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csorrell

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    I bomb most technical interviews if I'm being honest. I struggle quite a bit with the text book questioning part of the process, mostly with using the correct terminology. I think …

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    Comment #35231357

    Planet fitness is the absolute worst offender in my mind. I had a membership once at a location and did not close it before moving out of state. Fair to assume I could just cancel …

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    Comment #22046072

    No, I don't think LSD was involved. Just psychological abuse.

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    Comment #22034236

    Almonds as a crop aren't going to provide enough nutrients for bees, but yeah, it's an issue anywhere large monocultures exits.

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    Comment #21969622

    >Generally, the "10x devs" are the ones who got to do the initial greenfield work. They are the ones who understand the system, including all the undocumented domain knowledge that…

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    Comment #21781554

    it's an Irish joke, that speaks the the Irish sense of humor. Irish people will jab at the Irish way all day long. It's really not offensive; certainly not as offensive as someone …

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    Comment #21743287

    I wouldn't, no. if a teammate wanted to do a video chat or quick phone call with me they can ping me on slack and ask if it's a good time. this sort of feature adds an unspoken exp…

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    Comment #21344942

    I have a similar experience with HPPD...the ability to "flex" the mind to either increase or decrease the degree to which I was experiencing the visual pattern distortions. it was …

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    Comment #21344874

    With HPPD, do you find that you're able to increase/decrease the levels of distortions by mentally moving into it/ pulling out of it? I developed fairly severe HPPD from a large do…

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    Comment #21323389

    to be honest, I think this has more to do with the way a lot of companies interview. I was probably a much stronger interviewee immediately after graduating college than I am now a…

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    Comment #21311976

    another dark pattern these kinds of aggregator sites do is up the price on flights/hotels that you've recently viewed. so if you are looking at a flight, then continue to browse fo…

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    Comment #21080266

    I started my career as a remote junior dev, but I wouldn't recommend it. it's very difficult to get brought up to speed as a skilled developer in a situation where contact with oth…

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    Comment #20336109

    I'm an experienced remote worker offering 6 years experience primarily using the Microsoft stack. I approach solutions with maintainability in mind; code should be simple to read a…

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    Comment #20294618

    Is it just me, or has ghosting interviewees become more common recently? I've joked about it being the hiring style of millenials, might be there's actually something to that. I ab…

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    Comment #19573049

    Your first job on a code base with any real complexity is going to be tough. It just takes time, but after a while, it will start to make more sense and you will get more comfortab…

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    Comment #19329157

    A corrupt exchange is it's own tumbler.

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    Comment #18542952

    I always thought it was a meme too, and surely no one was dumb enough to believe or try it... then I volunteered at the med tent at a Rainbow Gathering in Wyoming. I can confirm at…

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    Comment #18185859

    I'm not sure why you're being downvoted. I think this is a very reasonable projection. The technology isn't just going to stagnate, it's going to continue to evolve until it finds …

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    Comment #17783597

    This is what burnout looks like. At some point you just hit a wall.

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    Comment #17409000

    Because doing it right takes time and it's not where we want to get stuck spending all our time on?

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    Comment #16596150

    Product tracking and supply chain management is a practical use case. Pairing RFID tags with block chain technology can be used as an anti-counterfeiting measure to guarantee a pro…

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    Comment #16308866

    A number of exchanges have USDT pairings. https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/tether/#markets

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    Comment #16109644

    Yep, I remember a thread on HN during that time where we were all signing up. Finding them now is a welcome surprise.