Same on my machine. I ended up not reading the article due to the the ads. Generally I'll deal with them to support the content creator, but these were too much for me to deal with.
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Very sound advice.
Somewhat a tangent. I used to play a lot of poker. One angle that would work frequently to get information from people is exactly this.
Say something like "Ah you had AJ", even though you don't believe that. Then you might get a response "No I had __" or they might even show you their hand.
It's all tide to the need to prove how smart we are as humans.
IMO this is the root cause. If our legislatures can't even login to said website then how could they possibly understand the depth of the power these companies wield? If there is a lack of understanding then there is no way a real solution can be derived from these hearings.
Just opinion so feel free to downvote to oblivion.
It's hard for me personally to rationalize their position as a 'crap job' (as I have had really crappy jobs in my life - see US Army). Maybe op's take is a little brash, however, there's some perspective to be drawn from the comment. Agree with your sentiment though.. If you don't like it do something about it.
"If it tastes good, spit it out!"
It's not an absolute rule obviously. Generally products masquerading as health food that taste "good" are loaded with sugar.
I've thought about this as well. I think there are "Prime Directive" type concerns with this approach though.
I think you're missing something.
My gut tells me that there's no financial incentive for the government to target them. I.E. telco lobbies
Seems like it would be more acceptable.
(sorry for the ads)
Just an observation. This statement might fail the "Grumpy Old Fart syndrome" test.
The kid's _probably_ not an idiot and it might be a good time to educate the lad with real life experience and references to data to support your experience.
It's funny. I see it (anecdotally) all the time. More engineers doesn't mean a better product.
In fact at my old shop, things (product, quality) really started declining once we 'rapidly' scaled the team. Communication and consistency really suffered from lack of solid processes among other things.
My experience in the military supports this argument. I have a few life long friends through this experience. Some of which I disliked initially.
Although, I do agree with the spirit of GP 's argument. You don't have to be in the office to be social and you get so much of your time back it's hard to justify the time cost if the value proposition is small talk.
I wish I had something more articulate to say; this truly boggles my mind how this would benefits the American people. It should benefit us as American's right?
This is the only long term winning strategy I've seen work in practice.
(Former Poker Dealer)
I think I miss-interpreted this statement. I took it as you saying you don't do them at all. Sorry!
> pushing back against the unsaid but extremely common belief that managers do these things for their own sake
Totally agree!
I would argue that they are not for only you (the manager) but for your team. Biases could trick you into a false sense of security here. Of course it all depends on the team and environment. My toolbox is not yet as robust. 1-1's are a vital part of keeping a pulse on my team and staying connected.
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The deal breaker ultimately was that I didn't receive all of my notifications which was a problem for work. But I would love to try it again if they solve that problem.
Edit: The hotkeys and the lightweight feel to it was also amazing BTW.
I have as well until recently. Living in SF that's probably a close to accurate statement. If you live in Concord or Martinez (which is still technically the Bay Area), you can do quite nicely. Although, you'll trade ~2 hours of your life in commuting on Bart. Not to mention the overall discomfort of the Bart commute itself (better than the drive however).
This has been my experience as well. I end up using the "Don't show images like this for this hashtag" feature but they always seem to come back.
I don't think this is a good excuse when dealing with public safety. We should, however, acknowledge all parties culpable.
"Over the past decade the company contributed around 245 times to political action committees which in turn made their own donations." [0]
The government is also to blame.
[0] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/23/us/pge-california-politic...
More coverage. [1] https://www.abc10.com/article/news/investigations/governor-n... (sorry for the ads)
[2] https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-aler...
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