robsinatra

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Playing Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain(newyorker.com)
1 points by robsinatra 7y ago|0 comments
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by robsinatra 7y ago
In praise of being paid to write unnecessary tests that break within hours after writing them and then spending hours incrementally fixing these tests as they break with every. fucking. commit
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Will Automation Lead to Economic Crisis?(slatestarcodex.com)
2 points by robsinatra 7y ago|0 comments
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by robsinatra 7y ago
Dunning and Kruger explained how people drastically overestimate their value. The author won't be earning what he thinks he deserves, isn't working on projects he thinks he deserves, and doesn't get the promotions he thinks h
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What Unites Republicans May Be Changing. Same with Democrats(fivethirtyeight.com)
2 points by robsinatra 7y ago|0 comments
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by robsinatra 7y ago
Executives at a French company couldn't treat people as resources and fire at will because France has employee protection laws (sounds good but only in theory). So, the executives made employees miserable, intending to push them to qu
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by robsinatra 7y ago
You say this as if a government with the capacity would save the day? The government already has the capacity to solve problems but this is the best that it can achieve. This is it. It's not being held back because it only had a tril
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by robsinatra 7y ago
Close enough
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by robsinatra 7y ago
Kansas was running on fumes for a long time by not taxing. Now, this? One group of idealists were replaced with another with no more sensibility than their counterparts.
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by robsinatra 7y ago
These are people who are competing with unionized drivers at UPS. Why feel any compassion towards them about their work conditions? They are only serving their own interests.
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by robsinatra 7y ago
I'm waiting for the moral grandstanders to take to social media and try to publicly shame companies for refusing to hire their trained ex-cons
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by robsinatra 7y ago
I'm unclear whether you're OK with spending other people's money but not your own. The fund supporting this initiative accepts donations. Have you donated? Have you volunteered? No, you haven't and you won't.
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by robsinatra 7y ago
Going to MIT Sloan for an MBA won't transform your career but will put you deeply in debt
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by robsinatra 7y ago
Rust doesn't seem to lend any advantages for this kind of tool, but I'm sure it took weeks to write (months?) rather than just a couple of hours. What can this do that bash scripts couldn't? This migration tool uses plain s
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by robsinatra 7y ago
Your comment looks like someone who wouldn't use the service even if you understood what simulations as a service actually were. You still get your moment to express a distrust of marketing copy and a chance to vent about bad decision
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by robsinatra 7y ago
They should require a former felon on every jury
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by robsinatra 7y ago
That is bullshit. Unless a trusted third party verifies this claim, it must be considered marketing lies and manipulation to encourage bandwagoning.
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by robsinatra 7y ago
Galloway is trying to cash in on his cred from having a pulse and noticing the huge gaping goatse financial wreckage that is WeWork What a thought bleeder
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by robsinatra 7y ago
It's as if the Wall Street Journal has conveniently ignored how markets work and the legal system governing them so that it could target Amazon for something that no other reseller has responsibility for.
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by robsinatra 7y ago
Before reading that article, I was intrigued by the hyperbolic title of the platform: American Greatness. My alt-right BS alarm was immediately triggered. So, I opened another article to get a feel for what it was about. A wave of unsubs
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by robsinatra 7y ago
Paul Graham, Eric Ries, Steve Blank, Sam Altman, and many others have promoted their share of ideas that entrepreneurial and VC communities have latched onto as sacrosanct. Take, for instance, the notion of "minimum viable product&quo
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by robsinatra 7y ago
My dosage was ridiculously high after adjusting it many times over years. I was on maintenance mode for a long while, not really thinking about how I was feeling and just carrying on. Then, I finally took stock and realized I wasn't
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by robsinatra 7y ago
You must stop drinking alcohol. It is a depressant. You are literally making yourself feel worse. No amounts consumed in moderation are helpful. Stop, cold turkey. Don't wait to make this change, either, and try not to replace it
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by robsinatra 7y ago
Lexapro worked for me until it didn't any more and then made my anxiety worse
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by robsinatra 7y ago
Please consider making time for therapy. See a psychologist who specializes in cognitive behavior therapy. Finding a doctor takes work and then dedicating time to see one takes even more so. However, this is the kind of effort that reall