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Re:Repl.it raises $4.5M from A16Z, Paul Graham, and others by icelancer on Monday October 22, 2018 @04:01PM (#18277911)
It takes literally 10 seconds to run `ls -la` and `cat` some files to get the information. If that's a problem for an applicant, it's a good exclusion to the funnel.
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Re:Repl.it raises $4.5M from A16Z, Paul Graham, and others by jakebasile on Monday October 22, 2018 @05:33PM (#18278736)
Like sibling says, on mobile it's a pain. In general, when I look at a job posting, I just want to skim it. I don't want to interact with the webpage in any other way than "reading".

I get it, this is clever. It supposedly weeds out poor applicants. But speaking for myself it just strikes me as annoying.

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Re:Repl.it raises $4.5M from A16Z, Paul Graham, and others by icelancer on Monday October 22, 2018 @07:24PM (#18279473)
Do people really apply for jobs on mobile? If I came across it on mobile, I'd just go, oh okay, and read it later on my laptop or desktop.

I'm an admitted anti-mobile person though. I am exceptionally skeptical that the mobile revolution will adequately replace the keyboard/mouse combination for high productivity tasks, and don't wish to see design move entirely in that direction.

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Re:Repl.it raises $4.5M from A16Z, Paul Graham, and others by jakebasile on Monday October 22, 2018 @08:09PM (#18279728)
No, but I do a lot of reading on mobile.

If I came across it on mobile, how would I even know if I wanted to read it later?

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Re:Repl.it raises $4.5M from A16Z, Paul Graham, and others by stale2002 on Monday October 22, 2018 @05:03PM (#18278489)
I tried opening this on mobile and it was a horrible experience.

We don't use clis during every day life for a reason.

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Re:Repl.it raises $4.5M from A16Z, Paul Graham, and others by icelancer on Monday October 22, 2018 @07:20PM (#18279435)
> We don't use clis during every day life for a reason.

Most developers do?

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