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Comment #49162772
We've investigated ourselves and decided we are absolutely essential. In fact we deserve a raise for safely guiding the company during these uncertain times.
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Comment #49052969
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cringe
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Comment #48986310
Yes because it is akin to producing a universe of slop and trying to find the single atom of gold.
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Comment #48984518
I think you are right. One small exception I can think of is Microsoft Office still crushes Libre Office.
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Comment #48947181
My father's generation had much more leisure time than my generation. When he was out of the office at 5pm work stopped. There were no laptops, slack pings, etc, etc. Vacations wer…
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Comment #48939254
I'm sorry what? There isn't some super secret legal definition of every word. Buy means buy.
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Comment #48928405
Opened this thread expecting to see a bunch of anecedotal sleep tips. Did not disappoint.
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Comment #48915191
Ah I always felt like novels were a partnership in a way. He is putting down words and I am using that to create a world in my mind. 2 people reading the same novel are creating 2 …
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Comment #48915136
That is an entirely unserious graph.
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Comment #48886032
Try going for a walk when listening to an audiobook. When I do that I rarely zone out. When I don't I nearly always zone out.
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Comment #48880573
Who trained the first philosopher?
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Comment #48880529
If the purpose of college is not to get a job, then why do they give out degrees? Why do they give out loans? Many colleges heavily advertise how it will help your career prospects…
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Comment #48812448
People not liking cardio was always a weird one to me. Kids love to run around. They naturally do it, no one has to prompt them. Not sure what happens to people as they grow up tha…
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Comment #48812090
MIT. A degree from MIT. Kind of joking but not really.
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Comment #48778447
They provide very few employment opportunities.
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Comment #48683545
Why would you want to lock condoms?
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Comment #48667238
If I get laid off I assume I am done.
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Comment #48667098
Nah they are just following the herd. When everyone was hiring they hired, when everyone was firing they fired. Go along to get along.
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Comment #48624877
A bad one.
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Comment #48621478
Guess you haven't met any old people. I know a few who don't read/watch/listen to anything after 1969.
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Comment #48621398
Wonder if the people liking were socket puppet's in order to encourage the patreon donations.
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Comment #48618069
I thought I knew CORS before but after reading all the comments I don't think I know anything anymore. Guess I will just make a coffee and move on with my day.
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Comment #48618060
> they also don't understand webdevelopment in general, especially the http protocol. I find that somewhat strange, because they also can't do native application Why would that be …
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Comment #48593705
If you are leading hundreds of people then you really should not be cold applying to jobs. Someone in your network should bring you onto their team.
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Comment #48593680
You realize that job posting is almost a completely useless metric right? We just had the biggest spam machine released in the history of humanity. Of course we are going to see hu…