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Re:Young Graduates Are Facing an Employment Crisis on Wednesday July 16, 2025 @05:34PM (#44587034)
I think the thing that’s unusual and backed up by data is that being a college grad right now has higher unemployment rate than the total average unemployment rate. This has never been the case in history until recently.
Re: on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @12:25AM (#40796374)
Majority of tourists to Korea do not speak English. You’re really thinking from an American bias there.
Re: on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @12:24AM (#40796368)
It’s not because of xenophobia, overseas Koreans without a Korean bank account have also faced this before.
Re: on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @12:23AM (#40796366)
> The UX was not great...

UX patterns are different in Asia by the way.

Also majority of tourists to Korea do not speak English, so it’s a little weird you think English should be prioritized over other Asian languages

Sure. Zoom has enabled millions of people to work remotely and not commute.
Re:GoFundMe pauses donations to Canada truckers on Thursday February 03, 2022 @05:15PM (#30199788)
Blocking access to a hospital is illegal.
Re:GoFundMe pauses donations to Canada truckers on Thursday February 03, 2022 @05:11PM (#30199741)
For one thing, they didn’t block access to hospitals or harass health care workers.
Re:My Manager Made Me Cry at My Desk (and Other Stories) on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @11:56PM (#30081902)
Completely bizarre to me you’ve completely ignored the manager’s unprofessionalism here.
Great site! Just ended up discovering a new font that I like :)
Re:Ask HN: Do kids drag your career down? on Monday May 18, 2020 @06:58PM (#23229356)
I wish responses would specify their gender and if they are in a heterosexual or same sex relationship. It would be easier to frame where these answers are coming from.
Oh god, you clearly don’t have much knowledge of abusive partners, because you couldn’t be more wrong.
Echoing everyone’s requests that asking for Github permissions is a bit extreme, but I’m very excited for this idea so please upload screenshots!
Re:Grad School and Public Health on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @06:51PM (#21758114)
I thought this was saying "public health grad programs are worse than STIs" and I was so confused...
Re:Every bookmark manager ever made on Monday December 09, 2019 @02:52PM (#21745795)
Thank you for the search-based bookmark platforms, that’s what I really need but haven’t found... a Google search engine for just my bookmarks
Key point:

> there really aren’t enough women to meet demand… if we keep hiring the way we’re hiring. Namely, if we keep over-indexing on CS degrees from top schools, and even if we remove unconscious bias from the process entirely, we will not get to gender parity. And yes, there is a way to surface strong candidates without relying on proxies like college degree.

I am all in favour of reducing the industry’s reliance on fancy name schools for hiring.

Love the idea, but maybe have an optional # of pages?
Does anyone have a non-gated version of this?
Re:Falsehoods CS Students (Still) Believe Upon Graduating on Sunday November 10, 2019 @07:12PM (#21501123)
OP must meet hundreds of below-average CS students every year. For myself, I've been consistently impressed with the new CS grads I meet, both in their depth of knowledge and enthusiasm.
Excellent article, thanks for posting.
Re:Python is not a great programming language on Saturday October 12, 2019 @05:02PM (#21236270)
After reading what the author wrote, including gems such as

> Too many other weirdo bits of magic syntax, like [list comprehensions].

I sadly have to agree with you.

Re:Looking Back at the Snowden Revelations on Thursday September 26, 2019 @01:18AM (#21078415)
Excellent article, and great blog find.
Re:A recent study of Harvard’s admissions practices on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @02:43AM (#21068326)
> The most shocking number in the paper is this: Of the white students admitted to Harvard, more than 43% are in the so-called ALDC category — that is, they are recruited athletes, legacy admissions, applicants on the “dean’s interest” list and children of Harvard faculty and staff. Furthermore, in the model constructed by the authors, three quarters of those applicants would have been rejected if not for their ALDC status.

Yikes.

Re:OSSU: A path to a free self-taught education in computer science on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @02:23AM (#21068216)
I hate to be that person, but “Multivariate Calculus”, “Introduction to Probability” and “Introduction to Logic” cannot possibly be considered “advanced math” and “advanced theory” as this guide states. This is something every CS freshman learns in their first term.
Off-topic: I’m curious, are there reasons why NYT and other newsrooms would not use Google Docs?
This needs to be higher up. HN reserves skepticism for so many bootcamps but throw all their judgement out the window when it comes with Lambda School.
Re:I work in an Amazon warehouse in West Sacramento on Sunday July 21, 2019 @01:08PM (#20492327)
I was agreeing somewhat until this part:

> “Never take a sick day during your first year of employment with any company, no matter what.” My wife and I have literally gone years between sick days.

And it all went downhill from there. God forbid this guy be struck with cancer or a chronic disease.

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