hoytie

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by hoytie 1y ago
I think the point the author is trying to make is that there are many problems in plain sight we could be spending our efforts on, and instead we are chasing illusory profits by putting so many resources into developing AI features. AI is n
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by hoytie 3y ago
> Hence, this nice physical face-to-face meeting, a supposed benefit of returning to the office, does not materialize. It does in my experience. 1 on 1s and small meetings often do have all of the attendees present, especially when in-of
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by hoytie 13y ago
I think the situation would be drastically different if the buses didn't exist, for better or worse. Workers would make completely different choices in where they live, and it's not likely they would choose the same neighborhoods
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by hoytie 13y ago
A hearing like this reinforces secrecy and benefits only the people in that room. They are given a platform to legitimize their activities and deny the existence of anything that may violate the constitution or upset Americans. "Hey gu
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by hoytie 13y ago
I have a "music for programming" spotify playlist for anyone interested: http://open.spotify.com/user/thoyt/playlist/2AUYxFDAi6MdOPtg... I tend to think I do my best work in silence, but for repetit
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by hoytie 13y ago
I'm really curious what they intend to share as what they describe as the scope of the requests.
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by hoytie 13y ago
I suppose it would be nice to know how many FISA requests there have been, but what does the number of requests have to do with the core issue? Is the number of FISA requests in proportion to the amount of data being shared? Does it tell us
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by hoytie 13y ago
I think the visual reinforcement of note names is a poor idea. When I play piano, I play best when my brain and hands are reading the music spatially. When I start thinking of note names I become much more clumsy and slow, because it's inte
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by hoytie 13y ago
I find that for a lot of people documentation has replaced experience. I watched a performance a week or two ago, and a guy in front of me took photos and videos for 20 minutes straight then abruptly got distracted and walked away. It struc
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by hoytie 14y ago
Actually almost everyone is a professional reader/writer. Even programmers read and write as part of their professional practice, and I can't really think of any job where at least verbal communication plays a vital role. The way I see it,
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by hoytie 14y ago
Your first point is certainly true, but I still think that "as important as.." is an overstatement. Problem solving skills are taught in innumerable ways, so what makes programming the most important? I agree with your second point too, but
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by hoytie 14y ago
I'm all for teaching CS in high school, but am irked by the claim that "learning to code is just as important as learning how to read and write." This is obviously not true if you think about it for two seconds. There isn't a job in the wor
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by hoytie 14y ago
Jeez, 11 hours a day, 6 days a week? I guess a masochistic streak is an asset in web development, but this borders on unhealthy.
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by hoytie 14y ago
For many of us, the value is in the learning opportunity. Some people, I imagine, are out of work and need a way to pick up skills and job credentials cheaply. For them I think huge value could be found in a certification. Having a certific
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by hoytie 14y ago
The east side is by no means "as fucked as ever". 24th street has totally transformed and become another valencia street. Folsom/Harrison has been changing a lot. There are lots of fancy restaurants, cushy bars, theatres, climbing gym, nice
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by hoytie 14y ago
The Mission looks more like Noe Valley runoff than ever. Sure, some parts are still slightly scary but there are signs of it becoming more bourgeois all over the place.
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by hoytie 14y ago
http://www.cobol.com/
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by hoytie 15y ago
I don't agree with this view of things. All creative acts take a certain impetus to get off the ground, and it can take serious resolve to take that initial step. Sometimes it feels like you're dragging ideas out kicking and screaming, but
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by hoytie 15y ago
I feel like the repeated usage of "print()" in the beginning is more confusing than helpful.