benignslime

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by benignslime 2y ago
I look forward to more analysis. Watching this guy on youtube play with his mangled toy is always going to be a part of my outlook as an engineer. We really could sit down and build it all again from scratch, and yeah we might go crazy, but
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by benignslime 2y ago
I think the problem with this line of thinking is that we _know_ humanity can speak, and has some innate ability to formulate and learn from language. We don't exactly have a means of proving there's a means of consciousness beyon
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by benignslime 2y ago
In the "Source" section of the site: > It is written in the Pascal language, a well-stabilized standard language with compatibility promises for decades. Using the FreePascal compiler and the Lazarus IDE for free and easy devel
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by benignslime 3y ago
Absolutely. After pondering over this website myself for 20 minutes, I felt similarly to OP regarding the long slog through elementary and secondary schooling to finally feel like there was "progress". It's clear filtering by
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by benignslime 6y ago
I think that's just some form of confirmation bias you've formed, as I've never noticed that. I will say most of my offices have been multi-cultural, but even then, I've been on and led teams of white-only males that nev
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by benignslime 6y ago
they ruin all flow of conversation and serve as distraction rather than substance. It's mindblowing to see some Discord and Slack channels just bombarded with fancy moving pictures. It's particularly worse when people won't u
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by benignslime 7y ago
Have you compared the price to say, hosting your own website, finding your own marketing platform, finding a payment provider, and managing logistical challenges, all for 12% of the gross income of your product? I can see why people would b
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by benignslime 7y ago
> Why doesn't the data match my anecdote? I know, I'll write a blog post about the good ol' days of playing outdoors, living in the moment! What I don't understand is why he doesn't find the data for 2000-2020. L
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by benignslime 7y ago
https://martinfowler.com/bliki/StranglerFigApplication.html If you wanted to read the referenced article. This was the first thing I thought of. I appreciate Fowler's writing style and his sourcing. He always link
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by benignslime 7y ago
This is similar to what Focals by North have been doing for a few years. https://www.bynorth.com/ Turns out the article mentions them.
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by benignslime 7y ago
If you've ever checked out "Cracking the Coding Interview", you'll see there are many "algorithmic tricks" people can use to quickly improve performance while performing operations. An example from this problem
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by benignslime 7y ago
Yeah the only way OP will get accurate advice is with an example or two. From my experience, always expect some nasty PRs in the beginning. Just because someone hired you doesn't mean you're entitled to respect, and many teams wil
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by benignslime 7y ago
One thing I always beg for at the beginning of a tenure is for scathing code reviews. Tell me everything your heart desires, if you have the time. The more we get of the way early, the less we need to worry when our minds are in sync.
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by benignslime 7y ago
This is great advice in general. Git is one of the best tools to help you organize your thoughts into digestible chunks, and a skill that I've consistently found to correlate with poor code at review time. One of the things that always
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by benignslime 7y ago
The inclusion of the Indian view on software patents is interesting. I like the modern understanding; that they would specifically outline the difference between software and hardware is very important. Software patenting is a losers game,