ab_io

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by ab_io 11mo ago
100%. My team started using graphite.dev, which provides AI generated PR descriptions that are so bloated with useless content that I've learned to just ignore them. The issue is they are doing a kind of reverse inference from the code
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by ab_io 2y ago
As a Mac user, Notepad++ is the only thing I miss from the Windows ecosystem.
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by ab_io 2y ago
I just cancelled my Kagi subscription over the weekend. Some of the ideas in the article resonate (the dev team seems spread way too thin) but I also decided that the main product just wasn't distinct enough. The lens and quick answers
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by ab_io 4y ago
I’m disappointed, but I can’t say I’m surprised. I once tried to contact their support team after getting effectively locked out of my account, only to have the support form return a 5XX error upon submission. I dropped them right then and
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by ab_io 5y ago
There kind of is, it’s call HR-XML and a number of COTS resume parsers output their results in this format.
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by ab_io 5y ago
> During a spacewalk, Mission Control in Houston warns Explorer's crew about a rapidly-expanding cloud of space debris accidentally caused by the Russians having shot down a presumed defunct spy satellite Life imitating art.
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by ab_io 6y ago
It would be a mass customer extinction event for said service, and would effectively result in a windfall for competing services
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by ab_io 6y ago
Simply cut a small rectangle out of the sticky part of a Post-It note for a safe camera cover that easy to remove and reuse.
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by ab_io 6y ago
Decent git aliases: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Basics-Git-Aliases
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Ask HN: How’s WFH Going?
3 points by ab_io 6y ago|3 comments
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Boosted lays off ‘significant portion’ of its employees(theverge.com)
3 points by ab_io 7y ago|0 comments
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by ab_io 7y ago
This is starting to look like a customer extinction level incident — Any idea which competing service their users / wsb will likely move to?
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by ab_io 7y ago
Because of their stock growth
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by ab_io 7y ago
Try showing them some clips from Kitboga [1] — he talks to tech scammers (usually pretending to be an old lady) with the goal of wasting their time, and demonstrating how most tech scams work. [1]: https://m.youtube.com/chan
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by ab_io 7y ago
Since none of the top comments seem to directly discuss Joplin itself, let me just say that I’ve been using it for years, and it’s great.
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by ab_io 7y ago
EconTalk w/ Russ Roberts
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by ab_io 8y ago
One of the biggest selling points of these services is that you can view your live video feed from anywhere via mobile device -- A savvy tech enthusiast might be able to create such a setup by hand, but the majority of people wouldn't
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by ab_io 8y ago
Reading "The Design of Everyday Things" will give you a sense of the basics -- After that try learning a popular frontend-web framework (like Bootstrap / Foundation) which follows lot of the industry-standard UI practices out
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by ab_io 8y ago
Choose a documentation source-of-truth (Confluence, etc) and keep a changelog[1]. I've also seen a dedicated email group (i.e. change-mngt@company.com) used for tracking non-code changes. [1]: https://keepachangelog.com&#x2F
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by ab_io 8y ago
Ideally, from the get-go. Your system and documentation should be produced & grow in-parallel. At worst, before any team members with key (undocumented) domain knowledge leave.
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by ab_io 8y ago
Usually that requirements list comes directly from the hiring manager telling the recruiter "here are all the attributes of an ideal candidate", who in turn posts it in the job description verbatim. Not much thought goes into it b
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by ab_io 8y ago
+1 -- I have the same pair and can't imagine working in my open office without them