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by is0tope 3y ago
An question that interests me in all of these: How did you come up with the idea?
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by is0tope 3y ago
I'm curious to hear from someone who has used such a framework to build a profitable business or startup?
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by is0tope 4y ago
Not a founder, but a serial side-project'er. Initial prototype typically has no tests, at least for the bits that are wired. Specific bits of complexity will have unit tests. At some stage might add integration tests using something li
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by is0tope 4y ago
Indeed, I've always thought there is a veritable bounty of great SciFi stories to put into film. The recent popularity of SciFi shows suggests to me that we will start to see more works transferred to the big (or small) screen, though
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by is0tope 4y ago
Slightly off topic, but the author should really reconsider the flashing title and logo. It is incredibly distracting.
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by is0tope 4y ago
Sony XM4 headphones. They are pricey, but a fantastic bit of kit. The noise canceling is not perfect but good enough that sometimes I will just wear them while walking around even if not listening to anything. I like how they "dull eve
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by is0tope 4y ago
Maybe this is a bit off topic, but does anyone know the legal footing of having a business with another businesses name in it? For instance, this tool uses the word "YouTube" in its name, though it is used as only a part of it, an
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by is0tope 4y ago
For my blog, Hugo + Netlify. It's free, simple to use and works well.
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by is0tope 4y ago
Many years ago I took (oddly) a physics class called (iirc) "Self Organisation" while doing a year abroad in Germany. Despite being a quite small class, it really inspired me from the perspective of self organizing systems. I find
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by is0tope 4y ago
Two item that always come with me in my day bag along with my laptop are a simple A5 notebook, and a pen. In my case any design be it software, a drawing, or project or something else needs to start with a couple of rough diagrams and notes
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by is0tope 4y ago
Indeed, but once you start getting to that point I'd argue you are starting to get beyond a prototype. But you raise a good point, id say if the intention is to throw the code away (which you probably should) then if add as few tests
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by is0tope 4y ago
I've always favored exploration before implementation [1]. For me TDD has immense benefit when adding something well defined, or when fixing bugs. When it comes to building something from scratch i found it to get in the way of the ite
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by is0tope 4y ago
One thing I really like about kdb+/q is the fact that it has strict right-to-left execution/precedence. While I know it's a standard, I don't want to deal with bodmas, or whatever it is. Having right to left makes it cle
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by is0tope 4y ago
I've usually kept a rule that you should avoid stacking, and if you must only one level deep. The fact that you have to stack in the first place typically suggests that PRs aren't being merged fast enough. Stacking in my personal
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by is0tope 4y ago
I'm sure there are various other options, but that's not the point. If you ask someone to take a supermarket salary and postpone their life till their mid 30s,then don't be surprised that people choose other paths.
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by is0tope 4y ago
In another life I might have considered doing a PhD after I finished my masters. My father (who has a doctorate) quickly put me off that idea. Looking at what you have to do and get paid to do a PhD (at least in the UK) it feels more simila
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by is0tope 4y ago
This resonates with me also. I've gotten into a nasty habit of always trying to do everything myself. I recently launched a project for tracking crypto market data and suggesting trades. I went to Fiverr to see if I could get someone t
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The Hours of Work Behind a Simple Feature(bankstatementconverter.com)
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by is0tope 4y ago
Probably noone will look at it. HN is imo not the best for sharing your own content as the rules and moderation are fairly heavily skewed against it. Having said that, if it gets traction on HN and ends up on the front page it will do very
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by is0tope 4y ago
Yes I'm sure they can quickly log on to discord from jail.
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by is0tope 4y ago
Yes I suddenly noticed it, looked at the title, noticed it was floating too (panic). Looked at the URL bar, not floating, phew. For a second I though had been dosed with something hah.
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by is0tope 4y ago
I would say for side projects, your best bet is just to make a blog and talk about them, that's what I do anyway [1]. The projects themselves can live wherever, such as a VPS etc. For blog posts these days there are IMO two choices to
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by is0tope 4y ago
Any suggestions for roles after the SWE "tour of duty"?
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by is0tope 4y ago
Yeah, I highly doubt that any line employee is going to tell the CEO they did a bad job. These happy clappy "systems" usually fail to take into account (almost biological) realities of how power structures work.
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by is0tope 4y ago
I used to work in a bank and wrote an interview script for my department (kdb+/q market data). It mainly consisted of having the candidate sit in front of an interpreter, and walk them through a script which looked something like: 1.
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by is0tope 4y ago
Like the Market Forces plug :)
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by is0tope 4y ago
While I see your logic, ultimately using a credit card makes a lot of sense as long as you pay it off on time. Not only do you get the (small) benefits of the cashback or points, but you have added fraud protection also. Not sure how it is
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by is0tope 4y ago
Horns definitely have a use, a fact that was made clear to me when driving a bike in Vietnam (horn is critical to let people know you are passing in a big group). However, what should be penalised heavily is blaring your horn in frustration
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by is0tope 4y ago
Thanks for sharing it! I made this a few weeks ago as part of a blog article and was really impressed how easy three.js was to use. Overall much easier to get into than using C++ and OpenGL where the window setup required several hours to s
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by is0tope 4y ago
Love this. I also was wondering how to do this cleanly, and in my mind it seemed to make sense to apply the rules to the sand, but onto a blank canvas so as not to have the sand interfere with the sand below. Doing it from the bottom up sol

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