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Building codes themselves are driven by industry and manufacturers. This has been a huge driver for the increase in size of house, compare a 1960s era bathroom against modern code …

> 2. Tests: "With increasing complexity your codebase will become much harder to maintain and control — tests will do it for you." Good intentions here but be careful. Tests can ca…

Public employees are paid via taxes, so yes they do 'fund' public pensions.

Poster you're replying to said 'new HQ' indicating their comment was about the place Amazon is shopping to build, not their current Seattle HQ.

That's not true at all. I've rarely been turned down after an interview.

Have you tried just closing his door for him?

I did math, graduated at the dotcom bust where all the jobs were actuarial (not my interest). Went back to school for EE, and I've found there are more jobs, more interesting jobs,…

This is what bothered me about the whole Net Neutrality debate -- you had to be 100% in the camp of the Democratic party or you were wrong completely. Here we see why there are sha…

I've always wondered who the magical developers are that did the greenfield development of every project I've been on-boarded to. I never seem to get ahead of the maintenance grind…

Or you delete Cortana and completely break all of that bullshit. Though it has made it so a Windows 10 update will no longer apply, which is a frustrating side effect but one I am …

If you have the cash to be able to buy the house outright why would you default in the first place? Otherwise, after a default (which likely includes bankruptcy) you will be unable…

I've often thought that JIRA workflows are Turing complete, I was hoping your list would have evidence.

Your employees will rarely show up if they don't get paid and if they do they won't stick around for long. If you run a business and face a cash flow dilemma the easiest thing to n…

I never said Linux is crap, do not put those words in my mouth. I said the Linux desktop experience has not been good to me, with any of the hardware (even the stuff I picked speci…

If these were issues I've only encountered on the Apple hardware I would agree. I've encountered issues like these on every computer I've put Linux on, which is every computer I've…

I currently run a Linux desktop (Ubuntu 17.10) on Apple hardware. The list of problems: The camera fails to work consistently (the driver does not always load) Audio fails to work …

There are plenty of jobs that don't require Google on the resume.

It's slightly above zero but a race toward zero.

Not taking a stance, but this exchange seems kind of suspect: braindongle 43 minutes ago [-] Seriously. "the consequences of high minimum wages, excessive taxation, and mandate-hap…

The title posted left out a portion of the actual articles title that is relevant.

Can you describe common pipeline problems that deter women from entering tech? I'd like to be part of the solution if possible, but I don't know the cause(s).

I've tried to be involved in school districts, and every single time there is a group of women who assume all men are pedophiles and make it extremely uncomfortable for any male. I…

Or just clear local storage and cookies for them...

> Seems to me one could make money selling widgets that are a little different than the last ones sold, so the customer keeps coming back for more The Apple/Samsung model. > Disney…

Gold is insanely useful as a conductive metal.