Their software not only has a preference for left turns, it seems to calculate that saving 1000 feet by directing you to a left onto a busy major road without benefit of a traffic light is quicker than driving those extra feet to an intersection with a traffic light, where you may wait for the light, but at least you're assured of getting in a left turn some time today.
Obviously, but your salary is categorically not allowed to be covered by NDA
Citation needed.
Because mine has been on several occasions.
Where are you that an NDA covers your salary? In the USA, where many folks involve a third party in preparing tax documents, not sharing your salary is impossible.
The key is to getting a good salary is to know what your work is worth, what people are paying for your skills.
This is Hard to find out. Also, to persuade people in a negotiation you need to be able to get some kind of source to be able to prove your claims.
It also varies between local markets, and near as I can tell, there aren't even companies I can buy this information from....
I agree early in a career this information can be hard to find. But by mid-career (5 to 10 years in), in addition to the resources mentioned in other responses, you should know the market for your industry and profession. If everything else fails, at the very least you have been discussing pay with your peers, right? RIGHT?
McDonalds knows what Burger King charges for a hamburger. (Heck, they also know what they pay their employees.) You should know what the guy or gal in the next office or cube is charging for their hamburgers. As for difference between markets, that's why you're comparing notes with the folks around you. The idea that employees shouldn't share salary is a myth started by EMPLOYERS who don;t want you to have that information.
As for sources or proof...I'm the source. "I'll accept this position for the benefits as outlined and salary of $Z per year." The proof is if they offer less than $Z, I don't take the job.
The lesson is to answer the _real_ question. When a hiring manager, or especially an independent recruiter, asks about your current salary or salary history, what they really want to know is, what are you looking for in _this_ position. And that's how I've always answered.
My most recent job search was coming from a employer known to pay below-market. But rather than complicate things with a response like, "I'm getting $X now but in my next position I'd like $Y," I'd just say "I'm looking for $Y."
But that also presumes I've properly assessed my position and am actually worth $Y on the market.
My local theater has been innovating in recent years, contrary to Hastings' claims. Some of the changes have been good, such as the ease in buying tickets before arriving at the theater and ability to pick out assigned seats when purchasing tickets.
But most of the "innovations" are horrible. I don't mind (and would often partake) in food and drink at the theater. But unfortunately it comes paired with in-seat delivery during the movie. Waitstaff walking around the theater is a great way to ruin a movie. Always-on lighting ensure people can read menus, but they also completely defeat the purpose of having a dark room to show the movie. Why even bother turning the house lights down, if there's going to be a light on at every seat?
In case I've managed to get any enjoyment out of the theater experience up to that point, staff circulate to drop off the check about 10 minutes before final credits. AKA, during the climatic scene of most movies.
I'd be more likely to go to the theater more often if there hadn't been these innovations in recent years. As is it, I went out to see Cap'n America, and I'll likely get out for Dr Strange, and that will make this year an exception. Most recent years I go the movies once, if it at all.
People complained about the bulk and weight of having a removable cover and another layer of hard plastic around the battery.
No, they didn't. I've never heard one actual person using a cell phone in the real world make that complaint. It's strictly an issue for the gadget review press. And besides, what are you talking about? Extra plastic? A non-removable battery is still covered by the phone case. There's no extra layer of hard plastic, just the small tabs or whatever mechanism keeps the cover attached.
Not too long ago, people would replace their phone every 18 months.
Again, who are these people? I've never met them. When phones were tied to mobile plan subsidies, most (all?) were tied to 2-year plans. I've never heard of subsidized replacements on a regular 18-month schedule. The hardcore gadget folks paying full price would upgrade more on 12-month rotations. If you've waited 18 months, you might as well wait 6 more and get it subsidized when you renew your contract.
So how about this...get off the thinner, less features treadmill that seems to impress the reviewers, but is being requested by no actual real person who uses a phone as a tool and not a profession. Instead of shaving off every last mm, just give us a bigger battery.
This is important, a battery that's usually kept at a charge between 20% and 80% of its capacity is much healthier -- it's going to the extremes that wears it out at a faster rate. This is important, a battery that's usually kept at a charge between 20% and 80% of its capacity is much healthier - it's going to the extremes that wears it out at a faster rate.
Okay, Jimmy Two-times. Just give us a bigger battery or the ability to easily replace the battery.
You're not just dating yourself but also revealing your fading memory.
Early-mid 1990s is not LONG before the rise of USENET. It's after the rise of USENET. It's the beginning of the eternal September, the peak and start of the downfall of USENET.
Policies that require frequent password changes lead me to: - pick easy to remember (and therefor easy to guess) passwords - restrict the character space I use in passwords, e.g. when special characters are required I pick from only 2 special chars. - Reuse passwords. I have about 20 different password-protected accounts for work, all are changed every 90 days, except the one system where the requirement is 60 days. That's over 80 passwords per year. As a result I use 1 password internal systems and 1 for external, so at any time there are only 2 passwords I need to remember. - Write down passwords. Sometimes it seems as if just as I'm getting to the point where a password is really ingrained, where I can get it on the first try even before caffeine, it's time to replace it with a new password. So you better believe I write them down.
Frequently changing passwords exclude adherence to most other security good practices.
There may be treatments which could be saving people that are on the bench awaiting FDA approval. There are also many treatments which would harm more than they help which are being properly restricted by that same approval process.
Last time I looked at it, it was a pita to use. IFTTT watches my Dropbox for images to appear in a particular folder (the auto-storage for my desktop business card scanner), picks them up, transfers them to a specific notebook in my Evernote account, then deletes the image in the original location. Took all of 2 minutes to set up. I can't say that for anything I've ever tried to get Tasker to do on my Phone.
I don't get it. So your scanner is set to place documents in place A. This utility moves them from A to B. Why not just set the scanner to place the documents in place B?
I read the summary and the wikipedia entry on this thing, and still can't figure out why'd I'd use it. Weather alerts? My weather app does that. Alerts for blogs I follow? Congrats, you've invented the RSS feed. Send an email when I use this twitter hashtag? If I want to send an email, why don't I just send an email instead of using twitter?
Seems like a toy to make some rube goldberg-type data flows--a tweet with this hashtag triggers a facebook post which triggers this upload to dropbox which triggers this picture being posted to instragram... Weee! Well, that burned 5 minutes.
Just dig a hole in the back yard and place the USB key or whatever in a water tight container and fill it in.
So basically the same as I've done with half my life savings. Should I take half my data to the track and put it on the dog that does his business just before the race as well?
That's way too complicated and takes up way too much space.
I've simply encoded my data as a series of numerical digits. I then put a decimal to the left of the resulting number, creating a fraction. I then made a mark on a tungsten rod such that the ratio of lengths on either side of the mark is equal to the fraction.
As a recovery strategy I just need to measure the two segments to sufficient precision to recreate the original number. Easy peasy.
As a bonus I can store any amount of data, and my backups just take up the volume of the one rod.
Guess I should volunteer for a mission to Mars. My circadian rhythms seem to run close to 25 hours. I usually have trouble falling asleep before an hour after I fell asleep the previous night.
Yes, this a bit of a pain when having a job that doesn't allow me to start work an hour later each day.
Stability Control is a superset of Traction Control. You can have Traction Control without Stability Control
Those two statements contradict each other. Do you mean SC is a subset of TC? If SC is a superset of TC, then you can have SC without TC, but not TC without SC.
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Their software not only has a preference for left turns, it seems to calculate that saving 1000 feet by directing you to a left onto a busy major road without benefit of a traffic light is quicker than driving those extra feet to an intersection with a traffic light, where you may wait for the light, but at least you're assured of getting in a left turn some time today.
Obviously, but your salary is categorically not allowed to be covered by NDA
Citation needed.
Because mine has been on several occasions.
Where are you that an NDA covers your salary? In the USA, where many folks involve a third party in preparing tax documents, not sharing your salary is impossible.
The key is to getting a good salary is to know what your work is worth, what people are paying for your skills.
This is Hard to find out. Also, to persuade people in a negotiation you need to be able to get some kind of source to be able to prove your claims.
It also varies between local markets, and near as I can tell, there aren't even companies I can buy this information from....
I agree early in a career this information can be hard to find. But by mid-career (5 to 10 years in), in addition to the resources mentioned in other responses, you should know the market for your industry and profession. If everything else fails, at the very least you have been discussing pay with your peers, right? RIGHT?
McDonalds knows what Burger King charges for a hamburger. (Heck, they also know what they pay their employees.) You should know what the guy or gal in the next office or cube is charging for their hamburgers. As for difference between markets, that's why you're comparing notes with the folks around you. The idea that employees shouldn't share salary is a myth started by EMPLOYERS who don;t want you to have that information.
As for sources or proof...I'm the source. "I'll accept this position for the benefits as outlined and salary of $Z per year." The proof is if they offer less than $Z, I don't take the job.
The lesson is to answer the _real_ question. When a hiring manager, or especially an independent recruiter, asks about your current salary or salary history, what they really want to know is, what are you looking for in _this_ position. And that's how I've always answered.
My most recent job search was coming from a employer known to pay below-market. But rather than complicate things with a response like, "I'm getting $X now but in my next position I'd like $Y," I'd just say "I'm looking for $Y."
But that also presumes I've properly assessed my position and am actually worth $Y on the market.
My local theater has been innovating in recent years, contrary to Hastings' claims. Some of the changes have been good, such as the ease in buying tickets before arriving at the theater and ability to pick out assigned seats when purchasing tickets.
But most of the "innovations" are horrible. I don't mind (and would often partake) in food and drink at the theater. But unfortunately it comes paired with in-seat delivery during the movie. Waitstaff walking around the theater is a great way to ruin a movie. Always-on lighting ensure people can read menus, but they also completely defeat the purpose of having a dark room to show the movie. Why even bother turning the house lights down, if there's going to be a light on at every seat?
In case I've managed to get any enjoyment out of the theater experience up to that point, staff circulate to drop off the check about 10 minutes before final credits. AKA, during the climatic scene of most movies.
I'd be more likely to go to the theater more often if there hadn't been these innovations in recent years. As is it, I went out to see Cap'n America, and I'll likely get out for Dr Strange, and that will make this year an exception. Most recent years I go the movies once, if it at all.
People complained about the bulk and weight of having a removable cover and another layer of hard plastic around the battery.
No, they didn't. I've never heard one actual person using a cell phone in the real world make that complaint. It's strictly an issue for the gadget review press. And besides, what are you talking about? Extra plastic? A non-removable battery is still covered by the phone case. There's no extra layer of hard plastic, just the small tabs or whatever mechanism keeps the cover attached.
Not too long ago, people would replace their phone every 18 months.
Again, who are these people? I've never met them. When phones were tied to mobile plan subsidies, most (all?) were tied to 2-year plans. I've never heard of subsidized replacements on a regular 18-month schedule. The hardcore gadget folks paying full price would upgrade more on 12-month rotations. If you've waited 18 months, you might as well wait 6 more and get it subsidized when you renew your contract.
So how about this...get off the thinner, less features treadmill that seems to impress the reviewers, but is being requested by no actual real person who uses a phone as a tool and not a profession. Instead of shaving off every last mm, just give us a bigger battery.
This is important, a battery that's usually kept at a charge between 20% and 80% of its capacity is much healthier -- it's going to the extremes that wears it out at a faster rate. This is important, a battery that's usually kept at a charge between 20% and 80% of its capacity is much healthier - it's going to the extremes that wears it out at a faster rate.
Okay, Jimmy Two-times. Just give us a bigger battery or the ability to easily replace the battery.
You're not just dating yourself but also revealing your fading memory.
Early-mid 1990s is not LONG before the rise of USENET. It's after the rise of USENET. It's the beginning of the eternal September, the peak and start of the downfall of USENET.
Truly in this case the cure is worse than the disease.
Policies that require frequent password changes lead me to:
- pick easy to remember (and therefor easy to guess) passwords
- restrict the character space I use in passwords, e.g. when special characters are required I pick from only 2 special chars.
- Reuse passwords. I have about 20 different password-protected accounts for work, all are changed every 90 days, except the one system where the requirement is 60 days. That's over 80 passwords per year. As a result I use 1 password internal systems and 1 for external, so at any time there are only 2 passwords I need to remember.
- Write down passwords. Sometimes it seems as if just as I'm getting to the point where a password is really ingrained, where I can get it on the first try even before caffeine, it's time to replace it with a new password. So you better believe I write them down.
Frequently changing passwords exclude adherence to most other security good practices.
Same here. And the first programming I did on my own computer, a CoCo, was with Logo.
When we talk of 'standing on the shoulders of giants,' he was one of the giants.
I support the sites I visit through memberships and services like Patreon. I buy CDs and BluRays for the artists I like. (Yes, I'm the one.)
But I have web ads blocked every which way. Can't trust the ad networks.
Most of _everything_ is outside Silicon Valley.
Is this news to anyone?
"[I]t has become increasingly hard to tell whether a news article you saw on your Facebook is credible or not"
Easy. Don't get your news from Facebook.
IRQ, DMA, address ranges. I'd like to see the author trying to install a modem and two sound cards into an old 286-era computer.
You didn't even mention dip switches and jumpers. Seesh.
Someone complaining about the difficulty assembling a PC today is like someone complaining about making cookies from a roll of pillsbury cookie dough.
Seriously. The author is "building" a PC the same way I "build" a pair of shoes because I have to lace them up myself.
(For the author: "laces" are things used to "tie" shoes for those of use who have progressed beyond velcro.)
That's not a catch-22. Not wanting to wait for or pay for the retail product is not a catch-22.
Citation needed.
There may be treatments which could be saving people that are on the bench awaiting FDA approval. There are also many treatments which would harm more than they help which are being properly restricted by that same approval process.
Identifying Ice Ice Baby as infringing the copyright on Queen's Under Pressure wouldn't be a false positive.
Tasker works without Android?
Last time I looked at it, it was a pita to use. IFTTT watches my Dropbox for images to appear in a particular folder (the auto-storage for my desktop business card scanner), picks them up, transfers them to a specific notebook in my Evernote account, then deletes the image in the original location. Took all of 2 minutes to set up. I can't say that for anything I've ever tried to get Tasker to do on my Phone.
I don't get it. So your scanner is set to place documents in place A. This utility moves them from A to B. Why not just set the scanner to place the documents in place B?
I read the summary and the wikipedia entry on this thing, and still can't figure out why'd I'd use it. Weather alerts? My weather app does that. Alerts for blogs I follow? Congrats, you've invented the RSS feed. Send an email when I use this twitter hashtag? If I want to send an email, why don't I just send an email instead of using twitter?
Seems like a toy to make some rube goldberg-type data flows--a tweet with this hashtag triggers a facebook post which triggers this upload to dropbox which triggers this picture being posted to instragram... Weee! Well, that burned 5 minutes.
This in addition to getting fleeced by Trump.
Why is the "internet of things" still a thing?
Is this for people who miss the good ole days of polio and small pox?
Just dig a hole in the back yard and place the USB key or whatever in a water tight container and fill it in.
So basically the same as I've done with half my life savings. Should I take half my data to the track and put it on the dog that does his business just before the race as well?
That's way too complicated and takes up way too much space.
I've simply encoded my data as a series of numerical digits. I then put a decimal to the left of the resulting number, creating a fraction. I then made a mark on a tungsten rod such that the ratio of lengths on either side of the mark is equal to the fraction.
As a recovery strategy I just need to measure the two segments to sufficient precision to recreate the original number. Easy peasy.
As a bonus I can store any amount of data, and my backups just take up the volume of the one rod.
Guess I should volunteer for a mission to Mars. My circadian rhythms seem to run close to 25 hours. I usually have trouble falling asleep before an hour after I fell asleep the previous night.
Yes, this a bit of a pain when having a job that doesn't allow me to start work an hour later each day.
Strangely enough, some people expect the fucking summary to both be fucking coherent, and actually fucking summarize the fucking article.
And those people are new around here.
Stability Control is a superset of Traction Control. You can have Traction Control without Stability Control
Those two statements contradict each other. Do you mean SC is a subset of TC? If SC is a superset of TC, then you can have SC without TC, but not TC without SC.