise the stakes for current staff so would be an interesting "experimen
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by ukigumo 11y ago
That would be definitely the case if your salary is way above market standards, but if ~70k is around what you would be making anywhere else, then it would like be a stress factor. I mean, this is just a supposition I'm making. Maybe a
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by ukigumo 11y ago
As an employee, your compensation is always tied to your notion of self-worth, or so I believe. Granted that the 70k seems like a very good salary for most entry level and some of the mid-level positions at any company but I think that the
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by ukigumo 11y ago
Is there a direct correlation between higher qualifications and better performance and output? If having two equally qualified employees, is their salary requirement the only decisive distinction? I think this experiment will have quite a f
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by ukigumo 11y ago
Well you are certainly free to think that but I disagree with you. When you join the army you are also joining what that army stands for. If you were a communist, certainly joining the US Marines would not be high on your priority list, wou

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