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Comment · 3 years ago
And this is NOT self evident boilerplate. It's quite the opposite, and I do not believe any company would get a product out without reviewing the T&C.

So, the terms were at least approved by some, and are now being revised because somebody pointed the problems out in a public forum.

Comment · 3 years ago
The best people will leave though
Comment · 3 years ago
Eh, this means that most people work for a company they are either indifferent to or for a company that they actively despise. My preference is actually 3 when I do meaningful work, 4 occasionally.
Comment · 3 years ago
Fully remote setups only work if they are truly fully remote, and if the seniors have the decency to research how to better handle the thing.

Onboarding can be done remote, but the best is to schedule extensive meetings / pair programming, or even just a virtual room where the newbie can work independently but ask the senior "as in the office". Or even very clear directions on when to reach out if nothing else is possible.

What happens instead that the newbie is expected to handle all the responsibility of reaching out, and when that inevitably fails the conclusion that's reached is that wfh is not for onboarding.

Comment · 3 years ago
I can work from home, usually. I did so effectively before covid and I had tons of fun and productivity. My former company, though, was horrible in their handling or WFH, a terrible combination of strict daily meetings but with zero follow-up/help and negative socialization (as in the interactions were all strictly work related and tended on the negative side, with one employer constantly talking badly about somebody else). Apparently I thrive in socialization, and that difference between good interactions in my first remote job and negative in the second made it night and day on my productivity. I had to change job because it was severely affecting my health. Just to say that sometimes the cause is not strictly "not being able to handle wfh".
Comment · 3 years ago
Salt kills most plants. Bringing it inland would basically stop agriculture for hundreds of meters surrounding the canal. If it goes into the aquifer it's even worse.

Also, inland is usually higher than sea level (where it's lower you get lakes / ponds / swamps, unless it's actively managed), so you would be creating ditches a hundred meters deep if not more.

I'm also not sure that local water would increase rainfall, any amount of wind would sweep moisture off immediately. The most it can do is to increase the humidity of the surrounding area when windless.

Comment · 3 years ago
"1. Learn some games relevant skills after hours to show that you are prepared and not expecting us to train you from scratch (unity or unreal are most common). [..] This will show the initiative you took on your own and what skills you’ve developed."

Are you evaluating also how much time it took to complete the after hour project? What if I complete a clone game in 2 years? This might be excluding anybody that cannot work after hours, for a reason or another.

Comment · 3 years ago
i never heard of this, can you link the gdpr article on this?
Comment · 3 years ago
My domain is 26 per year. This is cheap af and I'm reconsidering ditching my domain in favour of this.
Comment · 3 years ago
parents ARE charged with a crime when they crush / axphyxiate the baby to death.

SIDS happens also when baby is alone in bed. You relating it to parents rolling on baby tell me you don't know much about the argument.

Comment · 3 years ago
> but the effect is that companies have to be slower to hire when firing is that much harder.

Which is good. Nobody wants a work environment that changes every five minutes.

Comment · 3 years ago
This might be the comment that helps me get back on my zim install. I abandoned it for "life stuff" and I was meaning to "find something similar, or pick zim back" for some months.
Comment · 3 years ago
re: "if the once a week banners bother you that much, it suggests you are using the site very, very frequently":

no.

the banners never bothered me when I used the website daily, multiple times a day. They bother me immensely now that I use wikipedia once / twice a month. Now, every time I open it there is the banner asking me to donate (every time more invasive).

Comment · 3 years ago
Poses seem correct too, so even if they are models they know yoga too. Certain yoga poses are sensual even when you don't want to be sensual, I find the idea of naked yoga actually genius
Comment · 3 years ago
I watched a trailer from the website. It may fill a niche, but to my female eye the website doesn't scream "exaggerated sexuality". It's more akin to nude art than to pornography.

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