xaybey

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by xaybey 7y ago
Honest question - is this a part of your hiring pitch? "Our engineers don't complain about business constraints" is a red flag if I ever heard one.
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by xaybey 7y ago
You did not do a 'tour of duty', you worked a comfortable, air-conditioned, white collar job for a few years. Co-opting the language of actual military service is downright offensive.
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by xaybey 7y ago
For some reason there's a lot of negativity in this thread. I thought the txt file was really cool, signed up immediately, and have been having a lot of fun with the interface. I don't remember the last time I found registering
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by xaybey 8y ago
This sparked a lot of memories. I really enjoyed it.
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by xaybey 8y ago
Why are you blaming the victim? Also, have you ever succeeded in getting clauses added to a megacorp's written offer?
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by xaybey 8y ago
I used Chariot daily for my commute when I lived in the outer richmond (24th ave). Its existential purpose was to ensure you would only travel with fellow commuters, and not the raving lunatics who rode the muni. It was a kind of bridge a
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by xaybey 8y ago
Are the voices backwards for anyone else? English sentences are read (unintelligibly) in a French voice and vice versa. http://paralleltext.io/read/?b=f727d42f-7649-49b0-b583-99bb9...
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by xaybey 9y ago
I make significantly more at GS than I did at google. The difference is that the majority of my compensation comes from the yearly bonus - a quirk in finance.
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by xaybey 9y ago
These language categorizations are famous and have been around since the 50's - not sure what the colored map really adds. When looking at the suggested number of hours, keep in mind that these measurements are for: * a Foreign Servic
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by xaybey 9y ago
As a fun warm up-question, I always ask the candidate what editor and keyboard they use. The candidate who geeks out about their plugins and cherry switches inevitably passes all 5 rounds; the candidate who uses eclipse with maybe a vim pl
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by xaybey 9y ago
I usually use csvkit ( https://csvkit.readthedocs.io/en/1.0.1/index.html ). There are commands to list the columns, filter, browse the data in a somewhat formatted way with less. Typing the commands is a huge pain
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FBI to declassify technical details of Russian military's cyber activity(whitehouse.gov)
24 points by xaybey 10y ago|3 comments
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by xaybey 10y ago
What migration? They really can't be used for anything automated - the tension control of a Passap is notoriously flimsy. I can't tell you how many half finished garments I have lying around because the yarn snapped halfway thro
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by xaybey 11y ago
The knit pattern (tees are not woven) only affects the ratio of stretch per direction. Shrinkage is much more a property of the fiber and fabric processing, like prewashing.
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by xaybey 11y ago
Because the shirt would not stretch to your chest, making it hard to get on/off. Also it would look like a flaccid tube hanging off your body.
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by xaybey 11y ago
Loopwheelers apply even (low) tension on yarn which prevents uneven warping, but that doesn't change the fact that cotton still shrinks as a fiber.
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by xaybey 11y ago
Is this a joke?
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by xaybey 11y ago
Actually, I think those would be acceptable answers. As a young person who works with older coworkers, I'm perfectly willing to talk to you about your kids or buying groceries. I just want to relate to you in a conversation that isn&
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by xaybey 11y ago
I understand not drinking and not playing video games, but saying that you have no hobbies would be pretty weird in an interview. They're just trying to get to know you. Hopefully you follow it up with some personal detail that disti
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by xaybey 11y ago
Though the edges of the language are softened to make it easier to swallow, I think the message is very clear. If your boss "suggests" some changes, he/she means make some changes.
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by xaybey 11y ago
I had trouble parsing this - Could you explain, in a sentence or two, why cmdlets are more than .NET classes? What's the significance of the GetDateCommand class existing?
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by xaybey 11y ago
отлично, большой спасибо!
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by xaybey 11y ago
Well, I was asking if I was wearing the right kind of boots. The conclusion seems to be that while there are many boots to choose from, none will make you walk any faster. I think your suggestion about history and culture is wise. Sometim
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by xaybey 11y ago
The time lag bit rings true. I think you're describing a longer term version of the peopleware phenonmenon, where a programmer needs 15 minutes without distraction to "get in the zone".
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by xaybey 11y ago
Unfortunately they don't seem to teach Russian. Is there an advantage to this type of immersion as opposed to just moving to russia for a month?
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by xaybey 11y ago
I don't know where I got the idea that one can reach fluency in a year (especially without living in the country). Perhaps the marketing weasels. Thanks for the perspective.
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by xaybey 11y ago
I don't know exactly what you're referring to (I do read pikabu sometimes). I've always heard writing correctly is less important than writing at all. Do you suggest that this isn't true, that sloppy grammar isn't
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by xaybey 11y ago
IYO, what is the best audio to listen to? Tapes for language learners? Radio? Subtitled movies?
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by xaybey 11y ago
I never thought about having a drink before speaking Russian - that probably would help muffle my self consciousness.
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by xaybey 11y ago
Can you talk more about how you learned thousands of words? I've been drilling words with quizlet, and find that it takes ~10 drills to burn a given word into my brain.

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