I did an edit for tone of a question where it was already rated -5 in under 10 minutes. Just by changing the tone, it shot up to over 40. I did not change the substance of the question.
@RichardU Well, I have seen alot of answers where just the tone regardless of substance could change wether the answer is good or not
I even had one of mine deleted because People couldnt handle me giving a harsh but truthful tone on a question. Where even the OP commented: "He is absolutely right though".
@bilbo_pingouin Thats why I dislike the rep Display. Sure it has its merits, but alot of People go he has 500rep he should know better. T_T
@bilbo_pingouin I think that can cut both ways though. I've noticed that some of us have minor hate-doms (as opposed to fandoms), especially if we have strong opinions.
@RichardU possibly. But when high number of votes are implied, it's more likely that people not knowing how strong of an opinion you might have are attracted to the shiny gold badges...
Politics also affect votes in workplace. For example, I can guarantee that any answer I give to a question on "diversity" will get hit hard with down votes that have anything to do with the quality of my answer, but with the fact that I bring up unpopular points. I accept that as fact and don't really care about the people petty enough to vote based on politics
And let's say for the sake of the argument, that some user (we were discussing Richard before, but it could be anyone). To have an argument, they'd have to meet here. So about what 20 users might "know" that particular user? Out of which, for a dividing case, 10 might be less than impressed.
And if we keep your 90% thing from before, that'd make a single person downvoting based on the author name only.
On a post with 40+ upvotes, that won't make any significant change
@RaoulMensink yeah that would be the one... which is often plain stupid, as that pattern is often picked up on, and would be rewarded with a free ticket to ban-world.
that was a digression to RichardU comments that having a fancy name as an editor might go both ways... I was asserting that the positive largely outweight the negative (statistically)
but of course, you're right, we're talking internet points... not particularly life threatening
Is it naive to hope to get a job in IT/computer science in a foreign country where English is used as a fresh graduate? I have work experience in the field from summers and from part time during semesters and have done two exchange semesters during my studies. Also, my studies in my home country has been in english the last 3 years.
@Kaz Yes, I realise there must be a hight rate of english speakers where I'm applying. I think what I'm wondering is if there is a red flag to hire none local people because of extra adminstation work, visa, etc!
@NiclasJonsson I would think that you'd want to apply where English is a first language, as opposed to just there being a lot of people that speak English. People won't be inclined to speak English just for you.
I personally wouldn't apply for work in Montreal for the simple reason that as an English-only speaker I'd be hampered. Sure, most in my experience are bilingual there, but it would make me stand out in a not-so-positive way.
True, but for example what would you advice someone around the Age of 25 who hasnt learned the language yet, but is working in lets say Italy and has expressed that he has Problems communicating with his co-workers in between work.
@RaoulMensink I'd tell them to listen to local radio and TV, and attempt to socialize as much as possible, avoid their native language and when having difficulty, ask someone who knows the native language to tell you how to say something, as opposed to relying on them as a translator. That's how my family learned English.
Ditto for my French when moving, immersion really helps a long way. Lessons only give so much, but until you have to use it day in and day out, it's not always easy to keep the practice up
I have not been in contact after the internship, i.e. 4 months. I did not keep in touch, as I am kind of private person. But asking now, I don’t want to look selfish.. Also, if I do ask, whom should I approach ? There are 3 options
My direct mentor - I had maximum interaction with him, Mid-leve...
isn't there a meta question about that? It seems that I remember a discussion about the quality of answers being irrelevant to whether an question qualifies as a duplicate.
I actually agree about answers. I think they should be considered when marking a dupe. Otherwise there's no practical way for them to get an answer to a question. Most people can't offer bounties because they're new.
Me too. Some good questions just don't get attention, then a dupe (or near dupe) comes along and starts taking off, only to be marked a dupe while getting better answers than the post that it is supposedly a dupe of
I need to let go an employee who reports directly to me. I had brought this up to them recently, and they got defensive and threatened to sue for racial discrimination, while we are both African Americans, my manager is white, and this employee blames my manager such that they are threatening to...
@bilbo_pingouin there aren't enough die-hard racists with strong enough convictions to move the needle either way. Eugenicists, though, that's a different matter.
My own politics confound people. Republicans think I'm a Democrat and Democrats think I'm a Republican. I suppose that's what happens when you are not an ideologue.
The manager probably should have kept their political convictions out of the office in the first place. That's just a good rule of thumb to avoid friction.
Making any sort of assumption about voter numbers like that would be pretty useless. We have polls to get at least some idea beforehand, but only the election day totals will matter in the end.
There are many, many people who would simply never vote for Clinton, even if it meant voting for someone they knew nothing about.
And, to summarise my own views on the topic: They're both unpalatable choices, but I think Trump has a better chance of better long term outcomes (with, admittedly, a better chance of worse long term outcomes as well).
But the point I'm trying to make is that assuming anything about a group as diverse as 50 Million people is not a particularly useful frame of reference.
re: earlier conversation about votes. I'm inclined to agree that the larger the exchange, the more of a popularity contest voting becomes. Even outside of the poster, once an answer picks up momentum it becomes a vote magnet and other answers further down the page get buried.
@Kaz to the rest of the world, Trump is much more terrifying than Clinton. Clinton comes across as general politician (corrupt, self-centred etc) whereas Trump is an empowered buffoon with an active racist streak a mile wide
@RoryAlsop Funny, I actually have the complete opposite impression. I think he knows exactly what he's doing, and is simply saying and doing whatever he thinks will win him the election.
When's the last time one died [of natural causes] in office? Harrison?
derp, Kennedy
Apparently: Warren Harding (1921-23). I guess healthcare has gotten a lot better since then as well. I doubt that Clinton's health is a big concern, just another popular tabloid gossip.
I heard that there are two other guys running as well... well one guy (Johnson? or something like that) and one woman... so you could pick someone else
Personally, I think a Trump presidency *could* be the closest thing we've ever had to a government that responds, instantly and completely, to the will of the people.
@RichardU, I asked, then answered for myself, the question about who was the last president to die in office, since presidential death was already brought up.
@ChristopherEstep yeah apart from that point, my take on the guy, is only through what Trevor Noah presented the other day... so not necessarily objective
What annoys me is if I'm looking at a problem and I give up and say I really don't know when they say "just keep looking" or try to draw something out of me.
That's the point I decide the interview is over as far as I'm concerned.
I've done that a few times.
I'm also not afraid to say "I don't think this is going to be a good fit, so rather than waste everyone's time I think we should just end the interview right here."
No, his problem is he's a narcissist with a penchant for revenge. "I'll sue" is his reaction to everything. But what about when he has more options than "I'll sue"?
I don't think it's fair to paint Trump as non corrupt. His history is in private business with highly debatable success and integrity.
And without digging into his tax returns, it's too early to claim he never accepted kick-backs, participated in nepotism, or any other number of things. He's an unknown quantity at best.
@bilbo_pingouin Let's just say that when it comes to PoTUS, there are factors I think are incredibly important, and factors I think are less important.
@ChristopherEstep I'd actually disagree, but I would agree that whoever is most likely to start a world war should really be at the top of the list of criteria.
But that ignores the possibility that he may be a dangerous and corrupt hothead. I don't think the bet is worth the risk.
For every great success from an unknown quantity, there are countless examples of failures who didn't do their homework or weren't able to get the job done.
@Kaz we had better choices. The best candidate the democrats had left early on because he was pro-military and not rabid for gun control. Jim Webb. He'd have destroyed most of the GOP candidates.
And most of the 16 or so republicans would be better than trump. The problem is the GOP eats their own and so each one was picked off while trump's supporters held solid.
I think there's a lesson to be learned with Trump though. Candidates need to stop apologizing. Trump didn't back down when something was blown out of proportion.
I think there's a lesson to be learned with Trump though. Candidates need to stop apologizing. Trump didn't back down when something was blown out of proportion.
SO many politicians retract just because of a little heat. I hope pols learn from that.
Yeah, so FDR died in 1945 of polio. Healthcare is a bit better since then. Unless a candidate is hiding a serious pre-existing condition (and how would we prove that), I don't think it's particularly likely they'll die in office.
@ChristopherEstep what evidence is there though, some gossip and once instance of her fainting, or am I missing something? She might as well have had the flu, why assume?
@DoritoStyle there are those videos, and the strange "misfortunes" of people who mention her health, such as Dr Drew Pinsky being fired after he mentioned that she appeared to have symptoms of parkinsons. It is also documented fact that she had a head injury and blood clots.
There is also that man who keeps running to her when she's having issues.
There is plenty of video evidence if you care to look.
Well, I haven't seen to video, so I can't speak to the credibility or weather what's seen is even really a seizure by medical definition. It seems a bit presumptuous to believe she has health problems though, and that assumes that either 1) the DNS is willing to bet on an unhealthy candidate (why?) 2) she's successfully tricking to the DNC (that gets a bit close to conspiracy for me to buy without proof)
Well, who corroborates wikileaks info though? Has any of the Clinton health stuff been verified by a medical authority? Having a technical team verify hacking evidence is one thing, but it doesn't gaurentee credibility everywhere else.
It must seem like i'm digging my head in the sand here
but really, i'm not invested in either side. I'm not willing to accept any argument without credibility though.
Is there proof? No. But if there was a "does Hillary have something wrong in her brain causing seizures?" book, I'd put my own money on it. It'll come out eventually. Most things do.
Someone earlier said this, but some things are more important than others when considering PotUS. Their main job is commander of the military and a figure-head of the nation.
I would never give a gun to a stranger, and I won't elect Trump for PotUS for the same logic.
Yeah, it's a good idea to think of presidential voting as if any "bet" you make were the same as betting a year's salary on a poker game. You better make real sure you know what's coming and not guess blindly.
@enderland I've actually timed the market three times, unfortunately I never had money to invest myself at those times
<== Autistic savant
The last time I told people to buy ford when it was at about a dollar. If anyone had listened to me, they would have made a fortune
Indexed funds are generally safe, but you do want to include a bit of risk in your portfolio for it's growth potential if you are young enough
@DoritoStyle then, of course there was the case of Ignaz Semmelweis, the doctor who told other doctors to wash hands long before Germ Theory was even a notion.
@RichardU then you're not taking advice from "a machinist", you're taking advice from a millionare. That doesn't make it ok to the trust the rest of the machinists.
In my case, you're not following the advice of "a dropout", you're following the advice of someone who's resume experience got them a job and their on the job skills got them and a promotion.
@bilbo_pingouin there is a phenomenon, and a very persistent one, where advances were made not by "experts" but by people sometimes entirely outside of the field.
part of the problem is the president realistically shouldn't have much power anyways, but as a country we've sort of given the president consistently more power
@RichardU you're not proving anything with these weak examples. A nurse has healthcare tarining, and if an accress designed an electrical patent then they obviously had training irrelevant to their acting career.
just because you're best know for one thing doesn't mean you don't have qualifications elsewhere.
@DoritoStyle I've already proven it. You keep citing the "Don't trust a bricklayer" saw, and I've already made that look like Swiss Cheese, and I can provide literally hundreds of examples from the top of my head.
@RichardU again, you're looking for the exceptions... because a handful of people in history were brilliant beyond their occupation, all people expectations and so on, does not mean that all the qualified specialists are more dumb than any layman around
@bilbo_pingouin but that's not what I am saying. What I am saying is that there are enough significant exceptions to avoid blind obedience to so-called experts at every turn.
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@RichardU I think I'll leave it at agreeing to disagree on that point. To be honest, I'm not sure I see the offensive part on my previous message, that required it to be deleted. But either way, it's probably linked to it being 23:37 and me being up since 6:00...
I have not been in contact after the internship, i.e. 4 months. I did not keep in touch, as I am kind of private person. But asking now, I don’t want to look selfish.. Also, if I do ask, whom should I approach ? There are 3 options
My direct mentor - I had maximum interaction with him, Mid-leve...
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