smcgivern

Sweden isn't in the Euro. The EU, yes, but they still use Swedish krona. Do you think the Swedes aren't as integrated?

I'm not sure if you're confused about what Skyscanner does? Skyscanner, like flights.google.com, Kayak, etc. is free to the user - they make their money on referral fees, among other things.

And, for that matter, flights.google.com is based on their acquisition of ITA Software for $700M in 2010, so clearly there is a market for companies like this: http://www.google.com/press/ita/

A pastebinned version of WRITEUP.txt (for word-wrap): http://pastebin.com/FnwmPYUD

If you read the article, you will find the author's answer to this question!

That's not the point of the article. It's saying that because of the rate your body processes alcohol, seemingly small differences in ABV can leave much more unprocessed alcohol in your body than you'd expect.

Are you saying that the answer to the question in the article was obvious to you?

Magit takes almost zero time to learn if you're used to the git CLI (some things are a bit weird, but mostly the commands are obvious from the help). It's basically a super-powered version of the git aliases lots of people use, but I don't bother, because I have magit :-)

The worktrees in this case are git branches, though. While this is convenient in some cases, it doesn't seem practical to me to have all of a group's code in one repo, but in different branches - it feels like it's fighting the git data model. (And to your closing point, it certainly feels like it's fighting the GitHub UI.)

This might be me misunderstanding how your large svn repo was arranged, though. Could you describe that further?

In fact, the first result (which is duplicated several times) is calling Songbird an 'iTunes killer' - quotes included - and mentions Seeqpod as one of the plugins, saying:

> it expands your library exponentially, assuming you’re down with the kind of quasi-legality involved

I don't know if this is what you're referring to, but the article does say:

> (The reward or penalty is sometimes adjusted when lopsided battles occur, for example, rewarding an extra 2 points to an underdog team. For purposes of this analysis, we'll ignore those adjustments.)

The disconnection penalty does sound interesting, though. You could even argue that the network errors are a kind of balancing away from the trend that this article describes, by forcing ranks downward - although I doubt that was deliberate on the part of the developers :-)

So what you expect for 'stirring shit up' is that nothing bad happens to you? If you think that, then the top post of this thread was weirdly inflammatory.

Perhaps you could clarify what you think:

> exactly what you would expect when you're intentionally stirring shit up at any company

is?

From this reply, it appears that you think Google did nothing wrong - regardless of whether she was 'stirring shit up' or not.

'Third of July, 2015' or more likely 'third of July'. The date format really isn't lying to us in UK English.

We would normally refer to that as September 11 because it's much more talked about in the US, and that's the phrase used there.

Any other dates will likely be in the same order as written. For instance, the rhyme for bonfire night is 'remember remember, the fifth of November'. I believe that many in the US also talk about the fourth of July, rather than July fourth, so it's not like English has the hard-and-fast rule you were proposing.

Do you pay into court in Scottish notes a lot?

> Legal tender has a very narrow and technical meaning in the settlement of debts. It means that a debtor cannot successfully be sued for non-payment if he pays into court in legal tender. It does not mean that any ordinary transaction has to take place in legal tender or only within the amount denominated by the legislation.

http://www.royalmint.com/aboutus/policies-and-guidelines/leg...

Absolutely. Are they more helpful than the other attributes you're disregarding in searching for the mind-reader, though? I'd suggest that people who can communicate clearly and don't put up with being asked to read minds are desirable candidates.

You could argue that any interview reflects the organisation doing the interviewing.

For instance, if situations like this one happen often in the organisation, then that might be a negative symbol for the job as it indicates a lack of rigour in gathering and specifying requirements. An interview question like this could prove to be telling, and have a negative impact on hiring.

Likewise if the interview is unfocused and rambling, or the interviewer is looking for a particular answer (not just a working answer), or the interviewer just talks about themselves, etc.

These are all hypotheticals, of course: it's up to the interviewee to determine how likely these are for a particular organisation. It's useful to keep in mind when interviewing, though.

Would you also say that lying on your resume, and in interviews, is a natural consequence of society?

I use Tarsnap and Dropbox. They aren't the same at all:

* You run Tarsnap whenever you want to push changes; Dropbox automatically pushes changes.

* Tarsnap is for 'real' computers only; Dropbox runs on my phone (which is very useful for photos, among other things).

* Tarsnap is billed by usage (at a very small amount); Dropbox has a free tier.

* Tarsnap doesn't have a natural sharing usecase; Dropbox does.

* Fundamentally, Tarsnap is backup, and Dropbox is sync. They are two different things. Not to mention that Tarsnap is also supported just fine on Linux.

I like the design of the new BBC and Guardian websites, but I agree that if they're aiming for mobile first, they still have a way to go.

In particular, 'the flash' you mentioned on The Guardian means that often, instead of iOS 8 Safari scrolling when I try to scroll, it activates a link - or worse, an ad! It's infuriating, and it's significantly less usable than their old site in that regard.

For a truly bad mobile site, though, try going to Cricinfo: http://www.espncricinfo.com/ Go to an article, then go back. Notice that:

1) Your horizontal scroll position in the article list is lost.

2) The page renders, then re-renders exactly the same (for me at least), with a jump to the top of the page in between.

As can I, Story of Your Life is one of the best pieces of fiction I've read. He's always good at communicating interesting (and often provocative) ideas, but that story also blends it with a wonderful portrayal of grief. On top of that, the structure of the story itself is a reflection of the ideas discussed in the story.

As I said when I reviewed that book on Goodreads, if I'd spent the £11.40 for the book and only received that story, it would have been more than worth it.

As is The Lifecycle of Software Objects: http://subterraneanpress.com/magazine/fall_2010/fiction_the_...

The premise of the article is that the user will want to manipulate the data in Excel, so developers should provide an Excel export instead of / as well as CSV. In this case, JSON is much, much worse than CSV.

I think you're making some reasonable points. I don't have experience living in Norway or the Netherlands, but I can say this: it hasn't been my experience, living in the UK, that women engineers are victims of any kind of discrimination, unconscious or otherwise.

However! I know that they are, because they have told me. I haven't seen it happen, but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Unless there are women from the two countries you mentioned reading this thread, I'm not sure you will get valuable answers about the state of things in those countries. I can certainly believe that the situation is better there than in the US and the UK, as Norway in particular has a much better record with social issues like these.

All of which is a long-winded way of saying that I think HN discussions often don't generate a huge amount of light on this topic, especially when it comes to questions which aren't about the situation in the US.