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Re:Matrix.org hacked on Friday April 12, 2019 @05:29AM (#19643356)
I can't access that image on my corporate network, any chance of an imgur mirror?
Revolut is a UK company, and this attitude is rampant across the British tech sector
Re:Linux on Dex on Friday November 09, 2018 @06:12AM (#18413671)
Looks like a lot of people are mentioning this one, so buyer beware that it's in the kickstarter stages & it's not currently possible to buy outside of kickstarter
Sure, and it seems like he's happy to take credit for that era, but most of Red Hats value came from the time after Young left, and I don't really think it's modesty for him to not take credit for that
He did leave the company 13 years ago as far as I can tell

Ask HN: How do we discourage extreme aptitude tests in the hiring process?

Throughout my entire development career I've dealt with increasingly extreme aptitude tests that other industries simply don't have. For a recent senior role I was told to either fill out a 3 hour exam or write a 500 word essay convincing them that I know JS.Is there anything candidates can do to discourage this kind of practice?

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Re:Microsoft now has the best hardware lineup in the industry on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @12:03PM (#18131605)
I love windows, but multi-desktop is nicer on mac because it's all controlled with touchpad gestures. The way we (or I at least) interact with windows and apps makes sense that we can just see all apps as thumbnails and then drag them to any desktop we like
Re:The Complicated Financial Lives of Freelancers on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @05:42AM (#18128796)
So how old are you now? Has this been a 5 year journey or 25 year journey?
Re:Tailwind: A Utility-First CSS Framework on Thursday September 27, 2018 @02:12PM (#18087165)
That does make a lot more sense!
Re:Tailwind: A Utility-First CSS Framework on Thursday September 27, 2018 @02:10PM (#18087153)
I've not seen people encouraging variables called $white, because that's pretty short sighted. It seems to be encourages with utility css
Re:Tailwind: A Utility-First CSS Framework on Thursday September 27, 2018 @01:19PM (#18086618)
"white-bg" then becomes a blue background that's called white...
Re:Tailwind: A Utility-First CSS Framework on Thursday September 27, 2018 @11:41AM (#18085542)
So what happens when your design changes and suddenly all your white buttons need to be off-grey? You change the class on 700 components?
Re:XPS 13 developer edition 7th generation available on Thursday January 04, 2018 @02:29PM (#16073290)
This update (without motherboard change) did help by making the fans run less often, which doesn't seem to be causing overheating issues or me
Facebook has 8 letters?
You sleep 10 hours a night?
Re:Bed Bath and Beyond Paid Just $12M for One Kings Lane on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @01:18PM (#12694759)
Good point, I missed that
Re:Bed Bath and Beyond Paid Just $12M for One Kings Lane on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @04:52AM (#12691314)
From the OP Fortune article: Its final outside funding round came in early 2014, at a post-money valuation north of $800 million.
Re:There's no good reason for Apple to kill the headphone jack on Monday September 05, 2016 @09:25AM (#12430123)
Which would make the phone either way taller or way fatter
It's more important to be healthy than to be a great programmer, we should be encouraging physical activity
I don't think this will cost that much...
Re:Stalking your Facebook friends on Tinder on Friday July 22, 2016 @04:48AM (#12142432)
Facebook supports a third gender
Re:GCE vs. AWS: Why You Should Never Use Amazon on Wednesday July 06, 2016 @06:55AM (#12042277)
If redundancy is unwarranted, then the site can't possibly be mission critical?
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2016) on Sunday July 03, 2016 @02:15PM (#12027017)
50k Euros per month? Something tells me that's not right
I assume they reserve the unicode character, but anyone who wants to use it decides what it looks like (so the rifle could look different on different platforms, which isn't a big issue)
Re:Google Fiber agrees to acquire Webpass on Thursday June 23, 2016 @09:40AM (#11960741)
Has to be wrong, no end user in France is on 100Gbs without ridiculously prohibitive costs
Re:India launches 20 satellites in single mission on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @05:58AM (#11952620)
I'm not sure you can compare cricket with government spending, unless the government massively donates to sport and movies?
Re:Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @05:28AM (#11900786)
Why in the world does LinkedIn need 7k employees?
Re:Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B on Monday June 13, 2016 @11:09AM (#11894453)
Not all users are equal, I'd argue a LinkedIn user is worth more than a WhatsApp user

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