jeromie

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by jeromie 2mo ago
Let's be real. Developers and investors know what the community objections will be before they propose a project. They could overcome those objections by making strong contractual guarantees up front, particularly around building clo
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by jeromie 2mo ago
You know, when the alternatives are to put money in the pockets of a sociopathic compulsive liar, ketamine fiend and nazi, put money in the pockets of a sociopathic compulsive liar, or give money to Dario, I'll pick Dario.
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by jeromie 3mo ago
My dad took me here a couple times as a kid, it's such a lovely place. Highly recommend checking it out, it's well worth the drive.
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by jeromie 3mo ago
The ability of Texas to adhere so intensely to the idea of radical individualism while also being wholly committed to fascism at a policy level has always confused me. When I studied Texas history in University, the textbook opened with a s
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by jeromie 11mo ago
I had to go take a two-hour walk to calm down after my boss sent me a project proposal that was just ChatGPT gobbledygook.
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by jeromie 1y ago
Gasoline degrades more quickly than propane. When I looked at options for keeping a couple days worth of fuel around (with no gas-powered yard tools to necessitate fuel turnover), propane seemed like the more attractive option. I was also s
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by jeromie 2y ago
The irony
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by jeromie 2y ago
>Kurt Cobain ended up dying by suicide as a result of complications from his use of the drug. Oof... you skipped right over the Heroin part of that equation.
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by jeromie 2y ago
Just the usual caution that Melatonin can be effective, but it's also really easy to overdose a kid. Consult your doctor first if you decide to go that route. https://ukhealthcare.uky.edu/wellness-community/blog&#
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by jeromie 2y ago
I went down the music track around that age, and it was the gateway into daily routine, meditation, delayed gratification and a community similar to software (at least back in the day) that understands and embraces neurodivergence. It&#x27
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by jeromie 2y ago
I can't recommend this video enough. I wish this research and understanding was available when I was a kid. I figured out systems and tools to succeed in school and work (I was largely a C student testing in the top 0.1% of CA school
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by jeromie 3y ago
https://proton.me/mail - Custom domain setup was easy, security-conscious with gold-standard credentials, I'm not the product, etc.
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by jeromie 4y ago
This. The replies, and then the rest of the logged-out feed almost exclusively filled with Elon being unhinged just reminded me of why I deleted Twitter. Good riddance.
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by jeromie 4y ago
Yay, more useless hot takes from Twitter. So glad they're on my HN feed.
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by jeromie 4y ago
The team at ruffle.rs has done a really good clean-room implementation of Flash. The hard part with Flash (beyond having two virtual machines, a JIT compiler, pixel shader support, etc) was that it was also bug-for-bug backwards compatible
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by jeromie 4y ago
If you wanted to piss off the legal team at my large multinational employer and create strong headwinds for any future renewal conversations or more broad adoption for the rest of time, slapping our logo on your front page without asking wa
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by jeromie 4y ago
As the interviewee, you can pretty much ask anything you want. You may also talk yourself out of the job in the process. I haven't seen companies offer to pay off loans before (there's no geography here, YMMV), but hiring bonuses
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by jeromie 5y ago
Nestle's mission to privatize the basic human right to clean, safe drinking water should be prosecuted as a crime against humanity. What else is new?
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by jeromie 5y ago
Very similar career trajectory and move -- just approaching the 1-year mark. In hindsight, I wish I would have: - Listened more and Talked less in general - Consistently started with "Why does this happen this way" vs. "This
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by jeromie 5y ago
As an aside, I stumbled across these guys earlier today. They seem like they're trying to make global HR practices more accessible to smaller companies. https://remote.com/
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by jeromie 5y ago
How did this work out for you? Super curious about how your experience went in practice.
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by jeromie 5y ago
I've spent a good chunk of my career as a hiring eng. manager at Fortune 500 companies. IANAL, and I don't work in HR, but I'm getting old, am American, and have managed a lot of individual contributors. :D There are some d