tl:dr many companies in Queenstown have a business model that doesn’t add up unless they can hire people who are only in NZ temporarily, and so who are prepared to work for less
Lovely surprise at last night's stand-up with my @TrimbleNews team: coordinated backdrops to wish me well on my new job, we played games and they shared five things each they have in common with me.
Ka kite anō au i a koutou! 👋
Underrated debugging technique: Writing long emails detailing the problem, which in 95% of cases you delete because you find the solution along the way and in 5% of cases you send to get help #rstats
Some Sticker Stats:
420 Pounds of stickers Shipped to 83 Countries
Most expensive countries to ship to were Brazil, Slovenia, Singapore and Kazakhstan.
Many Indian addresses were too long, needed validation.
Here are the countries ranked by number of stickers ordered:
Makes you wish for the simpler days of RSS, when the publisher want tired to a platform.
What happened to the "open" internet? Oh, that's right: capitalism.
The “@SpotifyUSA isn’t a publisher” nonsense doesn’t hold water— if you *pay* for the exclusive right to broadcast/host/transmit/convey a communication you are *publishing* it, and thus you *endorse* it as a product. Own your choices, #Spotify. https://t.co/tgcJ3tlRqD
Thanks @bubbagrub and @demishassabis, just what I need today... 😉
"... its abilities open the door to creating future tools that make programming more accessible and one day FULLY AUTOMATED."
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