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by xf1cf 5y ago
What ever happened to exploring computing through just building small, cool, things? Maybe I'm old now, but this trope has been parroted here and elsewhere as a panacea. Need a job? Contribute to open source for the CV experience. Need
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by xf1cf 5y ago
> but I've come to accept that the only way to not be bullied or harassed online is to not expose yourself too much online I've been on the internet for almost 30 years. This is something that we've lost in the last decad
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by xf1cf 5y ago
Regardless of your feelings you're missing the point. The middle class is the bellwether of the economy. Though, I don't think you're truly interested in the economy at large. When middle class wages go up, small businesses o
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by xf1cf 5y ago
Medium does get tiring to read... Archive link: https://archive.is/6JuaJ Using: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/minimum-wage/history/chart I looked over the article and never saw a sing
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by xf1cf 5y ago
If you want to be even more disgusted look into how nursing home works. A family member got moved into one (against our recommendation) and they've borderline taken everything from her. Social security checks are signed over and she ha
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by xf1cf 5y ago
I don't know about any other countries but this is extremely common in the US. Dating is a line item in most men's budgets. In my experience, and I'm sure others, it's never pick a bar or something where it can be afford
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by xf1cf 5y ago
Why? Landlords were forced by edict to keep non-paying tenants while simultaneously footing the bill. This is completely unfair to landlords and makes the "speculative investment" argument into a government decree. The risk could
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by xf1cf 5y ago
Year 1: Getting a job anywhere is a challenge. Cast a wide net with an open mind. In all likelihood you will leave this job on or before year 5. Accept a lower salary in exchange for experience but don't compromise so much you're
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by xf1cf 5y ago
You missed the OPs point in all your heavily laden snark. There are (sad, imo) people whose entire lives revolve around work. Their friends are there, and they enjoy social outings with their work colleagues. To me, social outings are just
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by xf1cf 5y ago
At least in the states most places require you to "make up" your lunch. So normally you'd show up at 8 and work until 5 to make up for an hour lunch. This is true for both hourly and salary.
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by xf1cf 5y ago
Ignoring the ford conspiracies how exactly should jaywalking be treated then? It's both a danger to the drivers and the people. We can't get rid of cars and streets. That cat is over a hundred years outside of the bag. It's m
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by xf1cf 5y ago
This is really just a tirade. She's angry because rational philosophy, essentially, is not "intersectional" enough. We've seen the damage this has done to social science (just look at how well it has solved pre-college e
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by xf1cf 5y ago
HN is not anything like the old internet forums or BBSes. Content would get moderated but you could still read messages. Even the ones that went against the dogma. Not at HN, anti-dogma posts get downvoted into oblivion or flagged if they a
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by xf1cf 5y ago
This is highly sector dependent. I've worked at startups for almost my entire career and a big peak of leaving engineers at 2-3 years wouldn't even cause me any concern. In the 10 years in industry I've worked I'd argue
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by xf1cf 5y ago
Cancel culture doesn't have to be used for everything (and IMO should not be used for _anything_). Mob justice won't fix the company, and if the company is big enough (perhaps some SV companies who shall not be named), it won&#x27
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by xf1cf 6y ago
As a prelude to what i'll type below I hate these things. They are not useful and I believe they are detrimental to employee productivity through the "panopticon" idea of management. There's no need in my eyes for regula
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by xf1cf 6y ago
I actually like this viewpoint because I have done both and generally I disagree with you. But here's my take. I use VSCode often because its "just easier". The extensions are at best (in my opinion) ok approximations to what
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by xf1cf 6y ago
A service used by literally billions of people is a propaganda machine for those that control it. It is not a private platform anymore. Youtube can influence public opinion in one way or another by simply manipulating their ranking algorith
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by xf1cf 6y ago
I don't think anyone is arguing about the damage of propaganda here. The discussion here is more-or-less Youtube choosing which propaganda it wishes people to see. To use your idea here - the cognitive biases being exploited are being
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by xf1cf 6y ago
Whether or not you agree with him is one thing. Youtube, Facebook, and other companies are treading a very thin line around Provider vs Publisher. Sure, most people might think that Icke doesn't make much sense, but how long until some
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by xf1cf 6y ago
There is nothing in this comment that strikes me as real. Not only was it completely unnecessarily to condescendingly talk about how allegedly smart you are, the points you gave sound like they came straight out of a wantrepreneur youtuber&