noxxten's comments

I completely disagree. It isn't a complex issue and companies don't get to decide whether to "allow" politics or not. Politics are a part of EVERYTHING... Ignoring and trying to moderate that is just foolish.

I'm also profoundly deaf, using two BTE hearing aids as well and your comment is 100% what I'm frustrated with as well. My hearing aids are CONSTANTLY "adjusting" noisy environments for me - Usually exactly when I don't want them doing a damn thing. I'm very good friends with my audiologist, but it would take hours upon hours in her office, fiddling with all the various controls and options, to get things perfect. I want to be VERY clear too, it isn't a problem of have too many controls, that's actually an amazing benefit... The problem is that we can't reasonably expect audiologists to really spend the hours upon hours of time making minute tweaks and adjustments to capture that perfect hearing aid experience. It would just be SO much easier if after wearing them for months and I suddenly noticed my "noisy environment" adjustments were actually annoying, I could go in and make adjustments on my own.

It's also infuriating how sub-par the accessories market is. I have a compilot air 2 (bluetooth add-on) that lets my hearing aids connect to my phone, car, computer, etc. It's great, but at $300 I really expected it to work for more than a couple of hours... It also has to be clipped within 12 inches of BOTH hearing aids? My phone communicates through bluetooth across the house to my computer... Is there really no way around having to clip this dongle on the neck of my shirt? It doesn't bother me now, but damn. People in meetings and in public constantly think I'm recording them or something. Nevermind the disgusted look I've gotten at a urinal. It's just... Not ideal.

Who designed this? It's awful to use.

This. I was thrilled when Google announced Louisville would be getting service. Louisville is a relatively tiny city in comparison, and not long after the announcement both AT&T and Time Warner/Spectrum lowered prices AND raised speeds. AT&T dramatically increased their own fiber rollout too.

When I first started hearing about the micro/nano trenching issues... I was really shocked Google would be so careless and downright stupid. After being allowed to use the poles, they chose to trench? In a city that not only regularly floods, but has near-constant road construction? Never mind how little quality control they imposed on the contractors to trench the lines, half of them appear to have been laid on the ground and half-ass covered with some dirt. It's an absolute disgrace of civil engineering, particularly from such a large and engineering-centric company.

Also, just as an aside, now that Google has completely abandoned Louisville and we're left with Spectrum and AT&T in most areas... Both have raised prices, and it appears that AT&T is starting to slow it's fiber rollout in some areas.

I disagree in a way... If my cost of living and all other expenses don't change, and I just switch jobs and instantly got a 20% salary increase... Whether I'm making a $30k salary or a $200k salary, that's a lot of extra money to throw at savings, hobbies, retirement (retire earlier?), etc...

UWP was broadly criticized because of how it operated. Every notification I got from UWP was something along the lines of "In order to rename this file, _____ program needs access to LITERALLY EVERY FILE AND PERMISSION AVAILABLE ON YOUR COMPUTER AND/OR HOME NETWORK"

Maybe if these notifications were less vague, they wouldn't be hounded as annoying and useless... Just saying.

Go to a local Walmart/Target/Lowes etc. Hardware stores and even some supermarkets have them. If not, literally just post a photo on facebook asking friends for some or ask around at work. It's extremely common because you really can't kills it unless you actively try usually. I water mine once a month usually and it's happy. The only thing I would say is if you get a cutting, try to multiply it as fast as possible so you can experiment with which windows/light will help it grow the best.

Try describing the process, that's usually what I look for at least when I'm looking at products/services/apps (I'm a designer). Briefly walk through how you can create a folder, throw files in, forward a domain/port, and then it's public. The best product pages I've seen offer a short brief like your current site does, but then also offers the very detailed technical bits behind a "read more" button or accordion. Best of both worlds that way I think.

It's exactly this mindset that creates such a huge plastic problem. You aren't wrong, and you shouldn't feel guilty either. People in charge of deciding packaging should be taking their end customer's ideas and habits in mind. Why are all my vegetables and fresh foods packaged on styrofoam trays, wrapped in plastic, and packed home in a plastic bag? At least the plastic bag can be reused, but the rest has zero hope of being reusable. It's also a huge problem to recycle plastics that have food waste on them.

All in all, plastics are really not needed in most of the things we buy.

I think what he's getting at is more along the lines of people losing weight and being healthier on any form of diet because before going on any diet, some people are drinking soda by the gallon and eating whatever the body wants, when it wants. Doing that means that for most people, they're consuming far more than 2k calories a day, most from "craving" sources like fat, sugar, and/or other emotionally rewarding food groups.

Going on any sort of diet sort of controls all that, and makes the person more vigilant of what's going into their body. So going from consuming wildly more than 2k calories a day, they might be consuming something closer to what their body actually needs, or less even. Metabolism catches up, and if the person is dieting, then they usually tack on some extra exercise too and that further helps their overall health etc.

I think what gets a lot of people too, in addition to this math, is that they think "Oh, 6 pints or less per week is safe? I'll have them all on Saturday then."

There really need to be a very clear outline on how much is safe to drink, by day, by week, by alcohol content per volume, etc. Just throw a explicitly detailed chart out there.

It's unfortunate that so many recruiters have this mindset. Instead of judging based on the time spent at places, ask why they're bored and what they would enjoy working on. If that lines up with your opening, then great. If not, then move on. See if they have and side projects or even work examples that they're passionate about... But by all means, don't judge based on something that is often times out of their control entirely.

I've been working in front-end development for the last decade, half of that freelance. I took my first full-time job in 2014. It was a contract-to-hire setup with an agency in DC. After working on contract for 4 months, they gave me an offer of $30k... For Washington DC. Needless to say, I politely declined, but that meant moving back to my home state in KY where tech jobs aren't a dime a dozen. After a 3 month gap, I landed a job with an agency that specialized in building and maintaining hospital and healthcare network websites. I was required to move to a nearby city for it, in Louisville KY. - The job lasted barely 6 months before the company closed the satellite office. I was told I could move across the country, or I would be let go. Because of my work history, I couldn't draw unemployment and my savings were pretty slim after the past year of running around all over the place. I took the first job I could land, at an autodesk reseller company. Three months after starting, there was a reorganization with my direct manager getting the boot, and someone with a "fine arts degree" replacing her... My new manager had no experience managing teams, no web experience at all, and she was running the entire marketing department. Needless to say, after a total of a year there the entire marketing department (5 people at that point), was shuttered. The CEO/HR tried to squirm out of it by firing everyone for "lack of performance", but thankfully most of us had proof that our jobs far exceeded the descriptions we signed up for and expectations were absolutely unreachable. I drew unemployment for the FULL 6 months following that, casually and carefully looking for my next job. I landed a role as a front-end designer at an elearning company and as of now I've been here a little over a year. That said, 6 months ago we went through a reorganization and more than a dozen of the staff were let go (out of 100 or so).

Moral of the story is, sometimes saying "I'm looking for exciting new projects and to learn new things!" sounds a hell of a lot better on a resume when compared to "my last company reorganized and no longer needed me, the one before that shuttered their marketing department, the one before that closed their local office entirely, and the one before that couldn't afford to offer a living wage in one of the most densely populated US cities..."

The "benefit" portion of that statement is that the employers typically take on a portion of that cost so it's reduced for the employee. Have you ever filed taxes as a freelancer? You nearly pay double because you're both the employer AND employee in that situation... The same goes for other benefits as well like healthcare - There are no group discounts when you're the only one getting coverage.

Rental cars are hit or miss. You either end up with the one that didn't get much use outside the average business trip... Or the car that was abused. My last car was an ex-rental car, and it deteriorated very quickly after I signed the loan for it. Be careful.

On your second point, I'm assuming those savings should be invested, correct? Enough to earn at minimum a 4% ROI?

How would one even go back and delete as much of their information as possible from services like Google, Facebook, etc?

It's a scary future to imagine, and I think a big reason many people are apathetic about it is due to the complexity in deleting their data and fixing the problem. It's just easier to continue on...

Mostly. Employers could also become afraid you'll walk away from them too.

Note that those are the best day/time they've found to post. Everyone's audiences are different, even within the same industry. Start with the average and tweak it to be optimized with your specific use case.

It's a great process to have too. Hire personalities that fit and work well with teams, and train them to be the ideal candidate instead.

Exactly this. I was just in the situation to look for a new apartment, and one big reason I chose my current place is because it had a "virtual tour" that allowed walking around in 3D. If that were in VR, even better.