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Honest question - is this a part of your hiring pitch? "Our engineers don't complain about business constraints" is a red flag if I ever heard one.

You did not do a 'tour of duty', you worked a comfortable, air-conditioned, white collar job for a few years. Co-opting the language of actual military service is downright offensi…

For some reason there's a lot of negativity in this thread. I thought the txt file was really cool, signed up immediately, and have been having a lot of fun with the interface. I d…

This sparked a lot of memories. I really enjoyed it.

Why are you blaming the victim? Also, have you ever succeeded in getting clauses added to a megacorp's written offer?

I used Chariot daily for my commute when I lived in the outer richmond (24th ave). Its existential purpose was to ensure you would only travel with fellow commuters, and not the ra…

Are the voices backwards for anyone else? English sentences are read (unintelligibly) in a French voice and vice versa. http://paralleltext.io/read/?b=f727d42f-7649-49b0-b583-99bb9…

I make significantly more at GS than I did at google. The difference is that the majority of my compensation comes from the yearly bonus - a quirk in finance.

These language categorizations are famous and have been around since the 50's - not sure what the colored map really adds. When looking at the suggested number of hours, keep in mi…

As a fun warm up-question, I always ask the candidate what editor and keyboard they use. The candidate who geeks out about their plugins and cherry switches inevitably passes all 5…

I usually use csvkit ( https://csvkit.readthedocs.io/en/1.0.1/index.html ). There are commands to list the columns, filter, browse the data in a somewhat formatted way with less. T…

What migration? They really can't be used for anything automated - the tension control of a Passap is notoriously flimsy. I can't tell you how many half finished garments I have ly…

The knit pattern (tees are not woven) only affects the ratio of stretch per direction. Shrinkage is much more a property of the fiber and fabric processing, like prewashing.

Because the shirt would not stretch to your chest, making it hard to get on/off. Also it would look like a flaccid tube hanging off your body.

Loopwheelers apply even (low) tension on yarn which prevents uneven warping, but that doesn't change the fact that cotton still shrinks as a fiber.

Is this a joke?

Actually, I think those would be acceptable answers. As a young person who works with older coworkers, I'm perfectly willing to talk to you about your kids or buying groceries. I j…

I understand not drinking and not playing video games, but saying that you have no hobbies would be pretty weird in an interview. They're just trying to get to know you. Hopefully …

Though the edges of the language are softened to make it easier to swallow, I think the message is very clear. If your boss "suggests" some changes, he/she means make some changes.…

I had trouble parsing this - Could you explain, in a sentence or two, why cmdlets are more than .NET classes? What's the significance of the GetDateCommand class existing?

отлично, большой спасибо!

Well, I was asking if I was wearing the right kind of boots. The conclusion seems to be that while there are many boots to choose from, none will make you walk any faster. I think …

The time lag bit rings true. I think you're describing a longer term version of the peopleware phenonmenon, where a programmer needs 15 minutes without distraction to "get in the z…

Unfortunately they don't seem to teach Russian. Is there an advantage to this type of immersion as opposed to just moving to russia for a month?