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Orthw2020on UK and EU agree Brexit trade deal

As bad as it is it offers a good insight into minds of a large portion of the population.

Orthw2020on UK and EU agree Brexit trade deal

I know many people are sceptical about EU these days but you have to give it more time. And jailing the people who created it would be not fair, those were simply different times!

Orthw2020on Why Google Fired Me

> The reason Google never hired an HBCU student straight out of undergrad into one of their key engineering roles is because they didn’t believe talent existed at these institutions- until I showed up.

I pity white working class American males: no classic class privilege and no modern victim privilege.

Orthw2020on About Google's approach to research publication – Jeff Dean

That is the only reason.

If your entire career is built around solving a problem, then actually solving it is against your personal best interest.

Orthw2020on Big Tech is getting cozy with computer science departments

> ...at university, you are being taught how to teach yourself, not necessarily how to perform practical things.

vs getting a self-taught junior role early and not being $100k in debt?

Orthw2020on Netscape and Sun Announce JavaScript (1995)

What bothers me is that they actually never apologised. A simple statement of acknowledging the damage caused would do!