CodeMage

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   by CodeMage 7y ago

   Yep. More people should read the Gervais Principle.
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   by CodeMage 7y ago

   I would recommend "The Space Merchants" by Cyril Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl, and also the sequel, "The Merchants' War" by Frederik Pohl. They predate the cyberpunk era, but you'll find what you're looking
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   by CodeMage 7y ago

   An interesting subcategory of #1 is when you're trying to watch a legally available movie that doesn't have subtitles in your language of choice. Watching Netflix in United States? Some stuff might have Spanish subtitles, but most
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   by CodeMage 7y ago

   Thanks for clarifying that. It turns out I misunderstood the concept. I still think it's a good idea to mention it, because I find it all depressingly confusing and usually part of the fine print that rarely gets pointed out.
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   by CodeMage 7y ago

   One thing you might want to think of adding to this post is 401k vesting. As an immigrant, I wasn't aware of that and I was very unpleasantly surprised that it was possible to lose a substantial part of my retirement fund contributions
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   by CodeMage 7y ago

   I like this. It's in the same vein as the blog post, but it addresses the only aspect I was truly uncomfortable with: the word "tribe" implies exclusivity, whereas I tend to think of myself and other devs as points in the tri
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   by CodeMage 7y ago

   That's pretty much a false dichotomy: a site must either support itself via ads, or cease to exist. There are other ways to get money to support your work, and if those ways are too painful right now, that's just an opportunity fo
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   by CodeMage 7y ago

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
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   by CodeMage 7y ago

   Media don't make people smoke, people make that decision. However, it's a decision that's influenced by what's in the media, which is why media are making sure they don't glorify or even normalize smoking. I'm
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    by CodeMage 7y ago

    I figured it out by accident, after a whole lot of frustration: click on the image itself and the carousel will pause.
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    by CodeMage 7y ago

    I'm pretty sure the claim isn't that "big tech advances" bear the sole responsibility for teen suicide rates, but rather that they contribute to them in a substantial way. The atrophy of real-world relationships he menti
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    by CodeMage 7y ago

    I'm not 100% sure, but I think this might be the first thing I've seen on HN front page, in all my time on this site, that actually motivated me to jump right into criticism. Usually I just stay quiet if I don't have anything
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    by CodeMage 7y ago

    Is there really no other way to monetize except through ads? Sure, there needs to be more regulation in this space, I agree with that. But the idea that ads are the best monetization has never sat well with me. I understand that it's c
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    by CodeMage 7y ago

    I still remember the old days of Altavista, Yahoo, Lycos and Infoseek, to name a few. I would usually have to try several and comb through their results to find what I wanted. These days, I'm getting a sense of deja vu, because Google
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    by CodeMage 7y ago

    I understand where you're coming from. I'm often frustrated by how our industry allows software to be incredibly shoddy. But attracting kids to programming is not the same problem as making sure they grow into adults who do their
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    by CodeMage 7y ago

    Wow, that takes me back down the nostalgia lane! Denthor's tutorials, PCGPE, Ralf Brown's Interrupt List...
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    by CodeMage 7y ago

    Maybe it's not the schooling. I went through a similar experience, because I started programming when I was 7 years old. By the time I had learned enough to want to try to make a game, I had taught myself Turbo Pascal, but I still wasn
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    by CodeMage 7y ago

    > This is precisely what vector::emplace() solves, and std::move should be faster than swap and pop. The whole swap-and-pop section weirded me out. Maybe I just don't know enough about C++, but saying that assignment (a[i] = a[n-1
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    by CodeMage 7y ago

    Same thing in Chile. Some drivers even make sure all the passengers agree on a story to tell the cops if they stop you. Unlike Colombia, it's not dangerous for passengers -- at least the law-breaking aspect isn't. What's dang
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    by CodeMage 7y ago

    You can see the same patterns in the society, in the erosion of workers' rights that our ancestors bought literally with their blood and suffering. It's the same force acting on all fronts.
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    by CodeMage 7y ago

    > So yeah, I detest this sense of entitlement that programmers have, where they want to a) get paid a lot and b) have lots of free time on the side. That mentality reminds me of the 2014 commercial for Cadillac ELR Coupe: https:/
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    by CodeMage 7y ago

    The sentiments you presented there are extremes, just like your own position is the opposite extreme. The reality, as usual, is somewhere in the middle: 1. Even the best designed and well thought-out coding quizzes are not guaranteed to be
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    by CodeMage 7y ago

    Yes, but it's much more helpful -- and less abrasive -- to do so after answering their actual question.
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    by CodeMage 7y ago

    That's precisely why I wrote "of those who stayed, most had no other choice". I understand the difficulties inherent in moving from one country to another, as I've done it twice now. The difference between changing jobs
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    by CodeMage 7y ago

    Why must that -- and nothing else -- be the signal they're sending? People have a variety of motivations. For example, I left my country 20 years ago because I wanted a better future and I had no desire nor conviction to stay and try t
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    by CodeMage 7y ago

    I don't think people are having trouble understanding it. I would rather say some of us have a broader view of it. It's the same old discussion about whether something is right just because it's legal or allowed. Just because
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    by CodeMage 7y ago

    I also came to America legally, and that was the second time I legally emigrated from one country to another. As an "experienced immigrant", I've lost count of how many times I've come upon the astonishingly selfish atti
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    by CodeMage 7y ago

    I don't think it's revisionism. I think it's an accurate description of the hype that surrounded the gig economy. That's what everyone used to parrot in defense of borderline illegal "disruption" by Uber and su
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    by CodeMage 7y ago

    > The internet was beautiful, information open and available for all. "Was" is the correct word to use. Here's a fun example: try explaining to someone non-technical why you can't simply download your e-mails. I wen
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    by CodeMage 7y ago

    > I think companies are also free to tell people they aren't welcome if they're going to use that extension. Or a particular browser. Or a specific operating system. Or the wrong brand of device. You can probably see where I&