firstworldman

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by firstworldman 9y ago
Remote (New York, Seattle preferred - open to anyone though) | Full-time | Full Stack Developer Elearning project Cloud Productions is hiring a full stack developer to help us create an elearning platform and work on a few other products in
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by firstworldman 10y ago
Admittedly, I'm more of a lurker and slightly-more-than-occasional visitor, so my experience of HN is probably not representative of the norm. However, I have seen racism and other prejudice called out frequently enough that I felt jus
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by firstworldman 10y ago
Getting the interview in the first place is a good marker of the privileged upbringing that most tech industry job applicants have. The path to getting a high paying, high quality job interview is littered with cul-de-sacs where smart, hard
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by firstworldman 10y ago
I think that the solution lies in shining a light on, and whenever possible, celebrating differences, not ignoring them. Maybe some far off day we will be 'one people', after a few (dozen) generations of widespread interracial cou
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by firstworldman 10y ago
HN is sometimes one of the more progressive wings of the geek community. It's disheartening to see the number of replies expressing dismay at race being an interesting and notable part of this story. Representation is a crucial concept
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by firstworldman 10y ago
The fact that Beeple was impressed with this is enough to get me excited about it. Granted, his reaction may have something to do with the ML team sitting right beside him as he demoed the product... so, cautiously optimistic then. It will
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by firstworldman 10y ago
What's this about? Confusing premise. Got any links?
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by firstworldman 10y ago
Before my son was born, we tried to persuade our OB to allow us to do this, or at least to look at the research herself. She wouldn't budge. As an aside, my son was born 12 lb 1 oz, he now weighs 31 lbs at 5 months. The same weight as
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by firstworldman 10y ago
In any case, good luck. It sounds like you put a lot of work in on this, so I hope you keep doing that. Charlie Rose interviews with comedians (specifically the types that you're referring to) are one of my favorite things to fall asle
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by firstworldman 10y ago
When things are hard, it's often because either a) it's new, or b) because we're trying the 'wrong' way. When something is hard and you can't manage to get the desired result no matter how hard you try, conside
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by firstworldman 10y ago
Can you imagine what it's like to be on the other side of you? I don't know you, and I wouldn't presume to know anything about you other than what you've revealed in your comments, but what I can say is that you've
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by firstworldman 11y ago
Oh cool! Another dystopian policy idea! My first thought was, doesn't the person advocating for this realize they are rooting for the bad guys in the film? Then I realized, in science fiction, the bad guys often don't realize they
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by firstworldman 11y ago
The solution to homelessness is compassion. Frankly, it's outright disturbing how complacent we have become with homelessness in our culture. The problem isn't that these people abuse drugs or alcohol, or that their mental health
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by firstworldman 11y ago
Raymond Scott is probably more well known, particularly because of having been sampled by Dilla. Oram and certainly also Delia Derbyshire deserve all their due... I can't imagine how exciting it must have been to be creating these soun
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by firstworldman 11y ago
"The future is not only going to be about hard-edged people with metal faces. There will be broken hearts in the future." That's a Bowie quote I think of with unusual regularity. It appeared 16 years ago in Spin Magazine. H
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by firstworldman 11y ago
I guess you can draw sweeping conclusions from your own narrow social base, but it doesn't seem like a reliable point of view from which to make generalities. By implication the comment seems to say that it's not possible to have
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by firstworldman 11y ago
Nightlife is when you are awake but the sun is down and all of the people around you don't mind. There is sometimes lots of alcohol, yes, but also music and conversation and hopefully a convivial atmosphere. I recommend it. No anesthes
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by firstworldman 11y ago
> I can't think of anyone who participates in nightlife successfully who doesn't at least get a little buzzed when out. This is a very strange and unqualified statement. I know a couple dozen very successful nightlife persona
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by firstworldman 11y ago
Any books you'd recommend?
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by firstworldman 11y ago
I was a musician playing at the Beauty Bar in Austin during SXSW a few years ago. Bill Murray turned up to the party and jumped behind the bar. He asked me what I wanted and I asked for a whiskey coke. He came back over and said "Shot
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by firstworldman 11y ago
Just keep going. One page at a time (easier to do if you employ 2 bookmarks in a paper book). It will begin to gel. Just focus on how funny it is, rather than what's going on. It is very much worth the effort.
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by firstworldman 11y ago
Well, first of all, these kinds of things are really just insider baseball, aren't they? I don't think most readers of magazines are interested in or knowledgeable about the portfolio of the magazine publisher. So the influence is
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by firstworldman 11y ago
I wouldn't worry too much. The most notable aspect of the recent incarnation of Pitchfork's brand is its discernment. It doesn't typically follow the hype, it creates the hype. There are always subcultural ripples that surfac
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by firstworldman 11y ago
The cover stories have been really wonderful, as a guy who grew up loving magazine design (not to mention quality writing) in mags like The Face, Dazed, i-D and Raygun. For a good time, view source on the Aphex Twin feature.
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by firstworldman 11y ago
I would guess that the sale would make more sense in the context of a place like HN than it would to most fans of the site. They will benefit from the infrastructure and experience that Conde Nast offers, plus the brand lift of being associ
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by firstworldman 11y ago
The point is that millennial males do not lack for adequate representation in the current media landscape. I'm certain they'll regret having gone with that quote. It will be the most seized upon line in the press release.
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by firstworldman 11y ago
Why do you think it bothers you? Genuinely curious. I understand that hypocrisy is frustrating, but perhaps this situation is more illustrative of the fact that "The System" has so pervasively invaded free spaces (physical spaces
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by firstworldman 11y ago
Unsure whether you're saying that you're a paying customer or not, but if so do you see a value above what something like Ghostery or Wappalyzer can tell you for free?
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by firstworldman 11y ago
I completed a program sort of like this one. My opinion is that it is probably not worth it overall. I learned a lot about how to build things, but I am very lacking when it comes to CS fundamentals, and I would struggle to build something
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by firstworldman 11y ago
I'm not endorsing this program at all, but Bloc's Rails curriculum has students build a Reddit clone from the ground up. In fact, there's a wealth of free tutorials online for building Reddit-style sites. If all you're l

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