ricardoreis
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Comment · 8 years ago
Comment · 8 years ago
In my case, not so much as a harsh word between us--
and yet:
Still pretty happy to be rid of her.
Comment · 8 years ago
Maybe they wanted an easy way to tell people no.
Either way -- in tech (and for some reason more so than in other industries) -- when it comes to hiring, it's head games all up and down. And generally to an extent far more than can really be called "necessary".
Comment · 8 years ago
If you look at another perspective though, of people whose economies are collapsing, or people living under authoritarian regimes, it serves a need.
Or in a broader sense: "De-regulated money transfer of any kind" -- for which the costs and risks of a cryptocurrency transaction are an acceptable tradeoff.
But for vanilla payments -- apparently they aren't (and never will be).
Comment · 8 years ago
So the question was: "What problem does X solve?"
And your answer is: "Well, problem Y. Except it doesn't solve it."
Or am I missing something?
Comment · 8 years ago
This article indicts Amazon of the following cruelties:
It seems we were reading different articles, then. In any case your synopsis provides a very skewed representation of what the article actually said.
Comment · 8 years ago
Am I being too difficult?
Nothing of the sort. Hopefully you'll stick to your guns.
Comment · 8 years ago
Because it's a perfect language. And hence there's no need to improve (or whine and moan) about it. Which is what language conferences are normally for.
Comment · 8 years ago
TODO: write a counter-compiler that recognizes resumes based on the stylistic "improvements" suggested by this tool - and mark them for rejection accordingly.
Comment · 8 years ago
Well, yeah. And they should probably be having discussions based on something beside snarky retorts and popcorn-throwing too, I guess.
But I guess those discussions will need to happen elsewhere.
Comment · 8 years ago
A NYC Subway that’s 40% worse than it was 10 years ago is still by far the best transit system in North America.
But compared to just about any major city in Europe... seriously, it's almost a joke.
Comment · 8 years ago
That's fine - non-quantitative (a.k.a. "gut") reasoning is a valid and useful cognitive tool (in certain contexts), in fact.
If I was to give a "gut" estimate for the overall deterioration of the subway service in recent years, though -- I'd peg it at closer to 30 or 40 percent than merely 20.
Comment · 8 years ago
except start-up cost
Which is, well, hugely significant when you think about it.
Comment · 8 years ago
No one would consider suggesting it as a "replacement" for surface transport.
However, it is a valuable augment to the surface system. The point is that it helps "connect the dots" (providing more options for people to get from A to B) - hence making the system more effective as a whole.
There's too many of us. And most of the good land has been taken and/or ruined.