notburnt

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by notburnt 8y ago
Try to write out difficult sections (pen & paper) to get started. I've found that gives my brain the time it needs to get a handle on overly complex or boring texts. Assume it's going to take you time so don't aim for com
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by notburnt 8y ago
I call bullshit. The fact that you are outing yourself (now and in your HN profile) is very unlike any other "spook" I know. It's laughable that you say your " background is all out there for people to see".
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by notburnt 8y ago
The reality of being a citizen of the US is that the intel community doesn't make it easy to do so.
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by notburnt 9y ago
Speculation based on a coherent story is a short-cut when I am deferring actual research: a back of envelope calculation. So, you got me: I didn't actually research the events :) But, where would I start with such research?[0] It seems
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by notburnt 9y ago
I went with the "engineers" label in response to the "business people" label by parent. I like neither when ascribing intents to actions. Anyway, I like to give benefit of doubt when attributing intent to people's a
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by notburnt 9y ago
I realize that. Thanks for the condescension. But, you realize that people aren't motivated by just one thing, right? Even if they are business people, right? Anyway, knowing what we know about Job's obsession with getting things
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by notburnt 9y ago
Yeah, I read that: seems to support my point. Basically: they had been doing it for years, but Jobs saw what was missing to make it actually usable. Could be wrong: I wasn't there :)
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by notburnt 9y ago
Also interesting is how Kay dismisses Job's objections as being motivated by needing to put someone down. I can as easily see them being constructive usability criticisms: details that the engineers steeped in developing it missed, but
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by notburnt 9y ago
How else are you going to get funding?
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by notburnt 9y ago
Don't exactly remember but I think it was right before/around 2.X.
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by notburnt 9y ago
I remember having a few aha moments when reading through the Redis code.
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by notburnt 9y ago
Something I've noticed: in the US people generally have an aversion to being even mildly uncomfortable. And, it's culturally acceptable to be on medication so people take it for basically any inconvenience. Sweating a little? Cran
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by notburnt 9y ago
I was actually thinking of checking out a few local credit unions. Maybe that will work?
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by notburnt 9y ago
The schadenfreude is high in this article. They took a shot but missed. It happens. Everyone second guesses when things don't work out. That happens too.
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by notburnt 9y ago
:( This post rubs me wrong. Maybe because it's so centered on author while purportedly under a parenting blog. Maybe because it's screaming that the author is the type of "smart" person that gives them/(us?:)) a bad
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by notburnt 9y ago
I hope he settles, quickly and with a massive payout from United. I hope he laughs all the way to the bank. That might make it more probable, as compared to a protracted legal battle that just drops out of sight, that a random person will c
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by notburnt 9y ago
The average 4th year US service member will probably have put up with massively more crap than the average college graduate. Which makes them tough in a specific way. That seems plausible enough :) What I was objecting to A) "Life is t
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by notburnt 9y ago
Let's be honest, being in the military isn't tough. Put another way: Life is tough, military is not[0] [0] no true scotsman.
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by notburnt 10y ago
I was in this situation. Was told they were transitioning to a new stack, but that never happened. I gave it(wasted) 1 year. But, in retrospect, I waited too long. If anything, after 3 months, I should have said: "My expertise is X. I
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by notburnt 10y ago
1. Be bros with the current one 2. Make sure there is enough online sniping so the current one thinks it isn't worth it.
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by notburnt 10y ago
The chemical test positive happened to me too: they swabbed my bag and the machine beeped and I got a free full body massage. This was when I was flying home from college for summer. I explained it as "This is the bag I use for school:
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by notburnt 10y ago
Yeah, I remember that. When I say game, I mean: practice questions you can expect to get (a little googling will help). To think anyone would get through those interviews without prepping is ridiculous. Google specifically actually tells
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by notburnt 10y ago
Good point. It's not. The point is to make OP feel better in the ensuing rants against technical interviews. My advice to OP would be to understand that tech interviews, like all standardized testing, are something to be gamed (practi
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by notburnt 10y ago
SimpleBlocker is a chrome plugin I use to block out distracting websites. Here's what I did: 1) Installed RescueTime 2) 1 week later looked at my most visited websites and made a list of all I didn't want to visit again. 3) I adde
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by notburnt 10y ago
I read it as: "your opinion is wrong because you don't seem to have the requisite experience". And, in such cases, I don't think people can be allowed hide behind the "right to an opinion". If you think about i
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by notburnt 10y ago
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but that doesn't mean unfounded opinion has to be respected or borne just because. Too many things people say are "just because I think so" without much thinking going into why or ho