idiocratic

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by idiocratic 6mo ago
The economics of software are very different from physical goods. Margins on software (products) are orders of magnitude higher. Any cost shaving done at coding time is economically irrelevant in the long run, detrimental to quality/re
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by idiocratic 1y ago
What has always worked for me is the exact opposite: no goal from the start, just try as many things that interest you as possible until you have one or two areas that work for you. Repeat when you’re burned out.
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by idiocratic 3y ago
It is nice, but nobody except celebrities and super rich people can afford any of these apartments. It’s easy to create nice things for extremely rich people, the real challenge in Milan is to provide aesthetically pleasing and environmenta
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by idiocratic 3y ago
True but that site is satire https://0ver.org/about.html
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Lousy Book Covers(lousybookcovers.com)
1 points by idiocratic 3y ago|1 comments
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Tracking Finances with Spreadsheets(retireinprogress.com)
2 points by idiocratic 3y ago|0 comments
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by idiocratic 3y ago
Or maybe thanks to this strong moderation, not despite it.
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by idiocratic 3y ago
I disagree. They were such a great door into escapism and friendship for me, a standard guy from a small town in Italy with no metal friends at all until the internet came about. Forums in particular provided the opportunity of meeting peo
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by idiocratic 3y ago
> I don't understand audacity of people who are trying to dictate to real estate owners what they can and can't do with their property I don't understand this argument. If you live in the middle of a desert or if you own a
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Kuznet’s Curve(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by idiocratic 3y ago|0 comments
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by idiocratic 3y ago
Great quote. It applies to pretty much any profession that isn't pure art. Knowing how it works in medical and research fields, it would be a great analogy for that too.
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Koakuma Chord Progression(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by idiocratic 3y ago|0 comments
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by idiocratic 4y ago
So many parallels with the Italian software industry. Plagued by low pay, clerical work and system integrators monopolising the entire industry for decades. I also see cloud computing and Silicon Valley glamour as the turning point for the
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by idiocratic 4y ago
While in some places Communism has definitely been responsible for atrocities, in many countries (especially Western Europe, Asia and South America) Communist parties have been on the frontline of liberation movements, indigenous rights, hu
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by idiocratic 4y ago
Marginally, from a historic perspective.
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by idiocratic 4y ago
Great article. It’s inspiring to see what applications some simple algorithms can have. Kudos for building the tool and sharing your approach.
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The anonymous Korean vloggers creating the most meditative content on YouTube(i-d.vice.com)
3 points by idiocratic 4y ago|1 comments
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by idiocratic 4y ago
This to me seems less of a problem where I come from, Italy. It's true that most Italians indulge in sugar when drinking coffee (which it's a terrible practice, we should instead push for better specialty-grade coffee that doesn&#
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by idiocratic 4y ago
The promise of crypto is still valid. It’s the centralized idea of crypto platforms like Coinbase that is evaporating, and that’s a good thing.
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Fugaku 富岳(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by idiocratic 5y ago|0 comments
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by idiocratic 5y ago
I don't understand how you don't count meetings and context switching as part of work hours. You're helping others, making decisions, etc. It's not that what's not coding is not work.
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by idiocratic 5y ago
Others already replied in useful ways that reflect my thoughts here. I know some people can and will make it, but it’s definitely not for everyone or even the majority of them, especially here in southern Europe. Think mums with kids doing
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by idiocratic 5y ago
Not everyone can have a better job. Sorry but your comment reveals how little empathy we, software engineers, can have at times.
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by idiocratic 5y ago
The problem with doing this in Python is that there is no typing or interfaces to help you. Basing it purely on naming of arguments breaks the assumption that argument names are local to the function/method. I find this extremely confu
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by idiocratic 6y ago
The way I see it is that DDD works well with very consolidated process modelling. Think finance, insurance, but also e-commerce, billing systems, etc. If your business is for example into "data" processing or in the discovery phas
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by idiocratic 6y ago
I'm sure there are lots of... brands... that don't have any visible branding on their clothes. 2 that come to my mind right now are Uniqlo and Muji. But I'm sure there's plenty more to buy from in every country.
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by idiocratic 6y ago
Even if cloning was an option, extinction is just a side effect of habitat erosion. Without habitat, there's no place where those species, even when cloned, could thrive.
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by idiocratic 6y ago
Maybe HN (and the web) has become less US-centric and more global? In Europe the issue is marginal to say the least, in Asia I believe they don't even consider it news-worthy, and so on. The opposite of "defining" for most of
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by idiocratic 6y ago
I'm a very anti-racist and anti-fascist person. I'm in favour of removing slavers and white supremacists statues. But these silly debates in the tech world makes me cringe a little and I wish our community was different. Isn'
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by idiocratic 6y ago
Very true, it's incredible the amount of burning that goes on in front of most houses at sunset. But I guess our cities in Europe were similar in the past, especially in the countryside.

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