proper_elb

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by proper_elb 2y ago
I think 'joy' would be a fitting term, perhaps? Here ( https://www.1517.org/articles/cs-lewis-on-joy ) C.S.Lewis defines it well, and distinguishes it from 'pleasure' and 'happiness'.
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by proper_elb 2y ago
Thank you for your insights! I think it makes sense that this feature would not be planned in your library - as I understand, its goal is to support developers to write better money-related logic, which is sometimes related but different fr
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by proper_elb 2y ago
More precision and/or more safety. Will depend on the domain/audience/... the software is being written for.
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by proper_elb 2y ago
First, congrats on the library and thank you for sharing it! 1) A hint about potential prior art: F# (and/or C#?) have a first-class unit system (physical units I think), which sounds a bit similar to monetary calculations. However, ph
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by proper_elb 3y ago
To add to this: A bit similar to Lisp, due to the different compiler plugins, Haskell is more like a family of dialects. One can be pretty vanilla about what the types should protect against, but one can also build arcane type-magic buildin
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by proper_elb 3y ago
Heh, I don't think that will ever really change. What changes in my experience is your knowledge and confidence when it comes to translating requirements into maintainable technology. The real world stuff seems to be always messy. My
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by proper_elb 3y ago
Spot on. > Even when you understand it's wrong, or at least heavily negatively biased, fighting those interpretations feels like trying to swim upstream in a terrific current. Achieving it still feels like the end of "A beautif
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by proper_elb 3y ago
Having stock related to real estate is more common than you think, might even try it yourself ;)
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by proper_elb 3y ago
Yes (did not doubt that), but this is of course only one part of the puzzle. Remember that the assumption of the post you responded too suggested incentives tied to real estate (stock in real estate sector might already be enough), and not
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by proper_elb 3y ago
> some of our best people are remote, and we will continue to support it always, so please don't let hating SF stop you from applying to OpenAI! What is a strong sign of conviction? Putting your money behind it. Which is exactly wha
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by proper_elb 3y ago
Obviously the "indirect" part of the post you are responding to applies. Your last sentence seems to indicate that you know more than us - if so, enlighten us please about the incentive situation of Mr. Altman. (Whose products I v
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by proper_elb 3y ago
> However, if your work is about innovation and collaboration, then it's going to be more effective to spend time together. Not convinced yet, at this point it just seems to be anecdotes, and pretty nebolous ones at that. I would be
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by proper_elb 3y ago
You raise a good point, and I would answer it with agree and disagree: Agree: Yes, you are correct, merely observing that a code path was never executed in the last 6 months is not the same as understanding why the code path was created in
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by proper_elb 3y ago
> A further counterpoint: if you follow the Fence proponents' logic to its conclusion you can never remove any code which is clearly an absurd situation. No, that would only be the case if one would never understand any code. Cheste
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by proper_elb 3y ago
A broader, tangential question: Can you give me feedback on this table I generated (with AI) for thinking about computing history? For context, I am a fullstack software dev of the younger variety and 3 years of experience. The table has lo
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by proper_elb 4y ago
Sorry for the assumption and thank you for your answer! Regarding time, I work similar. In work-life, it gets a bit more muddy (basically the time talking walks expands and turns into time spent in meeting, talks, support etc.) I would enco
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by proper_elb 4y ago
If you don't mind: What would you working on it look like, on a typical work-day look like, hour wise? Raise up at 5am and hack away for 2h, or come back from day job and straight into the fun thing, or wait a bit and than hack away...
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by proper_elb 4y ago
This would be my 2023 list: Python, C, LISP, Fortran, Haskell, Prolog, SmallTalk. Also likely Rust, it might replace C in my list and is quite similar to Haskell in some ways, particularly when it comes to turning runtime errors to compile
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by proper_elb 4y ago
> My point was just that as a profession, they aren't currently setting a very high bar. I think I know where you are going, but I will be going offline for today soon, so I will be just leaving some thoughts regarding the matter. M
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by proper_elb 4y ago
I don't doubt that experience, and I also have the comparison between humans and GPT and see where you are coming from. However, the advice still stands, in my eyes. If we recommend to check even simple python for correctness, how much
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by proper_elb 4y ago
I think this is one such example - my boss cares (and I trust him), but the circumstances are suboptimal.
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by proper_elb 4y ago
> Why do you think you would be burning the bridge by leaving the company for a new position? As long as you do it in a respectful way, with notice, then it shouldn't be a concern. I guess it feels bad because there is so much work
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by proper_elb 4y ago
Thanks for your input! (I don't like lying and am bad at it, so that option is out for me I fear) Out of curiosity, why wouldn't you leave this job that I described?
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by proper_elb 4y ago
Makes sense!
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by proper_elb 4y ago
Thank you for the reassurance - and all the best on your recovery! Tech will still be around a while ;) > It’s usually faster to grow your career horizontally opposed to vertically. Ah so that is the meaning of that saying!
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by proper_elb 4y ago
Your first advice is pretty healthy and I try to do that already, but the sheer amount of workload and stress kind of keeps me in a tunnel sometimes where it is hard to think of the future (i.e. investing 3h to write a script). But it absol
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by proper_elb 4y ago
Thank you! 1) and 2) sound really great, I might do this once I made my decision final :) I also like the limitation aspect in 3), esp. for people that are prone to burning out!
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by proper_elb 4y ago
Thank you for the insights!
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Ask HN: Stuck in a support role, facing burnout at small, great startup
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by proper_elb 4y ago
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