Dress code: blue tie and male • Hacker News Board

Re: Dress code: blue tie and male

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Post by ralphsaunders » Sat, May 12, 2012, 10:29 PM UTC

jlgreco wrote: post #9

Groxx wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Eh, that's one of the less offensive ones I've encountered. Narrower than most, and not animated. edit: oh, it's just a bit buggy. make your window narrower, and it disappears :) that makes it way better than most I've seen.

http://i.imgur.com/nw6TM.png That's what it looks like to me with my browser maximized. How people design things like this and don't do a quick check to make sure it works well for different reasonable browser window dimensions is beyond me.

I employ the 'readable' bookmarklet for situations like this. http://readable.tastefulwords.com/

Re: Dress code: blue tie and male

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Post by tomjen3 » Sat, May 12, 2012, 10:30 PM UTC

ahi wrote: post #15

sliverstorm wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'll keep an open mind about the company for now Seems like a sound approach. The whole thing was a surreal read; something has got to be afoot.

Part of that might be a bad translation.

I read the Danish version -- it did not provide any substantial new information, so I doubt it was the bad translation, (I am a native Dane, so I would properly have spottet it if this was supposed to be a joke).

Re: Dress code: blue tie and male

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Post by jlgreco » Sat, May 12, 2012, 10:31 PM UTC

ralphsaunders wrote: post #21

jlgreco wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://i.imgur.com/nw6TM.png That's what it looks like to me with my browser maximized. How people design things like this and don't do a quick check to make sure it works well for different reasonable browser window dimensions is beyond me.

I employ the 'readable' bookmarklet for situations like this. http://readable.tastefulwords.com/

Yeah, that's what I eventually ended up doing. I only bothered to turn on my bookmark toolbar and use it in this case though because I had a particularly strong interest in reading this article. In most other cases I would have passed it by.

Re: Dress code: blue tie and male

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Post by spoiledtechie » Sat, May 12, 2012, 10:31 PM UTC

orcadk wrote: post #17

Just to give a short recap of who this Mads Christensen guy is, coming from a Dane: His tag line is "Denmarks big show-off" and he basically markets himself as a provocative bragging show-off, always with the rolexes, sports cars, slick hair and better-than-thy appearance. He's not perceived as a comedian but rather as an entertainer hired for various corporate events - some obviously less successful than others. Unl…

Are we talking about the same Mads who created BlogEngine.Net?

Just curious? I would hope not, but if so, my entire image of him got thrown out the door.

Re: Dress code: blue tie and male

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Post by gfodor » Sat, May 12, 2012, 10:32 PM UTC

How many times are we going to keep hearing the non-apology apology: "We are sorry if some were offended..."? I am so tired of it, it has become a cliche. When did the business world/lawyers decide this was the optimal legal response to customers? My blood boils every time I read it as it is the most disingenuous, calculated, shallow tripe you can trot out when you fuck up. What ever happened to just owning up to your mistakes? What exactly are the massive consequences between saying "We're sorry" and "We're sorry some were offended"? Is it liability, lack of character, "best practices", what?

Re: Dress code: blue tie and male

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Post by protomyth » Sat, May 12, 2012, 10:36 PM UTC

gfodor wrote: post #25

How many times are we going to keep hearing the non-apology apology: "We are sorry if some were offended..."? I am so tired of it, it has become a cliche. When did the business world/lawyers decide this was the optimal legal response to customers? My blood boils every time I read it as it is the most disingenuous, calculated, shallow tripe you can trot out when you fuck up. What ever happened to just owning up to you…

Might be liability, but it seems like PR flacks tend to also work for politicians who have a long history of not actually apologizing.

Re: Dress code: blue tie and male

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Post by Lewton » Sat, May 12, 2012, 10:43 PM UTC

spoiledtechie wrote: post #24

orcadk wrote: post #17

Just to give a short recap of who this Mads Christensen guy is, coming from a Dane: His tag line is "Denmarks big show-off" and he basically markets himself as a provocative bragging show-off, always with the rolexes, sports cars, slick hair and better-than-thy appearance. He's not perceived as a comedian but rather as an entertainer hired for various corporate events - some obviously less successful than others. Unl…

Are we talking about the same Mads who created BlogEngine.Net? Just curious? I would hope not, but if so, my entire image of him got thrown out the door.

Most likely not.

Mads Christensen is kinda the danish equivalent of John Smith

Re: Dress code: blue tie and male

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Post by unimpressive » Sat, May 12, 2012, 10:46 PM UTC

Review:

Christensen is the best speaker I've ever heard, a paragon of equality. After hearing his deeply enlightened views on women in the workplace, my whole perspective on hiring and employee management changed. Absolutely recommended five stars A++.

XKCD: http://xkcd.com/958/

EDIT: Let this be a lesson to other companies out there, vet the people you book for...anything.

Re: Dress code: blue tie and male

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Post by orcadk » Sat, May 12, 2012, 10:50 PM UTC

spoiledtechie wrote: post #24

orcadk wrote: post #17

Just to give a short recap of who this Mads Christensen guy is, coming from a Dane: His tag line is "Denmarks big show-off" and he basically markets himself as a provocative bragging show-off, always with the rolexes, sports cars, slick hair and better-than-thy appearance. He's not perceived as a comedian but rather as an entertainer hired for various corporate events - some obviously less successful than others. Unl…

Are we talking about the same Mads who created BlogEngine.Net? Just curious? I would hope not, but if so, my entire image of him got thrown out the door.

We are not, completely unrelated. The surnames are spelled differently too - Christensen (show-off) vs. Kristensen (BlogEngine).

Re: Dress code: blue tie and male

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Post by drats » Sat, May 12, 2012, 10:50 PM UTC

That page had a totally obnoxious in-page pop-up which half-loaded and took a full 15 seconds to load all the parts (background image of popup and importantly the close button).