throwaway632

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   by throwaway632 3y ago

   Where do you live? Are there other economic opportunities there for a smart, motivated ex-programmer? Many programmers are good enough generalists to displace people in other jobs if the work dries up. Just like Teach for America college gr
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   by throwaway632 3y ago

   Related discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39631071
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   by throwaway632 3y ago

   If my physician offered LSD to me, would want to be sure it was a last resort. Don't want to risk HPPD without good reason. After experiencing very mild visual snow for a few months, that's frightening enough for me. My job is loo
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   by throwaway632 3y ago

   > handling integer math correctly JavaScript doesn't have integers. Everything is a float. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Refe... Although it has BigInt now.
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   by throwaway632 3y ago

   Another problem with visual programming is it forces your program to be planar, or at least nearly planar with some crossovers. In my experience real code can't be represented legibly on a 2D plane. "Generate code map" featur
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   by throwaway632 3y ago

   Legitimate excuses for leaving. 99% chance what caused them to leave was they saw the writing on the wall and took on a better opportunity.