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DerpyBaby123

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DerpyBaby123··on Microsoft changed how it interviews software developers
Why do you think so? I know many companies that pair for interviews, Thoughtworks, and Pivotal Labs for example
DerpyBaby123··on Cajuns Ask Minority Status [1988]
Should have [1988] in title
DerpyBaby123··on Google's Past Data Use Could Impede Its Health Care Push
Maybe a doctor should be able to come to an agreement with an individual, without injecting the watchful eye of other offices or governments.
DerpyBaby123··on Terraform Collaboration for Everyone
In modest, small team use, a remote state file on s3 served me well. Did you run into problems with it?
DerpyBaby123··on California just replaced cash bail with algorithms
Not OP, but they never claimed that what California is doing is unlawful because of GDPR. Their comment is still insightful because it shows an example of legislation that, if applied, could ensure more transparency and humanity to automated decision making.

The lack of such legislation becomes more glaring as more and more examples are demonstrated.

DerpyBaby123··on WireMock
For anyone interested, mountebank[1] is an also-good OSS alternative in the same space

[1]http://www.mbtest.org

DerpyBaby123··on EU to recommend that member states abolish daylight saving time
Indiana just fully switched over to using DST in 2006[1]

[1]https://www.timeanddate.com/time/us/indiana-time.html

DerpyBaby123··on Cost of a Join
Thanks!
DerpyBaby123··on America should borrow from Europe’s data-privacy law
There isn't much to gain for who? If regulations will help companies see that hoarding personal data is a liability they will do less of it, and US consumers will have less to lose in each new data breach by companies. That's a lot to gain for consumers!
DerpyBaby123··on Supply and Demand Does a Poor Job of Explaining Depressed Wages
I don't think you can assert that S&D is the only factor, certainly labor law has an effect on the bargaining positions
DerpyBaby123··on Products Over Projects
Well said!
DerpyBaby123··on Google used a tax loophole to shelter $19.2B
>it would have been illegal

[Citation needed]

DerpyBaby123··on Startups Seek Tech Solution to Net Neutrality Repeal
It seems more like breakng a window just to call fixing it 'inonvation' to me [1]

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window

DerpyBaby123··on Ask HN: What can we do to defend net-neutrality?
Your question is unproductive and does not help answer the question posed
DerpyBaby123··on Ask HN: What can we do to defend net-neutrality?
...they do?
DerpyBaby123··on Ask HN: What can we do to defend net-neutrality?
1.Internet providers are often artificial monopolies

2. The internet is a public good

DerpyBaby123··on UK plans age verification for porn websites from 2018
Sorry, please define what you see the problem as. Is there any evidence for this problem, for example in medical journals?
DerpyBaby123··on Don't Lower Your Expectations
That is rude and uncalled for.
DerpyBaby123··on ElectronConf postponed until a “more diverse slate of speakers” can be delivered
Source? I heard of one study like this but it was refuted for bad procedures
DerpyBaby123··on The FCC’s case against net neutrality rests on a misrepresentation
But the Obama administration was doing something very different, how are your imaginings here relevant?
DerpyBaby123··on Juicero May Be Feeling the Squeeze
I know you're being facetious, but the machine is actually slower than doing it by hand.
DerpyBaby123··on Why Agile Is Dead: Long Live the Code Review
> "So Agile is dead."

What? Just because the way the author is doing agile doesn't allow code reviews, it is not dead. If you want code reviews, you could even do them constantly: pair programming

DerpyBaby123··on Twitter refuses US order to disclose owner of anti-Trump account
Source for undermining? It says 'Not the views of DHS or USCIS' right at the top.
DerpyBaby123··on A Multibillion-Dollar U.S. Spy Agency Few Know Exists
That's a defeatist attitude. If you care about changing something, you must discuss it and take action against it.
DerpyBaby123··on Man jailed indefinitely for refusing to decrypt hard drives loses appeal
Isn't the man innocent until proven guilty?
DerpyBaby123··on How a French scholar was treated at US airport
Did you read the article? Lawyers and the immigration officials concluded otherwise. Your spreading of FUD here is not needed.
DerpyBaby123··on Republicans hope to overturn internet privacy rules
Many,most? people can only choose 1 or 2 ISPs for their home. It's a sad state of affairs
DerpyBaby123··on H.R.899 – To terminate the Department of Education
I think the GP means 'controls by individual states'
DerpyBaby123··on [dead]
Given how often violence is started by police officers, I wouldn't jump to this conclusion. False flag operations also occur, in order to being about exactly the sentiment you're expressing.
DerpyBaby123··on Vegetarian diets are not going to save the planet
The article should be titled something more like 'Local, Seasonal Diets Are Going To Save The Planet'. It's not much about vegetarianism, except to attack it for clickbait reasons.
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