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Comment · 7 years ago
That is a lot of time to work for free. Why not get a regular job and convince your employer to let you contribute to Open Source project they use.
Comment · 7 years ago
Sure they should address this but this is a bit crazy.
Comment · 7 years ago
Group sms works great. But you or someone should take charge and summarize the conversation/plan as last a text.

My friends use group texts a lot but sometimes conversation gets out of hand and I have to read through 100 messages to find out if there were any concrete plans.

Comment · 7 years ago
When I was making $60K, my laptop cost about $500. So did my other co-workers who made similar amount. It was exception for anyone to by $1K+ laptop and then everyone talked about how there $500 laptop was faster than that.
Comment · 7 years ago
Absolutely not how real world works. As an online harassment victim, you may never know even know that it is happening online. But all your classmates would know.

The sites might have lies about you or they might even have your real data. Someone might post your real photos; discussing your body, your fashion sense, or whatever that makes you loser.

You are a broke college kid. Good luck finding a lawyer who would help you find anonymous posters and then sue them.

In mean time, your social life is being destroyed. Online harassment seeps into the real world. Your classmates make fun of you in your earshot. You can complain about it once or twice but school get tired of it and stop taking you seriously.

You will get depressed and sducidal unless you have a strong support system. Even then you will have poor grades, you might quit school. Your life is being ruined because people believe in black n white definition of freedom of speech.

Perhaps we should recognize that there are shades of grey. We cannot harass someone in physical world without getting kicked out of establishment or getting arrested.

Maybe we should go after platforms that let online harassment happen on their platform. After all they are profiting off your data, why shouldn't they be held responsible to police their platform better.

That is like saying schools should not punish bullies, let the victim sue the bullies.

Comment · 7 years ago
Wow.. this is my wife right now. I feel like I cannot say anything around her because she will take it wrong way. We just watch TV and don't really talk. We may talk about paying bill or picking up groceries but nothing serious or something I really want to talk about.

I am not sure what my next steps should be.

Comment · 7 years ago
This why, at least, Techsavy people should avoid depending on centralized services for their work.
Comment · 7 years ago
Discord
Comment · 7 years ago
Swift - Wanted to get into iOS apps but ran out of steam.

React - No option, work required it. Starting to enjoy it finally.

Comment · 7 years ago
To be honest, don't voluntarily give any negative information. Don't lie if someone asks directly about criminal background.

Normally, job application is filled out after hiring manager makes an offer. This where you might need to fill out any felonies. If during this phase something goes wrong, I would not hold it against you. And if someone does, you tell them you have been working for 20 years at different jobs and didn't think your felony was an issue anymore.

One of these days, I will ask someone from HR about this.

Comment · 7 years ago
Personally, I would not care so much but I work for a big company and background check is done by HR. I only ask technical and work related questions.

HR tend to be risk averse but I cannot really say what their policies are. In my company, I have never heard of anyone who was made an offer by hiring manager, had that offer rescinded after background check.

Also if you volunteer your felony during interview and I have another strong candidate, I will probably go with them. That is because I would be afraid that HR will not allow us to go with you and we will waste everyone's time. I rather go with safer option.

Comment · 8 years ago
Horrible position to take. He was bullied and bullies deserve to be punished.

Recent suicide of 9 year old because bullying had sparked debate in our office. And most agreed her bullies and parents of bullies should be charged criminally.

Comment · 8 years ago
If you follow right person perhaps. A lot of it is full of people just talking about what stocks to buy.
Comment · 8 years ago
I do. But we are in minority, I see my non-tech friends giving up their info in all kind of stupid apps, even when it is optional.

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