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Comment on The Finals | Season 2 trailer - March 14 in ~games
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Comment on ‘Winning requires hard work’: Wayfair CEO sends employees a gloomy pre-holiday email following layoff-filled year in ~finance
hereweare LinkIt's weird to be commenting instead of lurking for once, but I actually work/worked for Wayfair, so I can share a bit of insight into this. I think. “Working long hours, being responsive, blending...- Exemplary
It's weird to be commenting instead of lurking for once, but I actually work/worked for Wayfair, so I can share a bit of insight into this. I think. “Working long hours, being responsive, blending work and life, is not anything to shy away from" was actually like, the anti-thesis of my experience. I was a SWE co-op for 6 months there, and I actually got and signed a return offer that I'm really excited for.
When I was on co-op, I was never, ever asked to do anything unreasonable, and to quote my manager "needing you to stay late is indicative of poor management, not poor performance". There were literally big Wayfair-Purple posters on the wall of every floor of our Copley office saying "it's ok to say no" and the like, that pushback and offering counter-ideas/proposals was healthy for the office energy. I was there during the first of the two layoffs, and while my team wasn't touched it was quite unpleasant. The layoffs came out of nowhere, internally speaking, and my manager wasn't actually even sure if my team was intact (save myself, as the temps were exempt) until late into the day of the announcement.
This article actually kinda has me worried that they might pull the offer if they're going to be tightening the belt on payroll any further. Of all my friends who recently graduated, I'm quite literally the only one with a position that I/they'd look forward to. All of us graduated w/ a year's worth of co-op experience, for clarity. One has a position w/ a military supplier in a really crappy location for a young 20-something, and the other is literally a janitor. Most passionate guy in CS I know and he couldn't get a job for almost a year. Only in the past few weeks has he gotten any bites for interviews. I get that media is usually doom-and-gloom for clicks, but this really bums me out. I'm hoping this more indicative of a miscommunication (from my experience, management there seems to kinda have half a foot in their mouth perpetually save for Steve Conine) rather than a shift to a rise-and-grind type of organization.
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Comment on Tesla confirms wireless inductive electric car home charger is coming in ~transport
hereweare LinkI could potentially see an angle here with using the waste heat from the reduced efficiency from a direct line as a garage/space heater for the winter time, though I doubt that's Tesla's intention...I could potentially see an angle here with using the waste heat from the reduced efficiency from a direct line as a garage/space heater for the winter time, though I doubt that's Tesla's intention here. More likely going for a 'luxury' feature here, or maybe for automatic charging in parking spaces if this could be weatherized appropriately.
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Comment on What are you favourite grim, dark, atmospheric films? in ~movies
hereweare Link ParentSeconding Taxi Driver. It's one of very, very few films that I've seen that's successfully made me feel disgusting by the end of it. It's like a never ending loop of paranoia and pointlessness,...Seconding Taxi Driver. It's one of very, very few films that I've seen that's successfully made me feel disgusting by the end of it. It's like a never ending loop of paranoia and pointlessness, and by the end I felt like I needed a shower. The only comparison I can think of is the ending of The Godfather, and watching the monster that the main character molted into finally emerge, and wreck vengeance. Though, that movie's protagonist has a future (unclean as it may be) in front of him, whereas TD's Travis Bickle feels truly hopeless and self-defeated.
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~talk
hereweare Link Parent2nd'd, also with a recommendation to read "Escape From Spiderhead", by George Saunders. Emotion controlling & reversing chemicals play a very primary role in the story, though their implications...2nd'd, also with a recommendation to read "Escape From Spiderhead", by George Saunders. Emotion controlling & reversing chemicals play a very primary role in the story, though their implications are less the point than the environment that the protagonist is interacting with them in.
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Comment on Eleven rules for buying an eBike in ~transport
hereweare LinkI purchased a Rad Mission this past summer to get me around during an internship in a rural-ish Appalachian town. It worked quite wonderfully to get me around town and to/from the grocery store...I purchased a Rad Mission this past summer to get me around during an internship in a rural-ish Appalachian town. It worked quite wonderfully to get me around town and to/from the grocery store once I installed a rear rack, and for the 1300 (1000 + 300 for tax and accessories) I paid I feel like I've saved thousands on a car. Now that I'm back at school, it's my primary mode of transport of getting to/from class. My school has a particularly terrible shuttle system, and going from ~40 minute rigid schedules to ~7 minutes even in ice and light rain is godly. That being said, I can't recommend anybody buy one. From Rad, at least. It's incredibly fun, it's saved me money, and I've only gotten one mild concussion from an accident. I also can't get it serviced. I've talked to about five or so bike shops over the time I've owned it, and nobody wants to touch it.
REI wouldn't even change a flat. Forced me to learn how to myself, I suppose. The best I've ever gotten is a local chain who was willing to change the rear brake pads for me (I know how to do it myself, but I'm superbly short on time). The sixth shop was willing to redo the rear spokes for me, but I would need to get the bike there. Which I can't do, because it's my primary and only mode of transportation. Can't imagine that Lyfts would take kindly to a stranger wanting to mount a bike rack on their car. If you got a more common (overpriced) bike from these shops like a Cannondale, I'm sure that you'd have a better time. At the moment though, I really wish I knew how much hands-on learning I'd be coerced into.
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Comment on What are the oldest games you still regularly play? in ~games
hereweare LinkBy far and large, the touhou series- specifically the earliest windows games, Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Perfect Cherry Blossom, and Imperishable Night. Compared to the newer games, and by newer...By far and large, the touhou series- specifically the earliest windows games, Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Perfect Cherry Blossom, and Imperishable Night. Compared to the newer games, and by newer I mean post 2006, they are technical messes, especially ESOD. Despite that, their aesthetic and simplicity is unmatched by any other game series as far as I know. I’m not even good at bullet hell, but I still managed to pull off a one credit continue in all 3 classic games, they were that enthralling. The series is also chiefly responsible for getting me into music, I wouldn’t have dreamt of playing piano if it weren’t for Necro-Fantasy/Necrofantasia. For such fugly, broken little games they are relentlessly charming and fun, and living proof that a game can be ugly as sin and still wildly inspiring to the imagination. If there were ever to be remastering of these games I’d recommend them in a heartbeat, but the amount of patching they need just to be somewhat playable means there’s a 30 meter high barrier to entry for anyone interested. Not to mention there was no legal way to get a copy unless you bought a CD from Zun himself, up until about 2018. The old games are still locked away in dusty cds all over the world, it feels like such a tragedy.
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Comment on Logic in ~humanities
hereweare LinkI remember going over this kind of thing back in Ethics 101 - but seeing it done on much larger argument (with Thorn's usual delightful theatrics) was immensely helpful in figuring out, "ah, so...I remember going over this kind of thing back in Ethics 101 - but seeing it done on much larger argument (with Thorn's usual delightful theatrics) was immensely helpful in figuring out, "ah, so that's how we could actually use this". I do wish that he makes an extension to this, where speaks more about how the rhetoric can make or break an already logically sound argument. Something in the vain of his explanation of Steve Bannon's propaganda techniques, but less specific to one person's techniques, and more how such devices work in conjunction with/work against the logic.
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Comment on Realistic-looking people? in ~movies
hereweare LinkThe Shining comes to mind. I recall hearing once that Kubrick made a deliberate choice not to pick overly attractive actors to make the characters feel like normal people, to imply that the...The Shining comes to mind. I recall hearing once that Kubrick made a deliberate choice not to pick overly attractive actors to make the characters feel like normal people, to imply that the Overlook could corrupt anyone.
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