xexers

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by xexers 8y ago
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by xexers 8y ago
> "Have a high "pass" rate. If 90+% of candidates aren't progressing past the homework, you might have an abuse problem. In an abuse problem, companies are giving homework to candidates who are unlikely to make it. Fi
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by xexers 8y ago
> Boredom is a fact of life, and learning to accept it without forcing yourself to depend on a smartphone is an underrated skill. There is a whole book on that topic: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06VTZYPTF
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by xexers 8y ago
So why not use a dumb phone as a cell; They're cheaper too!
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by xexers 8y ago
I agree. There are lots of tangent careers you can do with a CS degree. Also consider: IT operations, Quality Assurance, technical PM, network infrastructure. Some of these might require a bit more training, but your CS degree is a solid
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by xexers 8y ago
> If you aren't actually creating content [art, software, serious writing, etc] then using a mobile is fine I've seen some serious art been made using ipads and even mobile phones alone. Hang out with creative teenagers and yo
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by xexers 8y ago
And Jeff Bezos https://www.cheatsheet.com/health-fitness/scandalous-office-...
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by xexers 8y ago
> it's a Very Bad Thing It's happened probably 10s of thousands of times in the past few decades... and some of those couples are now happily married. I personally know of a boss who married his secretary and a professor who ma
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by xexers 8y ago
Damn near every bank in Canada uses cobol on zOS and DB2. I'd suggest searching job postings at all major banks. Likely you'd need to move to Toronto though because that's where the bank HQs are. Also check out a company c
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by xexers 8y ago
ok, but now you are talking about kids. Your original comment was simply talking about partners.
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by xexers 8y ago
I don't understand. Sharing a house with a stable partner is cheaper than not. Right?
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by xexers 8y ago
Scott Adams does this too. He goes to the gym everyday and laces up his shoes. Once that's done, it's considered a "successful day at the gym". Of course 99% of the time he stays for a workout... but yeah, the odd tim
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by xexers 8y ago
There is a school of thought in psychiatry that some people would do better to simply move on and forget about it. There was a good podcast on this topic here: https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/podcast-193-fck-fe
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by xexers 8y ago
As apposed to now? Where you have 40 history PHDs all going for a single professor slot... and at the same time have tons of positions go vacant for months because there are no qualified candidates? It may not be perfect, but it might be b
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by xexers 8y ago
I totally agree. Also, Tom Hanks & Tina Fey both studied Drama... and both have contributed enormously to the world. However, for every employed actor, there are probably 9 other starving drama students who will never make it. It&#x27
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by xexers 8y ago
> With that company only temporarily. Once your working CV is strong enough you're free to move to another company
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by xexers 8y ago
I partly agree. But to play devil's advocate: We have a lot of people graduating with useless degrees like History & Literature. These useless degrees often land people in a state of debt with no job. If a corporation(s) decides
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by xexers 8y ago
Wow! That seemed so unbelievable I had to google it: "Tangerine, much like BMO, also has a six character limit – numbers only, no letters and no special symbols allowed." https://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology
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by xexers 8y ago
Correct. $20 appears to be the exception. The majority of charges seem to be worth $5 Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueReddit/comments/8l12oj/electric...
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by xexers 8y ago
You would need 76 work days per year to keep up with reading all of your TOS http://techland.time.com/2012/03/06/youd-need-76-work-days-t...
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by xexers 8y ago
Is there a rock solid proof that shadow profiles exist? I only ever seen anecdotal evidence... and Zuck said he's not aware of them. The wikipedia page doesnt have much: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook#Shad
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by xexers 8y ago
I think someone's house is "private by default"... even if the door is unlocked, you know you shouldnt go in there. The internet is public by default.
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by xexers 8y ago
Is this article a total rip off of a reddit thread from yesterday? https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/8aqs7q/whats_a_j... EDIT: I'm an idiot. The author mentions this fact. I should reall
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by xexers 8y ago
> Isn’t it intensely anti-meritocratic and something to be discouraged, not encouraged? Life is not fair. You may as well learn to play the game as the rules actually are as apposed to what they "should" be.
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by xexers 8y ago
When the article says "what medical symptoms you search"... Comcast can't see what you search if you're connected to a page using https, right? All of the major search engines and medical sites all use https... so, what
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by xexers 8y ago
I recommend installing a VPN right on your router. Flash your router with something like dd-wrt
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by xexers 8y ago
Are you sure those companies aren't still selling your data? Especially in your example of youtube premium... I'd imagine youtube is selling the data about which videos you liked, watched, etc. The premium part may just be that y
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by xexers 9y ago
No, I'm not going to do that. I just didnt know what they meant.
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by xexers 9y ago
Forgive me, I don't understand what you mean. Please elaborate.
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by xexers 9y ago
The unions have crazy complex pay rules. For example, in the private sector, if my boss goes away on a 2 week vacation, usually the boss might delegate someone to answer questions and possibly run meetings... but that delegated person doesn

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