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> 9. Global carbon emissions are not reduced, mostly because of lack of initiative by China and 3rd world countries.

Per capita, it's not the "3rd" world countries that are polluting, but the "1st" worlds (https://cotap.org/per-capita-carbon-co2-emissions-by-country...). I'm sad to see someone still referring to countries as "1st" and "3rd" world, as that's an incredibly outdated term. Also to refer to China as a "3rd world country" is astonishing. I recommend you read the book Factfulness (https://www.gapminder.org/factfulness-book/) to get a better sense in how the world works.


> Also to refer to China as a "3rd world country" is astonishing

> by China and 3rd world countries

By Mary and the guys (indicating that Mary is not a guy).

> Per capita, it's not the "3rd" world countries that are polluting, but the "1st" worlds

From your own source, the top polluters per capita are Qatar, Trinidad & Tobago and Kuwait. Qatar is wealthy, but probably not "1st world".

> I'm sad to see someone still referring to countries as "1st" and "3rd" world, as that's an incredibly outdated term

The AP standard was updated in 2015. The terms "1st", "2nd" and "3rd" world are still in common parlance even though the AP prefers "Developed" and "Developing".


Show me the AP standard, please, because other sources seem to vehemently disagree with your statement. Unless you are still in the cold war, that is.

I reiterate what I said before, please read Factfulness, and then get back to me.

Also, funnily enough, China was never considered a third-world country, but a second-world one, you know, in Cold war terms.


> Also, funnily enough, China was never considered a third-world country, but a second-world one, you know, in Cold war terms.

Again you're really struggling with the grammar here.

"Mary and the boys".

Is Mary a boy? No, Mary is not a boy. We are indicating Mary is in fact, not part of "the boys". Likewise, "China and 3rd world" indicates China is not 3rd world.

> Show me the AP standard

https://twitter.com/apstylebook/status/631085111220547584?la...

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/01/04/3726844...

> I reiterate what I said before, please read Factfulness, and then get back to me.

Wonderful book, not related to our current disagreement. If we're throwing out recommendations though, then I'd recommend Strunk and White.


China is 2x the emitter that the US is and it's going to get worse. China has more than doubled their per capita emissions in the last 20 years. Many other countries will follow suit.

The US and other more developed economies are plateauing in terms of emissions per capita. While there's ample opportunity to begin to claw back those numbers, it is not where the problem lies moving forward.


China: 6.4 metric tons of CO2 per capita

United States: 16.5 metric tons of CO2 per capita

--

Other developed countries:

Germany: 8.9 metric tons of CO2 per capita

France: 4.6 metric tons of CO2 per capita

UK: 6.5 metric tons of CO2 per capita

Spain: 5 metric tons of CO2 per capita

--

This is 2014 data (for comparability), but in 2018 China still had half (7.95 metric tons per capita) the CO2 per capita than the US


I used it now for a year (maybe more, I can't remember) and I find it fantastic. It's great, and I can't imagine using plain old ls any more. No matter what people say, I love it.


Thanks for the constructive criticism. I'll jot them down and get those changed.

I'm not a sales / marketing guy at all so this is all very new to me. Most of my ideas are just coming from various other pages. I definitely think it could use improvement here and there. :))


I don't think my observations relate to sales and marketing. They are more a matter of engineering...intended use, documentation, process. Engineers will use Bash and Vim and Chrome developer tools whether or not they have trendy UI's and are backed by marketing campaigns. They use them because they make them productive and or profitable.

Or to put it another way, if you're not good at lying or telling half truths or spinning bad news, then just tell the truth as best you can. Developer tools are mostly about the tool and only sometimes eventually about the marketing and sales.


Hm, good point. Thanks!


- FLAVOR: Ubuntu Desktop

- HEADLINE: Fix hibernation with entire hd LUKS encryption

- DESCRIPTION: I know this is an issue on a grander scale, but as we all know hibernation isn't possible when you have your whole disk encrypted. If this can be fixed that would be great, or at least remove the option to hibernate then.

- ROLE/AFFILIATION: Senior Developer at Clevertech


"as we all know hibernation isn't possible when you have your whole disk encrypted" -- this should be stated during the installation procedure of ubuntu



Applied here for the React dev position before, but never heard anything back. Seemed like a pretty good fit, but if it's just a "rolling" job posting, I get that. No worries.


Same here. Applied last year and never heard anything. It makes me wonder if they're resume farming.


And a third me too. I'm not sure if it is resume farming but I didn't appreciate that I didn't at least get a "no thank you" email. This isn't unique to them but it does make me hesitant in ever applying there again or even recommending the place as an employer or vendor.


welp, was about to apply but this string of comments just changed my mind.


Thanks for the comments people, I'll pass it on to our HR :)


You guys need to be a lot more proactive about reaching out to people if you ever expect to hire in this environment. Just a free pro tip.


Hey applicants!

Thanks for your feedback, we get how frustrating it can be to not hear back from roles you've applied for. We can be pretty specific for what we need for a role, in keeping up with our clients demands and have had some turnover in the HR department recently.

This is not an excuse however, and I will do my best to get out replies to those that have applied by the end of this week!


Hi Joseph! For the iOS Dev position, is the team willing to look at a junior developer's profile?


Unfortunately we are looking mostly at seniors. Sorry!


Alright, thanks for getting back to me though!



You know, this lingo about "Extraordinary", "Remarkable", "Astonishing", "Phenomenal", etc developers is incredibly off-putting.

I mean really, now - who would want to work with someone who described (or even overtly thought of) themselves that way?


FWIW, not an issue at all to me. I'd not mind working with someone who applied to positions described like that because I believe they'll be smart and mature enough to apply there without taking the titles so seriously and instead focus on the contents and requirements to do the job.


These guys are always hiring for the same position. Either they're too picky or people end up leaving once they join.


Or.. we just have a lot of projects :)


Don't let people's opinions about languages get the best of you. In the end you need to use what you are comfortable with, as it is about results first, then about optimization. If you're comfortable with PHP, great, use that. If you're comfortable with Python, also great, use that.


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