Readit Newsricardoreis commented on Did a Rave Review Really Shut Down Portland Burger Bar Stanich’s? wweek.com/news/2018/11/28... · Posted by u/moonka
That's almost exactly my terms. In my case, not so much as a harsh word between us--ex just decided she deserved it, and that's the way the law works. My current gross doesn't even cover alimony. (And alimony isn't deductible while you're unemployed, nor can you make qualified withdrawals from retirement accounts to pay for it.)
Still pretty happy to be rid of her. Be careful out there...
In my case, not so much as a harsh word between us--
and yet:
Still pretty happy to be rid of her.
ricardoreis commented on You Only Need 50% of Job “Requirements” talent.works/blog/2018/11... · Posted by u/pixelcort
They wanted a 100% candidate.
You sure about that? Maybe they wanted an easy way to tell people no. Maybe that 1/20 requirement was very heavily weighted compared to the other 19. Maybe they didn't really want to hire anyone at all or wanted to hire a specific person, but had to make a job posting for political/legal/policy reasons...
Maybe they wanted an easy way to tell people no.
Either way -- in tech (and for some reason more so than in other industries) -- when it comes to hiring, it's head games all up and down. And generally to an extent far more than can really be called "necessary".
ricardoreis commented on Richard Stallman: We Can Do Better Than Bitcoin cryptosumer.com/2018/11/2... · Posted by u/em-bee
I'm a pretty huge bitcoin critic because I view it from the problems that I want to solve. I want fast, low fee micro transactions and it doesn't serve that need. If you look at another perspective though, of people whose economies are collapsing, or people living under authoritarian regimes, it serves a need.
If you look at another perspective though, of people whose economies are collapsing, or people living under authoritarian regimes, it serves a need.
Or in a broader sense: "De-regulated money transfer of any kind" -- for which the costs and risks of a cryptocurrency transaction are an acceptable tradeoff.
But for vanilla payments -- apparently they aren't (and never will be).
ricardoreis commented on Richard Stallman: We Can Do Better Than Bitcoin cryptosumer.com/2018/11/2... · Posted by u/em-bee
> what problem decentralised currency is supposed to solve.
for example the central european bank deciding to devalue the euro, making us all 20% poorer in a few short months of 2016
not that bitcoin solves the fluctuation issue, but it's one of the issues that having a central bank gives us the people in our microeconomics when the politicians go all in on macroeconomics
So the question was: "What problem does X solve?"
And your answer is: "Well, problem Y. Except it doesn't solve it."
Or am I missing something?
This article indicts Amazon of the following cruelties:
- Expects workers to work compensated overtime during a busy period
- Tracks worker performance
- Expects people to take only their scheduled breaks, and writes them up if they're MIA for 30+ minutes
- Requires workers to show up and work during their scheduled work hours
The humanity! And this poor guy, working a non-specialized manager position attainable with just a high school degree, was only paid a meager $80,000 a year!
More seriously though: the caterwauling over Amazon's cruel and unusual work conditions is getting a little long in the tooth. I had more sympathy when it's peeing in bottles and passing out from heat exhaustion, but if the above is extent of the complaints now...get over it?
This article indicts Amazon of the following cruelties:
It seems we were reading different articles, then. In any case your synopsis provides a very skewed representation of what the article actually said.
ricardoreis commented on The Art of Job Interviewing artofwork.co/job-intervie... · Posted by u/hunglee2
I’m a consultant and somewhat happy about my job. The boss where I’m currently at wants to hire me permanently and I told him that perhaps if the offer is good enough and without going into details he says his sure we will work that out... he has a big budget and only answers to the ceo and are there to build up everything from scratch and I’m his technical advisor/architect/developer while we establish platforms and team... so it feels pretty attractive and usally I ignore recruiting but then HR starts their process as if it’s me trying to get them and not the other way around... giving references, wants me to do logic and personality tests and now I kinda regret and already said I’m opposed that kind of thing and won’t really do testing for a lot of reasons. They settled with personality test and I said ok I guess I can do that but as I opened it today it really fustrated me and closed it again and now I’m pretty much feeling like saying No thanks as this really drains me. Am I being too difficult?
Edit: thanks for the feedback
Am I being too difficult?
Nothing of the sort. Hopefully you'll stick to your guns.
ricardoreis commented on Why Aren't There C Conferences? nullprogram.com/blog/2018... · Posted by u/ingve
Because it's a perfect language. And hence there's no need to improve (or whine and moan) about it. Which is what language conferences are normally for.
TODO: write a counter-compiler that recognizes resumes based on the stylistic "improvements" suggested by this tool - and mark them for rejection accordingly.
I assume this myth has been around much longer. Perhaps people know what was being said or written in 90s, 80s, 70s and 60s.
But in spite of all this, in spite of temporary slow downs and slight blips, the broader market just becomes more and more expensive. Numbers that seem to make no sense, or seemed absurd even 5 years ago get blown past.
I don't know what the reason is, but I would love to read a truly satisfactory explanation for this.
There's too many of us. And most of the good land has been taken and/or ruined.