LurkersWillLurk (u/LurkersWillLurk)

LurkersWillLurk commented on Ask HN: Am I being instructed to do something illegal? (DEI hiring practices) · Posted by u/anon926310

LurkersWillLurk · 4 years ago

You should talk to an employment lawyer before you go to HR or anyone in your company. You also have the right to file a complaint with the EEOC, but I would not do that until you talk to a lawyer.

The reason why you need to talk to a lawyer is that your lawyer is ethically obligated to represent your best interests, not your company's.

LurkersWillLurk commented on Tell HN: Salary data is for sale · Posted by u/bsilvereagle

drunner · 4 years ago

At least they let you mail or email.

I faxed them 4 times in 6 months to verify my identity because they have me confused with someone else and eventually just gave up.

They said any other alternative was not supported.

LurkersWillLurk · 4 years ago

You can contact a consumer law attorney to get this fixed. There is an attorney's fees provision in the FCRA which will make it economical to pursue the remedy.

LurkersWillLurk commented on A bug in Android and Microsoft Teams could have caused a 911 call to fail medium.com/@mmrahman123/h... · Posted by u/farmerbb

LurkersWillLurk · 4 years ago

So basically, an integer overflow causes the whole mess. I wish I could say that I was shocked, but here we are.

LurkersWillLurk commented on Pixel prevented me from calling 911 old.reddit.com/r/GooglePi... · Posted by u/sohkamyung

LurkersWillLurk · 4 years ago

This is astonishing.

> We determined that the issue was being caused by unintended interaction between the Microsoft Teams app and the underlying Android operating system.

As someone whose organizational policy signs my Teams client out after a couple hours of inactivity, I would love to know how on earth this is possible. I truly am at a loss, and I am furious at the thought that I have been unable to dial 911 for who knows how long.

At least I know the ten digit number for my local emergency services, but the average person probably doesn't. This is unacceptable.

LurkersWillLurk commented on Truck driver leads NJ Senate president after spending $153 on campaign nbcphiladelphia.com/news/... · Posted by u/busymom0

WillPostForFood · 4 years ago

Do you have a citation for that? Interesting if true, however 100% of State and Federal legislators are paid.

LurkersWillLurk · 4 years ago

I don't have a written source, but I think it's safe to say that the majority of elected offices in the United States are local/municipal, and many (most?) of those are unpaid. And if they're not unpaid, they usually only pay a few thousand a year, if that.

LurkersWillLurk commented on Signal on Android: Images sent to wrong contacts github.com/signalapp/Sign... · Posted by u/frankjr

aadjklskljads · 5 years ago

No, Signal does not get to play the limited resources card when they so firmly discourage 3rd parties from working on their project.

LurkersWillLurk · 5 years ago

Could you explain what Signal is doing to discourage contributions?

LurkersWillLurk commented on Bay Area cities want to end single-family home zoning sfchronicle.com/bayarea/a... · Posted by u/g8oz

LurkersWillLurk · 5 years ago

Just going to point out - ending single family zoning doesn't mean building a single family house is prohibited, it just means that you can build things other than a single family home on a particular plot of land.

LurkersWillLurk commented on Groundbreaking new bridge design could transform rail crossings across the UK railadvent.co.uk/2021/06/... · Posted by u/sefrost

aliasEli · 5 years ago

These bridges appear nice, but in their current state they wouldn't be used in the Netherlands, because they do not seem to support bicycles.

LurkersWillLurk · 5 years ago

They also don't support wheelchairs, which in the United States would tend to violate the ADA.

LurkersWillLurk commented on We’re no longer naming suspects in minor crime stories blog.ap.org/behind-the-ne... · Posted by u/anigbrowl

joshmn · 5 years ago

I was a sloppy tactician.

It didn't help that my crime TV-loving mother urged me to "cooperate or they're going to throw the book at you!!!"

That didn't help.

LurkersWillLurk · 5 years ago

Yeah. I'm sorry your parents didn't know better. I've seen a bunch of young people being given the horrible advice by their parents of talking to the police, which is a huge no-no in the United States.

LurkersWillLurk commented on We’re no longer naming suspects in minor crime stories blog.ap.org/behind-the-ne... · Posted by u/anigbrowl

joshmn · 5 years ago

When I was a felon, part of my success was due to good targeting. Now that I'm a misdemeanor(er?), I'm a much more free since a misdemeanor is a lot less marketable. At the time, I had the advantage of a solid work history in comparison to that of my peers.

During my job search, I'd do my best to get the decision-maker on a call. This could be a co-founder or eng manager or an outsourced recruiter. If there was good rapport on the screener, and I felt like I could be vulnerable to them, I'd mention it like "hey by the way, I don't want to waste your time with this... I won't be able to pass a background check."

At that point they'd often be surprised and I'd just be honest with them with what happened. I only remember one time it didn't work out.

I never would bother with sending a resume to HR or an internal recruiter. They see 100s of resumes and if I were to put "hey I'm a felon so don't waste your time unless you're chill" on it, I'd get put into the pile I wouldn't want to be in.

Having an opportunity to build a relationship prior to full-disclosure always proved to go astonishingly well.

My crimes didn't change anyone's immediate future or harm any children; it was white-collar. I'm also fairly articulate. I imagine it would have been more difficult if the nature of my offenses were different, or if I wasn't as (seemingly) intelligible.

LurkersWillLurk · 5 years ago

> Now that I'm a misdemeanor(er?)

The proper word is misdemeanant. ;)