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You don't decide what "RAG" means, a term that's been around for much, much less time than "database".

What if it's an appropriately scoped take-home assignment? 1-2 hours max. I would say that's fair and gives people with interview anxiety more of a chance.

Why don't they have a stake in the outcome anymore?

Of course it makes you a better voter. Because you have skin in the game. What's absurd is allowing a minor to vote.

Such an overlooked aspect of this topic. Energy and the creation of physical resources are still major constraints. Intelligence on its own cannot magically manipulate reality to b…

Exactly. It's so bleak that this industry throws integrity out the window in the name of productivity.

Wrong. Many anecdotes say, "He was scamming us in the first week."

When people with no integrity or ethics defraud their employers, "it's life"?

Get real. There's a difference between a self-proclaimed fraudster and an ineffectual executive. In intention, if not in effect.

Yes, actually. Everything is about getting work done. Delivering value. If you're spending more time playing with your tools vs. using your tools to deliver value, that's not succe…

> "people's feelings are wrong, the government's numbers are right" They could both be wrong.

For what reasons, though. Mostly disease. Irrelevant.

It really is interesting that only in the last 20-25 years has the obesity rate really taken off. In other words, it doesn't seem like this was gradual linear trend starting much e…

Can confirm. I've noticed this social trend as well. However, interestingly, there also seems to be critical threshold (different for every task) beyond which the opposite urge tak…

Wow, that shrinking time spent at each company is the interesting part. It almost seems like a dawning realization that it pays big to keep moving. I wonder if it reflects a larger…

I'd argue that front end development tools are complex and varied because the craft itself is complex and varied. Try to strike the optimal balance between usability and fine contr…

One can believe a) and b) but not agree that affirmative action is the fair (or even most effective) solution.