andrew_eit

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by andrew_eit 2y ago
Is this data normalised to account for differences in traffic/popularity of the HN platform between 2008 - 2024? Reason being: If the distributions of user types have changed over time (e.g. 2010 having a higher % of more entrepreneur
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by andrew_eit 3y ago
I think the intuition here is: - Being surrounded by people one cannot connect with, increases the feeling that one is socially isolated and an 'outsider'. They are unable to engage with their organic natural (social) environment
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Germany’s €9 train tickets scheme ‘saved 1.8m tons of CO2 emissions’(theguardian.com)
71 points by andrew_eit 4y ago|65 comments
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by andrew_eit 4y ago
Have you ever played the factory building game "Factorio"? It's an amazing lesson in scale. In the early game, it's pretty easy to recover from supply chain issues and refactor your setup to adjust to your growth needs a
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by andrew_eit 4y ago
This doesn't bother me at all, especially at an individual level. I want to make clear - it's not the language issue per se. I think native English speakers are incredibly privileged to have their language as one of if not the int
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by andrew_eit 4y ago
This is the comment I was waiting for :) It's strange isn't it, to suddenly be negatively receptive to something that you never noticed bothered you in the past.
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by andrew_eit 4y ago
"Dear Ms. Smith, We would like to inform you..." vs " Dear Ms. Smith, we would like to inform you..."
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by andrew_eit 4y ago
What you say is write and I am guilty of that too. I would feel very rude or out of place telling a colleague of mine to capitalize the first letter after Dear X. Even if I wanted to. So I just write my reply correctly and hope they notice
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by andrew_eit 4y ago
"You need scalable enterprise cloud solutions for digital business processes while maintaining complete data integrity?" Nitpicking here, but my god, can German companies/universities/organizations please start paying fo
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by andrew_eit 5y ago
"clever one liners" That's exactly it! It's basic clean coding style where it's better to use meaningful names and sometimes write something in 2 or 3 lines that is more interpret able than to write a perfect one-li
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by andrew_eit 5y ago
I really wonder what percentage of difficulties that stem from math are due to its representation in the symbolic language used. By that I mean, so often, I am staring at a long, condensed equation. Factored to perfection by whomever was wo
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by andrew_eit 5y ago
I bet the sophons are already on their way
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by andrew_eit 5y ago
In many ways I agree with you. I would like also to return to simpler times. Especially insta-texting (whatsapp) etc. SMS was fine for me to organise a meetup and then talk in person. I guess my stance is more kind of to protect my mental s
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by andrew_eit 5y ago
I see your point and think you have quite a valid argument there! Some of the things you said definitely echo with my experiences. For example, I do surf the net too much because I love new information. And perhaps without that access I&#x2
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by andrew_eit 5y ago
I don't understand these negative comments about what "computers/internet" has done to me etc. Yes, there are certainly aspects of computers, the internet and especially social networking and instant-texting that have a
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by andrew_eit 5y ago
I can see the use case for these online password apps. But I can't for the life of me understand why KeePass isn't the defacto gold standard. It's secure, open source and you have control over the data. I would never for the
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by andrew_eit 5y ago
+1 Honestly never understood why joining startups is meant to be so amazing unless 1) They are working on exactly the niche that YOU personally want to work in and 2) The startup's company culture is exactly your kind of weird/nic
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by andrew_eit 5y ago
I kind of torn between two opinions here. On the one hand - an adult should be able to make their own choices regarding something like this. I mean, we're all slowly decaying day-by-day and I can understand that one might want to live
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by andrew_eit 5y ago
Exactly! And the irony (for me at least) is, that corruption and fraud is still rampant in Germany (e.g. during corona, tons of fake PCR tests being billed to govt. Pharmacies issuing fake vaccine certificates). This solves nothing.
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by andrew_eit 5y ago
Facebook aside you really see this across the board on almost any platform, that once the product reaches it's 1.0 stage, (where it is good, does what the users want it to do, and has realised its vision) it begins a process of gradual
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by andrew_eit 5y ago
This reminds me of the most amazingly archaic interaction I had with the Finance Ministry. They notified me by post that I needed to provide them with some information on their online tool. Here was the process: 1) Go to link, fill in form
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by andrew_eit 5y ago
I agree with you actually about the Gigafactories and it won't surprise me if the Texas one finishes first. And I also live in Germany and have worked for car companies as a contractor :) And believe me I am also quite exhausted by the
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by andrew_eit 5y ago
" too much socialism" This is a vague and exaggerated statement, it makes you sound quite biased. If we're going to argue in that direction then let me point out that China has "way more socialism" (as you put it) t
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by andrew_eit 5y ago
Does anyone have any good arguments for why we lack any serious blue-chip competitors in the EU? I mean we have things like Spotify and SAP (though they're b2b). But I really can't see any parallels with the US tech industry. Ther
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by andrew_eit 5y ago
A surgeon is still a doctor who spent years studying medicine though.
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by andrew_eit 5y ago
"work in ML can be as dull and unfulfilling as any other domain " I love this statement. A while back, when I was trying to figure out what I liked, was good at and should do with my career, I realised that I can't select th
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by andrew_eit 5y ago
Ok that I agree with - German conservative culture does value 'keeping everything as it is and not changing anything except when absolutely necessary'.
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by andrew_eit 5y ago
Actually, I would say that their history is an argument against the case that they are unstable. The fact that Germany had such a massive political and existential crisis that led them to war and genocide is still very much present in their
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by andrew_eit 5y ago
I don't think it's vigilante culture. People value order and organisation and this coupled with the direct nature of communication, feel completely within their right (I would say feel duty bound) to say "hey, you're not
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by andrew_eit 5y ago
I actually have been yelled at and told off in the streets for various mistakes such as this one. And this is not just my personal experience but my German friends also verify such stereotypes.

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