lacampbell

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by lacampbell 7y ago
Yeah sounds like it's his problem. Maybe he sucks at on-boarding, or maybe he's over-worked and it's easier to blame the underlings. Hope it doesn't mess with your head any more.
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by lacampbell 7y ago
Criticisms often bother us when we suspect they might be true I find. Not at all saying that your boss was right, but a lot of people have 'imposter syndrome' so it can become a case of 'agh, my negative internal monologue ha
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by lacampbell 7y ago
It's pretty good. Mainly in 'maintenance' mode, doing minor improvements. The whole stop letting stuff you can't change bother you and focus on what you can change. Common advice, but easier said than followed.
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by lacampbell 7y ago
What would an HN guidelines compliant post have looked like? Genuine question. This was an event that might have killed as many people as the holocaust, and someone said it was "well meaning". I thought I made a polite and non fla
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by lacampbell 7y ago
What are people using C++ for in 2019? Last time I used it was for a Qt desktop application of all things. I would imagine its main usage is in high performance or hardware constrained environments these days, but I'm curious what peop
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by lacampbell 7y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB4o5n2EGyA Two times this video has been posted, and two times it's been flagged. Politician in center left UK party saying historys greatest mass murderer "did more good than harm
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by lacampbell 7y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB4o5n2EGyA Here it is again. UK labour politician saying Mao did more good than harm. Why does this continually get flagged?
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by lacampbell 7y ago
How do we know? Remember the Nazis were brought before an international court. The CCP never had a Nuremberg.
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by lacampbell 7y ago
You've lost me. Returning an interface isn't returning a concrete thing. It's returning the thing that implements the interface I'm a very low level functional programmer. I'm big on immutability, big on not using l
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by lacampbell 7y ago
It's interesting though how very well meaning utopian policies The largest tragedy of the 21st century is that people still think these policies and these people were 'well-meaning' or 'it just went a bit wrong'.
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by lacampbell 7y ago
Haven't had a coffee yet so go easy on me - doesn't this solve your issue? interface Functor<A> { map<B>(f: (a: A) => A): Functor<A>; } You map over an option, you get an option. You map o
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by lacampbell 7y ago
Why not our information? Nationalise the New York Times!
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by lacampbell 7y ago
Even in countries where it's illegal, it's common practice. It happens regularly in Singapore, one of the world's wealthiest nations.
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by lacampbell 7y ago
Does anyone really believe it was a suicide?
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by lacampbell 7y ago
I don't understand wealthy Americans at all. It seems like they want to abolish the concepts of borders and immigration control entirely. I assume it's so they can more readily access cheaper labour, which would explain why poorer
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by lacampbell 7y ago
Ethnically Chinese is often used to mean Han, both in English and Mandarin.
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by lacampbell 7y ago
I asked him how come he didn't know how to copy-paste. His response was - I am retired now and there's nobody to tell me or teach me. I can see the cognitive decline. Are you positive that for the 15 years he spent using a compu
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by lacampbell 7y ago
I love the idea of smaller more logical operating systems. I am surprised that in the era of giant tech companies with top programmers and a lot of resources the most commercially viable strategy is still "try and paper over the comple
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by lacampbell 7y ago
You're arguing past the GP. They're saying "here's some practical tips, in the real world, at this point in space time, to stay safe while riding a bicycle". And you're talking about how that sucks, and it shou
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by lacampbell 7y ago
I'm a long time cycle commuter and you are spot on. If your lane is obstructed, switch lanes. So much safer than just hoping you won't get doored.
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by lacampbell 7y ago
Presumably named after Jomo Kenyatta, who was Kenyas first president in the 60s and 70s. I can't really tell you why that name took off, maybe due to some of these Americans, who were presumably named after the Kenyan president? https
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by lacampbell 7y ago
There's a bit of irony in the UK state run broadcaster doing this, giving the UKs poor track record on freedom of speech.
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by lacampbell 7y ago
Maybe they understood the point and disagreed with it.
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by lacampbell 7y ago
I did, and I think she doth protest too much. Again, picture the picture-fedora. What if the dude told you "it's just a natural part of the process of achieving goals" ? Would you think to yourself "wow there's a we
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by lacampbell 7y ago
That's not healthy. Rejection is a part of life. The best response is to accept it, assess whether it warrants an adaption, and move on. If you think I'm being harsh, picture this - what if a man made a fedora out of the profile p
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by lacampbell 7y ago
My comment was very simple. The fact that it's demonized mean less uninformed people take LSD. I don't know why you started ranting about people thinking they can fly etc. If you know anything about the drug you know that a bad ex
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by lacampbell 7y ago
You're probably the kind of person who researches LSD, maybe you were on erowid, you knew how long it would last, what rough dosage to take, what to expect etc etc. You'd know you need to be in a good 'setting' to have a
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by lacampbell 7y ago
I didn't specify context because it wasn't necessary. Getting flashbacks to that SP episode where the San Fran people smell their own farts with that sentence. The means that it should be approached in a thoughtful and respectf
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by lacampbell 7y ago
Eh, I think it's pretty good that it's only really taken by enthusiasts. It's not really a party drug, IME it's for drug nerds who want to 'expand their mind' etc. If everyone and their dog was taking it on a f
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by lacampbell 7y ago
Are you not the least bit worried about your suitcase being stolen?

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