BrissyCoder

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   by BrissyCoder 5y ago

   Agree it's cringe. The whole "little guy punching above his weight" thing is even worse in NZ.
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   by BrissyCoder 5y ago

   Were there any legal repercussions? Was the employee fired? Were you as calm about this at the time as you seem now?... I would be furious! EDIT: For some reason I assumed OP was the author. Someone with a twitter account should ping him an
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   by BrissyCoder 5y ago

   > First, most common symptoms of COVID are indistinguishable from common cold. I was under the impression that the symptoms were quite different to the common cold and more inline with influenza (fever, dry-cough, aches, no mucus product
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   by BrissyCoder 5y ago

   No. At least in my case it has nothing to do with disparity in experience or speed of thought and everything to do with being in my own physical space.
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   by BrissyCoder 5y ago

   I don't understand how so many people in this thread are saying they spend more on food while working from home. How is this possible? Does it vary by country? In Australia at least it is orders of magnitude less expensive to prepare f
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   by BrissyCoder 5y ago

   > I often do/did paired programming, and over-the-shoulder code reviews. These are easier in person I’m sure I’m not the only person who has the exact opposite experience with this. I can’t think and get mentally blocked when I hav
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   by BrissyCoder 5y ago

   Thanks for this. It's important that smokers yet to quit hear this message. Quitting is not impossible and it won't consume the rest of your life. I gave up after 20 years of pretty much constant smoking. I will cave and have one
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   by BrissyCoder 5y ago

   99% of the time 95% of professional programmers never need to think about memory.
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   by BrissyCoder 5y ago

   Shortening infrastructure to just infra is extremely annoying imo.
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    by BrissyCoder 5y ago

    > simplicity of the web technologies in general Are we looking at the same web technologies here or are you from an alternative universe?
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    by BrissyCoder 5y ago

    Uranium isn't highly explosive.
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    by BrissyCoder 5y ago

    Spoken like someone who doesn't own an Aeron. Best chairs ever and a tax write-off in any case.
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    by BrissyCoder 5y ago

    > Is C# really that hard for beginners?. No data but from a lot of anecdotal experience I don't believe so - quite3e opposite. I've never seen beginners (interns generally) or non-C# programmers (adept at other languages) come
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    by BrissyCoder 5y ago

    This is why we need to stop inventing new languages.
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    by BrissyCoder 5y ago

    This is truly terrible design and I hope the machines are recalled... but there is more than a little onus on the parents here (at least in case of the linked video - can't speak to the other incidents). If you are responsible for chil
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    by BrissyCoder 5y ago

    Found that my productivity - and that of the team I'm on -has gone through the roof since WFH. I'm on a fairly small team though (2-3 devs). I suspect that productivity changes are different in larger, more corporate settings wher
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    by BrissyCoder 5y ago

    Imagine using a language in this day and age where you have to litter your code with debugging statements.
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    by BrissyCoder 6y ago

    > Every developer from around 2006-2008 knows what I'm talking about. Have been a professional developer since 1999 - no idead what you're talking about.
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    by BrissyCoder 6y ago

    Asked the question half in jest, half expecting some interesting answers. A cursory search suggests that darker coloured cars do indeed get in more accidents: https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/programs/nsw-cou
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    by BrissyCoder 6y ago

    This may be a stupid question but given that these cars literally absorb light... do they pose a danger on the roads in terms of visibility to other motorists?
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    by BrissyCoder 6y ago

    > Vaccination doesn't work if 1/3 to 1/2 the population doesn't want to get the vaccine because they are afraid of the side effects. I get that herd immunity won't occur if a significant proportion of population
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    by BrissyCoder 6y ago

    Ahem... Tuesday
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    by BrissyCoder 6y ago

    This rules... I advocated for a similar approach with take home tests at my last position. I used this on candidates and never had a bad hire. Unfortunately this approach was overridden by more senior management in favor of on-site technica
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    by BrissyCoder 6y ago

    What was the replacement powder exactly do you know? Sounds like something you should have involved police in.
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    by BrissyCoder 6y ago

    Are things like YAML considered "programming" languages now?
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    by BrissyCoder 6y ago

    What's your thinking w.r.t XLM?
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    by BrissyCoder 6y ago

    Here you go: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a2/e4/cb/a2e4cb366c802776412e...
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    by BrissyCoder 6y ago

    Haven't read but I'm betting that there's an analogy to disk defragging...
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    by BrissyCoder 6y ago

    Become a manager for a few years and then go back to a pure programming role. Worked for me.
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    by BrissyCoder 7y ago

    Yeah this. I've been in the industry almost 20 years and over that time have noticed a massive shift in recuitment processes. The first couple of jobs I had the interview process was a conversation with barely any technical content (l