jonasvp

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by jonasvp 6y ago
Jonas & der Wolf - https://www.jonasundderwolf.de | Berlin, Germany | Django/Python Developer | ONSITE We're a development team of about 20 working on applications for small and big companies such as the Deutsche B
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by jonasvp 6y ago
> Don’t say anything about someone in email you would not be comfortable saying to them directly, because eventually they will read it. Absolutely - I've learned this the hard way and it's giving me new appreciation for phone c
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Ask HN: How do you manage text in software projects?
4 points by jonasvp 7y ago|1 comments
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by jonasvp 7y ago
For understanding the world we're living in and expanding your horizons (substantially): https://www.ecosophia.net
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Joel Spolsky is (semi-)retired(joelonsoftware.com)
90 points by jonasvp 7y ago|39 comments
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by jonasvp 7y ago
Check out https://fairtransport.eu/ , they've been doing that for over 10 years. The story of Captain Gustaf Erikson is also instructive in that regard: https://postcarbonlogistics.org/2019/06/
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by jonasvp 7y ago
Not to forget that WWII was a war won by oil. Whoever was able to mobilize the most energy (in the form of oil) could win (a great book about that: Oil, Power and War[0]). Retooling in the face of declining energy availability will be a dif
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by jonasvp 7y ago
Totally. This was a one-time gift of fifty million years of sunshine and we burned it all off over a time span of about 300 years.
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by jonasvp 7y ago
Diesel, fuel oil and coal. Admittedly, the latter mostly goes through a power plant to turn into electricity first - with the concomitant losses on the way.
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by jonasvp 7y ago
You're making a big assumption that simply doesn't hold: it's not a matter of "let's switch to renewables and keep everything else the same". Fossil fues have an energy density that's unparalleled anywhere
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by jonasvp 9y ago
[citation needed] Cars are a net negative for societies (see e.g. https://tu-dresden.de/bu/verkehr/ivs/voeko/ressourcen/dateie... ). Just imagine having most (80%+) of goods transported by cargo bike
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by jonasvp 9y ago
I distinctly remember the first time I looked at a overly long and complicated model class and thought: "OMG, this is a state machine!" - a shortish refactor later and it was much simpler to read and debug. However, now I'm
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by jonasvp 9y ago
Judging from context I would guess he/she meant: "I took _the watch_ off when _the company_ was bought"
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James Bennett (Django core dev) on CS degrees(b-list.org)
3 points by jonasvp 9y ago|0 comments
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Ceden – grow Cannabis discreetly at home(ceden.io)
4 points by jonasvp 9y ago|1 comments
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by jonasvp 9y ago
This is exactly what I need - but I signed up, closed the window and now I get an endless redirect loop after clicking on "Login" on the main page. Please fix so I can try it out! EDIT: It works when accessing https://a
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patio11's podcast: Running a Business Portfolio with Jonathan Siegel(kalzumeus.com)
1 points by jonasvp 9y ago|0 comments
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by jonasvp 10y ago
> so you need to wait until they leave until you can move into your own property. That's simply false. You can cancel a lease with a renter because of "Eigenbedarf" (personal need) if you want to move into your own propert
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by jonasvp 10y ago
Interesting! I actually love using the whiteboard to sketch solutions and architectural decisions. I believe the hate comes from having to code on a whiteboard - which is justified, since no one ever coded on a whiteboard except in an int
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by jonasvp 10y ago
Good point. When I notice that people are struggling with finding something, I usually just pick one thing from the resume and try to go more in depth about that.
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by jonasvp 10y ago
> It's like they don't trust their own judgement enough to be able to tell apart those who know what they're talking about from those who just talk a good game. Which is usually the case in larger companies, I assume. The
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by jonasvp 10y ago
That's actually not correct. One example from Düsseldorf: http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/duesseldorf/duesseldorf-... (2/3rds of drivers in a 30km/h zone are breaking the speed limit). 30 k
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by jonasvp 10y ago
I'm responsible for hiring developers at our company based in Berlin, Germany, and found it best to have a guided interview about the candidate's work experience and interesting problems that she/he solved. I never understood
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by jonasvp 10y ago
Well, that's a tricky argument since at what point is a population "established"? I concur, however, since I'd prefer it to be distributed among all residents, whether born in that country or not. But that's another
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by jonasvp 10y ago
This has been espoused a long time ago by German economist/trader Silvio Gesell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvio_Gesell His main work is about reducing the possibility to extract "rents" from societ
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by jonasvp 10y ago
Thanks for mentioning property tax, one issue that is sadly overlooked in practically every discussion. In Germany there's a small initiative of cities and citizens that aim to restructure property taxes to actually incentive productiv
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by jonasvp 10y ago
Try duply ( http://duply.net ). It's a nicer frontend for duplicity that makes it very usable at last.
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by jonasvp 10y ago
Specifically: my Xtracycle Edgerunner. Beatiful, handles like a normal bicycle but carries my wife and kids and/or groceries like a truck. I'd marry it if I were available.
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by jonasvp 10y ago
I suspect the American interpretation of "organic" is much less strict than the European one. Also, there would probably be much less regulation and control of the production process because free market.
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by jonasvp 10y ago
> Those shortened links take you to amazon Just FYI: Hacker News already shortens links, no need to pass them through a 3rd party service. I personally prefer seeing a readable domain name before clicking (as I'm sure many others do

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