lostctown

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by lostctown 7y ago
This is a great goal to strive for. But to play devil's advocate, not all ideas and scopes are clear until several iterations in. Furthermore, some software projects carry around specific dependencies necessarily. If these dependencies
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by lostctown 7y ago
Right. I'm just saying it should be clearer. Ex: I want to have a list of accounts, netflix style, that I'm presented with on an empty chrome window. If in fact multiple identities don't merge data implicitly in anyway than t
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by lostctown 7y ago
I wish interfaces were more straight up about their intentions and made it easier to implement account level partitions. For work I love Google's magic tracking effects, but at 1 am, hell no.
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by lostctown 7y ago
Done this. Eventually one account always becomes my main account and I'm back to square one. I don't care enough about reddit to keep up with 2 separate accounts.
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by lostctown 7y ago
I'm logged out by default and only log in to comment, which is rare. I don't like leaving my username up for display if a friend/family member has to borrow my laptop for something. I've engaged in a couple of communitie
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by lostctown 7y ago
I append "reddit" to any query not meant for a productive task. Except now the internet is mostly reddit for me, which kinda bums me out. Especially given the new js-heavy design. In 2019, if I want reliable search about something
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by lostctown 7y ago
Ha, I'm sure it's different for different folks but I attribute my lack of burning out (knock on wood) to caring about what I do beyond a paycheck. That and leaving town for a weekend every month or so to tune everything out and e
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by lostctown 7y ago
Which couldn't be more ok. Hacker news comes down hard on people who casually throw out their unrealistic work hours, but for some of us it's the only way we'd stay competitive. I'm 26 with 5 years development experience
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by lostctown 7y ago
Going through this now and boy is this true. Nothing like rewriting a 1k+ lib the day before a feature is supposed to be ready and then praying you didn't blow up some other lesser documented part of the code.
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by lostctown 7y ago
Like all lessons, it depends on the student. Personally, the author's way of thinking has been immensely helpful. I grew up an optimist, not able to understand why others couldn't see things the way that I did. After a few failed
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by lostctown 8y ago
Not a fan of facebook, as a consumer app. But what you're saying just isn't true. This list is crazy impressive https://opensource.facebook.com/
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by lostctown 8y ago
But then how do I sell my mvp startup newsletter to all the people not capable of actually building a quality product? /s In all seriousness, it is comical how often people apply revisionist explanations for the rise of certain compani
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by lostctown 8y ago
It is not possible for a human being to work 20 hours a day. No exceptions.
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by lostctown 8y ago
Here's the EIP (Ethereum improvement proposal) causing problems. https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/blob/master/EIPS/eip-1283.m...
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by lostctown 8y ago
Yeah, as someone who is on the extreme end of introverted (not shy, just happy to be alone) this was the case for me. I got a membership to the co-working space, did many of the social events, attended some meetups even, but the connections
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by lostctown 8y ago
Here's the real problem. The JS tools got really powerful and the majority of users now experience faster dev cycles and richer features. Now users cannot go back. If we started serving smaller sites with less js people would complain
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by lostctown 8y ago
'People's health is their own concern' I disagree wholeheartedly. So many diseases today are preventable when you consider that most people take no action to improve their health through any kind of diet or exercise. Its a pr
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by lostctown 8y ago
Well hopefully this is not a sentiment that continues to grow in the technical community. All nice things have a cost. For all the efficiency gained from the web-view, consider the cost of building the web-view, maintaining it, hosting, and
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by lostctown 8y ago
The sad truth is that in order to bear the cost of a long time horizon in the pursuit of elegance you need one of two things: extreme trust or total control. Even then the pursuit may lead you astray and ultimately result in failure. Until
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by lostctown 8y ago
Am I reading reddit? There was no reference in OP's post to the current prices.
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by lostctown 8y ago
I just tried setting it up in the latest create-react-app. The example needed some modification but did work eventually. I wouldn't recommend it.
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by lostctown 8y ago
This is fantastic advice.
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by lostctown 8y ago
As a technologist I couldn't be more impressed by Netflix's rise over the last decade, but the old film artist in me kind of despises the direction they are taking motion pictures. I recently stopped using it and it was like walki
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by lostctown 8y ago
Additionally, not all bets on a person's or persons' life will be made with malevolent intentions. A global non-profit can use prediction markets as an exotic form of donating. The donator takes the "bad" side of the mar
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by lostctown 8y ago
This can't be stressed enough. Large swaths of the US population would immediately become immobile. I think OP has never lived and worked in a rural area, say 30 miles outside of the nearest town, where survival depends on your ability
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by lostctown 8y ago
These two comments sum up the entire progression of my development career to date.
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by lostctown 8y ago
While it may be a ledger that utilizes cryptographic primitives, it is no longer decentralized if run by the government. While I disagree with the idea that base protocols like bitcoin or ethereum make for sound money, I think it's lik
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by lostctown 8y ago
Mirrored my thoughts exactly. Maybe some take to the role more naturally but I've found it quite a struggle. These rosy eyed pieces certainly don't help.
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by lostctown 8y ago
That seems a little excessive? I hope he sees judicial consequences for his behavior.
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by lostctown 8y ago
Interesting approach. Maybe I'm lazy but avoiding increasing cost to commenting is one of the few absolutes I abide by. Often I find myself tired after a long stretch of code, trying to convince myself that's it's understanda

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