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pb8226··on Crypto in 2026: Oh, This Is the Bad Place
cryptocurrency is too long for the people using it for marketing
pb8226··on China temporarily shuts down thousands of factories in pollution crackdown
Thank you for the explanation. With that number of refineries that helps give scope to the problem.
pb8226··on Wikileaks reveals CIA’s ‘Brutal Kangaroo’ toolkit for hacking air-gapped network
America really does have an obsession with Russia. It wasn't just communism.
pb8226··on Wells Fargo Is Accused of Making Improper Changes to Mortgages
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pb8226··on Whiteboard Interviews Suck, Get Good at Them Anyway
Then ask questions about the UI framework the developer has experience in and ask about real problems faced with that framework for a complex UI.
pb8226··on Microsoft Appoints Kevin Scott as CTO
Unfortunately good technical conversation and that often come together and I don't want to tune out a large part of my industry.
pb8226··on You Suck at Excel with Joel Spolsky (2015) [video]
This is exactly the truth. The environments are suffocating and good people are only moderately more productive and don't stick around long.
pb8226··on You Suck at Excel with Joel Spolsky (2015) [video]
As consultant having to advise and work with IT departments. Could agree more on the reputation comment.
pb8226··on Annoyed at crypto, Brazilian judge orders mobile carriers to block WhatsApp
That's bizzare if they think that. If it's not encrypted end to end a lot of the value of encryption is lost.
pb8226··on Good Consultants vs. Bad Consultants
Going through this now. Trying to build an app on top of the client's service layer that is never up so we can't do end to end testing.
pb8226··on The $9B Witness: JPMorgan Chase's Worst Nightmare
I don't like it, so I would rather do anything I can to show that I don't like it.
pb8226··on The $9B Witness: JPMorgan Chase's Worst Nightmare
Summary from ZeroHedge:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-11-07/why-matt-taibbi-thi...

pb8226··on The $9B Witness: JPMorgan Chase's Worst Nightmare
Yep, my otherwise intelligent coworkers insist on voting Democrat or Republican. Kinda depressing.
pb8226··on The $9B Witness: JPMorgan Chase's Worst Nightmare
Someone other than the current politicians need to be in office for this to result in any serious consequences for the banks. The banks have bought the politicians in the U.S.