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Posted by
d43594 on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @04:23PM
from the ask-hn dept.
Recently I have been thinking about sharing images with friends over messaging applications. Often messaging applications download images and store them on a the receivers device. As the person sharing the photo, I have little issue with this...I shared the photo after all. However, what if the receiver has some automated backup service enabled which backs up that image to a Google service or...
Posted by
d43594 on Friday March 08, 2019 @11:15AM
from the show-hn dept.
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d43594 on Thursday July 14, 2016 @04:34PM
from the show-hn dept.
Posted by
d43594 on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @06:00PM
from the vice.com dept.
Posted by
d43594 on Thursday December 31, 2015 @05:05AM
from the theguardian.com dept.
Would be interesting to validate the voting record in elections according to the DB against the outcome.
Do things you are interested in, and that you can commit yourself to spending time on consistently. Dropping things you've started without making the conscious decision to do so will foster a sense of underachievement. Accept that Rome wasn't built in a day and start small. Build yourself up gradually. Use your small successes to build momentum. Accept that you cannot change the past, instead try to guide the future. Invest the time in doing a personal development plan. Even if you don't use it, the simple act of doing it will help to give you some direction and make you appreciate what it is you really want. You can then set about making steps in that direction. Be wary of sacrifices you choose to make, particularly concerning people. Choosing to learn language X instead of language Y is easy to solve when you change your mind, but convincing the person you love to take you back after you chose your career over them is likely to be much much harder.
As any person will have observed more often than not accreditation proves little or nothing about anything. For example many corporations possess numerous different accreditations (some of which are industry specific) e.g. ISO:XXXXX, OHASA, Microsoft Gold etc etc etc. Most of these are simply seen by management functions as a box ticking exercise. The principles and most importantly mindsets evangelised by such accreditations are never enacted or held by those with the power to enact them. Perhaps this is a problem because for some reason management types aren't seen to be a collaborative discipline, but instead a ruling one. Often engineers are at the behest of management decisions which tend to be based upon ill-conceived preconceptions, and poor and/or politicised information. Ultimately more engineers need to hold management positions to ensure values are enforced and engrained within the culture of the organisation. To some extent accreditation is just advertising and brand image.
My house builder is accredited by X, Y and Z but their management and customer service is so poor that I fail to see how the business functions. I think this projects a some what idealistic view, not founded in reality.
Posted by
d43594 on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @02:17PM
from the ask-hn dept.
Does anyone have experience of changing management culture? How do you get managers and business types to realise that they are harming the business, morale, engineers and ultimately the product/customer by constantly splitting and reassigning resource. In short how do you take the power back and empower engineers to make logical and thought out decisions where business types and managers...
Posted by
d43594 on Monday August 31, 2015 @08:19AM
from the ask-hn dept.
I have been considering starting a business (on the side) for the second time. I have previously run a business alongside my full time job, a job which I enjoyed very little. Running my first business offered me some stimulation.
I then undertook a part-time undergraduate degree. As I wound my first business down (in order to undertake a second degree) I started to spend more and more time on...
I could buy a Firewall, but why should I have to?
Yes. How can I be assured that their mechanism has not, and cannot be compromised? I can obtain updates through their website. I should be able to register for notification when updates are available. Why would I want to allow remote access (even to my ISP) which I cannot monitor? Moreover, why would I want to (potentially) allow (whoever has access) to install whatever they want on my router?
Posted by
d43594 on Saturday June 07, 2014 @08:41AM
from the ask-hn dept.
My new router has just arrived. As is the case for most now, it was supplied FOC by my ISP. When configuring the router, I couldn't help but notice that in the re-configuration maintenance page it said this:"We'll periodically update your router software automatically. There may be times when you will be advised to do this manually. Our Technical Support Team will assist you if this is the...
Posted by
d43594 on Thursday October 17, 2013 @05:50PM
from the seriouslyforreal.com dept.
Gloucestershire in the UK have a habit of putting traffic lights on roundabouts which as you can imagine completely defeats the point of one. A round about automatically prioritises traffic based on demand. This combination of two contradictory solutions is the work of the devil.
I am continually frustrated picking up other peoples shit. I abhor the "get it working" attitude. This industry is full of sub-par engineers and lazy attitudes. No excuse, do it properly and then we can stop this "pass the buck" attitude which is common in this industry.
Posted by
d43594 on Thursday September 26, 2013 @01:37PM
from the 49534d.blogspot.co.uk dept.
I really hope that this is a sarcastic post? If not, this article is an absolute f
king disgrace.
First of all this is not how all large companies work. This is how bad companies, with poor leadership, bad process, and a complete lack of understanding work. And no, the answer isn't to be stuck so deep in process that you cannot move! The answer, like most things, is a considered, fitting and appropriate balance.
Secondly this attitude stinks. There is no way on Earth I would employ you to work for me. Is it any wonder that the software industry has such a lackluster reputation? An industry full of cowboys and CPs (copy and pasters) like yourself. If you really think like this then you should be looking to change your profession. Yes things need to ship, and no we can't develop forever, but without continuous improvement where do we end up? I am sick of hearing the 'people have lives you know' excuse for utter laziness. If you feel like this then you picked the wrong (rapidly changing) industry to work in. Too bad, so sad. Quit whinging and get a job you can leave behind at the end of the day e.g. shelf stacker.
Posted by
d43594 on Wednesday June 05, 2013 @12:53PM
from the ask-hn dept.
I just recently attended a wedding. A number of old school friends were there. As usual there were a number of people who wanted to discuss what they were doing, and more importantly (to them), what they were earning. I couldn't help but notice that a number of people in other fields who did not take the university route, but rather the apprenticeship route, earn significantly more than those...
Then write a dashboard facility without polluting your existing applications by bolting barely related features onto them.
The question you should really be asking is why shouldn't they? The best applications out there do one thing and do it well. Awk, sed, vi(m), emacs, git. Need I go on?
I think you are missing the subtle tones, implications and context within the comment. It was not meant as a blanket statement hence it is a comment against a specific item.
Whatever happened to the Unix philosphy? 'Write programs that do one thing and do it well'. Last thing I want in my inbox. Call me a purist but email is for emailing people.
Posted by
d43594 on Friday April 26, 2013 @10:26AM
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Posted by
d43594 on Saturday April 06, 2013 @04:03AM
from the 49534d.blogspot.co.uk dept.