jelkand

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by jelkand 21d ago
I just wanted to pop in and say that I found the site delightful. It’s aesthetic, concise, and everything works so quickly and responsively.
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by jelkand 11mo ago
Atomic Fi | https://atomic.financial | Strong Junior to Mid Level Engineer | Automation, Integration Engineering | Full-Time | REMOTE (US) Atomic builds tools that help users do common financial tasks like changing their direct
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by jelkand 1y ago
Atomic Fi | https://atomic.financial | Strong Junior to Mid Level Engineer | Automation, Integration Engineering | Full-Time | REMOTE (US) Atomic builds tools that help users do common financial tasks like changing their direct
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by jelkand 2y ago
I am diagnosed with EoE as a result of celiac disease. I've had a lot of success with Dupixent as a treatment--just wanted to put that out for HN should anyone be looking for new options.
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by jelkand 2y ago
It’s not hidden. It’s just on the bottle because it’s convenient for a keeper to reference.
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by jelkand 2y ago
Lots of outdoor gear brands are now selling repaired or refurbished used gear and clothing. Since used gear is pretty eclectic in selection it’s hard to find what you want by browsing at a random time. I built a pretty simple web app that t
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by jelkand 2y ago
I think there's a good argument for Elixir and Phoenix. It's shocking how easy it is to do just about anything with it. An excellent database wrapper, incredible async story, beautiful at real time. You can substitute in a JS SPA
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by jelkand 2y ago
Well, North Dakota is pretty close. It is indeed very large but its population is only slightly larger than Luxembourg.
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by jelkand 2y ago
That sounds like inertial navigation with nav fixes, which predates GPS. It certainly does exist.
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by jelkand 3y ago
It feels that point is undermined when the accelerationists don’t succeed and only make a new equilibrium of killing the kid and replacing him. It feels to me more like a critique that change is impossible.
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by jelkand 3y ago
Are these hard to swallow? It feels like the author is pushing a particular tone when stating facts (with maybe a couple debatable points) that any software engineer would agree with.
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by jelkand 3y ago
I play flight sim games and GFS is a major factor in my hobbies now. I’m over a year into converting a real F-16 throttle grip into a video game controller, and there’s no end in sight. I’ve become immersed in 3d printing, CAD and PCB desig
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by jelkand 3y ago
What makes these libraries heart-pounding? Seems like clickbait. (Generally I prefer my heart rate to remain low while using libraries anyway)
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by jelkand 3y ago
I think you would be surprised. There are a lot of concepts that cross over—servant leadership, trusting subordinates with expertise, setting expectations of “what” or “why” and letting your subordinates figure out “how.” Your point is vali
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by jelkand 3y ago
DigitalBits also sponsored AS Roma, who are now playing with "SPQR" in place of their sponsor.
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by jelkand 3y ago
Philosophy is not a bucket where "soft" or "unskilled" knowledge work goes either. The author is doing themselves a serious disservice in not really explaining what about prompt engineering makes it not "engineering
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by jelkand 4y ago
Most of the hidden proprietary tech at Goldman Sachs was built in the early 90s, so a bit less sexy than Erlang. Impressive in its own right though.
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by jelkand 4y ago
I have a suspicion that we both agree that both numeracy and literacy are very important, and picking the winner doesn't change a lot. That said, addition is a very low bar--I cannot think of a single job that would not require at leas
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by jelkand 4y ago
I speak for myself, not the original comment, but more the latter than the former. I think of it this way: "What needs to change to make teaching children and young adults appealing compared to going into industry?" And, to be cle
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by jelkand 4y ago
Teachers get a very superficial respect. They get lip service, but are not treated in accordance with the nominal respect they get.
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by jelkand 4y ago
1. Numeracy is just as valuable as literacy. Sure, matrix multiplication and integrals may not be useful day to day, but the article is talking about algebra. 2. I may be biased, but I believe math is distilled critical thinking. The diffic
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by jelkand 4y ago
There are a lot of difficulties in math education in the US, but ejecting algebra from the curriculum just strikes me as utterly bizarre. A few other, major issues: * Math has a severe stigma. How many people do you know would readily confe
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by jelkand 4y ago
Words get more precise as they get more exotic, and that is not always what you want. I saw it too much in college--students whipping a thesaurus to make their papers seem 'smarter' but in reality making them incoherent. I agree,
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by jelkand 4y ago
In retrospect all history seems like it followed the inevitable course. I think we can certainly say that Nazi Germany were confident enough in victory to start the war.
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by jelkand 4y ago
It’s not pampering—-those movies continue to exist and continue to do well. Directors aren’t cutting content to make their movie look better on a niche website. For me, I lost my dog recently. Life did throw a lot more at me than fictional
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by jelkand 4y ago
An audit table is a similar, but not entirely equivalent tool. There are circumstance where both audit tables / soft deletes are appropriate, and where only one of the two is. Other systems that work are append-only tables, event drive
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by jelkand 4y ago
Soft deletion is certainly very situationally worth it. I've found the most value when 1. it is well supported at the ORM layer and 2. business requirements dictate strong auditability of data. While I have undeleted items on occasion,
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by jelkand 4y ago
I maintain a blog. I do it for me though—the most direct benefit I’ve had is my boss noticing well after I was hired and asked me to write on the company blog. It’s mostly an outlet for me. I get to practice my written communication, and wr
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by jelkand 4y ago
That campaign is alive and well in Falcon BMS, a community built game on top of the old falcon games. It’s truly impressive how much work and fidelity they’ve been able to build as a team of volunteers.
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by jelkand 5y ago
I started my career at GS in SLC about six years ago. I remember when the entire technology division ditched the dress-up rules. It felt like a monumental change. I have to wonder if I worked with some of the managers you interviewed with--

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