dwhitney

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by dwhitney 6mo ago
I feel totally the opposite. I feel like I'm better able to have more work-life balance. Our predictions are more accurate. I'm enjoying working on actual problems rather than boilerplate. These tools are amazing
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by dwhitney 2y ago
I learned how to diagram sentences in college. It was eye-opening, and I wish I had learned it sooner.
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by dwhitney 2y ago
oof - this article is pushing bad advice - general disclaimer: use a third party authentication system like Okta or Cognito. It's going to save you so much grief down the road. They pretty much all use the same pattern (OIDC), so you j
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by dwhitney 2y ago
501108 - never forget
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by dwhitney 2y ago
Contrarian view - the programs are working. Rates of smoking among teens over the past three decades: Ever used nicotine: 70.1% in 1991 to 17.8% in 2021; Occasional use of nicotine: 27.5% in 1991 to 3.8% in 2021; Frequent use of nic
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by dwhitney 3y ago
My takeaway: I need the person who wrote the top response on stackexchange to tell me how to run my life.
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by dwhitney 3y ago
I was under the impression that expressing a sense of humor was not allowed on this site. Can someone clarify :)
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by dwhitney 3y ago
Yeah that was silly, but aren't all of the new iPhone cameras 3D cameras? People take photos/videos all of the time. Now you can immerse yourself in them. I think it's pretty cool
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by dwhitney 3y ago
Yeah but more importantly the post suggests there are likely terrestrial explanations which obey the laws of physics as we understand them contrary to what's been depicted in the media recently. I want to believe, but I agree with the
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by dwhitney 4y ago
You can elevate others while pushing your ideals - once you truly understand something, you can teach it.
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by dwhitney 4y ago
As a US citizen, I whole heartedly agree, and I assume our government would do the same.
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by dwhitney 4y ago
This is the first time I’ve seen humor on this site. If I were you, I’d be afraid
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by dwhitney 5y ago
The debt to gdp ratio is higher than it’s ever been. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GFDEGDQ188S I don’t see us cutting back spending any time soon, so it doesn’t seem crazy to me that we inflate our way out of this
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by dwhitney 5y ago
I hope you're wrong. I understand that the technology for the dream that "Google Glasses" was selling isn't quite there, but I hope Apple has a research team moving closer and closer to it.
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by dwhitney 5y ago
I work for a FAANG. Among the many benefits we receive, a large chunk of our pay comes in the form of equity. When the price of the stock goes up, so does my effective pay. Also there is free food and stuff.
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by dwhitney 5y ago
Also PureScript addresses all of the issues you've complained about above :)
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by dwhitney 5y ago
FWIW this post is about PureScript, not Elm. The library is an implementation of the Elm Architecture in PureScript. Elm is a language. The framework that goes along with it is called "The Elm Architecture". The Architecture can b
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by dwhitney 5y ago
I was wondering that myself. Here's an Ajax example: https://github.com/purescript-concur/purescript-concur-react... It could use some type signatures, but it makes sense. As for managing state, my understanding o
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by dwhitney 5y ago
If they were worth near nothing when he got them then the tax would be small. Sending them is probably another taxable event but most countries allow you to write off charitable contributions
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by dwhitney 5y ago
as someone who has designed an application for financial services, I can confirm that Berkshire is a PITA :)
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by dwhitney 5y ago
svn? Blast from the past! Why are you using it?
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by dwhitney 5y ago
We should have a "My Favorite One Liners" thread every month like we do "Who's Hiring". Some of this is going straight into some aliases!
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by dwhitney 5y ago
Great post,thanks!
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by dwhitney 5y ago
> Admitting that I may be self-consciously afraid that I lack the education to “get” Ulysses, I also wonder whether works of art should be considered greater on account of the complexity of their allusions. I’ve read Ulysses twice - pain
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by dwhitney 5y ago
My God that site is beautiful. If only every "maths" site could looks like this, I'd have won a field medal!
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by dwhitney 5y ago
The issue I'd take with "take a relevant MOOC course" is, what if actual work picks up and you need to drop the course to meet some deadlines? You've failed to meet your "goals" by focusing on the company&#x2
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by dwhitney 5y ago
If only Tom had implemented a good set of 360 performance reviews and growth plans, then we wouldn't even know who Zuckerberg is.
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by dwhitney 5y ago
90% of startups fail. OP is talking about annual 360 performance reviews. If your company may not exist next year, why would you do this? I say this as someone who has sold a startup. OP is not talking about the "goals" I mentione
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by dwhitney 5y ago
A good friend of mine once told me, "I often feel like my purpose as an engineer is to give business dudes a reason to have meetings." That statement always rings true to me during performance review and goal setting seasons. This
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by dwhitney 5y ago
sounds like you have a good manager. you should take a moment and feel happy about that :)

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