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spectistcles··on Why Slack is inappropriate for open source communications
To be fair, you don't actually need to know Docker beyond being able to follow a tutorial.
spectistcles··on Amazon's Sick New Sick Policy
Who comes up with this shit. If someone is sick they shouldn't come to work at all, ever. You should encourage people to stay home so they don't get others sick. If they can manage, have them do a little work from home.

Moving from a small (10 person) company to a building with 1000 people in it I went from almost never being sick to getting sick 3+ times every winter.

Strongly encourage your employees to stay home when they're sick as long as they're getting their jobs done. If they're out frequently or for a long period of time (4+ days) require a doctor's note. That's your sick policy. Done.

spectistcles··on Why Slack is inappropriate for open source communications
It seems kind of funny that an open source project can't find an open source form of communication.
spectistcles··on Host Your Own Content
It's like being your own lawyer. It's possible, and in the past it was much simpler — but things are so complex now that it doesn't ultimately seem worth it. As complexity grows so does reliance on specialists.
spectistcles··on Twitter allegedly deleting negative tweets about United Airlines incident
Corporatism in this sense is really just monopolization of capitalism, which in itself is a symptom of unchecked capitalism.
spectistcles··on Tesla unveils its new ‘sleek and low-profile’ solar panel made by Panasonic
I guess you could contract with your neighbor and run your own lines to their batteries?
spectistcles··on Minecraft Set to Launch Its Own Currency
Sure, but that doesn't change the fact that the practice is kind of fucked up on a conceptual level.
spectistcles··on What is this colored fiber in my chicken?
I can't stress this enough: learn how to cook tofu. I held off on being a vegetarian so long because I had a bad tofu experience, but I eat it 2-3 times a week now and I've grown to prefer over chicken. Fry it, braise it, bake it... there are a lot of options. Mushrooms are a similar story.

My diet is primarily: Rice, beans, tofu, mushrooms, and various greens. I've never really been a salad person, and even as a vegetarian that's still generally true.

spectistcles··on Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks?
Yeah it's a bit hit or miss because of that — I really wish I could literally make my bookmarks a private Google of content I've seen. Usually there are a series of things I try like "I think it was on X site" or a few keywords that I think were in the title. It works for me maybe 80% of the time.
spectistcles··on Semantic UI
This has always been my understanding as well. I've always tried to write HTML in a manner that would remove all presentational aspects to the point that I could redesign an entire site by changing the CSS only.
spectistcles··on Unkown Unknowns: Why you should release early
37% isn't exactly mainstream... to contrast, flexbox is at 97%

http://caniuse.com/#search=grid

spectistcles··on Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks?
I use them in Chrome all the time, I have thousands — I basically search them as kind of a personal google... for those "Oh I remember reading an article about that once, let me find it"
spectistcles··on Marc Andreessen: “Take the Ego Out of Ideas”
How about we take the ego out of Marc Andreessen
spectistcles··on Black Tesla Model 3 release candidate spotted driving in Silicon Valley
I like some weird looking cars, but this thing is just an ugly sedan
spectistcles··on The Mac Pro Lives
I need to use the Adobe Creative Suite (or a mainstream alternative like Sketch). Literally the only reason I can't switch to linux.

Before anyone even starts — GIMP is not viable in enterprise workflows.

spectistcles··on Introducing Twitter Lite
because it doesn't make them any money
spectistcles··on More than 8,000 ride-share drivers flunked Mass. background checks
Probably safe to say that those fringe cases aren't representative of the full slew of 8,000 people here.
spectistcles··on Growing Ubuntu for Cloud and IoT, Rather Than Phone and Convergence
It could carve out a niche, but it would never compete. They don't have the money Google has by a vast longshot.
spectistcles··on Ghost in the Shell
They didn't need to sum up the full canon, they needed to like... have any part of it? The original animation accomplished more with the story in less time.
spectistcles··on Ghost in the Shell
eeeehhhhh
spectistcles··on The Mac Pro Lives
I'm with you on this. The bloatware in modern operating systems, even once you take away the PC-vendor garbage, is appalling.

I feel like they could keep things the way they are, and offer an AOSP-like vanilla version for people who generally know what they're doing (Google does a pretty good job with limiting it).

I'd pay hundreds of dollars more for this software option (have previously considered hiring someone to do it in the past on a new PC, but I have had bad experiences with PC repair shops).

I bought my spouse a new PC and literally had to spend HOURS removing software and decoupling McAffee from Windows. An i5-based system was out of the box crippled while it downloaded updates and software from the Windows store that I didn't even want to begin with.

OSX is markedly better, but I don't need siri, icloud, chess, ilife, dvd player, photo booth... the list goes on.

spectistcles··on Everything Is Broken (2014)
We'd do just as bad, but differently. Time makes fools of us all.
spectistcles··on DOJ Cautions Employers Seeking H-1B Visas Not to Discriminate Against US Workers
You're just going to see more remote work. No one's going to want to lose those profits once they have them.
spectistcles··on Tesla Passes Ford by Market Value
That's an interesting comparison — we could very well end up in a market where existing manufacturers catch up and vastly outsell Tesla in the long-run (Android), and Tesla ends up as a very successful luxury model (iOS).
spectistcles··on Uber's experiment in behavioral science to subtly entice drivers
I didn't say manipulation was evil, just pointing out that manipulating someone and calling it love seems more like abuse than love.
spectistcles··on Uber's experiment in behavioral science to subtly entice drivers
>"We've underinvested in the driver experience," a senior official said. "We are now re-examining everything we do in order to rebuild that love."

This is a pretty troubling way to phrase using behavioral science to manipulate your employees.

spectistcles··on LastPass release fix for DOM manipulation vulnerability
You're taking an unknown known and making it a known known.

I'd rather an exploit stay secret so there's a chance that someone doesn't use it against me, rather than telling everyone the exploit and hoping someone fixes it fast enough.

Disclose it to the company, and give them a hard time limit.

spectistcles··on Why Japan’s Rail Workers Point at Things
In Japan they might be a little delayed. In Boston the trains just don't come at all. One time I was stuck on a train for four hours because a switch was frozen (normally a 40 minute trip).
spectistcles··on Why Japan’s Rail Workers Point at Things
I know this is just a bunch of kids taking the piss, but little things like this make a boring day working on the train a bit happier. Thank your local transit workers if you have them.
spectistcles··on Why Japan’s Rail Workers Point at Things
spectacles testicles wallet & watch (originally a joke about the sign of the cross, but it's how I remember everything when I leave and also some fun blasphemy for the whole family)