Wednesday, April 1, 2020

The Many Times It’s Been ‘Infrastructure Week’ in Washington


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Cooped-Up Children Lose Refuge as N.Y.C. Playgrounds Are Closed


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Alarm, Denial, Blame: The Pro-Trump Media’s Coronavirus Distortion


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Remembering the Neediest During the Coronavirus Pandemic


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Trump’s Friend He Says Has Coronavirus Is a New York Developer


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A Month of Coronavirus in New York City: See the Hardest Hit Areas


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Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today


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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: If not Zoom. What to use for large group video with breakout rooms?

Ask HN: If not Zoom. What to use for large group video with breakout rooms?
2 by evolve2k | 1 comments on Hacker News.
So Zoom is getting lots of valid privacy heat. One big issue is that it’s currently the best tool for large facilitated meetings (think 50+ ppl) where the breakout room is the killer feature here and you can auto break people into smaller group chats as part of running a large group session. The use case is public video meetups, so using say Microsoft Teams would be excessive. Anything else out there that’s up for the challenge? (The other killer feature they have is URL based session invites that just makes it much easier to get people on a call)

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: How did you make it through the 2008 financial crisis or dotcom bust?

Ask HN: How did you make it through the 2008 financial crisis or dotcom bust?
4 by finaliteration | 2 comments on Hacker News.
I know many of us are probably experiencing some anxiety about potentially or actually losing our jobs. For those of you who made it through the 2008-2009 financial crisis or the dotcom bust before that, how did you do it? Do you have any particular advice for weathering this storm?

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: I Lost My Job

Ask HN: I Lost My Job
10 by uvw | 7 comments on Hacker News.
About a week ago I was laid off. In 15+ years I am working as developer, I was never considered for a layoff. I am soul searching for a week now, and finally I got over my anger, disappointment and anxiety and ready to move on. I believe it was nothing to do with my performance of skills as a developer. I believe I was expected to perform as a leader on top of solving problems, writing applications and my lack of leadership skills made me not worth my paycheck. In retrospect, higher ups did mention in passing about an year ago about how I need to speak up in meetings etc. I think I don't know how to be a leader at a workplace. So I come here being humbled. If you are a leader/team leader/c-suite people/managers please enlighten me. Or point me towards videos, books, ted talks, internet articles. I want to learn and be a better person and also don't want to repeat the mistakes in a new job.