jonsolo

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by jonsolo 2y ago
The goal of an interview is to assess talent. AI use gets in the way of that. If the goal were only to produce working code, or to write a quality essay, then sure use AI. But arguing that misunderstands the point of the interview process.
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by jonsolo 3y ago
I never expected I’d come to HN to learn about the study of the occult. TIL indeed.
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by jonsolo 3y ago
Monopolist? Fitbit is far from the market leader, where Apple Watch completely dominates the category.
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by jonsolo 3y ago
It would seem that way, but I’ve known many people who have had 7- and 8-figure year-end bonuses. The key is that it’s not a one-time thing, it’s a repeated game with many players who share information. If a firm gets a reputation for under
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by jonsolo 3y ago
It’s already in use at washingtonpost.com. About 4-6 months ago (IIRC) they had some superbright inline ads that made me doubt my eyes - I couldn’t understand how they were so vivid. Now I know how they did that.
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by jonsolo 4y ago
What idiot keeps all their money in a bank instead of securing it themselves? Sometimes it’s preferable to pay the professionals, especially if you’re not an expert. I’ve recommended LastPass to my grandparents for years because it’s better
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by jonsolo 4y ago
Yes! That, and the gamma-rays being emitted by all the falling matter. That’ll kill the husband way before he gets close. But I love the story. Clever use of time dilation.
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by jonsolo 4y ago
If you’re on an iPhone you can power off then on to get to the Lock Screen. iOS will tell you the name and artist of the video that’s playing. I don’t know if there’s a way for the author to disable that. But I think it’s a valid part of th
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by jonsolo 6y ago
Making a product resist damage shouldn’t confer insurance against said damage. Apple also uses Gorilla Glass so you can drop your phone a dozen times without damage. Are people mad at Apple for not covering every cracked screen?
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by jonsolo 6y ago
Lots of car commercials show them performing well in an accident, but nobody expects crash damage to be covered by warranty. Why must phones be held to a different standard?
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Ipdb Cheat Sheet(conducto.com)
1 points by jonsolo 6y ago|0 comments
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by jonsolo 6y ago
I’m amazed at how much of early memes were like “hey look I photoshopped these words into a sign somewhere”, whereas now it’s just “here’s a funny picture that I drew words on”. I think the current way is better? Less skill to execute, bu
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by jonsolo 6y ago
Makes sense, and I agree that is good behavior! Thanks for clarifying.
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by jonsolo 6y ago
Can you read favicons from JavaScript or from the server side? I know you can set them from JS, don’t know about reading. If so could you use steganography to encode a unique ID into the icon itself, then read it back to retrieve the finger
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by jonsolo 6y ago
That makes sense, though I’ve never been able to find evidence on that (and I’ve looked). The allegory is too spot on to be accidental.
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by jonsolo 6y ago
I love this. I always preferred a “Wicked”-like retelling of LOTR, where Sauron’s side is one of technology and progress. We’re supposed to dislike orcs because they live in dense cities and are black? Because they chop down trees and fight
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by jonsolo 6y ago
Hey everyone! This is our sandbox to see the code and execution of a pipeline directly in the browser (although typically you would edit your code on your local machine). In this case, the pipeline is building, testing, and deploying a simp
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Show HN: Conducto – Use Python to write, run, view and debug DevOps pipelines(conducto.com)
3 points by jonsolo 6y ago|1 comments
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by jonsolo 6y ago
Is this another "Classic Google" move? I was considering a Nest security system a few years ago, and wasn't sure whether it was a plus or a minus that they're part of Google. I guess now it's shown to be a minus. It
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Can’t Teach an Old DAG New Tricks(medium.com)
1 points by jonsolo 6y ago|0 comments
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by jonsolo 6y ago
Conducto vs CircleCI: https://www.conducto.com/docs/comparisons/conducto-vs-circle... GitHub Actions is like a better version of CircleCI. They really cloned a lot of it and improved it. Similar config YAML, simil
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by jonsolo 6y ago
Sorry, I'm just coming up to speed on BuildBot in response to your question. There are a lot of tools out there, so apologies if I am misinformed. Okay. From my quick reading, BuildBot is a nice way to run your tests in parallel. It al
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by jonsolo 6y ago
Hey everyone, I'd like to announce the launch of Conducto and its CI/CD tool. As a co-founder, I originally developed the technology to do data science at my previous employer, Jump Trading (top quant trading firm like Citadel an
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Show HN: Conducto: Next-Gen CI/CD in Python, Not YAML(conducto.com)
20 points by jonsolo 6y ago|7 comments
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by jonsolo 6y ago
It’s not really an insult. One of the main uses of flexbox is responsive layouts, so this is a valid criticism (if a bit snarky). I also am viewing this on mobile and was sad that the page was much too wide for my phone.
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by jonsolo 6y ago
Agreed, that would be even better. I wonder what happened to GitHub that their entire HA system didn't work.
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by jonsolo 6y ago
Is that actually bad? A chain is only as strong as its weakest link, so if my system depends on many sites then even one outage can take me down. Centralizing like this can actually reduce risk.