futureproofd

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by futureproofd 4mo ago
Sometimes, yes. Other times, no. It depends who's leveraging the technology to write these things. Though even in the positive outcome cases, the volume alone is suffocating. My brain doesn't have time to commit all of it.
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by futureproofd 4mo ago
I've noticed early into AI adoption in the workplace that some colleagues took advantage of the technology by appearing to be hyper-proactive; New TODs weekly, fresh new refactoring ideas, novel ways to solve age-old problems with shin
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by futureproofd 5mo ago
It's as if what William Gibson wrote about in Idoru has already become a reality. Soon we will see celebrity AI gossip.
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by futureproofd 5mo ago
Large institutional landlords use Equifax data, TWN, and other 3rd party financial tracking systems to dynamically price renters across the board; new rentals, security deposit, renewals, etc. These are pricing strategies insurance companie
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by futureproofd 3y ago
Here in Ontario at least, when you transfer ownership of a bike, you have to get it certified for safety. In my case, the bike was an '81 xs400 which required a fork seal replacement and new front tire (due to side wall damage). With p
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by futureproofd 4y ago
I'm currently enjoying Zero to Production in Rust. It assumes you already have some experience building production-ready systems, and applies rust-specific syntax and concepts to that. As a complete beginner with the language and havin
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by futureproofd 4y ago
Personally, I take it seriously and I think that we at least have the opportunity to make our concerns known here as well. To boil down my job title would reduce me to a computer programmer. I'm fine with that and it's what I tell
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by futureproofd 4y ago
I think the intention was to spark conversation loosely around SPAs vs SSR. It seems we're at yet another turning point and frankly, I'm enjoying the debate.
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by futureproofd 4y ago
It's nice to read that someone else has had a positive experience with the zero2prod book. I'm working my way through it and my impression so far (even after reading the official "book") is that Rust is hard ; I enjoy t
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by futureproofd 4y ago
It's actually quite simple even without using some of the advanced features: What I do is create a directory structure for each domain as I explore them. I.e. Toplevel: - Work -- Job A: -- Daily notes -- Services -- Auth --- ove
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by futureproofd 4y ago
Do we work for the same company? :P Confluence has been the bane of my attempts in finding any relevant docs. Which one is the source of truth? Which one was a draft written by an overly eager to make a first impression, new employee (who i
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by futureproofd 4y ago
I've been considering htmx for some of our more complex forms with a lot of colocated information. One approach I have in mind is using a small frontend state management library like Alpine.js with the htmx alpine-morph plugin. In shor
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by futureproofd 4y ago
More code results in more bugs. You need to throw money at software developers to build something, anything really. Only then do you hire a 3rd party pen-testing company for a few days. That's the way it works in our shop anyway. It&#x
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by futureproofd 4y ago
I recently moved to a newly built condo in Toronto and there was a special resident onboarding email, which happened to include a promotional offer from Rogers, advertising a rock bottom deal on internet that I couldn't refuse. I later
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by futureproofd 4y ago
They legally have the right of way to build infrastructure to connect to newly developed, last mile locations? Interesting.
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by futureproofd 4y ago
Admittedly I scrolled down to find the obligatory archive link to read this for free, but it's got me wondering now, how do the economist and other online publications make money if we can easily circumvent their paywall (assuming this
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by futureproofd 4y ago
This is great, thank you. I love a good music exchange. And the comment below on Adam Curtis leaves me with hours of digging down this particular rabbit hole. Good stuff.
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by futureproofd 4y ago
Interesting examples of related art. M.F. also mentions the paintings of Nigel Cooke in one of his writings > https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/paintings-by-nigel-cooke/ One music artist that I've been enjoyin
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by futureproofd 4y ago
There's also this common obsession around Burial with music geeks that he (Burial) was so mysterious that no one ever knew who he was, or that he never gave interviews (except to M.F.), which is obviously wrong. There's lots of in
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by futureproofd 4y ago
It's good to see the occasional Mark Fisher thread here. On the topic of Hauntology and lost futures, I think this guy does a great job of explaining it through the analogy of the Fallout videogame series: https://www.youtub
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by futureproofd 5y ago
What are the rules / law for identifying an instagram post as an ad? If this isn't enforceable then young people don't stand a chance against the insidious nature of marketing. In the 90's, "cool-hunters" would
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by futureproofd 5y ago
The fact that the messaging was there to begin with is the issue. People assume tech companies are immune from the law based on make believe claims that their ideals allow them to circumvent it.
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by futureproofd 5y ago
All these name drops makes me think we should have another "Best Sci-Fi" post/thread. I recall a past HN discussion based on top sci-fi according to reddit, which led me to Greg Egan's Permutation City - one of the best
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by futureproofd 5y ago
Gibson and Stephenson have different styles of writing. The comments throughout this thread are evidence enough. I could see many liking one over the other so I have a hard time taking your recommendation even though I'd like to.
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by futureproofd 5y ago
I've also been a developer for almost 10 years without any Computer Science training (aside from my college diploma). I've also felt the same way about not needing any further formal education up until a certain point. That point
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by futureproofd 5y ago
Thanks for the response. Right now I'm focused on Javascript professionally (NodeJS for the backend and React on the frontend). I'd say my long term goals are to give back to the community through open source in some capacity. In
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by futureproofd 5y ago
I'm really digging these days to solidify my foundation of software development so I thought this link might contain some useful information. Perhaps it does, but it seems a little abstract. Being said, I'd rather get deep into th
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by futureproofd 5y ago
Would be much appreciated! I don't know if you've heard it before, but Biosphere - Substrata is a fantastic album (possibly for a psychedelic trip as well!)
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by futureproofd 5y ago
This is exactly what I've been telling some friends who've been at the same jobs for the past 5 years getting 3% standard raises. They don't even take into account the inflation (which itself may be underestimated). I always
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by futureproofd 5y ago
Maybe your profile needs some updating. The market is HOT right now.

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