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Is this a real issue though? If I comply to regulations to remove data as required by law, I'd be surprised if a government body could require me to provide data I am supposed to have deleted.

You actually claim that women selling sex through trafficking channels are doing so out of free will?

Did you read the article? It states that the women selling sex in this case are victims of trafficking.

There's not much to discuss regarding morals in this article, but I really can't stand justifications or "explanations" such as this:

...overwhelmingly male and requiring long, lonely hours on computers, has more avid consumers of prostitution than many other fields.

Mens' urges are not out of control. We are not werewolves that transform into savage beasts and get to justify buying other human beings just because we feel lonely and need physical contact.

Why would deduction of points lead to understanding?

Many seem to claim that using these methods are manipulative. One could also argue that knowing these methods put those that lack inherited social skills, or find it scary to interact with others, on equal footing with those that use these techniques naturally. Look to someone you think is killing it in all social circumstances without effort. These people will smile (with both the eyes and mouth), show interest in others and mirror the physical behavior of their talking partner. Most of these people aren't trying to manipulate. It comes naturally. You could improve yourself to just become a natural by realizing these signs.

A decent consultant would never leave from one day to the other. If the employer/customer is doing their part, a consultant is reliable. The money's better, the reputation is what earns them more gigs. Also, there's not anything inherently bad with letting them go with zero notice, since that's what you pay for.

"One explanation is that dissatisfied customers are substantially less likely to give feedback"

This is given as a truth in the article but the opposite seem to be the truth for the app stores. From a pool of around 300k app users using our apps, organic reviews are much more likely to be negative. The explanation to this is believed (at our company) that unhappy users want to retaliate where the majority of users, the satisfied ones, doesn't have the energy or incentive to leave a review. The way we develop apps nowadays always include a prompt to rate after $conditionOnlyActiveUsersMatch is met. This skews our reviews to the positive side, leaving us with 4.5+ ratings. If we didn't artificially "game" the stores by asking happy users for reviews, we would be at one star because of the organic reviews being from 0.001% angry users.

This is not the image I have of SP. Okay with cheap laughs, but I believe they (mostly) punch up.

I really don't understand the mentality that you should act as your opponent is a decent person while at the same time claim that they're spreading lies. If someone would act like this against me, I would try to crush them in court. I'd never act as I like them. Is this an American cultural thing? Or maybe a crowdfunding thing?

If Woodshed are to be believed, D-Cal has basically tried to crush their reputation. They did the right thing not responding to tweets.

I don't know about how bigger firms feel about it, but I'd probably not regard it as a positive. Only show me code you think I'd accept at my work place.

For juniors it could be a positive signal though, if you're the kind of person that always looking to learn new things. Depends on the situation if you should show it or not: who are you trying to come across as?

If you have the resume, don't show it. Otherwise, do show it and let me know what parts you like and why some other parts are WIP (comments are great here).

Another thing to take in consideration is your own criticism. You might be really critical of the project since you're an exceptional programmer, and great programmers tend to move forward quickly and look back at their own old code with distaste. :)

A trick to get into a race (not based on empirical evidence, just my own experience) is to start counting in your head and turn off everything else. I counted 1-2-3 after I almost tripped in the beginning of a half marathon. Instead of focusing on beating myself up for almost tripping I just continued to count. Broke almost all my PB. Keeps you from thinking about messing up.

So many commenters are missing the point or actively trying to misread the article. The point is that when you're young you're going to do things that seem correct and thought through at the time, but might not be when you've aged. For those of us that were able to make these mistakes before social media, we got the time to reflect and correct / adapt out behavior. We now strip the young of this moment of reflection when the web can explode over night over non-issues, effectively creating a situation where a simple Google on a twenty year old might bring up a wall of discussion about the bad behavior. I'm in my mid thirties and am not as angry with social issues as I were in my teens. The things I did and the things that shaped me were discussed and corrected by a small group of people, not an angry mob on the internet that didn't really know me. I'm grateful for that.

Pretty much all of my time. We're a small shop. I network like crazy, both paid and free networks. If you have to choose, always go with paid. I also setup lunches with potential partners, clients and people who know people. About 3-5 lunches a week. It has a compounding effect and people will start referring others your way after a while.

My company's website is solid and it's purpose is to confirm that what I tell people is real. My online profile is also thought through.

Trying out new technologies isn't relevant, that's improving your skills as a SE. The others in my shop get to do this on a more regular basis since they hardly have to do any sales / networking.

So it's a REST API with a webapp I can whitelabel? Why would I pay for this - what is the problem it solves?

If it's anywhere near as brilliant in implementation as Stripe is I really want to know, since it will probably make my life easier.

I often find "Uber for X" or "Stripe for Y" confusing. If Stripe were doing Y they wouldn't be Stripe now, would they?

Isn't this actually the same thing, but from a grown-up perspective and from a child perspetive? If I say I want to work less, I would imply that I would be less stressed.

I second this. As an adult with kids, I rarely make new friends that are more than acquaintances. However, running with groups have given me more than 10 friends the last two years. These are people I've socialized with while running mile after mile. Running puts you in a mood quite like being moderately drunk.

It's also a great way to meet people who couldn't care less about what you do for a living. That's a win for me.

This is really out of touch with the majority of friends and family where I come from. Sound advice if you're from privilege I guess. (Not meant to be rude)

Op states that it's ridiculously expensive. Others respond that it's not a problem since you can always shack up with friends or strangers and use different food deliveries to save money.

The whole response thread of this question reads as satire.

That this post is flagged is a shame. It's a shame that speaking about sexism is still being treated as a political stance by many.

Asking as someone not living in the US. Are mushrooms common and generally seen as ok for consumption in California?

I had to get a new MBP really quick, and didn't know about the USB-C. I couldn't even use it for work since none of the monitors (one Thunderbolt, one would HDMI) would plug in, my iPhone used for dev didn't fit and and my USB-keyboard was a mismatch. Such a poor implementation.

Why is this being downvoted? It seems that he identify as an introvert and gives his side to the story?

The checks and balances are constructed from ideas about ethics. You can not have one without the other.

Sendgrid is solid.

I don't disagree. Just saying that you seem to mix what's created by the Swedish unions to protect the workers, with the corporate decision to move production where it's easier to exploit workers. So not the same people. The union has no saying in this and would most certainly condemn treating workers as disposable assets.

I agree with the sentiment - but it's not the workers nor the union that's responsible for those shitty conditions. Also, when companies in Sweden hire workers from other countries at lower pay, the unions will protest. And try to raise the newly hired non-Swede's wage to the Swedish standard.

As a side note; what does a service such as Deliveroo, Uber Food, Foodora, Wolt etc charge the restaurant per delivery?

Comparing it with laziness is not far away from saying poor people are lazy. Laziness has nothing to do with it.

More often than not, such claims are often connected with not seeing hidden privilege as a competitive advantage. Of all of my successful friends, only one come from a socioeconomic environment that isn't middle class or above.

The ability to climb on the socioeconomic ladder is much harder for those without means and connections - these means and connections are almost always directly correlated to your family.

As a personal anecdote, all of my kids friends have parents which are able to support them financially and are able to work 40-hour weeks. They are all academics and their kids get the benefit from having the language and mindset of academics from an early age.

At the same time, my cousin is a couple of steps down on the same ladder. Her kids friends parents are working part time, often several jobs, and still have a hard time making ends meet.

My kids are according to studies (on phone so won't be able to reference - an easy Google away) more likely to achieve economic success, go to college and have a better chance ending up one step up on the ladder. Her kids are more likely to end up in crime, less likely to go to college, more likely to stay in the same socioeconomic class.

I'm pretty sure my work gives me more slack and ability to be able to be lazy than the part time factory worker. "Free money" would probably create more equality and a better chance for all kids. Your statement is shortsighted.