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    Comment #46679646

    My issue is not that if icon represents what the application does but they all look alike. The old school icons, even if they were not good representation of what applications did,…

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    Comment #46664523

    Boring and same. Harder to use. It is for people who organize their books by the color of covers.

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    Comment #46664512

    I prefer illustrations and old school icons. Every icon was unique and easily recognizable. Now all icons look alike, and it takes longer to recognize.

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    Comment #45795181

    There is no shortage of food anymore. Unless genocide, no one is starving.

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    Comment #45608873

    You can’t always select the bottom 20%. Sometimes, whole teams or departments are eliminated. Employees are simply a number with cost and only thing matters is cost. They almost ne…

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    Comment #45608817

    Absolutely, not true. CTOs don’t care about productivity at IC level. I have seen plenty of high performers getting laid off with rest of their teams.

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    Comment #45345375

    Iran or United States?

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    Comment #45306976

    Based on anecdotal data, companies don’t look at any personalized resume. Much better use of your time to send your standard cover letter and resume. Just apply to positions where …

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    Comment #45306927

    > I finally came to understand why people like watching sports. Can you help me understand it too? I don’t get it either.

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    Comment #45266966

    Yes, it is so easy to enable this setting, they even keep sending us notifications to enable it. But once enabled, it is impossible to disable it. It is a setting that let your pow…

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    Comment #45239853

    If you have 50mm lens, try it. It will look exactly same as if you are looking through a tube with a naked eye.

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    Comment #45233189

    The way I understand is that it is not FOV but zoom level. If you look through a camera with 50mm lens, the subject and background should appear same size as when viewed with naked…

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    Comment #44918693

    I’m team checked luggage. When plane lands, everyone is rushing out of airport, but I causally walk, perhaps grab some coffee or snacks before heading to baggage claim. It helps me…

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    Comment #44849005

    This is very eye opening. As a geek with strong academic background always felt cheated by the system. My professor explained that academics alone is not enough for success in life…

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    Comment #44763461

    Or just not do false advertising.

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    Comment #44520312

    Statistics. I have been in situations where internally my mind was screaming that this is it and there is no escaping. I felt like giving up after a bad break up, getting stuck wit…

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    Comment #44499540

    I have been in the industry for a long time. I used to believe this too. In smaller companies where your work is very visible, your work will matter more. But I have seen plenty of…

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    Comment #44490407

    Very common. Your career is 90% politics and 10% skills. Junior devs enter the field thinking this is meritocracy but it is not. Until they realize the truth, their egos will keep …

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    Comment #44476186

    That’s the key. Amazon is very convenient when needing something one off. But we are not going to renew Prime and slowly ween off it. Still looking for alternatives though, Costco …

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    Comment #44467178

    > surveillanceware I thought the term was spyware. Surveillanceware almost sounds like something necessary to prevent bad stuff. Is this corporate rebranding to make spyware softwa…

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    Comment #44402472

    They are simply addicted to likes and photos of your children can hook them up easily.