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Re:On Comments in Code on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @05:41PM (#27521863)
Should my 'why' comment go further than a Jira number?
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2020) on Sunday November 15, 2020 @03:01PM (#25104265)
Are you still interviewing for this role?
Re:SeaMonkey 2.53.1 Beta 1 on Saturday January 18, 2020 @01:44PM (#22086161)
Living a bit under a rock here. Can somebody help me understand the utility of SeaMonkey in comparison to FF?
Any projects or murmurs alluding to tangible progress in that space?
Re:We Can Choose an Internet Without Surveillance on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @02:22PM (#21528321)
Anybody know of any other privacy-oriented Dropbox/Drive alternatives?
Re:WeWork says will file to withdraw IPO on Monday September 30, 2019 @09:52PM (#21121286)
What pumped up their stock so much in 2015?
Any tips on do's and don'ts of #1?
Not getting my hopes up but oh do I wish that Denver could/would follow their example....
Re:Stellarium: A free open-source planetarium for your computer on Saturday September 07, 2019 @12:54AM (#20901857)
Stellarium is the reason I passed my astronomy classes in college. Mad props.
Re:Ask HN: Is an MS in Computer Science Worth Pursuing? on Sunday September 01, 2019 @10:13PM (#20856301)
It's probably worth it in your case, but you'll need to be very careful about planning how it directly gives you an increase in return on investment. College is ridiculously expensive in America nowadays, and I would be very hesitant to go back if I wasn't certain it would lead to a drastic increase in income.
Who isn't nowadays?
Except they're not really a tech company.
This of course begs the question: which cheeses act as the most efficient substrates, and why?

I wonder if there's any organic materials that would work even better.

Agreed. And as a result, more information is needed on why that turned out to be the case.
Sorry for my lack of clarity. I believe that the ratios should align for sure, and I believe that if they don't, that due diligence wasn't done, potentially with some direct or indirect form of prejudice (which cannot be discerned without knowing the details of how recruitment efforts took place). I also don't mean to derail the importance of human rights or equality on any particular playing field, I literally just meant that tech is what people are going there to discuss and learn about. While human rights and reflecting community proportions is certainly a part of it, I highly doubt that the intent of any tech conference is to primarily give keynotes on human rights.
What a weird and frustrating circumstance to be in. It's definitely disappointing that the organizers could not work through this. I understand that women candidates may be disproportionately hard to line up, but is there any evidence that the promoters put in the extra effort to find them? More importantly, should they be obligated to do so in the first place when the aim of the conference is quality in technology: nothing more, nothing less? Optimizing for non-sex factors, you would expect the selected lineup to more or less match the proportions of notable men and women in the space. If that holds true, then the issue is much further up the line in this case: there are still not enough women in technology. Do we cancel future events solely on this premise? Seems like a terrible idea to me.
I wish I could say the same. I seem to be the only one of my friends willing to take a hard stance on these things. They view the situation as it still being better than just not playing a new video game, even though they might be getting screwed over. It’s really frustrating to be honest, because I can tell I’ve ended up ostracizing myself over it.
It certainly doesn't strike as a surprise that an American teacher would hit her breaking point with the system and venture elsewhere. Teachers have largely lost control of the autonomy required to do their jobs successfully. There's more and more paperwork every year, and both parents and public admin seem less satisfied with the output on their pupils in the process. Seems like a recipe for disaster: a recurring loop of deterioration.
Re:Popeyes Chicken Sandwich Is an Economic Indicator on Friday August 23, 2019 @11:45PM (#20785089)
Every Popeye's experience I've had seems to be a greasy, soggy mess. I keep giving them new shots for some reason, and I keep getting disappointed.
The Reuters article is a much better explanation, thank you for sharing it.
Sorry, I don't really understand from the article: how exactly did the accused supposedly break fiduciary obligations? Does it solely have to do with Larry's previous involvement in NetSuite?
Are there any similar studies for marijuana vapor inhalation?
Re:16M Americans will vote on hackable paperless machines on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @02:11PM (#20759804)
The ramifications of a single critical bug are way higher than in fintech. Who would you trust to write that code?
Re:Ask HN: What’s your favorite bad startup idea? on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @11:57PM (#20754454)
Smartphone handwarmer. The general idea is to overclock a phone until it frys, and utilize a key partnership with smart phone companies to generate revenue from the bump in device replacements.
What complications stop recycling centers from becoming more regional in nature?
Re:FAA Bans Recalled Apple Laptops from Flights on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @08:14PM (#20691542)
Doesn't this tiptoe the line with a breach of privacy? Once the computer is unlocked, is there anything stopping them from just seizing devices if they want to review data?
Re:Welcome to Black Hat, where the attendees are the threat on Saturday August 10, 2019 @12:36PM (#20663014)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 the topic of paywalled content and the ethos of it is viewed as off topic as a general rule.
The rules of the forum you're reading this on literally say that workarounds are fine for paid content.
Are you effectively saying the onus is now on pedagogy to determine the most effective way to distill those concepts to earlier learners? Just trying to understand where the actionable side of this starts coming into play.
Re:Show HN: Start a minecraft server on user join on Monday August 05, 2019 @11:19PM (#20621826)
I feel really dumb that I never wrote this for myself. Thanks for sharing, have definitely had this problem plenty of times.

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