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by hmwhy 1y ago
If you pay closer attention, you can see that some of the designs rely on very deliberate placements of circles ; for example, eyes of the monkey and owl, and the nose of the whale. Those are just the obvious ones that I can immediately sp
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by hmwhy 5y ago
I think there is a lot to learn from what you said, but I just want to remind everyone else reading your comment that it is anecdotal. I have experience with both research in physics and chemistry in multidisciplinary teams, and my experien
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by hmwhy 5y ago
Maybe my response was emotional, but if everyone is going to pile on and down vote, it would be nice to at least get an explanation -- even if it's just an emotional disagreement it's still great and appreciated. I couldn't c
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by hmwhy 5y ago
I agree with most of your points, and I want the current government gone, but would you mind elaborating on the following? > ... but having written this and other anti-government sentiment, it’s entirely possible that they stop me at the
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by hmwhy 5y ago
I second these. For anyone reading GP's comment, my take is that some expats do hate their home country. It's insanity that some people think that strict lockdown rules are an invasion of freedom. I'll tell you what's an
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by hmwhy 5y ago
> You can’t automate the creation of software because the requirements are not known. It seems like the entire article is based on this sentiment. I read the article but I'm not sure what the point it's trying to make is. Even
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by hmwhy 5y ago
I second this, especially e-mail or calling. In retrospect, my urge to post and share something on social media is just an urge to satiate my ego and be noticed. I think the reality is that most people don't really care about the major
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by hmwhy 5y ago
Could you elaborate more on what and why document annotation is in a "sad" state? Even with a regular PDF file there are many ways you can annotate it: highlighting, adding text box, adding comments, drawing shapes, freehand writi
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by hmwhy 5y ago
Uh, I'm not an economist, but what you said doesn't make much sense to me -- isn't "the market clearing price" effectively the same as "people are paid the value of their work"? If the value that a softwar
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by hmwhy 5y ago
I see your point and I agree that there is often room for intuition for most real-world problems, but I'm not sure that you have a valid argument there: not everyone clicking does them mindlessly, and some people see a beautiful world
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by hmwhy 5y ago
And, in the meantime, Roblox is promoted in the App Store. For context, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20620102
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by hmwhy 5y ago
My hypotheses are: 1. Some companies found a way to promote this type of blog articles past a certain threshold to stay on the front page long enough for... profits? 2. The demography of HN has changed substantially in recent times so that
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by hmwhy 5y ago
Thank you very much for taking the time to address my comment, it has given me some food for thought.
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by hmwhy 5y ago
Maybe I'm joining the large amount of comments at the bottom for once, but this article is not just about someone who ended up being a teacher due to serendipity — he committed crimes to get there. I'm all for supporting people wi
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by hmwhy 5y ago
> I think company founders are often great, idealistic people. People who genuinely want to make the world better. I used to think like that, but I now think that's a skewed view of the world that I used so that I could feel better
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by hmwhy 5y ago
I feel that you have something that you feel is important but just stopped short of saying it. If that's the case, would you mind elaborating on it? I am interested because I am one of those people whose "reaction will probably be
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by hmwhy 5y ago
Maybe I am wrong, but I would assume that the most sensible place to start with is the MDN Web Docs[0] in this case instead of looking for blog posts. Throwing out blanket statements is dangerous for new comers, which seems to be the target
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by hmwhy 5y ago
Based on the way the article is written, I assume that software engineering was not new to the author when he first started writing CSS. It seems strange to me to write an article like this because it's just an indication that the auth
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by hmwhy 5y ago
Maybe an unpopular opinion, but it feels like there is a new trend in celebrating this type of articles that does nothing but repeat already-known concepts without references, adds nothing new, and basically just there to pollute search eng
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by hmwhy 5y ago
I'm not sure the metal state that you are referring to really makes a difference in terms of deadline estimation. The way I see it is that, in the grand scheme of things, if you are consistently missing the targets then either you get
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by hmwhy 5y ago
It seems remarkable that a short post with a shallow opinion, which only serves to confuse people who do not have a good grasp of themselves and others, is getting so much traction here. Note to self: avoid it.
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by hmwhy 6y ago
I set NoScript to disallow all JavaScript by default and whitelist those that I "trust" as I go, I have been doing that for a few years now. The friction in surfing doesn't get lower over time, not least because my exposure t
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by hmwhy 6y ago
For me Tailwind CSS solves a cognitive problem: I find that switching between CSS and HTML files reduces my development velocity substantially (maybe I'm getting old). I was always a bit wary of CSS frameworks, and I preferred writing
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by hmwhy 6y ago
The apology is well-written, but I'm not sure it "it highlights all of garriott's mistakes, in detail, and places the blame squarely on his own shoulders". That was the first time I read the apology, and the apology imme
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by hmwhy 6y ago
There are a lot of good advice given to you already and I just thought I'd share some of my personal experience with you since I some of your experience are similar to mine mostly because you appear to be self-taught. I found out the h
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by hmwhy 6y ago
I would argue that it helps with more than the other comments suggest. The difference in writing (which I don't think is simply a matter of simplification when comparing Kanji and Simplified Chinese), is typically not a problem because
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by hmwhy 6y ago
Although I can relate, I find the reasoning in the post a bit odd. For example: > Starting a new project? Make sure to write your project idea down because by the time you are finished setting up the vast boilerplate you have probably fo
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by hmwhy 6y ago
I haven't had formal qualifications for any of the few jobs I have been hired to do in the past 6–7 years, and my cover letters were almost always the reason I got an interview. I would like to think that my cover letters are not the s
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by hmwhy 6y ago
Absolutely. :) The point of noting the existence of the foundation is more that his values are actually not neglected and very much alive today -- those values are actually promoted by the foundation, and those sponsored by the foundation a
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by hmwhy 6y ago
> His neglect today is unfortunate but instructive. > Yet the science of our time has no place for Humboldt. It is worth noting that the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is very well-known in academia due to its prestigious sponsorsh

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