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KungFuJohnny

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KungFuJohnny··on My daughter was a creative genius, and then we bought her an iPhone
Title is completely misleading.

The problem has nothing to do with an iPhone. It has 100% to do with bad parenting.

The author even acknowledges this, but I guess blaming the iPhone gets more clicks than "Poor parenting harms child".

KungFuJohnny··on Snowden: Tech Workers Are Complicit in How Their Companies Hurt Society
Honestly, the majority of people feel the same as you, they just won't admit it.
KungFuJohnny··on Ask HN: How do you answer “where do you see yourself in 5 years?”
That is a perfectly reasonable and honest answer.

It also is NOT what most of the companies want to hear. Giving that answer will close the door on a lot of job opportunities.

It is up to you to decide if you want to filter out those companies or not.

KungFuJohnny··on Ask HN: What's the biggest time waste on your workday?
Look for a new job.
KungFuJohnny··on James Damore and three others end Google suit
As the article shows, you can speak up and you can get fired for speaking up.
KungFuJohnny··on Ad blocking with Raspberry Pi and Pi-hole
If you have a decent router, then you can just forcibly redirect any DNS requests from 8.8.8.8 to your PiHole.
KungFuJohnny··on The software industry's greatest sin: hiring
Would you hire a doctor by insisting they perform surgery in front of you? Would you hire a lawyer by demanding they filling out legal paperwork in front of you?
KungFuJohnny··on Chelsea Manning ordered to be released [pdf]
It's not hard to discover their motives if you really want to know. We aren't trying to keep it a secret.

It's too bad I am 99.9% certain you just want to argue, so I won't waste my time.

KungFuJohnny··on The dystopian world of software engineering interviews
They lie to you. Why should you feel bad about lying to them?