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For hungry freelancers, it can be hard to turn work away. But in the long run, saying no to a project that’s a bad fit will make you a better freelancer. This article will help freelancers and consultants think critically about when to decline an opportunity or request and how to do so assertively but kindly. We want you to write a Twitter clone. Our budget is $1000.
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LOL!! I actually got that job once
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I like working with people who either know what they want or recognize that they need help fleshing out what they want and are willing to entrust me to guide them through the requirements process.
I have a current client like that. I've had to walk him back from the edge of a cliff a couple times in terms of scope creep and things like that, but he listens. It helps that he spent decades as an electrical engineer.
Real programmers use butterflies
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In this new series of blog posts I want to dive into what both TDD and BDD are, how they’re different (and you may say they aren’t), and some thoughts about making their usage be more successful. "Write tests until fear is transformed into boredom"
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Quote: TDD does not — or at least should not — mean that you have to specify all possible tests first, then write all the code. Except that's exactly what it is. What the author advocates is normal development. Like is done with so many methodologies and technologies, he's reconning the original and declaring success.
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Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) servers are now being abused by DDoS-for-hire services to amplify Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. I hope those RD servers are properly licensed, or Microsoft is going to come after them
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After eight years, Loon couldn't find a "long-term, sustainable business." Maybe next time, don't name the company after a synonym for 'crazy'
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Hey... at least this time was not google the one shutting down the project
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I didn't see in the article, were the balloons tethered so they'd stay in a usable position?
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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From a different article[^]:
Quote: The mechanisms utilized to give direction is one of the best technologies of Google Loon project. Usually, the Loon balloons navigate by moving up and down maximizing on air currents that take them where they ought to be.
So, nope on the tether. Google-magic instead.
TTFN - Kent
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In a WFH world, employees are entitled to these seven rights to do their work successfully. "My home is my office. To interrupt is lawless."
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There are 7 options... please choose 3.
And that in the best cases...
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Quote: Article 5: Employees are allowed flexible work hours, within reason. That's nice, but the reasoning sucks. Why does working at home require this massive flexibility, but working at an office doesn't?
Adding to this is #6, which then says that everyone but IT can do whatever they damn well please, so IT now has to accommodate that.
(Honestly, the article gets sillier. Working remotely with flexible hours isn't enough, the company should build you a perfect remote office. Most companies barely provide a functional non-remote office. Why do I suspect this isn't written for us, but the author trying to get his company to pony up some cash and benefits.)
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RE: companies paying for their employees to have safe working spaces: "people shouldn't have something now because they didn't have it before anyway" is just a bad faith argument.
ETA - also, people can't send their kids to school or day care these days, and their employers can't just force them to neglect the (significant) care that those children need. That's just one example out of many of why schedules often need to be more flexible in a work-from-home context these days.
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Titan’s largest sea of liquid is estimated to be up to 1,000 feet deep, judging from new radar analysis, making it an ideal location for a future autonomous robotic submarine to explore. Release the Kraken! (submarine)
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+5 for the Beatles reference.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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A privacy watchdog has filed a complaint, and it’s not the first I hope they throw the book at themselves
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Kent Sharkey wrote: I hope they throw the book at themselves Oh yes, please... direct to the head if possible
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Remember this?
Head On[^]
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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Rules for thee, but not for me, seems to be the course of action the last year.
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Only the last year?! At least the last 30.
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“Cryptocurrencies are a particular concern,” said Yellen. “I think many are used, at least in a transactions sense, mainly for illicit financing.” If you outlaw bitcoin, only outlaws will use bitcoin (oh, wait...)
modified 24-Jan-21 13:59pm.
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