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by probablyfiction 2y ago
I don't even like writing React in Javascript
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by probablyfiction 3y ago
What the hell did I just read?
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by probablyfiction 4y ago
There is increasing awareness that addiction and procrastination [1] are not indicative of laziness. Human beings are great at protecting their emotional core because it's essential to basic functioning. Addiction seems similar. Addict
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by probablyfiction 5y ago
Exactly. Agile is sold as a way to increase productivity, but the practices seem to be about reducing autonomy for team members.
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by probablyfiction 6y ago
Back in 2013 the company I was working for released a touchscreen kiosk. They rolled their own hardware and wanted a custom software solution. There was limited space on the device and it would not be internet-enabled. There would be no phy
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by probablyfiction 7y ago
This just seems like checklists with extra steps.
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by probablyfiction 7y ago
Because they own their own platform, they can't handle HN traffic. Idealism, meet harsh reality.
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by probablyfiction 8y ago
Former speed dating entrepreneur here. In person, at least, women are much more open to the idea of speed dating than men. Much of our marketing revolved around how to appeal to and attract men to our events.
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by probablyfiction 8y ago
Have. Other. Hobbies. If you do anything over and over, you'll get sick of it. A well-balanced life is important. Start exploring other things in life that you find interesting; there is plenty to keep you occupied.
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by probablyfiction 9y ago
The parliamentarian is someone who is thoroughly familiar with all of the Senate's rules. They ensure that bills that are passed comply with the rules that the Senate operates under. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P
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by probablyfiction 10y ago
> And I continually hurt those around me — just by being myself-and it’s beyond heartbreaking. If you're an asshole without money, you're going to be an asshole when you have money, too. Money doesn't change you; it reveal
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by probablyfiction 10y ago
Not every job requires passion. I would venture to say that most jobs don't. Is it a desirable trait? Sure. Is it the only trait that matters? Most certainly not. The idea that all programmers are super-passionate about the craft and n
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by probablyfiction 10y ago
There's growing evidence that political beliefs are linked to self-image more than factual evidence, which is why arguing over the facts of an issue often winds up causing both sides to double-down on what they already believe to be tr
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by probablyfiction 10y ago
Touché
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by probablyfiction 10y ago
I'll check the comments if I'm interested in the topic, but aside from that I tend to avoid HN comments. The comments as a whole seem to be overly negative and contrarian...to the point where often there isn't a whole lot of
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by probablyfiction 10y ago
There are a couple of things going on here. First, you are not in a good place mentally. Your self esteem is pretty low and that is the reason you feel like such an outcast at work. Since you're at a big 4 company, odds are good that y
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by probablyfiction 11y ago
You would think that law enforcement would already be using a VPN or Tor for stuff like this.
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by probablyfiction 11y ago
"On top of that, a lack of collaboration with U.S. intelligence means that if Anonymous and GhostSec are running the same game as the Group — creating moles within online ISIS communities — the good guys in government could end up inve
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by probablyfiction 11y ago
I really appreciated his tone. I'm incredibly fascinated by ideas like quantum physics and basic building blocks of the universe, but am often left behind when I read articles about them due to a lack of understanding of the core mathe
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by probablyfiction 11y ago
I think you're giving politicians too much credit. As a group, they tend to be reactionary to whatever the threat du jour is.
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by probablyfiction 11y ago
But because of HN rules, we can't change it to something more appropriate and less clickbait-y
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by probablyfiction 11y ago
"...the company wanted to invest as little time in the problem as possible so the person couldn't fix the tests, write new ones, or write a real fix. I don't blame the engineer, I blame their manager and their company."
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by probablyfiction 11y ago
The basic idea, that software is a set of decisions, is insightful. I'm definitely going to borrow this concept when talking about software design to non-technical people. However, a less insightful decision is to have yellow text on a
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by probablyfiction 11y ago
While completely ignoring that contractors like Snowden have absolutely no whistleblower protections at all.
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by probablyfiction 11y ago
> Given that neither of us had deep infrastructure experience, we had to soak up as much knowledge as we could. Learning by doing. This is why I love the time in which we live. If you decide or need to learn something new, you can get st
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by probablyfiction 11y ago
A more accurate title would have been "Uber's new CTO is doing pretty okay," but that doesn't entice people to click nearly as much
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by probablyfiction 11y ago
It makes sense that Ulbricht had more experienced ccoders supporting his efforts. I've always wondered how he built a multimillion dollar empire one StackOverlow question at a time.
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by probablyfiction 11y ago
96-bit keys??? Even in 2012 when VW released the feature, 96 bits was laughably weak.
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by probablyfiction 11y ago
> I think I'd rather live in a world in which both sides of every issue get to have their say than in which the losing side is excluded if they're sufficiently "bad". The problem with giving "both sides" of
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by probablyfiction 11y ago
After a certain number of failed attempts, newer devices lock themselves.

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