abalos

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by abalos 6y ago
Out of curiosity, what response time do you expect on a page like that? And what level of detail? I'd much rather have their team focus on fixing this as fast as possible than trying to update that dashboard in the first 5 minutes.
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by abalos 6y ago
Another challenge is time zone differences.
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by abalos 7y ago
I'm not sure what I said conflicts with that. If we made access to prepaid debit cards dead simple (i.e. going to a bank and getting a debit card for the equivalent amount of cash) easy for small amounts, then they would not only get a
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by abalos 7y ago
This legislation should really be about making this process free and easy rather than punishing stores for being lean.
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by abalos 7y ago
This strikes me as ridiculous and heavy-handed. We should focus on finding a way to provide vulnerable groups a way to pay at cashless stores rather than increasing the overhead of operating a business (accepting cash, maintaining change, c
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by abalos 7y ago
My experience was different: had my top case replaced in < 24 hours and zero issues getting them to do it.
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by abalos 7y ago
I've got another contender. From my Grandpa, transcribed by Google Voice: Hey,<redacted first name>, It's Pam on Pat be just driving up to the lake with his check in and see if you had a nice thanksgiving and enjoy the parad
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by abalos 7y ago
This is similar to a realization I had the other day: for many people collecting things is less about the objects and more about the memories and nostalgia and associated with those objects. I have been having a lot of "identity"
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by abalos 7y ago
> Kill vibration. I did this a while ago. What happened was I ended up checking my phone significantly more due to FOMO. Hiding your phone is a better solution, since it's more out of sight.
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by abalos 8y ago
This seems like it might have been a bug. Yesterday I saw this issue on Chrome + Linux and am now able to log in.
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by abalos 8y ago
My only guess is that large companies suffer from too much bureaucracy when it comes to naming. As a result, you'll never get a phenomenal name, but you also won't get a really bad name either. Odds are you'll get something w
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by abalos 8y ago
That's awesome, thanks for sharing that!
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by abalos 8y ago
I wonder if it would be helpful to describe the indentation level you are on: e.g: def method_here(value): # Indentation level 0 x = 10 # Level 1 y = 5 # Level 1 if x == value # Level 1 print 'x!' # Level 2
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by abalos 8y ago
My plan right now is to rent in the city, buy a cabin or getaway house upstate for 200k and move there when I get older. Hard part is just finding somewhere that doesn't suck.
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by abalos 8y ago
Agreed. There's something fundamentally different about contacting someone via a video conference versus the organic nature of a quick chat about something. This puts remote workers behind quite a ways. My old team was partially locate
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by abalos 8y ago
Please read this: https://gsuite.google.com/learn-more/security/security-white...
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by abalos 8y ago
I had so many problems with my XPS that I switched to a Macbook for the first time ever after 1.5 years of using it. My development process went something like this: - Start to code. - Find weird quirk (laptop keeps typing multiple letters,
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by abalos 8y ago
Anecdotally, I've found that it works much better for me if I only have notifications on for apps I care about and judiciously turn the rest off. I then leave my phone on vibrate because turning it on silent always lead to me wondering
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by abalos 8y ago
It would be cool to start seeing more of this from other companies. Also, I wonder if anyone has done an extensive cost-benefit analysis of using OCaml instead of a more common language. It seems like the training and cost of always needing
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by abalos 8y ago
I didn't hate Solo, but it's really disappointing that Disney is throwing away a whole bunch of ridiculously good IP. One example is the Knights of the Eternal Empire trailer ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkgzXp
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by abalos 8y ago
> It is overwhelmingly obvious that YouTube designed their site in a way that would get people addicted to the point of needing a tool like this. The fact that they auto-play videos when they know the viewer is a child is downright disgu
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by abalos 9y ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16420004
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by abalos 9y ago
That's because it's a repost from yesterday where it was also on the front page. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16420004
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by abalos 9y ago
I had the opportunity to sit down with Warren Miller and a few others 7 or 8 years ago for dinner. He was an all-around nice guy. Sad to see him go, but at 93 he definitely lived a full life.
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by abalos 9y ago
Now that you point it out, I definitely remember the quippy dialogue from Oathbringer. You should give the original Mistborn trilogy a go or the Reckoners series. One of the reasons he's my favorite author is that he 1) pumps out solid
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by abalos 9y ago
This is pretty awesome. Kudos to the author. It's cool to see the thought process around designing for clarity instead of purely simplicity on high-impact systems like this.
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by abalos 9y ago
As much as it pains me to say it, I stopped using Snapchat because my experience with Instagram Stories + Messaging in Instagram is simply better. Especially on Android. The Snapchat Android app is completely garbage. :|
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by abalos 9y ago
Seems like this may have been less out of concern of bad press and more because of the author's agency as a journalist. I'd imagine a most bug reports have trouble standing out from the "noise" surrounding Google's
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by abalos 9y ago
I've started drinking coffee just in the last 1 - 1.5 years and I am not really sure how I feel about it. On one hand, I love the boost that it gives me in the morning to get into the zone fast. On the other hand, I am completely usele
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by abalos 9y ago
Great phrasing. Context is key. There are absolutely times when throwing together a quick solution is better than seeking an optimal solution. Because sometimes it just simply does not matter and you can spend your time working on more impa

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