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worker767424

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    Comment #33558262

    I keep waiting for a law enforcement death due to a no-knock raid. With gun ownership in the US, it's only a matter of time before someone shoots someone they assume was a burglar,…

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    Comment #33558245

    Think they're going to "find" child porn?

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    Comment #33199963

    So they're obligated to accept bribes if they're in shareholders' best interest?

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    Comment #32998191

    In college, I was diagnosed with Aspberger's. Later, after seeing a student therapist few a years, the therapist and their supervisor (and actual psychologist) didn't think I do. I…

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    Comment #32974410

    C++ was the right choice for broader organizational reasons, but the wrong choice for what the project needs.

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    Comment #32973478

    In a few months, I might be switching to a team with a C++ project. A lot of the team is new to C++, and there's nothing about the project that needs C++, Java would have been fine…

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    Comment #32954041

    It's possible that the client blindly fetches a mapping from keyword to ads, saw the keyword client-side, then requested the ad.

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    Comment #32781847

    But do the teams know that? I love picking on Timnit Gebru and her time at Google. She clearly didn't know what her actual job was, which is funny because she seems to be good at m…

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    Comment #32781821

    His resume has some impressive accomplishments, but has enough BS that it makes me suspicious of what teaching courses on ethical design actually entails.

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    Comment #32781470

    Probably best not to tell HR that there's a joke going around that your team should be laid off. Wouldn't want to give them any ideas.

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    Comment #32780873

    Has any one seen teams like this actually work? They seem to mostly exist for PR purposes.

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    Comment #32042175

    Now they just ask your cell phone company.

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    Comment #32042166

    For several months, keyless entry stopped working on my car. It fixed itself. My unlikely conspiracy theory is I was being tracked and interference kept the keyfob from working.

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    Comment #31506057

    > a genre of checking off boxes and making numbers go up, along a linear way as laid out by the developers for you Feels like a FAANG job

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    Comment #31275525

    > Frances Haugen, a former Facebook executive, Wasn't she just a product manager?

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    Comment #31036911

    > Once collected, this information is analyzed, compiled, and sold to any interested parties willing to pay for it. The part about selling isn't true. Google and Facebook slurp in …

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    Comment #31011911

    You skipped a step. They actively contributed to mercurial before the full fork.

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    Comment #30653808

    > Smart...pleasant to work with Does anyone have tips for having high code standards, but still pleasant to work with? I got feedback that I have high standards, but I also go to t…

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    Comment #30653772

    There are worse ways to go. You'd lose consciousness in just a few seconds from a sudden drop in blood pressure.

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    Comment #30584332

    You didn't get a burner smart phone once Apple and Google added covid trackers?

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    Comment #30446568

    > Third, these radars have been in operation for decades. You are talking about thousands of planes that have to be modified to accommodate telcos. Perhaps Boeing should have bid o…

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    Comment #30251589

    > it shows that you can work with others Nope. > and that people like you enough to put you there. This. This is all it shows.

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    Comment #30251558

    Heh. He was the submitter. From a green account.

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    Comment #30251519

    Funny enough, he was a little bitter about being down-leveled, but it looks like that was the right call.

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    Comment #30251477

    The puke emoji was especially unwarranted. Templating engines are templating engines.