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Cake day: August 3rd, 2023

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  • I think HR is just ill equipped for technical interviews, but they try to conduct them regardless.

    Was denied a position because HR felt my experience “lacked depth” which I still can’t understand 3 years later.

    Did the same role at a larger company. Had more responsibility than they were giving me. Developed my own tools for job automation. Grew their business from nothing to half a mil a month. Experienced all stages of growth and realized massive success.

    After that interview I kept getting technical interviews and getting passed on because I was too senior for the position









  • I don’t agree. The publisher of the material does not get to dictate what it is used for. What are we protecting at the end of the day and why?

    In the case of a textbook, someone worked hard to explain certain materials in a certain way to make the material easily digestible. They produced examples to explain concepts. Reproducing and disseminating that material would be unfair to the author who worked hard to produce it.

    But the author does not have jurisdiction over the knowledge gained. They cannot tell the reader that they are forbidden from using the knowledge gained to tutor another person in calculus. That would be absurd.

    IP law protects the works of the creator. The author of a calculus textbook did not invent calculus. As such, copyright law does not apply.





  • I need to fly from NJ to California in a few months. Economy tickets are around $275. I’d like a bit of extra legroom for the long flight, so I check out Economy plus. Economy plus tickets are $800. What in the actual fuck is this? It’s not first class. I get no added benefits other than a few inches of extra leg room.






  • I had a car with push button start and a CVT. After putting the first 50 miles on the car, the brake light switch died. Nissan, in their ultimate wisdom, used the brake light switch to tell the computer if you are pressing the brake when starting the car. Well, no brake light switch, no starting the engine. Had to get it towed back to the dealership to get fixed.

    I now have a real key and a manual transmission.