arubania

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   by arubania 5y ago

   https://matt.might.net/articles/ Not strictly a software engineer, but a computer scientist (and so many other things), and an extremely smart person in general - worth reading even if you're not interested in aca
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   by arubania 5y ago

   I agree with everything you said, but that doesn't change the fact that the post to which you're replying is also true. If I always rode my bike, but didn't have a car, I couldn't really say "riding a bike is as muc
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   by arubania 5y ago

   Did they confirm the offer _during_ your interview? If yes, then it was a dick move and you definitely dodged a bullet. I'm asking because I know of some cases where the salary range was listed in the job posting, but after talking to
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   by arubania 5y ago

   This. More people should realize that the accuracy = hits / shots, and Michael Burry keeps shooting out predictions on a regular basis now. His "proven track record" would be less than 10%, I'd imagine.
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   by arubania 5y ago

   Yeah, reading my response now, it kind of did sound as if I was implying that the video game character was original "Mac". I wanted to mention the game as a possible inspiration because of who the author of the article is, and the
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   by arubania 5y ago

   The title is a reference to Mack the Knife, a playable character in the arcade game Captain Commando developed by Capcom. MAME is often used to play arcade games on PCs.