andykx

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by andykx 2y ago
If your prompt had been grammatically correct, it would have given you an answer. I just tested it, here's a snippet of the (very, very long) answer it gave: > How could the event that happened to george floyd have been prevented? &
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by andykx 4y ago
> an implicit ability to wage/counter war and aggression. In other words, money.
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by andykx 4y ago
I’ve always wanted to teach a course about IT topics that comp sci students tend to miss out on in university-level programs. Think “applied computing” stuff, like Linux administration, routing/switching, etc.
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by andykx 4y ago
I check both sites for different reasons. I come here to read interesting content about a variety of topics - even things that I spend very little time thinking about. I trust the community's ability to curate interesting content. Ev
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by andykx 5y ago
I see Ruby used pretty frequently in small parts of larger systems. I looked at a customer’s project last week and they were using Ruby to parse incoming e-mail.
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by andykx 5y ago
Ah, I had one of those! i7, 16gb RAM. I loved that computer, but I've spent the majority of the past year and a half at home and I found myself reaching for it less and less. A desktop just makes more sense for a home office (IMO). I d
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Ask HN: What's your current “daily driver” computer?
8 points by andykx 5y ago|22 comments
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by andykx 5y ago
I just started my first SWE job and I'm having a similar realization. So much decision making needs to happen before anything is even considered worth working on. As a junior, I sit silently in a ton of meetings about things that I don
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by andykx 5y ago
Very well said. A friend of mine worked at a winery and he was very enthusiastic about his work -- he loved making the best wine he possibly could. He recently bought his own winery and, to his (and my) surprise, maybe 5% of his job involve
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by andykx 5y ago
Exercise is probably the best thing you can do to improve your longevity. I don't have a source, but I don't think this is a controversial idea. Even long walks can help (though as someone who lives in the middle of nowhere, I can
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by andykx 5y ago
I am a recent college graduate looking for a front-end webdev position! Location: Hudson Valley, NY Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Within NY, CT, RI, MA. Technologies: React (Redux, Router, various libraries), Gatsby, JS, CSS (SCSS), Djan
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by andykx 5y ago
I don't wish to refute your central point, but I've been told in the past that numbeo.com is not a reliable source.
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by andykx 6y ago
If I might give a potentially upsetting, but honest, opinion: you aren’t ready for work if the content in Eloquent JavaScript is beyond your current scope of knowledge. I am in the process of applying to entry-level jobs and I can assure yo
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by andykx 6y ago
Sure, but I think that’s the point being made here. They are humans, but they are different in very appreciable ways. Though we would ultimately share many similarities, as all of humanity has throughout history, there would undoubtedly be
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by andykx 6y ago
I agree with your core point, but the comparison to JAMStack is misguided. Push to GitHub, sign in to Netlify (or one of countless similar services), pick the repo to deploy, and you’re done.
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by andykx 6y ago
I don’t think that anecdote serves as a good counterpoint. I think that developer was implying that such a button might lead to accidental purchases, not that the concept of clicking a single button to purchase something was some kind of in
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by andykx 6y ago
On a fundamental level, living any kind of life, “simple” or not, is a fruitless attempt to discover the ideal way a life should be spent. There is no single, truthful answer to that question. It is entirely possible to live a simple life a
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by andykx 6y ago
Yeah, LA is probably the worst (large) city in the US when it comes to public transport.
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by andykx 6y ago
Cool concept, well done. Visually appealing for sure. A few things: First, I don’t think that your users’ first exposure to your product should be a comparison to other products. As another user mentioned, I don’t really have an idea of wha
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by andykx 6y ago
I don’t know much about epilepsy, but my instincts tell me that people with it might not want to watch that video.
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by andykx 6y ago
I used this method on an art history exam during my Freshman year of college (>10 years ago). We had to memorize an absurd amount of details pertaining to different works of art. I still remember all of it. Strangely, not only do I remem
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by andykx 6y ago
I don’t understand the point you’re trying to make. That doesn’t mean that sugar is a vegetable.
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by andykx 6y ago
Are schools closed across much of the US? Maybe I live under a rock but I don’t think that’s the case. It certainly is not in my area (NY Metro).
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by andykx 6y ago
I suppose the thought was that parents could relax while young children played, knowing that they couldn’t run off.
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by andykx 6y ago
Yeah. This seems like something that the industry decided was a bad practice many years ago. My best guess is that this is more of a fun project than anything and spending too much time on such concerns would detract from the fun. I do the
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by andykx 6y ago
My grandfather bought a knife in Japan while on a business trip in the 80s. The owner of the shop used to call him once a year (now they communicate via email) and ask if he needed to ship it back for any repairs. The repairs are free. At t
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by andykx 6y ago
I find the list of things they won’t miss to be strange. I am not opposed to legitimate criticism of Apple’s hardware/software offerings, but I felt like they were kind of reaching to find things they didn’t like. .DS_Store files? The
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by andykx 6y ago
Funny, I was just struggling with this yesterday in an assessment I was given for a new job.
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by andykx 6y ago
Other first world (mainly European) countries are, in general, far happier than we are, despite having significantly smaller consumer economies. Why is that? Edit: America is only a bastion of personal liberty if you look and act a certain
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by andykx 6y ago
It's definitely a pain to re-learn how to type. I type quickly in general (as I'm sure most here do), and I'm used to the split layout now, but I was painfully slow for the first few weeks.

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