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in_the_sticks··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2018)
I applied the day it was posted. My only communications from the site are a few emails from the site itself asking if I'm still looking for a job.

It appears to be entirely useless if you're not in one of the hot spots so I've turned off notifications.

in_the_sticks··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2018)

  Location: Indianapolis metropolitan area, IN
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: For the right offer
  Technologies: Python, Django, Flask, Linux
  Résumé/CV: https://bitbucket.org/tdphillips/resume/src
  Email: tdphillips88@gmail.com
While nearly the entirety of my professional experience is in Python-land, any programmer worth his or her salt can pick up new languages easily. I'd love to work with C#, Java, or just about anything else.
in_the_sticks··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2017)
> Our offer will take into consideration your salary history

> Integrity: honest, trustworthy, reliable, ethical

How is basing salary on the candidate's history rather than market rate ethical?

in_the_sticks··on “Spiel des Jahres” Game of the Year 2017 winners
A laptop and a copy of Tabletop Simulator (or some other virtual tabletop of your choice).
in_the_sticks··on What libraries lost when they threw out the card catalog
Bigger words don't validate whatever point is being made.
in_the_sticks··on How to Get Hired at CircleCI
Where do you work? I'd like to place it in my "don't work for these assholes" file.
in_the_sticks··on Why printers add secret tracking dots
Others mentioned microstamping but that's not the only method. Increasingly, ammunition being sold has serial numbers on both the bullet and the case.
in_the_sticks··on A social coding experiment that updates its own code democratically
Can't seem to reply any deeper so I'll reply here.

Let's just create 5000 accounts, have them all follow each other, then wait a month. Same outcome with basically the same amount of effort.

in_the_sticks··on A social coding experiment that updates its own code democratically
There's an age requirement to vote.
in_the_sticks··on A social coding experiment that updates its own code democratically
Just like a real democracy, some participants are more equal than others.
in_the_sticks··on Shell made a film about climate change in 1991
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. I drive a fairly economical Jetta. Is that also a status symbol or did I just need a cheap, reliable car to get from point A to point B?
in_the_sticks··on 'My life was ruined by a typo'
10 isn't much better if you're using a Microsoft account. My email follows the format "fmlastname@gmail.com" (and is coincidentally the exact same character count). My user directory gets shortened to "fmlas".
in_the_sticks··on Chevrolet to offer unlimited data plan with cars
That's what's in the picture but that's not the only type of vehicle Chevy makes and their electric offerings are not the only ones that are eligible.

Unless there's an electric Silverado I don't know about?

in_the_sticks··on Chevrolet to offer unlimited data plan with cars
Sure. I suspect the expense of new car batteries and the inconvenience of having them run down twice a day or so might make it a less optimal choice than just buying internet service.
in_the_sticks··on 27 Jobs with Unbelievably Tough Interview Questions
You've got a few too many words in the first sentence for my taste.

"The capital of Canada is an interview question?"

What does that show? That you paid attention in geography, that you're Canadian, or that you are able to answer pointless questions?

in_the_sticks··on About Those Air Cushions in Amazon Packages
Could you explain that a bit? Fined for putting paper in the paper bin?
in_the_sticks··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2016)
Location: Remote, Midwest US

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: yes

Technologies: Python, Flask, Django

Resume: bitbucket.org/tdphillips/resume

I'm up for just about any development role. Python, C#, Java, whatever. I've got a proven ability to pick up new technologies quickly.

Serious inquiries only. If you're going to drop off the face of the Earth (or respond with something resembling "you don't meet the requirements" when I clearly do) after stringing me along for weeks, refrain from contacting me.

in_the_sticks··on The Untouchables – Apple’s new OS “activation” for Touch Bar MacBook Pros
Why Retina?

15" HP Spectre x360. UHD display. Option for double the max RAM in the new MBP. Several other nifty features, including an aluminum body and somewhat replaceable components without all of the glue nonsense you'll see in Apple products.

in_the_sticks··on An ancient Chinese bird kept its feathers, and colors, for 130M years
How else would you suggest they describe where in the world it was found?
in_the_sticks··on How Goldman Sachs Lays People Off
Did you read the article or just the top comment? The most recent layoff is 20 people. The total for this year is more like 500.
in_the_sticks··on Xiaomi unveils concept phone with near bezel-less display
It was fine if you kept it in a case. That protects from the errant touch events I mentioned in another comment here, as well as making it so I don't have to look at the back cover.

Maybe unrelated, I've had the phone for probably two years (it supposedly came out two years ago as well - didn't think I bought a brand new phone but I guess I did). Recently (past month or so), it's started rebooting at random throughout the day. I'd do a factory reset if I didn't dread the thought of dealing with all of my 2FA stuff.

in_the_sticks··on Xiaomi unveils concept phone with near bezel-less display
I've got a Sharp Aquos Crystal. If I use it without a case, it will frequently register touch events on the edges of the screen just from holding it. There's no way to hold it that will prevent this.
in_the_sticks··on Ask HN: What is your favorite YouTube channel for developers?
He's also got a Twitch stream (name: quill18). He mostly plays games but there's Patreon-funded content on the programming side now and then as well - the most memorable was probably him writing a simple tower defense game in an hour.
in_the_sticks··on The fight over transparency in the meat industry
Nah, you've proved unwilling to entertain other viewpoints so I'll save my breath.
in_the_sticks··on The fight over transparency in the meat industry
You shouldn't eat veggies because their production causes animal suffering. Ever hear of pesticide runoff?
in_the_sticks··on Bad Poems
> How did it become popular if the first book is bad?

(Speaking as someone who also has not read the books)

This reminds me of disumbrationist[0] art. I wonder if something like that could be at play.

[0] http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/the_disumbrationist_scho...

in_the_sticks··on What HP Must Do to Make Amends for Its Self-Destructing Printers
Why? Color laser printers are getting fairly cheap (mine's a basic printer, granted, but it was quite a bit cheaper than the cheapest EcoTank models). You don't have to worry about your ink drying out or print heads getting clogged.
in_the_sticks··on License now displayed on repository overview
Change what your main branch is?

The old license is still applicable to the old code. If you're changing the license for future development and not pushing it to the main branch for some reason, it looks like you've got a new main branch.

in_the_sticks··on Costa Rica has gone 76 days using 100% renewable electricity
"A single human" isn't a phrase meaning "literally one individual human".
in_the_sticks··on The Correct Way to Validate Email Addresses
There is a key on my keyboard that produces a vertical bar (|) but the glyph on the key is a broken bar(¦). I think every keyboard I own is like that.

That could be confusing to someone who doesn't know better.

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