ahel

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by ahel 4mo ago
1. People *across generations* had to skill up. 2. software being very opaque (very differently from agriculture/mechanized labour) imo is linked to having a plethora of support roles that cannot write software but "handle the hu
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by ahel 7mo ago
here is your scapegoat. no lesson learnt. another round please.
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by ahel 9mo ago
all good, but why `5. install twitter`? > it's a huge time sink but everything happens there in the open. ... ok? i don't get why the tradeoff is worth it?
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by ahel 10mo ago
You don't keep violent and intelligent animal as pets, you keep them in cages at the zoo.
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by ahel 11mo ago
yeah for headphones, I also feel the same. But for food and coffee, I really cannot go back to lower standards. It feels like I put myself in a trap with this attitude. I have not found a way out yet.
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by ahel 11mo ago
Tell me more! I need to hear this! I'm fed up with being a critic. It feels like a trap I set myself into without realizing. I'm at the point where I can only enjoy coffee brew at home with expensive toys and I'm becoming mis
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by ahel 11mo ago
yeah sometimes it can be that. but most of the time it's difficult to step back once you raise the bar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonic_treadmill and all that
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by ahel 11mo ago
with "dev wanting X" nothing happens. "leadership deciding X" then it needs to get done.
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Startup Equity Compensation Analysis(edmondop.github.io)
2 points by ahel 1y ago|0 comments
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by ahel 1y ago
> But the only recourse for an IC under a bad manager is to quit or find another team to work on. Agree but nothing easy about that.
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by ahel 1y ago
noice
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by ahel 1y ago
I think I would like to be able to answer the following two questions: 1. what percentage of this object price is net profit? 2. is that percentage a "fair" proportion? but atm, I don't have a "scientific" way to re
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by ahel 1y ago
Hey, I completely agree and I also suffer from this same bias: it's ruining me from enjoying stuff that I would like to buy but in the end I just give up because it feels that any profit is a scam. What kind of resource can I study for
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by ahel 2y ago
sold for whatever you want. Supposing the other party wants BTC (wild assumption) and you want 1Mton of lead, I guess the exchange would happen.
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by ahel 2y ago
welcome to the real world where no one does a good job and everyone is more or less impacted.
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by ahel 2y ago
Thanks for writing this. It makes me question if I'm too much concerned with code hygiene vs my coworkers.
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by ahel 2y ago
Why Meta decided to open source their Llama architecture and complete models? From a strategic business perspective, I'm trying to puzzle why they would give that up, a competitive advantage (even though it might not be as good as Ope
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by ahel 2y ago
LOL smart fridge anyone?
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by ahel 3y ago
I hope so, even though I don't think I'll ever feel the need to perish on that hill, just to check if it's actually true. Here's my signature.
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by ahel 3y ago
hey i'd want tips if you want to share. i'm remote since before covid. i've moved company months ago, but i don't have great ideas on how to "satisfy interaction" professionally.
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by ahel 5y ago
I disagree. it sometimes gives me that feeling as well even though I like the guy and his blog. i don't know if it's a cultural thing. i'm no native english storage
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by ahel 5y ago
You sound right. And that makes it even more depressing.
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by ahel 5y ago
mail to new manager with its boss in CC and its boss's boss and HR(?) > hey i've noticed i got signed up to systemX rota without any notice or agreement on my part. > 1. I don't want to. please remove me. > 2. it&#x2
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by ahel 5y ago
I don't see the added value compared to virtual-study-hall that uni runs https://www.ucalgary.ca/live-uc-ucalgary-site/sites/default/... and random strangers on different free website/platforms.
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by ahel 5y ago
Hashes can be of any file. How long will it take before your hard drives are scanned for matching hashes of copyrighted material?
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by ahel 5y ago
> but I'm still really happy I grew up in those. Of course you should be happy and grateful. Being born in any circustance is not something anybody can decide. It's even worse when people feel bad about having born in or having
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by ahel 5y ago
> on us as developers for creating a culture that encourages constant company hopping lol. It's not like _us developers_ like the stress of interviewing every 2years. It's just that we know that we're undervalued and under
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by ahel 5y ago
Because the compensation raise doesn't stay synched to the market.
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by ahel 5y ago
Yeah, not at all easy though. Spent two days at work and didn't managed to get it done.
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by ahel 5y ago
Is Play Framework still used/developed? Haven't seen any progress from performance in the last years. Happy to get corrected, though.

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