jamesmp98

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by jamesmp98 7y ago
I've started learning Erlang recently and I'm enjoying it. Ada and Forth have also intrigued me too, but idk if either of those are obscure
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by jamesmp98 7y ago
It's hard for me top put into words fully but I'll attempt. Also it's not just web development in particular but really any sort of user facing / LOB / etc. application (I've done a little mobile and desktop de
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Ask HN: How do you manage to break into non web dev fields?
3 points by jamesmp98 7y ago|3 comments
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by jamesmp98 7y ago
I'm not overly familiar with OpenBSD (although I do want to try and play with it sometime soon) What filesystem does it use?
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by jamesmp98 7y ago
Yeah I grew up in the outer suburbs of the Atlanta metro and now live in the suburbs of a smaller southern city. And I see absolutely no reasons why suburban life would appeal to a young, single male especially like myself who can't dr
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by jamesmp98 7y ago
> naughty words aren't allowed on discord (though it isn't policed that throughly). Any source on this. On all discord servers I've been on, there is little holding back on any of that and am just curious.
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by jamesmp98 7y ago
Not only that, almost every job posting I see for mainframe development wants a decade of experience working with the systems, and that's not something you can reasonably expect to self teach. I imagine most of the people who have sign
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by jamesmp98 7y ago
I love vintage computing and have wanted a 5100 for a few years now. Unfortunately the only time I've ever seen one on sale was about a year or two ago and I just couldn't afford it
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by jamesmp98 7y ago
It didn't work for my friend when done via Chrome on Android, and when I tried it, i got someone else's name in incognito
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by jamesmp98 7y ago
> There, all for free on the web no need to go back to school. Oh, I don't doubt that self teaching is an option, I've just imagined this particular subfield would place more weight on a degree given that it probably requires m
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Ask HN: How difficult (or possible) is it to get into low level development?
2 points by jamesmp98 7y ago|3 comments
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by jamesmp98 7y ago
Ada has always been intriguing to me. Is it used much anywhere these days?
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by jamesmp98 7y ago
> any profit generating device is to be a a bit distrusted and treated with somewhat skepticism. Yes, but I feel that these days, at least on the internet, speaking with skepticism about medicine and pharma companies will have people equ
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by jamesmp98 7y ago
When I was 11 or 12 I was put on anti-depressant and anti-psychotic medications (some off label). Several years later, it's discovered the company had illegally marketed one of the drugs to minors and it had developed into negative sid
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by jamesmp98 7y ago
Early 20's, have heard of it, originally because memes and later out of curiosity
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by jamesmp98 7y ago
> Why do people use Uber Eats? I live in an area not very walkable, can't drive, and can't cook to save my life
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by jamesmp98 7y ago
lol I went to a local music venue a few weeks back and tried this. After inquiring about one guys shirt, he started at me for a few seconds like I was insane and turned around
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by jamesmp98 7y ago
I'm from the south and visited Boston earlier this year and I feel like people really overdo the whole "southerners are overly nice and in your business" and "northerners are cold, uninterested and busy". People we&
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by jamesmp98 7y ago
Was there ever a meritocracy to begin with?
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by jamesmp98 7y ago
I'll believe it, the problem is I'm rarely in a situation where I'm near people and have the time to chat. The only times I've talked to strangers, have been, for example, when a crosswalk signal is taking an unusually l
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by jamesmp98 7y ago
I've never taken Amtrak, but from what I understand, it's not that great outside the northeast megalopolis. Every time I've looked at their site, it's always been only barely cheaper than flying and often has no trains t
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by jamesmp98 7y ago
> I feel the same way. I went straight into the workforce with 17. Now 5 years later I feel like I absolutely need that degree to advance my career or to simply avoid my resume being thrown out. > However, I bet the end result will b
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by jamesmp98 7y ago
That's why I don't mention being self taught anywhere in a resume. If it comes up in a phone screen or interview I'll explain, but other that, I hope "out of site, out of mind" will come into play
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by jamesmp98 7y ago
Unfortunately a large number of states are very anti-union
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by jamesmp98 7y ago
> Do you know how/why Google manages at $0 per year though (with a $25 one-off fee), while Apple charges $99 per year? It's really hard for me to believe that Apple's price would survive in any kind of competitive market,
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by jamesmp98 7y ago
Ok, but I look at the entry level pay for electricians in my hour and see offering at $12/h with the top earners making $50-60k at tops
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Ask HN: What are some low / no cost businesses one could start part time?
14 points by jamesmp98 7y ago|7 comments
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by jamesmp98 7y ago
I actually like Amazon deliveries. They leave the packages at the door (in this case I'm ok with) and send a picture of said delivery, verifying that they did indeed leave it at and not in the apartment main office (which is convenient
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by jamesmp98 7y ago
I disagree, almost everyone understands the colloquial usage of the term and it's rather pendantic and useless to complain about it
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by jamesmp98 7y ago
Anecdotal, of course, but I've found the meetup scene to be terrible in a some places. Most I've seen are inactive, aimed at a specific demographic, or are fronts for scams / MLM's.

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