notyourNMI

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by notyourNMI 4y ago
I think the parent has a good point to the extent that they do like creating content for who they perceive would be vocal about what they want to see. But I think adding shows, rather than taking away content, is akin to all the companies t
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by notyourNMI 4y ago
It's almost cute that people still think Windows as a product team cares what individual users want/need/buy. Individual opinions/license purchases don't seem to move Microsoft a millimeter in any direction. As othe
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by notyourNMI 5y ago
So in other words: Netflix will go on a hiring binge soon... It may not be the truth some want to hear, but Netflix will likely be more than happy to identify "troublemakers" with this planned walkout, even if they're fantast
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by notyourNMI 5y ago
The Eye of Africa, please.
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by notyourNMI 5y ago
Adding my yea to the mix. For one, anime enables storytelling on a level and scope that would ordinarily be too expensive for real film production for most stories told. As an aside I think we're about to see a whole new level of mind-
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by notyourNMI 5y ago
What other languages would you like to see (besides Japanese)? (Genuinely curious)
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by notyourNMI 5y ago
<sigh> Not very well researched. Besides the fact that there wasn't an acknowledgement for earlier joysticks originally, it got that wrong as well: "Update August 30th, 12:30pm: Added mention of the Atari 2600 as predating t
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by notyourNMI 5y ago
I know it's easy to get around the NYT paywall, but I prefer to just close it and go elsewhere. It's not unreasonable for them to ask me to pay, but it's not unreasonable for me to not want to bother for content of this level
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by notyourNMI 5y ago
Does the book include a chapter such as "Chapter Five : Advertise your project on Hacker News in the form of a request for feedback"? Half-kidding, half-serious. I'm thinking of those books with titles like "How to make
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by notyourNMI 6y ago
The author makes some interesting points, but admits in another post that chat itself is distracting and sucks productivity (to the point where he had to invent "Pomodoro for chat" to break free). It feels like "group chat by
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by notyourNMI 6y ago
I see I must be coming off as more of a grump than I anticipated :) I don't personally harbor resentment over different applications of our industry, but in fact am steadily amazed (befuddled/astounded). The market is what it is,
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by notyourNMI 6y ago
I understand where you're coming from. I might have come off as a little "this is better than that" unfortunately. What I meant to express is how I personally see our types of work relating to non-software engineering profess
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by notyourNMI 6y ago
Non-degreed Software Engineer from the USA here, weighing in with biased opinions: Depends on the field you are in. Here at least, use of the title as it relates to software is currently driven by the hiring agency/company. If you are
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by notyourNMI 6y ago
Embedded guy here. Concur with above. I come from a "do it in C, asm, etc" land on what use to be minimally capable processors. Google "Python light control with RPi (Raspberry Pi)". Drastically simplifies things that us