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Can be to validate the technology before using it for something more nefarious.

I have no problem with call center worker with accents, I have a problem with call centers that are basically a human reading me an FAQ with no power to solve my problem. They have…

We have a quarterly series of "state of the company"-type meetings, and I realized that we have never talked about what the developers have accomplished. Usually, it's just sales a…

At least according to [this]( https://www.cbi.eu/market-information/outsourcing-itobpo/sof... ), there's an under-supply of developers in the EU.

Helps with salary gaps within those countries, but salaries are still laughable compared to US software engineering salaries. Does anyone know why that is?

Multiple profiles have never been well implemented in any other browser. It's the only feature keeping me on Chrome.

We should switch, not because it raises or maintains productivity, but because it's the right thing to do. Framing the debate in terms of productivity plays into the hands of those…

What ideologies do you mean exactly?

Could be native advertising?

Hypersharkicane

This does seem to be where the US government is heading: Conservatives are doing everything they can to destroy federal power so they can create communities around traditional valu…

> quickly bonded over their shared loves for mountain climbing and beer Didn't realize that was so unusual in Switzerland.

I don't think it matters how much better Windows hardware is, or how far along the Linux subsystem gets, I only feel at home in a *nix OS. The best UX/most stable is MacOS, and it …

Eh-- work in tech in Norway and our female engineers definitely feel outnumbered and sometimes avoid outings unless another woman will be there. That's in egalitarian Scandinavia.

I literally just came back from grabbing a package at an Amazon locker in Italy (this exact concept, except it's been around for a couple of months now). It was convenient and beat…

Santa Fe would probably also land somewhere on here if the size limit were lowered.

This article is long-winded, pretentious and misses Kingsley Amis' best definition of the metaphysical hangover: > When that ineffable compound of depression, sadness (these two ar…

You'd say "ta bom"

Maybe their jobs are also absurdly hard.

I've only ever done web. What's the difference in your opinion?

I always thought this on Windows-- the Linux subsystem is weak and I won't be happy with it until Windows is developed on a UNIX kernel, i.e., never. So then I switch to some distr…

American who lived a year in Copenhagen. Just wanted to say that the Danes were aloof, but that I left with an extremely good impression of them. Kind, warm when you know them, rea…

I recommend checking ou the book [American Nations]( https://smile.amazon.com/American-Nations-History-Regional-C... )