LaffertyDev

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by LaffertyDev 2y ago
I can't help myself. The grandest of nitpicks is coming your way. I'm sorry. > If you give me a computer timestamp without a timezone, I can and will assume it's in UTC. Do you mean, give you an _offset_? `2024-04-29T14:0
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by LaffertyDev 3y ago
For what its worth, modern recruiting pipelines should be able to automate a good chunk of resume filtering for you if that's what your org values. Being able to only grab applicants that have `Go` listed in their resume, for example,
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by LaffertyDev 3y ago
Respectfully disagree, especially in a world where simple tests will be solvable by LLMs/code-assist tools remotely. * How would you proctor the test to know the candidates aren't cheating? * How would your test actually test capa
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by LaffertyDev 3y ago
Its both. I chose some particularly ostentatious examples to drive home you can select for whatever it is you may or may not want without subjecting your applicants to _tests_. I figured the dual-objectives would make that clear. > * Fil
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by LaffertyDev 3y ago
Well gosh, what a good problem to have. So many good options that still respect people's times. You get to write a process that selects for the things you want to select for! Let's assume these are 700 _qualified_ applicants and i
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by LaffertyDev 3y ago
Nitpicking. I agree with your broader point. > No, but modern jets need computer-aided control of flight control surfaces to keep the aircraft stable. Most aircraft outside of fighter jets are aerodynamically stable. Loss of powered flig
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by LaffertyDev 3y ago
Personally, it was Insomnia shifting to requiring an account and promoting "enterprise" features that clutter the experience and get in the way of me doing my job. From there, I did research and found `insomnium` and a coworker fo
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by LaffertyDev 3y ago
I am opting to interpret your response in the best way possible and am responding in kind spirit. > your viewpoint really feels like, to phrase it as a software engineering analogy, a new developer that comes into a 20 year old project,
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by LaffertyDev 3y ago
You sent me down a rabbit hole on this person's blog. I found their 2022 reflections very interesting and tangentially relevant (does not dismiss the point made about Why We Sleep, I just found it interesting.) https://guzey
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by LaffertyDev 3y ago
Thanks for the link. I read the book with the popular-science-ness of it in mind and was glad to have done so. It was produced right in the middle of the replication crisis... which isn't a particularly good look. I agree there are _a
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by LaffertyDev 3y ago
I agree with you about having annoyance with the phrase especially in the use of divisive topics. I disagree in that, I don't think this is a divisive topic. I have not heard of a valid critique for school start times should be later a
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by LaffertyDev 3y ago
Sleep Science is ongoing and very much an active area of research. Sleep can be informed by biology, diet, lighting, comfort, heat... among a vast host of other factors. Ask yourself this -- why do you get tired? ("Because I'm sle
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by LaffertyDev 3y ago
If you genuinely want to learn, I think the popular book "Why We Sleep" covers this (and various other topics) very well. Short version: Young people sleep schedules naturally deviate and it is legitimately difficult for a large s
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by LaffertyDev 3y ago
I much prefer languages without Null (Rust being a personal favorite). I'll speak to that because I have a bit of experience with both C# w/ Nullable and Rust. In Rust, you express types using the Option syntax. Its basically sayi
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by LaffertyDev 3y ago
Yup! RAW. https://bladesinthedark.com/downtime-activities > A PC can make time for more than two activities, at a cost. Each additional activity from the list costs 1 coin or 1 rep. This reflects the time and resulting r
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by LaffertyDev 3y ago
For the games I've DM'd there's almost always been too much Stress and not enough Downtime Actions. The players would spend a good chunk of their Payout on downtime actions for stress reduction/healing. I don't know
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by LaffertyDev 3y ago
Check out Blades in the Dark -- it has _exactly_ this mechanic! (And is also my favorite RPG system)
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by LaffertyDev 3y ago
> The U-2, being subsonic, was not expected to last long according to one of the books I read, don't ask me which Probably either Skunkworks or Kelly: More than my share of it all. I recall that very soon after shipping the U2, they
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by LaffertyDev 3y ago
Likewise, `Kelly: More than my share of it all` is written by Kelly Johnson & Maggie Smith. Between the two, Skunk Works is better written but I thoroughly enjoyed both.
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by LaffertyDev 4y ago
Can confirm, they are not tear-friendly.
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by LaffertyDev 4y ago
Exactly the same here! My MBP in college had a safety case and everything... and in hindsight its awful and bulky and hides the fancy finish. One important thing to remember, at least for me, is I just had significantly less disposable inco
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by LaffertyDev 4y ago
Yea, the site design isn't the best with the transparent-ish nav and low contrast. Certainly room for improvement there :)
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by LaffertyDev 4y ago
For me personally, I like having the caps on pens. Clicky ones tend to stay clicked and dry out the point. I really like the 0.38 uni-ball signo dx :) I never thought I was the type of person to have strong feelings on a pen... then I decid
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by LaffertyDev 4y ago
It took me a while to get over the fear of destroying/using up nice things. Like enjoying a nice bottle of liquor, or using up a very nice notebook. Eventually I came across the idea that things are meant to be used, and now I'm m
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by LaffertyDev 4y ago
Total Compensation. It lets people compare compensation across companies and normally includes Salary + Options + Bonuses. Different companies offer different mixes, so just relying on salary alone is not a good metric for comparison.
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by LaffertyDev 4y ago
I'm a rough beginner in the embedded space. Would love to use Rust, but in my experience it becomes more hassle than its worth for some of the more off-the-shelf controllers. Would love to find more knowledge / tutorials to help g
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by LaffertyDev 4y ago
For your city builder, I suggest checking out "timberborn" on Steam. Its a colony sim where you are a cohort of beavers. After you get the hang of the core mechanics, the emphasis is on larger-scale constructions. I certainly feel
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by LaffertyDev 5y ago
If you're interested in more discussions along this road, then Bahcall's `Loonshots` is a good read. Lots of anecdotes, little science, great stories. Overall I found it fascinating. I found myself nodding along to most of the goo
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by LaffertyDev 5y ago
Agreed. I don't think switching the framework from Artist/Soldier to Revolutionary/Evolutionary detracts from the malleability.
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by LaffertyDev 5y ago
I like this framing. My previous framing came from `Loonshots`, where Bahcall frames this as "Artists" (Revolutionaries) and "Soldiers" (Evolutionary). I felt that, in the context of engineering, Artist/Soldier felt

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