interatx

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by interatx 8y ago
We just took it as a mentorship exercise. Couple of gals in the group were really fast learners and didn't need as much help, so we know some eventual new-hires who sort of know our system and way of doing things. Also, their questions
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by interatx 8y ago
In my previous role, we had few Junior Devs - Teens who are just about to go to college get to experience working on a professional project and seeing if they like software development at a big (FAANG) co. We didn't treat them as inter
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by interatx 8y ago
We pair program with new hires on simpler tasks and gradually build them up. Sounds very similar.
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by interatx 8y ago
Thanks
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by interatx 8y ago
Is cleaning the chimney and base difficult?
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Ask HN: Good books on big data transfers
2 points by interatx 8y ago|2 comments
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by interatx 8y ago
I see following message "Sorry, for right now is disabled, but will be fixed very soon!"
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by interatx 8y ago
Is presence of air / atmosphere essential to generate a drag?
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by interatx 8y ago
Maybe I missed in the article but how does a browser block cryptomining scripts? Same goes for fingerprints.
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by interatx 8y ago
As someone who helps teams with security, please don't take dependencies that haven't been reviewed. If you speed is more critical for you, do not expect your software to be secure and __ALWAYS__ have a incident response plan. It
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by interatx 8y ago
It's not always a choice. I'm in currently Canada where the term "Engineer" is protected https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_engineer#Canada . So I'm a developer here.
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by interatx 8y ago
I stopped looking at my keyboard. I was slow initially but ever so slowly became faster. I too would recommend typeracer[1] as a fun way to speed things up. [1]: http://play.typeracer.com
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by interatx 8y ago
I've probably abused it too much but its shocking how much it load it can bare. * Ebook Server * Ad Block via DNS * Router (needed me to get an expensive wifi receiver) over VPN * Mini build system to publish my blog * Auto-backs up my
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by interatx 8y ago
This doesn't seem to answer all the questions.
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by interatx 8y ago
I don't have any physical books on my desk[1]. Most of the stuff I usually need is online and takes less time than thumbing through books & indexes. [1] I think this is most likely situation but wasn't sure if more would answe
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by interatx 8y ago
> Trying to get a sense of what it would be like to live there The past few times I went for an interview to a new location, I first went to a meetup / group. Asked folks (who have lived and have no stakes in your interview) what th
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by interatx 8y ago
apologies. I don't watch the news and had no context.
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by interatx 8y ago
Oh this is sweet. My dumb UX feedback (just a user, not a UX expert) * I expected the hover not hide (or do something) I click on the button * Considered automatically turning off hiding for accesible devices. https://www.w3.org&
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by interatx 8y ago
Wouldn't this be covered by #9 ?
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by interatx 8y ago
I'm currently 50 / 50. Here's what I've had to do to get work done in office : * Headphones when I need to focus. Even a random noise app is good enough. * Be patient with those who interrupt unless you have a deadline.
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by interatx 9y ago
That's what I use on firefox. Works great most of the time.
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by interatx 9y ago
I do two things * Log anything and everything that feels like it needs to be done. You can't always add every bit of info but everytime logging something new, I do as much as time allows me to. * Have regular meetings (every two weeks
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by interatx 9y ago
> it's a perfect springboard to all the essential topics in software engineering. Indeed. If anyone is looking to start a new blog and doesn't know where to start, these listicle gives you plenty of ammo. You can just pick one
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by interatx 9y ago
The site looks good, clean and does a fair job however there's a ton you can add on (which may break its minimalness) like checking how many users are complaining about the side on twitter and maybe allow manual feedback. Also, if you
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by interatx 9y ago
I think voice dictation talks to the microsoft home (and has been disabled for my company's one note). At this point my salary is just enough to compensate for a surface pro or surface book to take notes. I think one note + surface pro
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by interatx 9y ago
The second link doesn't work but I was able to visit https://github.com/twostairs/paperwork . Looks interesting, definitely will give it a try. Thanks!
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Ask HN: How to take digital notes?
1 points by interatx 9y ago|4 comments
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by interatx 9y ago
I work with someone who stutters here and there. He is very upfront about it. I have not cared about it ever since but it did give help me figure out how to have better conversations with him.