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by foenix 4mo ago
I'm considering starting my own new thread about this, but I can't even unsubscribe or use my account without doing a Persona ID check -- something I absolutely refuse to do but have no way to opt out of.
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Use the Mikado Method to do safe changes in a complex codebase(understandlegacycode.com)
191 points by foenix 7mo ago|85 comments
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by foenix 7mo ago
Hate to be that guy, but I'm not sure this is an HN worthy article to be honest. It's a listsicle that covers the title for a minority of its points. Perhaps one could look at this recent Technology Connections video and its accom
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by foenix 8mo ago
Mao took over my summer camp like wildfire in 2005. Fellow councilors and I would often consolidate the rules between camp sessions and we kept running clearing out playing cards from the Kenora grocery store to play on our island. Fond mem
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by foenix 1y ago
Exactly. Any discussion about US debt as a barrier to economic process when there are so many other avenues for the state to make revenue is either ignorant at best or disingenuous at worst.
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by foenix 1y ago
Pilot here: even in my small Cessna I will backtrack do you know why? Because it gives me that money more options to work with in case something goes wrong with my take off.
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by foenix 1y ago
Seconded! And I say this as a man who thought I didn't need it because I can't get cervical cancer. But it turns out oropharyngeal cancer might be just as preventable with the HPV vaccine.
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by foenix 1y ago
> My mother was from Utah, and she always lamented at the small size of her flowers growing up in Chicago. They are much larger in Utah because they can get big without insects eating them. Counter-anecdote from a Utah local: every time
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by foenix 1y ago
Nope, the bill as written prevents local municipalities from making that decision.
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by foenix 1y ago
Very cool! I asked about something similar in 2010 on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1396876 Funny to see how the comments haven't shifted (and have!) in the past 15 years.
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by foenix 2y ago
Hi Tom! I went to school with Tom. He's one of the first legit nerds I ever hung out with. Glad to see his business featured on HN!
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by foenix 2y ago
I highly recommend onshape these days if you're ok with a web app that makes all your design open source (the pay for private space model has a steep cliff, but for my hobby purposes and open source enthusiasm it's great). I'
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by foenix 2y ago
So, sometimes software gets these things called "iterations" and "versions" where the authors of the software add features and updates. So while this link isn't the KidPix of the 90s, it certainly has the same gamep
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by foenix 2y ago
Sure thing: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kid-pix-5-the-steam-edition/id...
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by foenix 2y ago
You're in luck! I my kiddo loves the kidpix iPad app and it's just a single purchase.
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by foenix 2y ago
Location: Salt Lake City, UT, USA Remote: preferred Willing to relocate: probably not Technologies: Python, LLMs, content moderation, FDA approvals, massive data, React, angular, htmx, all the clouds -- pretty much everything but mobile fro
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by foenix 3y ago
These are great! Here are my personal curations / additions of go-to color links (general color theory stuff): - https://paletton.com/ palettes with color theory and can generate the entire scheme. - https:/&#x2F
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by foenix 3y ago
Location: SLC, UT Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Not at this time Technologies: Python, specifically high-performance web. All the devops (AWS, K8s, Rancher, Linux anything, nginx anything, domains, ssl). Also good at U
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by foenix 4y ago
Find and depress the red "button" at the bottom of any smbc comic for a lovely Easter egg.
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by foenix 4y ago
> Another alternative I’m considering is learning HVAC repair as a fallback career. Why not both? My neighbor configures HVAC for datacenters as a living. From what I've understood in our chats, there's a lot of expert system p
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by foenix 4y ago
If you haven't had the pleasure: https://www.incredibox.com/demo/ may be the band/demo/dynamic music you are pursuing? But much agreed, I think we're at the forefront of exciting new mediums in the
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by foenix 4y ago
Wait... is this the same Prager-prefix as the PragerU folks? My goodness this stupidity is a conglomerate industry if so.
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by foenix 5y ago
Invitae | Senior / Principal Engineer: Django / Python, or anything biotech | REMOTE / Optional travel to SF / CO (USA) labs | https://www.invitae.com/en/careers/ [ Funny enough, I was hired vi
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by foenix 5y ago
I would have agreed with you if it weren't for the recent cases of ransomware attacks on hospitals https://cyber.forum.yale.edu/blog/2021/7/20/attributing-deat... The anti-yakuza strategy suggested
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by foenix 5y ago
Seconded with respect to Joplin. It's the only solution I've found which lets me sync iPad notes & photos & videos to my linux boxes & android. Perfect for dumping screenshots and adding context to them and for copying
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by foenix 5y ago
I've been doing python for 14+ years now. Never been asked about linked-lists, but was asked about prototypical inheritance in javascript (didn't get that job -- in retrospect, very glad i didn't). Now that I'm on the ot
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by foenix 6y ago
impressive pico-8 demo!
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by foenix 6y ago
Upon second reading it appears I have misunderstood your comment. My bad!
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by foenix 6y ago
"modern medicine that will result in mankind accumulating more and more genetic defects." Citation needed... A lot of autosomal recessive genetic disease is a result of humans reproducing within their in-group, making the likeliho
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Computer Chronicles on Archive.org (1984-2002)(archive.org)
1 points by foenix 6y ago|0 comments

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